That Day We Saw The After 那一天，我们看到了改变

This should come as no surprise to the high schoolers, but for all the rest of you, have you seen what’s been going on at SAS’s high school buildings? That’s right, over summer break, the art space and student commons underwent some intensive renovations, most notably that they’ve switched places with each other. The new art space is where the old commons was, while the new commons is now at the old art space.

这对于高中生来说应该不足为奇，但其他人是否注意到了上海美国学校高中部教学楼的变化呢？是的，暑假期间，我们对艺术空间和学生公共活动空间进行了彻底的改造，最显著的变化是我们将这两处的位置进行了互换。新的艺术空间位于原来的学生公共活动空间，而新的公共活动空间现在是原来的艺术空间。

“The switch made sense, first and foremost because the art space now enjoys a lot more space, and also because it joins the Innovation Institute and the MakerSpace in one centralized location,” said Scott Mimnaugh, Dean of Students at our Puxi High School. “The new STEAM department is located close by too.”

“这种转变很有意义，首先，新的艺术空间更大，与创新研究院和创客空间集中在一处，”浦西高中的学生主任Scott Mimnaugh如此说道。“新的STEAM（科学、技术、工程、艺术、数学）部门也在附近。”

Student Commons

学生公共活动空间

The previous student commons, while great for socialization, lacked opportunities for presentations and for those students looking to do some quiet study. The new space is much more open, with a dedicated presentation space that mimics the one available on the Pudong campus. The building’s entrance was also shifted east to make way for a café kiosk, affectionately dubbed Café ’20 in honor of the graduating class of 2020.

虽然旧的公共活动空间能满足社交的需求，但缺乏供学生使用的演示区域和安静学习的空间。新的活动室更加开放，配备了与浦东校区相似的专门展示空间。为了向即将毕业的2020届学生致意，我们设立了Café'20咖啡亭，为此将大楼的入口向东移动了。

“We’ve been very intentional in the way we set up this area,” said Mr. Mimnaugh. “The space starts from the café – the part of the floor that generates the most noise and encourages the most casual socialization – and flows past the main entrance to the presentation space, where communal tables and group seating offer opportunities for collaborative work and discussion, ending in the far right where it starts to get quieter and more independent so students who want to work on assignments on their own have a space to do so.”

“整个区域的构建都是精心规划过的，”Mimnaugh先生说。“活动空间从咖啡亭开始——在这里，学生们可以尽情喧闹，随心所欲地开展社交活动——然后经过入口我们来到了展示空间，这里设置了供集体创作和讨论使用的公共书桌和小组座位——最后，我们到达最右侧，这里更安静，空间上更独立，可供想要独自完成作业的学生使用。“

Administrative, nurses’ and counselors’ offices are now centralized and located towards the back so that they remain easily accessible and an integrated part of the high school, while at the same time offer more privacy.

行政办公室、医务室和辅导员办公室集中在后方，从这里过去很方便，在与高中部校区融合的同时，为学生提供更多隐私的空间。

Art Space

艺术空间

In the building across, the art space incorporates a mix of wider, more open areas with individual and smaller group spaces that all come together to foster innovative teaching, student collaboration and mixed groups from multiple classes. Everything is multi-use – from micro-studios that double as exhibit space, to a soundproof work room that can also be used as a presentation space.

艺术空间位于公共活动中心大楼的对面，这里的空间更大、更开放，设有独立空间和小的团体空间。在这里，师生们可以聚集一堂，开展创新型教学，学生们协同创作，各个班级能够在一起合作。这里的一切都是多功能的——微型工作室可以兼做展览空间，隔音工作室也可以用作演示区域。

“While we’ve set up different studios and areas for different use, including a soundproof room that students can go into if they have to use noisier tools and machinery, we’ve purposefully made sure we’re using open shelves, glass dividers, perforated walls to really promote that sense of collaboration. There’s still some degree of separation, but we’ve made sure that it also allows transparency and openness, which is what Shanghai American School is all about,” explained Mr. Mimnaugh.

“虽然我们针对不同用途设置了不同的工作室和区域——如果学生必须用到噪音大的设备和器械，他们可以使用隔音室；为了从真正意义上促进学生们的协作理念，我们特地使用了开放式展示架、玻璃隔板和穿孔墙，但仍存在一定程度的分离。尽管如此，我们已经确保这里足够透明、开放，这就是上海美国学校的宗旨。”Mimnaugh先生解释道。

The high school student commons and art space join a list of renovations we’ve been doing to better help us connect and continue to intentionally strengthen our sense of community, the latest of which includes our SAS Hub Library, which we renovated a year ago and recently nabbed us a Silver Citation fromAmerican School & Universities.

对高中部学生公共空间和艺术空间的改造一直是我们校园改造工作的一部分，所有的一切都是为了更好地促进师生间的交流，有意识地加强我们的社区意识；上一项改造是一年前对上海美国学校浦西初高中图书馆进行的翻新，最近，这一项目获得了《美国学校》杂志的银奖。

SAS’s status as a not-for-profit school means that we are always finding opportunities to reinvest our community’s investment right back into the school so that our facilities remain top-notched and our students always enjoy the best that we can offer.

上海美国学校是一所非营利学校，这意味着我们总是在寻找机会将社区的投资重新投入学校，将我们的设施保持在一流水平，竭尽所能为我们的学生提供最好的环境。

UPGRADES. EVERY DAY AT SAS.

升级。就在上海美国学校的每一天。

About Us 关于我们

Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School (SAS) is the largest and most established international school in China. In short, it's the kind of school you wish you would've attended when you were a kid.

创建于1912年，上海美国学校是中国最大的也是历史最悠久的国际学校。简而言之，如果你能回到小的时候，这会是一所你想要去的学校。