The history of Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School

In 1897, Xu Shulan, a Shanyin squire and reformer, donated one thousand taels of silver, and raised more than four thousand yuan from Shanyin County Shazu and Shaojun Tea Industry Office to imitate the Tianjin Chinese and Western School founded by Sheng Xuanhuai. , Shaojun Chinese and Western School was founded under the regulation of a second-class school (equivalent to a middle school), and was reported to the Ming and Qing Dynasties by the governor of Zhejiang, Liao Shoufeng.

In 1898, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Cai Yuanpei, who was serving as editor of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing, concluded that there was no hope of political reform in the Qing court, so he abandoned his official position and returned to Shao, where he applied to be the principal of the Chinese and Western School in Shao County. When Cai took charge of the project, he planned to establish the "Yangxin Book Collection" library, hand-written 15 brief rules for borrowing books, and taught students in accordance with their aptitude and graded classes according to students' age and level of Chinese studies, even though there was no academic system to follow.

In July 1899, the school was renamed Shaoxing Prefecture School. Cai Yuanpei recruited teachers and promoted new education: he purchased scientific instruments, reformed the curriculum, compiled his own teaching materials and textbooks, successively added Japanese, gymnastics, surveying and mapping, physical chemistry and other courses, and took the lead in introducing foreign teachers.

In 1900, Cai Yuanpei resigned angrily because he was dissatisfied with the opposition from the conservative faction and the interference of the school directors, and the school was closed for a year.

In 1901, He Shouzhang became the principal of the school and recruited students to reopen the school.

In 1902, the school moved to Longshan Academy (today’s base of the Martyrs Monument in Fushan Park, Shaoxing), and the number of students increased to more than 80. Natural history classes were also established, and history and geography were separated from the Chinese language and separated into separate subjects.

In April 1902, public funds from the eight counties of Shao were withdrawn as school funds, and half of the property of the original Jishan Academy was allocated. The school became government-owned from then on.

In 1903, the enrollment of students with additional courses was stopped, and a normal department was set up with a fixed quota of 20 students.

From 1906, it was renamed Shaoxing Prefecture Middle School.

In December 1906, Cangqiao Examination Institute was rebuilt into the new school building of Fuxing Middle School.

In 1907, the construction of the school building started. At the same time, personnel were sent to Shanghai to purchase additional books, and they also traveled east to Japan to purchase a large number of physical and chemical instruments, chemicals, museum specimens, physiological models, and sports equipment.

In July 1907, the new school building in Cangqiao (the current site of No. 213 Shengli West Road) was completed, covering an area of ??50 acres, and its scale began to take shape. That is when enrollment started and there were 116 students that year.

In 1908, the academic system was changed to four years.

In September 1910, Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun) came to the school from Zhejiang Normal School to serve as a supervisor and natural history teacher for one year.

In 1911, the Zhejiang Provincial Advisory Bureau decided that the school should be transformed into a provincial school with funds allocated by the province and renamed the No. 5 Middle School of Zhejiang Province.

In November 1911, the Shaoxing Military and Government Branch sent personnel to take over the school.

In 1912, it was renamed Zhejiang Provincial No. 5 Middle School and opened in March. From then on, school funds began to come out of the provincial treasury, and the principal was appointed by the provincial education administrative department.

In March 1921, the Alumni Association was established for the first time and an Alumni Association Fund was established.

In 1922, a new academic system was promulgated (middle school and high school lasted three years each). Start enrolling two classes of new students in the three-year junior high school system, and stop recruiting new students in the old system.

In August 1923, the Fifth Normal University of Zhejiang Province was merged into the school, with the Cangqiao campus as the middle school department and the Longshan campus as the normal department, with a three-year normal training department.

In August 1926, the first class of first-year high school students began to be recruited.

In 1927, the high school was closed and students transferred to Zhejiang Provincial Hangzhou Senior High School.

