Chengdu Shude High School

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Chengdu Shude High School (Simplified Chinese: 成都市树德中学, Traditional Chinese: 成都樹徳中學, pinyin: Chéngdu Shùdé Zhongxúe）is a top high school in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. In Chinese, Shude literally means establishing morality.

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[edit] History

In 1929, Shude High School was founded by General Sun Zhen(孙震) as a private school. The teaching building and students' dormitory building were finished by 1931. The motto of the school is given by "loyalty, bravery and diligence" (忠,勇,勤). The goal of its education is "building virtue and building character" (樹德樹人).

In 1932, the first batch of 50 boys and 50 girls were admitted into Boys' School and Girls' School.

In 1944, a national newspaper ranked Shude High School one of the best 4 private schools in China.

In 1945, Li Zongren, then vice president of Republic of China visited Shude High School.

In 1950, after the communist revolution, the administratin of Shude High School was taken over by the municipal government and renamed to be No. 9 High School of Chengdu.

In the 1960s, No.9 High School of Chengdu serves as the middle school for children of the cadres of the Communist Party of China in Chengdu and Sichuan Province.

In 1980, Shude High School was honored the Beacon high school of Sichuan Province.

In 1989, Shude High School celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1989, and changed its name back to the original form of Shude High School. Sun Jingshan(孙静山), grandson of Sun Zhen, the founder of the school, visited the school from Taiwan and gave a donation to the school's library. [1]

[edit] Present

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With an annual intake of 1,000 students, Shude High School attracts the elite students from Sichuan province. Every year, in the National College Entrance Examination, the average score of Shude High School ranks one of the highest in Sichuan province. [2]

The basketball team of Shude High School has won the championship in Sichuan Middle School Basketball Cup from 2000 to 2005 and get the third place in Nike National Middle School Basketball Cup.

The International Department of Shude High School has cooperation with Austrilian and British Higher education institutions, and given Victorian Certificate of Education to its graduates.

[edit] Controversy

From late 1990s, more than half of the students enrolled in Shude High School need to pay an amount of money annually to the school administration. The school explains this amount of money is used for development of the campus, and is allowed by provincial government. However, since Shude High School is a public school, this school policy has caused complaints from students.

See also: Education in the People's Republic of China

[edit] Famous Alumni

  • Liu Yongyan (劉永言), once China's richest man. [3]
  • Han Sanping (韓三平), the general producer of Beijing Film studio.

[edit] Shude schools in Chengdu

  • Chengdu Shude Union School (成都树德联合中学）
  • Chengdu Shude Experimental Middle School (成都树德实验中学)

[edit] Sister schools

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Shude High School official website.
  2. ^ High school gaokao average score is is reported by Chengdu media every year
  3. ^ {{http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/1112/024.html report from American magazine Forbes}}
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