Chengdu Shude High School

Chengdu Shude High School
成都树德中学
The eastern gate of Chengdu Shude High School
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Information
Type National experimental high school
Opened 1929
Founder Sunzhen
Superintendent Mr. Dongyong Chen
Campus size

Guanghua campus: 12.2ha

Foreign language campus: 8ha
Website http://www.sdzx.net/

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 high school in Chengdu, China. In Chinese, Shude literally means establishing morality. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Shude High School ranked number 36 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities. [1] [2]

History

Shude High School was founded in 1929 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 "loyalty, bravery and diligence" (忠,勇,勤). The school's educational goal is "building virtue and building character" (树德树人).

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

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

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

In 1950, after the communist revolution, the administration 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 served 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 as the Beacon high school of Sichuan Province.

In 1989, Shude High School celebrated its 60th anniversary, and changed its name back to the original form of Shude High School. Sun Jingshan (孙静山), son of Sun Zhen, the founder of the school, visited the school from Taiwan and gave a donation to the school's library.[3]

Present

With an annual enrollment of 5,000 students at three different campuses, Shude High School attracts elite students from Sichuan province. Every year, in the National College Entrance Examination, the average score of Shude High School ranks as one of the highest in Sichuan province.[4]

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

The International Department of Shude High School, jointly set up by Chengdu Shude High School and Chengdu Huaying Consulting and Service Ltd., was accredited by Chengdu Bureau of Education in 2002. (Verification No：(2005) 5). Also it has cooperated with Australian and British Higher education institutions, and given Victorian Certificate of Education to its graduates.

The current principal of Shude High School is Mr. Dongyong Chen.

Controversy

From the late 1990s, a portion of students with lower enrollment examination scores were accepted into Shude High School, by paying an amount of money annually to the school administration. The school explained that the money is used for the development of the campus. This practice is common in Sichuan province for students who choose a key school with lower enrollment scores.

Famous alumni

  • Liu Yongyan (劉永言), once China's richest men.[5]
  • Han Sanping (韓三平), the general producer of Beijing Film studio.
  • Xiaotong Ma <(O_O)>, a female Chinese student who founded the Women's Asteroid Mining Association.

Shude schools in Chengdu

Sister schools

References

  1. ↑ People's Daily ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-08. " Feb 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ CollegeNode Ranking ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-05. "
  3. ↑ "Shude High School official website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20.
  4. ↑ High school gaokao average score is reported by Chengdu media every year.
  5. ↑ report from American magazine Forbes Archived May 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
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