Foshan No.1 High School(simplified Chinese:Phật sơn thị đệ nhất trung học;traditional Chinese:Phật sơn thị đệ nhất trung học;pinyin:Fóshān Shì Dì Yī Zhōngxué), also known asNo.1 Middle School of Foshan,[citation needed]Foshan No.1 Middle School,[citation needed]FSYZ(pinyin abbreviation), is ahigh schoolinGuangdong,China.The school was established in 1913 as Wa Ying High School (simplified Chinese:Hoa anh trung học;traditional Chinese:Hoa anh trung học;pinyin:Huá Yīng Zhōngxué), and was renamed to Foshan No. 1 High School in August 1955.[1]During theCultural Revolution,the school was once calledShuibengchang Middle School of Foshan(Phật sơn thủy bơm hán trung học;Phật sơn thủy bơm hán trung học;Fóshān Shuǐbèngchǎng Zhōngxué) but restored afterward.[citation needed][when?]
| Foshan No.1 High School Phật sơn thị đệ nhất trung học | |
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| School type | Public Boarding Senior High School |
| Motto | Khoa học dữ nhân văn tịnh cử quy phạm dữ cá tính cộng tồn
Hồng hộc chí gia quốc tình thư quyển khí nho nhã phong
Nội mỹ tu năng thượng hạ cầu tác |
| Established | 1913 |
| School district | Guangdong, China |
| Principal | Genlin Tan ( đàm căn lâm ) |
| Faculty | 250 |
| Enrolment | 3400 |
| Language | Chinese (Simplified Chinese, Mandarin) English (British English, in English lessons only) |
| Website | http://www.fsyz.com.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | Phật sơn thị đệ nhất trung học | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Phật sơn thị đệ nhất trung học | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Foshan City No. 1 Secondary School | ||||||||||
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| Foshan Shuibengchang High School | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Phật sơn thủy bơm hán trung học | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Phật sơn thủy bơm hán trung học | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Foshan Water Pump Factory Secondary School | ||||||||||
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As of 2021, the school has 75 classes, including 3 specifically designated forTibetanstudents.[1]From Grade 10–12, each grade has 24 classes.[citation needed]The school in total has more than 3,200 students, served by 306 teaching staff members, and 137 senior teachers.[1]The school is the only boarding high school directly subordinate to Foshan's Municipal Education Bureau.[1]The school has also received numerous awards and designations from the country'sMinistry of Education.[1]
History
editQing Dynasty (1853–1911)
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In 1853, the South China diocese of BritishMethodist Churchestablished its first church and an affiliated school inGuangzhou.[citation needed]After that, several schools were established by the church in Guangdong.[citation needed]In 1909,Rev. S. George Tope,a priest of the church purchased 20 acres of land inWenchangsha,Foshan for school establishment.[citation needed]
Republic of China (1911–1949)
editIn 1912, the Methodist Church began to establish a school on the purchased land.[citation needed]In 1913, the school opened.[1]The first principal was Rev. C.A. Gimblett.[citation needed]In memory ofDr. Haigh's contribution to Chinese Education, the school was first named "Haigh College".[citation needed]Soon after its opening, the name was changed into "Wa Ying College" (Hoa anh học giáo), which indicates that the school represents a combination of Chinese and British Education (in Chinese, "Wa" hoa means China and "Ying" anh means Britain). At the time, the school recruited male students only.[citation needed]
In 1920,ReverendArthur H. Bray(Chinese:Lê bá liêm), the second principal of Wa Ying Middle School, raised money for expanding the school and building a new school recruiting female students.[citation needed]The new girl school was established in 1923.[citation needed]
During theWorld War II,the school underwent significant changes.[citation needed]The boy school and the girl school were combined due to the shortage of schoolhouses.[citation needed]In order to avoid the Japanese invaders, the school has moved to several places includingHong Kong,which laid a foundation for the establishment of Hong Kong-basedWa Ying College( hoa anh trung học ) in 1969.[citation needed]After the war, Wa Ying Middle School moved back to its original site in Wenchangsha, Foshan and re-opened in November 1946.[citation needed]
People's Republic of China (1949–today)
editAfter the establishment ofthe People's Republic of China,Wa Ying Middle School was confiscated by the government and transformed into the current public school "No.1 Middle School of Foshan".[citation needed]It took on the new name, Foshan No. 1 High School in 1955.[1]At first, the school was a public junior and senior high school with students from grade 7 to 12.[citation needed]In 1999, the junior high school department was separated from the school and became an independent junior high school calledFoshan Huaying School.[citation needed]Since then, Foshan No.1 High School has only had students from grade 10-12 (except for Tibetan Department).[citation needed]
