After bidding farewell to summer vacation, all the teachers and students of SHSID Pudong Campus gathered in the auditorium at 8:50 am on September 2nd for the Grand Opening Ceremony—an exhilarating and inspiring introduction to the new academic year.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Ms. Liu, the director of Pudong campus, extended courteous greetings to students and teachers. After this, the representatives from Grades 2 through 5 gave speeches on their aspirations and objectives for the new semester. The talented representatives did a great job and impressed everyone! This year, a lucky draw game was added to the opening ceremony, for which the students wrote down their aspirations for the new school year and put them into the draw box. Those drawn by their teachers were invited to the stage to share their wishes for the new semester. After this activity came the climax of the ceremony: the awards ceremony. Students stepped onto the stage and won prizes as well as the respect of everyone in the auditorium.

(Written by Yuchen Xie & Yingying Pan & Haoruo Li & Yan Deng & Jingyang Gu Pictures by teachers in Pudong campus)