Shenzhen Experimental School
Shenzhen Experimental School 深圳实验学校 | |
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Public | |
Motto | 励精图治 (Arouse All One's Efforts to Make the Country Prosperous) |
Established | 1985 |
Founder | Jin Shiru |
Principal | Zhong Jinggao |
Staff | about 1,200 |
Number of students | about 10,000 |
Campus | Shenzhen, Guangdong
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Color(s) | Blue |
Website | szsy |
Shenzhen Experimental School(
Though founded relatively late in 1985, the school quickly gained its reputation as an elite school in Shenzhen as well as the nation.[1]
History
The school was established in 1985 with the middle school and high school at Baihua 6th Road campus and the elementary school at Hongli Road campus. In 1988, the kindergarten was opened at Baihua 5th Road campus. In 1998, the school merged with Huaqiang Middle School with the latter becoming the fourth campus. In 2001, the school took over the financially troubled Asia Pacific International School at
Campuses
The Shenzhen Experimental Education Group is headquartered in
The school now maintains the following six campuses:
- High School: under the Guanlong Mountain at Shenzhen Polytechnic. All the students board.
- Secondary School: (Junior-Senior) Futian District,[2] at Baihua 6th Road. This is the school's oldest campus and now maintains both middle and high school.
- Junior High School: Futian District,[2] at Baihua 7th Road. This is the previous Huaqiang Middle School.
- Elementary school: Futian District,[2] at Hongli Road.
- Kindergarten: at Baihua 5th Road, Futian District.
- Guangming Section: at Niushan Road, Guangming District, which is the previous Shenzhen NO.10 Middle School.
Academic
The high school has strong performance in academics competitions.[3] It is universally acknowledged as one of the Top 3 schools in Shenzhen.
Sports
Sports are a major part of life at SZSY. There are extensive playing fields at all campuses, especially at the secondary education level. There is the Principal's Cup for both basketball and football, which are school-wide annual basketball and football cup competition with participating units consisting of academic class teams. The school also organizes annual field and track games at Shenzhen Stadium.
The school's sports teams, including:
- Boys'
- Boys' Basketball Team
- Boys' Volleyball Team
- Boys' Track and FieldTeam
- Girls' Soccer Team: 1st runner-up in Shenzhen.[4]
- Girls' Basketball Team: 2001 2nd runner-up in Shenzhen.[5]
- Girls' Volleyball Team: 2000 4th runner-up in Shenzhen.[6]
- Girls' Track and Field Team
Music and Drama
The Student Choir was founded in 1992. In 1995 the choir won the first prize in the 1995 Guiyang Chinese Choral Festival. In the same year, it performs with China Central Choir at Shenzhen Grand Theater to public. It has won many gold medals in the annual Shenzhen Choral Competition, including a four-peat during 1995-1999. The choir was also invited to attend Children's Choral Festival at Sydney Opera House in 1999.[7]
The Students Philharmonic Orchestra was set up in 1993. It has become a large
There are also Chinese and English drama performances at Chinese Week (Chinese: 语文周) and English Week (Chinese: 英语周) respectively. The high school's drama society was formed in 2005 mainly consisting of grade 10 and 11 students.[9]
Traditions
There are many special traditions in SZSY that are used to enhance students' abilities both mentally and physically. In addition to the Chinese and English drama performances mentioned above that occur every year, other crucial events include an Art Festival in which students from different clubs, such as dance clubs and singing clubs come out to perform what they practiced. A Science Festival, wherein students hand make da li shen and many other wood made pieces to compete on strength and flexibility by supporting very heavy iron rings. There is also an annual sport competition, which usually lasts two or three days in November. At the beginning of the New Year, students from all parts of SZSY, ranging from kindergarten to high school gather at the Shenzhen Stadium to perform Guang Bo Chao and receive cheers from all the parents and school heads from Shenzhen Sports Association.
Notable alumni
- Laura Li, Miss Macau 2009
- Sire Ma, Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2008 2nd runner up
- Wang Yundi, Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant France 2009[10]
- Ma Qicheng, the first high school student from Shenzhen to attend Harvard[11]
In popular culture
- A 1999 TV series "Flowering Season.Rainy Season" (Chinese: 《花季·雨季》) was filmed at the school's Baihua 6th Road campus.
See also
References
- ^ The emergence of the Shenzhen Experimental School as an elite school Archived 2012-12-03 at archive.today. Hub.hku.hk. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ a b c d e "Introduction". Shenzhen Experimental Education Group. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ 深圳实验教育集团-高中部 Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ a b competitions.深圳实验教育集团[permanent dead link]. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ 深圳实验教育集团[permanent dead link]. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ 深圳实验教育集团[permanent dead link]. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ 深圳实验教育集团[permanent dead link]. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ [1] Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 深圳实验教育集团[permanent dead link]. Web.szsy.cn. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ 2009中华小姐环球大赛法国赛区决赛落幕_华人华侨频道_新华网. News.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
- ^ 三所世界名校同时录取深圳学子马启程. News.sina.com.cn (2002-08-29). Retrieved on 2010-10-21.
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