One of the schools participating in our project is in China.
Alina is in charge of the English club at this school and was very interested in taking part in the traveling notebook action. She was kind enough to send us a description of her school that I am including below:
ZHOUSHAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Zhoushan
High School is the earliest secondary school in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province,
established in 1921 by natives Mr. Liu Hongsheng and Zhu Baosan who started
their entrepreneurship in Shanghai. As one of the first 18 province-level
prestigious high schools, it enjoys high popularity in Zhejiang Province.
Covering an area of about 40 acres, Zhoushan High School has 39 classes with a
faculty team and student body totaling more than 2,000. Additionally, it boasts
of a unique architectural style and rich educational resources backed up by
top-level facilities. In 2011, Zhoushan High School accomplished the
qualification of real-name recommendation of students for Peking University and
joined in Tsinghua University’s Leading Program of Real-name Recommendation. In
2012, the School became the first school with the qualification of granting
high-school diploma equivalent to that of the American high schools in
Zhejiang. Through over 90 years of development, Zhoushan High School adheres to
the motto of “agape”, and cultivates the spirit of “discipline, objectivity,
deploitation and innovation” while pursuing the educational concepts of “stressing both liberal arts and
science, encouraging the fostering of versatility, embracing an international
vision and seeking diversified development”.
The School has made obvious
accomplishments and won high recognition from people all walks of life via
keeping pace with the times. In 2012, the School was awarded “2012 National
Top School with Unique Characteristics and Most Inherent Quality".
Zhoushan
High School is featured with rich educational resources and has both domestic
and overseas faculty members with a reasonable age mix and a full range of
expertise. Presently, the School has 189 full-time teachers, including 4
special-class teachers and 18 municipal-level academic leaders. Five American
teachers are exclusively working for the AP Experimental Class granting the
diploma acknowledged both in China and the USA. 113 teachers have advanced
professional titles.
The
motto of “agape” has helped the school to write fabulous chapters and the concept of
diversity nurtures the lasting legends one after another. Over 90 years of
evolution through twists and turns accumulates the unique continuity of
spiritual culture, which in turn pushes the school to a higher rung of
achievements in terms of college entrance examinations and helps to cultivate
talents generation after generation in political arena, business circle, culture
community, academia, fields of arts and entertainment industry. In the past
decade, 4 graduates ranked 1st among all the candidates in Zhejiang Province in
the college entrance examinations; 11 ranked among the top 10. Additionally,
remarkable fruits have been yielded in the academic competitions. Each year
over 150 students won various awards in the national and provincial
competitions of math, physics and chemistry.
The
school “attaches great importance to both arts and sciences, placing value
on the breadth and depth of students'knowledge and their overall development”. Students
also perform well in physical education, achieving excellent results in
provincial secondary school student sports competitions. Meanwhile, over years
of exploration and try of the art education, ideal achievements have been made,
especially in 2010. 2 students are admitted to Tsinghua University, one of whom
ranked third nationwide in the art performance, 17 more into other famous key
universities and 2 delivered excellent performance in the fine arts test by the
Chinese Central Academy of Fine arts.
Elites
like them have demonstrated the tremendous power of the school spirit. They
have become the milestones for the educational cause in Zhoushan and will
always be great inspiration for the younger generation.
The
diversity concept in running the educational career has led to the magnificence
of Zhoushan High School today. The School attaches great importance to the
comprehensive development and the cultivation of overall qualities while
constructing diversified teaching methods and creating the platform to improve
students’skills. The atmosphere of humanity featured with generosity,
integrity, vigor and versatility is fostered with the well organized training
programs, the charms of social activities, the festival events and ceremonies,
and the self-review education. It is our aim to instill the informative and
entertaining nature in the routine educational activities so that students can
improve themselves effectively. The initiatives such as those of music, fine
arts, physical education and international classes are intended to add colors
to the current picture of encouraging the development of versatility and talent
of students. We are convinced that all the students are fulfilling their life
here and expecting a brighter future.With Mr.Tang’s leading our school,we will
have a good future.
We are very glad you are participating in this project!