In the spring of 1928, Shaoxing County Women’s Normal School was merged into the Normal Department of the school, and the former site of the women’s normal school (today’s Beihai Primary School) was reorganized into the Second Department of the Primary School Affiliated to the No. 5 Middle School (later changed to Shaoxing County No. 3 Primary School).

In August 1929, the Normal Department stopped recruiting new students to teach courses and established a one-year teacher training class to recruit junior high school graduates and current primary school teachers for training.

In 1932, the model room (study room, dormitory) system was tried out.

In July 1933, it was renamed Zhejiang Provincial Shaoxing Junior High School.

In the autumn of 1936, a simple normal school department was established.

In the autumn of 1938, the high school was restored and one class each of first-year junior and senior high school students and freshmen from the simplified normal school were admitted. The scale of the school was further expanded, and the school was renamed Zhejiang Provincial Shaoxing Middle School.

In May 1939, Japanese invading aircraft bombed Shaocheng three times. Classrooms and dormitories were severely damaged.

In July 1939, he moved to Lanting, Qifu, Fangquan, Lizhu and Zhuji Fengqiao Huamingquan to resume teaching.

In 1940, classes were resumed in the 28th capital of Chongren Town, Shengxian County.

In April 1941, Shaoxing fell, and the Cangqiao school building was occupied by the enemy as a military camp.

In June 1941, classes resumed.

In August 1941, it moved back to the 28th capital of Shengxian County and was called the first department of the Provincial Temporary Middle School. There were more than 700 students in the high school, junior high school and Jian Normal School. The Jian Normal School was The department moved to Xiaxiang Village.

In February 1942, it was renamed Zhejiang Provincial Shaoxing Middle School.

In May 1942, the Japanese invaded the south again and Zhu Sheng fell. The teachers and students of the school evacuated south again in batches, passing through Xinchang, Pan'an, Dongyang, Jinyun, and Lishui, and finally reached Xuanping and Ruian Daxi in southern Zhejiang. Students from the middle school were merged into the Provincial No. 2 Junior High School and the Provincial No. 3 Junior High School respectively, while students from the Jian Normal School were merged into the Provincial Jinhua Normal School and the Provincial Wenzhou Normal School respectively.

In June 1943, the Provincial Department of Education appointed Zhao Zailiang as the principal to resume the school, find a school building in Tiantai Street Town, and start school in September.

In February 1944, another school building was selected in Zhexi Village, Tiantai, until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

In October 1945, the Cangqiao school building was taken over.

In January 1946, he moved back to Shaoxing.

In May 1946, the Alumni Association General Meeting was held, and the proposal of "activating the alumni branch of the Qiyi Alumni Organization of the old Shaoxing" was passed.

In March 1947, a celebration meeting for the 50th anniversary of the school’s founding and other commemorative activities were held. In June 1949, the Shaoxing Municipal Military Control Commission appointed Liang Yaodong as its representative to take over the school.

In July 1949, the school board was established, and Shaoxing County Xilin Junior High School (formerly known as Shaoxing County Middle School) was merged into the school. The school was located at the school branch (now No. 563 Shengli West Road, Datong school).

In 1954, it was designated as a key middle school in Zhejiang Province.

In April 1955, it was renamed Shaoxing Middle School of Zhejiang Province.

In 1956, middle schools everywhere were named after serial numbers, and the school was renamed Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School in Zhejiang Province.

In 1961, following the policy of “adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement”, the school reorganized the “three fields” run by the school.

In 1962, pilot classes for educational reform began to be organized to conduct reform experiments in subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, and foreign languages.

In June 1966, the "Cultural Revolution" movement swept through middle schools in Shaoxing, and the schools were forced to "suspend classes for revolution." Junior high schools have stopped enrolling students for two consecutive years, and high schools have stopped enrolling students for four consecutive years.

In 1968, junior high school enrollment resumed and the schooling length was changed to two years.

