Shenzhen Middle School

Coordinates: 22°33′17″N 114°06′59″E / 22.55472°N 114.11639°E / 22.55472; 114.11639

Shenzhen Middle School
深圳中学
Location
Shenzhen, Guangdong
China
Information
Type Public School
Motto 建设学术性高中 培养创新型人才
(Strive for Academic Excellence. Cultivate a Creative Student Body.)
Established 1947
Founder Zhang Shoulin
Principal Zhu Huawei
Faculty ~400
Enrollment ~4000
Student to teacher ratio 10:1
Campus City, 107,602 square metres (1,158,220 sq ft)
Mascot "Knowledge" (A Sculpture)
Website www.shenzhong.net

Shenzhen Middle School (Simplified Chinese: 深圳中学; Traditional Chinese: 深圳中學; Pinyin: Shēnzhèn Zhōngxué), commonly referred to as SMS or SZMS, is a high school located in Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Founded in 1947, it was made the only provincial key high school (magnet school) in Shenzhen in 1983.[1] In November 1993, it became one of the first Class-One Schools of Guangdong Province. In 1998, Shenzhen Middle School merged with Honghu Middle School, and the latter's campus is now Shenzhen Middle School's junior school. In total, its junior and senior campuses cover an area of 107,602 square metres (1,158,220 sq ft). The student-teacher ratio is about 10:1. Zhu Huawei (朱华伟, Zhu Huawei)[2] is the current principal.

Shenzhen Middle School have been continuously ranked as the best school in Shenzhen and among the top schools in Guangdong Province. Over the last two years, Shenzhen Middle Schoolhas been ranked #1 in the percentage and number of high-scoring students in Guangdong Province, with the largest number of graduates admitted by top Chinese universities every year. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in US universities, Shenzhen Middle School ranked number 8 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.[3][4]

Shenzhen Middle School consists of its primary, junior and senior schools, located on separate campuses. The senior campus is divided into East Campus, where 10th and 11th graders are located, and West Campus, where 12th graders under intensive preparations for National Higher Education Entrance Examination are located.

Of the three campuses, only the senior campus offers student dorms, which allows Shenzhen Middle School students to choose whether they want to be commuters or residents on campus. The residential facilities available include two grocery stores, two dining halls, two residential halls. Both junior and senior campuses have a soccer field and a track field. There are five basketball courts, including one indoor, badminton courts and table tennis tables, a taekwondo room and a dancing room.

Curriculums

Shenzhen Middle School offers four curriculums to high school students and one curriculum to middle-school students.

Freshmen submit their curriculum preferences before the start of their first school year. All curriculums require entrance exams except the Standard Curriculum. For the school year of 2011-2012, the Experimental Curriculum requires a written entrance exam, the Honor Curriculum requires a written entrance exam, and the International Curriculum requires both an interview and a written entrance exam. Students who do not submit any preference or students who indicate their preference to these three curricula but fail to pass their written exams and/or interview are automatically admitted by the Standard Curriculum.

Standard Curriculum

The Standard Curriculum (标准体系) meets the needs of high-school students whose goal is to pass the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, an academic examination held annually. The Standard Curriculum comprises about 40% of students in Shenzhen Middle School.

Experimental Curriculum

The Experimental Curriculum (实验体系) provides students with special courses that are not available to high-school students in China. The Experimental Curriculum comprises about 30% of students in SMS.

"Gaokao" Concentration

The "Gaokao" Concentration of the Experimental Curriculum (实验体系高考方向) is a program for students who plan to participate in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (the Gaokao), while also exploring different course and pedagogical options offered by the Experimental Curriculum.

International Concentration (Previously the International Curriculum)

The International Concentration of the Experimental Curriculum (实验体系出国方向), or the Advanced Placement Program (APP) is a program for students who plan to study abroad, usually in the United States. Students in this concentration comprise about eighteen percent of students in Shenzhen Middle School. Previously called the International Curriculum (commonly referred to as IC), this concentration was renamed and placed under the administration of the Experimental Curriculum in the 2016-2017 school year.

This curriculum is distinguished by offering a liberal arts and science curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking and creativity. Such courses are usually taught in English by Western instructors and are taught at collegiate level rigor. In 2013-2014 school year, over thirty college level courses are offered in addition to college prep courses, including courses in the English language arts, the humanities and social sciences, art and drama along with math and hard sciences. By taking these courses, students have an extremely high practical level of English in thinking, expression and social interaction. The IC also has a certified college counselor on staff to insure compliance with US policies and procedures for college application and admission.

There has been a misconception that students in IC are required to pay a higher tuition fee than other students in Shenzhen Middle School. Admittedly, IC students occasionally need to buy foreign textbooks, which are expensive in most cases. Nevertheless, the tuition they pay is the same as that paid by any other students in Shenzhen Middle School and in any public high school in Shenzhen.

