Dear teachers, parents and students,
Good afternoon.
I am Joy’s mother. It is my honor to be here and to speak as a representative of the parents. First of all, I’d like to congratulate our children on your graduation from your high school. Also, Congratulations on your enrollment to your chosen universities. Congratulations on your new journey of life out bounding to a new world.
Time flies. Three years ago I chose to send my daughter to this school for the Canadian High school program. Today, three years later, my daughter graduated from this program with an honor of 5 offers from universities including Mcgill University and University of Toronto. I am proud to say I made a right choice for my daughter.
I am deeply grateful. My gratitude goes to the leaders of this school who promoted and successfully implemented the Canadian high school program that provided the opportunity for our kids to experience Canadian education in our hometown. My gratitude goes to our foreign teachers who came far from their home and enriched our kids learning experience with your devoted teaching and your expertise . My gratitude goes to our Chinese teachers and all other working staff who work hard with love to develop and support various school activities for the best interest of our kids. Each of your effort and care is greatly appreciated.
At last, I am most thankful to you, our children, yourselves. You have gone through three years of cheers, tears, encouragement and challenges. I am thankful that you kept going forward with persistent effort. I am thankful that you learned to respect, to help and to grow in cooperation. I am thankful that you harvested knowledge and friendship with your hard work, love and understanding. All you have experienced here in the past three years is to be a wealth of our future life and a valuable memory that will last. Say thank you to each other. And, say thank you to yourself!
It has been my habit holding my daughter’s hands when walking. It was out of love and worry when she was a child. Now as she’s grown up, I’m holding her hands with attaching affection and reluctance to let her go. With all my heart holding onto her, I choose to let her go. There are things that have to be done by oneself, challenges that have to be overcome by oneself, and roads that have to be tread by oneself. Wherever she goes and whatever she choose to do, I expect her to be an honest and respectful person. I expect her keep learning and self-reflective. I expect her to be self-sufficient and capable of serving the society with solid knowledge. I expect her to be a loving person. I hope you share my expectations of my child.
Finally, I wish you our children all the best in the new world ahead.
尊敬的各位老师，家长，同学们：
大家下午好！
我是本届高三毕业生杨曼笛的妈妈，很荣幸作为家长代表在这里讲话。首先祝贺我们的孩子顺利完成加拿大高中课程，拿到心仪的大学录取通知书，即将启程去异国开启新的人生之旅。
时间过得真快啊。三年前的这个时候，我决定把孩子送到市实验中学加拿大高中读书，三年后，麦吉尔大学，多伦多大学的录取通知书证明了我的选择没错。很感谢长春市实验中学的领导有眼光地引进并大力支持发展这个项目，让孩子们在家门口就能享受到原汁原味的加拿大教育；感谢不远万里来中国任教的校长和外教们，用你们的视角和智慧，为孩子们开启更广阔更丰富的学习之门；感谢中方教师团队，毛毛主任、霍老师、安琪老师，包老师，还有已经离校的高老师和其他老师，更是爱护和关心孩子们，每一次讲座，每一个活动，每一张简报，都让我们看到了你们的用心良苦和辛苦付出。真的特别感谢市实验中学和老师们！
但是，孩子们，我觉得最该感谢的是你们自己！三年的时光，有欢笑，有泪水，有赞扬，有批评，感谢你们的不退缩，不放弃，懂得坚持；感谢你们在彼此的合作竞争中懂得尊重懂得进取懂得帮助；感谢你们用勤奋努力，爱与包容来收获知识，能力和友情！无论经历了什么，这些都是一生的财富，都将变成美好的回忆，感谢彼此，感谢自己！
走路时我特别愿意牵着女儿的手。小时候是因为喜欢和担忧。长大了却是依赖与不舍。但纵是心底有万般不舍，我依然选择放手，有些事，只能一个人做；有些关，只能一个人闯，有些路啊，只能一个人走。无论何时何地，做一个有诚信，有尊严的中国人。多读书，勤思考，做一个有真才实学，自食其力，热爱生活的人。这是我对女儿的期许，与大家共勉。
最后，祝福孩子们在异国他乡，能吃得好，睡得好，学得好，身体好，平平安安，顺顺利利地完成大学学业！谢谢！