In October 1995, the school was assigned to open a Junior High School Department of Tibetan Students (also called Tibetan Department) byMOE.[2]Students recruited fromTibetattend the school during grades 7–9.[citation needed]
On December 8, 2013, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.[citation needed]
Campus and buildings
editThe campus area of Foshan No.1 High School spans an area of about 200mu,and has afloor areaof 122,600 square metres (30.3 acres).[1]
The school's campus hosts a number of historic buildings, which date back to the 1910s and 1920s, and fuseBritishandChinesearchitectural styles.[3]Due to their century-long history, these traditional and historical type buildings are all under the legitimate protection from the government.[citation needed]Notable surviving buildings from that era include:
- A dormitory building designed by the school's second principal,Arthur H. Bray(Chinese:Lê bá liêm), the oldest surviving building on campus.[3]The building was constructed in 1918, and inaugurated on May 30, 1919.[3]
- The school's medical office, located in a building which dates back to 1923, and hosts abell tower.[3]
- One of the boy's dormitory buildings, which dates back to 1923.[3]
- The "white house" (Chinese:Bạch ốc;pinyin:bái wū;Jyutping:baak6 uk1), a building built in 1924 which houses foreign teachers, and earns its name due to its distinctly white exterior.[3]
- The "coffin alley" (Chinese:Quan tài hạng;pinyin:guāncai xiàng;Jyutping:gun1coi4 hong6), the school's old library building, built in 1924.[3]It now houses a school museum and alumni center, and derives its name from the style of pavers used to surround it.[3]
- The old principal building, built in 1924, which now is used as an activity center for teachers.[3]
Other older buildings on the school's campus include the "red building" (simplified Chinese:Hồng lâu;traditional Chinese:Hồng lâu;pinyin:hóng lóu), which was built in 1947, and is used as a resting place for female teachers,[3]as well as an old teaching building now used as a dining hall staff dormitory, and an old dormitory building now used as a male teacher dormitory.[citation needed]
More modern buildings on campus include the administrative building, the library, the main teaching building (west area), the comprehensive building (east area), the art building, the sports center (new gym), the auditorium (old gym), and some of the student dormitory buildings.[citation needed]
Other infrastructure in the school includes one 400m stadium, two swimming pools, 10 outdoor basketball courts, six computer laboratories, 10 physics laboratories, 10 chemistry laboratories, 10 biology laboratories, and eight lecture halls.[citation needed]
Academics
editIts admission process is highly competitive: only about 1% of all grade nine students in Foshan are able to enter this school every year.[4]
National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao)
editIn 2013Gaokao,10 students under science or art divisions ranked top 100 in the province, one of whom ranked 1st under the art division with a total score of 693.[citation needed]72.8% of the students scored above the division I college borderline (the overall rate in the whole province is about 10%) and 98.6% of the students scored above the division II college borderline.[citation needed]
In 2014 Gaokao, 72.8% of the students scored above the division I college borderline.[citation needed]Meanwhile, both of the 1st students in Foshan under science and art divisions are from No.1 High School.[citation needed]
In 2015 Gaokao, 79.4% of the students scored above the division I college borderline.[citation needed]
In 2016 Gaokao, five students under both divisions ranked top 100 in the province. 87.5% of the students scored above the division I college borderline and 99.12% scored above the division II borderline.[5]
In 2021 Gaokao, 5 students under physics division ranked top 50 in the province and 4 under history division ranked top 50 in the province. 12 students are 95.2% of the students scored above the division I college borderline.[6]
Competitions
editEvery year students of No.1 High School of Foshan won awards from national academic competitions including National Senior High School Mathematics Competition, National High School Student Physics Competition, etc. In 2011, students won 34 1st prizes in different nationalSTEMcompetitions.[7]
Notable alumni
edit- Steven N. S. Cheung- economist[1]
- Huang Benli- chemist[1]
- Pan He- sculptor[1]
- Pang Xiongfei- entomologist[1]
- Peng Jiamu- biochemist, explorer[1]
- Sinn Sing Hoi- musician, composer[1]
- Ye Xuanping- Chinese politician[1]
Notable teachers
editSee also
editReferences
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