巴尔博学校男子篮球队将参加3月4日和5日的周末的Old School Showdown Tournament赛。 我们祝愿他们好运。 加油！

The Balboa School men's basketball team participated in the Old School Showdown Tournament the weekend of March 4th and 5th. Go Force!

中国成都实验外国语学校（西校区）的巴尔博亚学校国际双文凭项目的学生近距离体验了莎士比亚。 他们乘船到一个岛上观看了一个来自英国的艺术团表演的第12夜。 虽然学生承认一些语言很难理解，但是他们说观看演出，并参加演出后的工作室让莎士比亚作品鲜活起来。

Students at the Balboa International Education Dual Diploma Program at Chengdu Experimental Foreign Language School (West Campus) in Chengdu, China got a taste of Shakespeare first hand. They took boats to an island where an acting company from England performed 12th Night. While students admit some of the language was difficult to understand, they said watching a perform and taking part in acting workshops the actors provided afterwards really made Shakespeare come alive.

巴尔博亚学校祝贺Cody Cai获得了麻省大学波士顿分校管理学院商业管理专业的入学通知！ 我们为你感到自豪！

Balboa School congratulates Cody Cai for receiving acceptance from Navitas at UMass Boston in the College of Management with a concentration in Business Management! We're proud of you!

中国广东省东莞翰林实验学校巴博亚学校国际项目的学生参加了中央电视台的“希望之星”英语比赛。 我们的学生必须使用他们的英语口语技能，并与来自全国各地的学生竞争。 经过几个星期的准备和排练，现在已进入了学校参赛的最后阶段。 评委们对巴尔博亚学校国际项目的学生表现非常满意。 我们迫不及待地想知道谁会参加下一轮比赛！

Students at the Balboa School International Program at Hanlin Experimental School in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China participated in the CCTV's Star of Outlook competition. Our students had to use their English language speaking skills and competed against other students from around the city, province and country. Weeks of preparation and rehearsals have led up to the grand finale at the school. The judges were certainly well-pleased with Balboa School International Prog

在申请美国大学过程中，有一个必须的，也是很重要的步骤，那就是文书的书写。很多同学本身其实是有一些精彩的小故事，但是学生自己并不觉得那些小故事有什么写的必要或者觉得这些故事并不精彩。其实并不是这样的！文书的主旨不是看你的故事有多惊天动地，而是想让学生写清楚为什么这些小故事对他本人来说很有意义。所以，学生在写文书的时候，一定要写出属于他本人的故事。换句话说，就是要让阅读过无数文书的招生官们，能将故事与学生配对起来。所以，学生在写文书的时候，切记要写出自己的东西。

When applying for American universities, there is one thing which is quite important--- the application essay. For many students, they have good stories or meaningful experiences, while they think these things are trivial. However, the essays are not about extraordinary stories but something that is meaningful to the student. One important tip to remember when writing your college application essay is to write about yourself!