| Fuzhou Gezhi HIgh School | |
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| Location | |
| 41st Fahai Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China, 35005 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public School |
| Motto | 格物致知 明德致远 |
| Established | 1846 |
| School district | Gulou |
| President | Zheng Jie |
| Principal | You Zhengping |
| Staff | 150 |
| Grades | Grade 10 to Grade 12 |
| Number of students | 1980 |
| Newspaper | Banana Weekly |
| Affiliation | None |
| Website | http://www.gezhi.fj.cn/ |
Fuzhou Gezhi High School (Chinese: 福州格致中学; pinyin: Fúzhōu Gézhì Zhōngxué) , also referred to as Gezhi, is a comprehensive three-year public high school located in the centre of Fuzhou City at the north foot of Mount Yu, enrolling 1980 students in grades 10 through 12. The school, established by Justus Doolittle, an ABCFM missionary, in 1846, is one of the oldest high schools in China supported by a foreign church. Spanning over 33380 square meters, Gezhi has the second largest campus among all high schools in Fuzhou, after Fuzhou No.1 Middle School.
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Credits are granted for most of the courses and are essential for the graduation of Gezhi students. Students in Grade 10 have to take all main courses including Chinese Literature, Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, Politics and some of the subordinate courses including General Technology, Information Technology, Music, P.E and Fine Arts. As soon as they enter Grade 11, students can choose between sciences (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) and liberal arts courses (History, Geography and Politics). Once the choice is made, students will no longer have to earn credits for the opposite set of courses, and those three courses won’t be in their National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or Gaokao. Also, at the end of Grade 10, students ranking among the top of the same grader will be selected into advanced experimental classes, which offer the most demanding courses at Gezhi.
A typical Gezhi student takes eight 45-minute classes a day, five days a week for 16 weeks a semester, 2 semesters a year. The exact numbers of school days each week and school weeks each semester may vary depending on the date of Chinese holidays every year.
Advanced Placement courses and Honor classes are not available at Fuzhou Gezhi High School.
Students participates in a variety of extracurricular activities in Fuzhou Gezhi High School, though it was not until the first semester of 2011 to 2012 that participation in these activities became required for all students. Since September, 2011, credits are granted for club activities including the following:
| Model UN Club | Drama Club |
| Music Club | Astronomy Club |
| Investment Club | Photography Club |
Fuzhou Gezhi High School is famous for its orchestra and sports teams. Gezhi has the best high school table tennis players and basketball players in Fuzhou. Gezhi is a member of Fujian Astronomy Society. The school, having one of the most advanced observatories in Fuzhou, is famous for its long history of astronomical observations and its frequent participation in local amateur activities. However, its astronomy society is sometimes blamed for its weak awareness of developments and frivolity in academic areas.
The student council was first established in early 1990s but was cancelled around the year 1995. It was reformed in 2008 and currently has 12 departments/branches as follow:
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Apart from the main campus of Fuzhou Gezhi High School in Gulou District, Fuzhou, Gezhi has a second campus in Jin'an District, Fuzhou, which offers grade 7 through 12.