The Development Course of No.2 Middle School in Xiangzhou District

Xiangzhou No.2 Middle School, founded in 1956, is an ordinary high school in rural areas, located in villages and towns, with poor quality of students and ups and downs in its development. 1997, the young Chen Huayuan was appointed as the principal of Xiangzhou No.2 Middle School. At that time, the school buildings were dilapidated, and most of them were tile houses in the 1950s. School enrollment is difficult, only 1000 students. Member Chen Hua put forward the slogan of "operating efficiency and working hard to create miracles". In just a few years, the school has undergone earth-shaking changes, and its development has embarked on the fast lane of a virtuous circle. The number of students who passed the undergraduate entrance examination has increased from 105 in 1997 to more than 1000, and six top candidates in the district entrance examination have been trained successively, sending new students to Tsinghua and Peking University for many years, which shows the phenomenon of "first-class quality of three types of students" in Xiangzhou No.2 Middle School.

Xiangzhou No.2 Middle School has fully implemented the party's education policy, and has sent a batch of outstanding students to the country, which shines in the eyes of millions of people in the whole region. Especially since the establishment of the new leadership team with the secretary of the Party Committee and the principal as the core, a group of people from the Party Committee of Xiangyang No.2 Middle School have been honest and pragmatic, reformed and innovated, and insisted on strict management of the school, forming a school spirit of "civilization, diligence, realism and innovation". The school construction and teaching quality have made remarkable achievements and become a dazzling star in key high schools in northwest Hubei.

The students of No.2 Middle School followed the rules and explored the experience of running a school with the characteristics of No.2 Middle School, and created one miracle after another: they successively trained six top candidates in the college entrance examination in the whole region, namely Yu Yongqing, Liu Jiajia, Si, Can Hui, Zhou Juan and Guo Dingxiang, and sent1kloc-0/outstanding students to Tsinghua University, Peking University, China University of Science and Technology, China Renmin University and Beijing Sport University. More than 800 outstanding students were sent to national key universities such as National Defense University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University, China University of Political Science and Law, Fudan University, Nankai University, Sun Yat-sen University, Beijing Normal University and China Normal University. From 2004 to 2008, only 5,543 students passed the undergraduate course. Our school ranks first among similar schools. "Third-rate students, first-class quality" is the pertinent evaluation of our school by the leaders of the Municipal Education Bureau. These achievements are the result of implementing quality education, paying attention to cultivating students' thinking ability and creativity, and teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. All walks of life have generally praised our school-running level and teaching quality, and achieved good social benefits.

The developing No.2 Middle School has an unprecedented scale, and the conditions for running a school have been upgraded in an all-round way: the eight-story teaching and office complex in front of the main building, each classroom has voice listening equipment and color TV, which is the landmark building of No.2 Middle School and is first-class in Xiangfan. The well-equipped experimental building, six teachers' dormitories, four student apartments and modern teaching facilities provide students with good learning conditions. Restaurants, boiling water rooms, bathhouses and supermarkets provide more perfect facilities for students' life. The largest modern standard sports ground in this city enables students to get full exercise after studying.

"Laying a foundation for students' lifelong development" is the school-running philosophy of Xiangyang No.2 Middle School, and "learning to learn to learn, learn to do things, learn to get along with others, and learn to survive" is the standard for cultivating talents in Xiangyang No.2 Middle School. The school holds a training course for activists to join the party once a year, and recruits 3-5 students with excellent academic performance to prepare for joining the party. Xiangyang No.2 Middle School has set up a "Principal's Mailbox" to widely adopt students' reasonable suggestions. There are two "love activities" to donate to poor students every year, and no one in Xiangyang No.2 Middle School drops out of school because of family difficulties. Xiangyang No.2 Middle School is the cradle of success-this is the aspiration of previous graduates.

Honorary titles such as "Advanced Unit of Education and Scientific Research in Xiangfan City", "Advanced School of College Entrance Examination in Xiangfan City", "Advanced Grass-roots Party Organization in Xiangfan City", "Most Satisfied School in Xiangfan City", "Advanced Unit of National Fitness Week in Hubei Province" and "Civilized Unit in Hubei Province" are the glory and pride of Xiangyang No.2 Middle School, which inspires Xiangyang No.2 Middle School to further emancipate its mind, forge ahead with the times and create more brilliant achievements!