BNU Middle School #2 Opening Ceremonies

The Program for the Opening Ceremonies

The arrival of the students

To me, this is what I see "Beijing ** Middle School 2012-2013 year ********"

There are 1,000 students at the school.  500 in grades 7-9 (different campus) and 500 in grades 10-12.  We all assembled on the school's track infield.

Since SYA China has a part of School #2, we get to attend the opening ceremonies.  The students blue SYA shirts because their uniforms have yet to arrive.

The students in the front row were asked to make sure that the students in their column were lined up in a straight line!

The principals and administrators gathering beforehand.  SYA's director is the woman with the headband on the left.

Opening remarks

Students extolling the virtues of the school

The majority of the opening ceremonies centered around awards for the previous academic year. Not that I really understood what the awards were for specifically.  I kind of got the gist from what was going on.

These are the brightest students in the school.  As their accomplishments were read, there was a lot of OOHING and AAHING.

We sang the Chinese National Anthem and the school song

An hour later...we were done!

Each class was dismissed.  These Middle Schoolers were being reprimanded by their teacher for their "scraggly" line-up.