Honor Curriculum

The Honor Curriculum (荣誉体系) is distinguished by students participation in Olympiad academic contests on subjects including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and informatics. The Honor Curriculum comprises about 20% of students in SMS.

Since the Honor Curriculum was established, students have won many provincial, national and international academic awards and honors. Each year, some outstanding Honor Curriculum students are directly admitted by universities in China without taking the National Higher Education Entrance Examination. Some other excellent students may be qualified to receive "score plus" in National Higher Education Entrance Examination and therefore able to be admitted into any universities with scores lower than that normally required.

The school year of 2011-12 saw a major change in the Honor Curriculum. A new class was established to host students who demonstrate excellent command of languages, humanities, or social sciences. Newly enrolled students take an entrance exam to be admitted into this class.

Integral Curriculum

The Integral Curriculum (整体体系), also called 3+2, is an unofficial course curriculum distinguished by including both junior and senior high school students. The students who enrolls in this curriculum in 7th Grade are ensured to enter the high school of Shenzhen Middle School.

The Integral Curriculum provides the students with advanced courses in senior high school, including Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Competition. It's where gifted students start their academic career.

Campus media

Radio Station

The shenzhen middle school radio station (风华子衿广播站) is an official broadcast station in the campus. The radio station have fixed audience for over two thousand people. The radio station mainly broadcasting news, literatures, musics and critics which written by members of the radio station.

Nova Monthly

Nova Monthly is the English-Chinese translational monthly magazine published within the campus and into the society. The magazine mainly contains translated articles from popular USA and English publications. It is obliged to transform the intelligence and sparkles oversea as an cultural ambassador and build a bridge connecting the West and East. Being an interdiscinplinary work, Nova Monthly has 5 columns: "Living", "Sports", "Entertainment", "Technology" and "Column X".

Nirvana News

Nirvana News (涅槃新闻), is an independent campus news outlet established and ran exclusively by students.[5] Reporting on many campus events, Nirvana News aims to portray campus affairs in Shenzhen Middle School in an impartial and objective way.

Nirvana News emerged from Nirvana Weekly (涅槃周刊), which is a comprehensive Chinese magazine published by Shenzhen Middle School students in November, 2009. Being an unaffiliated and non-profit magazine, Nirvana Weekly aimed to deliver intramural and extramural information with fine quality, spread contemporary citizen ideals and solicit consideration and discussion among its readers. "Through the darkest dark, may we see the light（越万里之溟濛兮，见凤之流光）"is the magazine's motto.

Visionary Monthly

Visionary Monthly is an English-only magazine published in Shenzhen Middle School campus. This magazine is the first English-only media which is completed written, edited and published by middle school students in Shenzhen Middle School. The buyers are all over Shenzhen. The magazine have over three hundred fixed reader who subscribe it. It is influential not only inside campus but outside in Shenzhen. The articles in the magazine mainly are novels, proses, music criticism, politics criticism.

Shenzhong Daily

Shenzhong daily is a daily newspaper which published within Shenzhen Middle School. The newspaper began its publication in 2009, and is free to all the faculty and students of Shenzhen Middle School.

Clubs

Shenzhen Middle School Student Activity Association[6]

Shenzhen Middle School Student Activity Association is a student-run organization aimed towards organizing high-quality student activities and providing technical support for routine activities in the school. Its biggest activities include the Shenzhen Middle School's Top Ten Singers Competition, and the annual New Year Fete.

Shenzhen Middle School Model United Nations[7]

Shenzhen Middle School Model United Nations is the organizer of Pan-Pearl River Delta Model United Nation Conference For High School Students (PPRDMUN), the largest and most weighty MUN conference in Southern China.

Shenzhen Middle School Science Association

Shenzhen Middle School Science Association is a club where students communicate with others on scientific issues. There're five academic divisions so far - the Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Computer Science.

The Shenzhen Middle SchoolScience Association provides its members with high-qualified academic courses, where deeper level knowledge is offered.

Torchlight

Torchlight is a club which provides its members with a place to communicate with each other, the politic lovers in campus.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "深中简介-深圳中学_建设中国特色的世界一流高中". www.shenzhong.net. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. ↑ "校长简介-深圳中学_建设中国特色的世界一流高中". www.shenzhong.net. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. ↑ People's Daily "http://gz.people.com.cn/n2/2016/0224/c358162-27802234.html" Feb 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ CollegeNode Ranking ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-05. "
  5. ↑ "关于我们 - 涅槃新闻". nirvana.news (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  6. ↑ "深圳中学 学生活动中心". xuehuo.shenzhong.net. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  7. ↑ "深中模联". www.pprdmun.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Media citations

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  • Mission San Jose High School Delegation visited Shenzhen Middle School in April 2007
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