It's our season nine premiere and I'm so excited for you all to meet an amazing woman
这是我们第九季的首场秀 我很激动 你们将认识这位了不起的女士
who is made her life's work to make a difference.take a look at Sherrie Gahn
她无私的付出让世界变的不同 认识一下Sherrie Gahn
I'm Sherrie Gahn and I'm the principal of Whitney Elementary School
我是Sherrie Gahn 我是惠特尼小学的校长
Whitney is very unique because we service very high needs population
惠特尼是个特别的学校 我们为特别需要帮助的人们服务
we had a lot of homeless children here，more than 85% of our students are famished reduce lunch and a lot of the 85% are homeless
我们学校有很多无家可归的孩子 85%的孩子们不吃晚饭挨着饿 在这85%里许多孩子还无家可归
when they leave here on the daily basis，sometimes we don't know where they are going
当他们学完功课离开学校后 有时候我们也不知道他们会去哪里
their environment changes everyday，somedays they may live in their apartment，somedays they like in a hotel motel
他们的生活环境每天都在变 有时他们住在出租屋 有时住旅馆
somedays they may be in the streets，we don't know where they're gonna go
有时候可能流落街头 我们不知道他们能去哪
when I first came to Whitney and I was in the lunch room walking around helping the kids
当我刚来到惠特尼时 一天我在餐厅帮忙
and they kept pocketing their ketchup，putting their ketchup，when I asked my staff what were they doing
看到孩子们在收集番茄酱 把自己那份装进口袋里 我问我的员工他们为什么这么做
they told me that they do that often because they needed do it.it's gonna be their dinner it's ketchup soup
他们告诉我他们常这么做因为他们需要这么做 那些番茄酱将是他们的晚餐 煮汤用的
they're gonna go home and make ketchup soup with it，because there ain't no food
他们要用那些番茄酱回家煮汤 因为他们没有食物
my goal was if I can take that off their plan,if I can make them come to school and feel safe and warm and they have clothes
我的目标是想帮他们结束这样的生活 如果可以 我希望他们能上学 有衣服穿 并且感到温暖 有安全感
just like any other child and they are under same level playing field as any other child in school,then they can learn
就像其他同等条件 学校里同龄的孩子们一样 那他们就可以安心学习了
I guess it's sort of like that fairy tale that you go to school you get new backpack you get new clothes
我想那有点像童话故事 你上学了还可以有新书包 新衣服
