Sichuan Chengdu Shude High School
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| Chengdu Shude High School 成都树德中学 | |
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 The eastern gate of Chengdu Shude High School | |
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Chengdu, Sichuan, China | |
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| Type | National experimental high school |
| Motto | 忠、勇、勤 "Loyalty, Courage, Diligence" |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Founder | Sunzhen |
| Superintendent | Ms. Xia Hu [1] |
| Principal | Mr. Yuanbo Zhong |
| Campus size | Guanghua campus: 12.2ha Foreign language campus: 8ha |
| Website | http://www.sdgj.com/ |
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 public high school in Chengdu, China. The phrase shude in Mandarin translates to "cultivation of morals." The school has been commended on multiple occasions by municipal and provincial authorities for achieving high average scores for the Gaokao, an important university-entrance exam.[2]
History
Shude High School was founded as a private school in 1929 by Sun Zhen, who would later become a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang. Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, in 1950, the school was nationalized and renamed Chengdu No. 9 High School (成都九中). 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 wider Sichuan Province, as well as a designated school for the children of returned Overseas Chinese.[3] In 1980, Shude High School was honored as an exemplary school.[2]
In 1989, the high school celebrated its 60th anniversary and reverted its name from Chengdu No. 9 High School to the current Shude High School. Sun Jingshan (孙静山), son of founder Sun Zhen, visited the school from Taiwan and donated to the school's library.[3]
In 2000, Shude High School was chosen as a model senior secondary school of China. During 2007-2010, the school expanded and another two campuses was founded (Guanghua campus and Foreign language campus, respectively). In 2013, the school was chosen as a First-level model school of Sichuan Province. Most recently in 2019, current school staffs and alumni celebrated the 90th anniversary of the school at its Foreign language campus.
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.[citation needed]
The basketball team of Shude High School had won the championship in Sichuan Middle School Basketball Cup from 2000 to 2005 and had won third place in Nike National Middle School Basketball Cup.[citation needed]
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 provides Victorian Certificate of Education to its graduates.[4]
Notable alumni
- Liu Yongyan (刘永言), once China's richest man,[5] Chairman of New Hope Group
- Han Sanping (韩三平), the president of Beijing Film studio.
- Zhao Ermi(赵尔宓), herpetologist, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- Sha Guohe(沙国河), physical chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- Hu Daiguang(胡代光), economist
- Que Yongwu(阙永伍), the first head coach of China National Women's Volleyball Team
Shude schools in Chengdu
- Chengdu Shude Union School (成都树德联合中学)
- Chengdu Shude Experimental Middle School (成都树德实验中学)
- International Department of Shude High School (树德中学国际部)
Sister schools
- Central High School (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Hellgate High School (Missoula, Montana)
- Sheffield High School (Sheffield, UK)
- Haileybury College (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
References
- ^ Qian, Hongrui (6 December 2019). "成都树德中学迎建校90周年 各届学子送上生日祝福 (Chengdu Shude High School Greets 90th Anniversary, [Former] Students Send Best Wishes)". Xinhua News. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b "发展历程 (Course of Development [of the School])". Chengdu Shude High School (in Chinese). 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b "四川省成都市树德中学简介 (Introduction to Chengdu Shude High School of Sichuan)" (in Chinese). Chengdu Shude High School. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "|VCE| - 新闻镜头 - 国际部 - 部门网页 - 成都树德中学". www.sdzx.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ report from American magazine Forbes Archived May 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine