Bases Loaded

It's Back To School Night Week at ISB and this year we are spread
around pretty well; Tuesday Night - Lower Elementary School, Wednesday
Night - Upper Elementary School, Thursday Night - Middle Schoo- wait,
what!?! MIDDLE SCHOOL!?!

"Dad, can I have 20 kuai to get a ticket to the Back to School Bash?"

"Uh, what? What is that, a dance?"

"C'mon Dad," Parker glared, as Devon, wide-eyed, inquired - well
jested - if Parker was going to ask a girl to the dance.

Along with the various middle school transitions underway, Parker is
also embarking on a new experience in trying out for the badminton
team. Yes, meiguoren, it is a sport; in fact, 100 other middle
schoolers are trying out for the yu máo qiú team as well.

This week also marked the second week of varsity baseball practice at
ISB - Go Dragons! We are preparing for two tournaments - China Cup,
September, Hong Kong and Asia Pacific Athletic Conference(APAC)
Tournament, October, Hong Kong. Yep, two trips to Hong Kong this Fall
with our roster of 14 hard working young men, Coach D, Coach Li, Coach
Reed and Coach me - Go Dragons!

Along with the high school team, we also open the Dynasty Youth an
Dynasty Prep programs next week. Based on the calls and emails from
interested families it should be another good season for those
youngsters, including Devon and Parker, as we take on Coach Wang from
JuYi and the other programs around Beijing and beyond.

So busy, ballin' and back to school, we are settling into our routine
and planning to make the most of what is, most likely, our last Fall
in BJ!



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