没有什么底色，能比秋日的天空更加淡远如画、开阖如诗。

一年又一年，这样的碧空秋阳下，青苗迎来无数崭新梦想；

一次又一次，这样的流萤凉夜里，青苗作别过去重新出发；

向着更遥远的远方、更未知的未来继续前进……

心如白鹤辽远高飞，思如碧空澄澈清湛——又是一个出发去远方的季节。

过去的日子，收获总是很多。

从北京青苗校区门口的玉兰绽放，到昆明青苗的栀子花开，从成都青苗的木棉花红，到南京青苗的梅香四溢，青苗教育资源已覆盖南京、昆明、成都、西安、海口等几大省市，为来自世界各地上万名学生提供中西合璧的优质双语教育。

青苗小将包揽世界数学竞技场金银铜全奖，JISAC青少年体操竞技青苗学子揽金银奖再创佳绩，上东校区《幽明》之光照亮未来山高水长，顺义校区《Grease》让戏剧与青春结缘魅力无限……青苗在充满“爱、关心与支持”的环境中，向学生提供均衡有益的国际课程教育。

上东校区PYP成果展用爱掌灯照亮世界那些苦难角落，作为认证后首次全面、完整、正规的PYP成果展，取得圆满成功。青苗已先后获得国际文凭组织 IB 认证、美国西部院校联盟 WSAC 资格认证、剑桥大学 IGCSE 资格认证和美国大学 AP 资格认证。青苗与世界接轨的国际教育实力在一次又一次的认证中，得到证实和确认。

这个夏天，又一批毕业生奔赴中外名校，步入自己梦寐以求的理想殿堂。秉承“采东西合璧之萃，品文化融合之美”之核心价值观及办学理念，青苗始终致力于建设一所一流的“兼具中国情怀和国际视野”的具有国际化特色的中国双语学校，让学生不仅可以选择考取国外名校，同时也可参与未来高考竞争，不放弃以北大、清华为代表的国内精英发展路线。

……

然而是谁说过：凡是到达了的地方，都属于昨天。哪怕那山再青，那水再秀，那风再温柔。太深的流连便成了一种羁绊，绊住的不仅有双脚，还有未来……

所以我们，只能向着更远的方向继续行走。

怎么能让自己停下来？天地何其寂寥，峰峦何其高耸，海洋何其扩大……世界上有不绝的风景，我们该有不断的向往、不停的脚步。

很高兴，看到我们的孩子奋力向前、振翅高飞。也许前路崎岖，但年轻的眼眸里装着梦想和思想，不论是孤独前进还是结伴同行，愿你们每一个脚印都坚实而有力，去到每个想去的远方，见到每处想见的风景。

很骄傲，看到我们的青苗继续生长、直入云霄。虽然还有很多不足，但心怀着教育的理想，用中国情怀做最好的国际学校，担负起更多为中外孩子提供优质教育的责任，青苗人会在追梦的路上埋头奋进、砥砺前行。

能走多远？这话不是问两脚而要问志向。

能攀多高？这事不是问双手而要问意志。

所以，每一次奔赴远方、每一次砥砺前行，不仅是为了争取一种荣光，更是为了追求一种境界——人生会因这一路风雨跋涉变得丰富而充实，在我看来，这就是不虚此行、不枉此生。

是的，我喜欢每一次出发、每一个远方。

愿你也喜欢。

This is a season of joy and celebration, of happy endings and new beginnings, and of achievements and hopes. It’s that time of year again for us to bid farewell to the class of 2017 and to welcome returning and new Beanstalk students. With unbridled potential, the 2017-2018 school year stands right before us. A new year with opportunities for new knowledge, new discoveries, and new friendships is waiting for us ahead. It is time to begin again.

Looking back at the 2016-2017 school year, we surely had been awarded a good harvest. With the New Year’s sunray lighting up our BIK Sanya Campus, Beanstalk has successfully expanded its presence into the Chinese cities of Nanjing, Kunming, Chengdu, Xi’an, Haikou and Sanya and is proudly offering a fully-fledged K-12 international bilingual education to over 10,000 Chinese and foreign students across China.

With fond memories, we have congratulated our young mathematicians for their excellent math skills and outstanding performance in the 7th World Mathematics Team Championship. We have cheered for our young athletics for their remarkable team spirit and superb results in the 2017 JISAC U7 and U9 Gymnastics tournament. We have rejoiced in the magic and beauty of the 2017 UES Spring show of “Ghosts-haunting memories.” We have witnessed how the Broadway classic musical Grease was revived at BIBS Shunyi Campus. We have expanded our understanding of the issue of refugees through our PYP G6 Exhibitions.

We worked extremely hard to build a school culture and community that embraces creativity and imagination and

to deliver a well-rounded curriculum that emphasizes the whole education in a loving, caring and supportive environment.

Yet we honor our past by looking to our future. It is time to leave our comfort zones and begin again. A world of infinite wonders is calling. We should not stop.

Ask our own will about how far we would want to travel. Ask our own perseverance for how high we would like to climb. Every challenge and every journey would fulfill our lives and bring about the sense of purpose in us. These experiences would be our time and life well spent.

Yes, we do like new departures and journeys to new horizons. We hope you like them too.