In 1970, high school enrollment resumed and the academic system was changed to two years.

In 1977, the admissions examination system for colleges and universities was restored. Since 1978, the school has implemented the policy of "adjustment, reform, rectification and improvement". Starting from rectifying the teaching order, the school has implemented the "Interim Work Regulations for Full-time Middle Schools" (Trial Draft) promulgated by the Ministry of Education and the "Zhejiang Province Middle Schools" promulgated by the Provincial Department of Education. "Interim Provisions on Primary and Secondary School Education Management", implement the "Full-time Primary and Secondary School Teaching Plan" (Trial Draft) issued by the Ministry of Education and the "Code for Primary and Secondary School Students" (draft) and "National Physical Exercise Standards" promulgated later.

In 1978, the unified examination system for junior high school and high school admissions was restored, and the junior high school system was restored to three years. The school has been designated as a provincial, prefecture and county key middle school.

In 1980, the high school academic system was restored to three years. The six-year teaching plan begins in the first grade of high school.

Since 1980, special allowances for head teachers have been implemented.

In February 1981, the Zhejiang Provincial Government approved the school as one of the first 18 key middle schools in the province.

In 1981, the Ministry of Education implemented the "Full-time Six-Year Key Middle School Teaching Plan", carried out infrastructure construction such as the new east teaching building, and established the Lu Xun Memorial Room of the school.

In June 1981, high school review classes were discontinued.

In July 1984, the overall layout plan of the school was compiled, and the new library and student dormitory buildings were completed one after another.

In 1985, an ethnic junior high school class was added. The first class of 50 ethnic students enrolled in September. Since then, it has enrolled students year by year, with a full quota of 200 students.

In December 1985, the new Western Teaching Building was completed.

In 1986, the secondary education system was reformed and transformed into a general senior high school, and the enrollment of first-year junior high school students was stopped. Shaoxing urban area implements zoning of high school enrollment, and the source of high school students in schools has begun to change significantly. The school established a political and educational office to strengthen moral education, and the original educational office was renamed the Academic Affairs Office.

In May 1988, the school's buildings occupied by the Materials Bureau during the "Cultural Revolution" were recovered.

In 1990, it was rated as an advanced school in Zhejiang Province.

In December 1991, Lu Xun’s studio and Lu Xun showroom were reorganized and opened to the public.

In March 1992, the 95th anniversary celebration was held.

In 1993, the computer teaching center donated by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Association in Hong Kong was opened.

In November 1994, it was listed as the focus of the construction of key high schools in Shaoxing City.

In June 1995, the school party committee was established, and Yu Ji served as secretary of the party committee.

In September 1995, the principal responsibility system was established.

In October 1995, it became one of the 13 provincial key middle schools recognized by Zhejiang Province.

In February 1998, it was rated as a civilized school in Zhejiang Province and one of the top ten schools for poverty alleviation by teachers in Zhejiang Province.

In February 1999, it was rated as an advanced collective in popularizing experimental teaching in primary and secondary schools in Zhejiang Province and a modern education technology experimental school in Zhejiang Province.

In 2004, it signed a cooperation project agreement with Victoria Bowen Middle School and Bole Group in Australia.

In June 2006, it won the title of Advanced Grassroots Party Organization in Zhejiang Province.

In August 2006, Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School Branch implemented the "Four Independences". Establish a board of directors for the branch of No. 1 Middle School and implement a principal responsibility system under the leadership of the board of directors to truly separate school founders and managers.

In December 2006, it won the titles of “Zhejiang Province Civilized Unit”, “Zhejiang Province Green School”, and “Zhejiang Province Student Military Training Advanced Unit”.

In 2008, according to the requirements of the new curriculum reform, the school began to offer elective courses in the second and third grades of high school and implement class teaching.

In May 2009, it was listed as a student base by the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

In November 2009, Xi'an Jiaotong University awarded the school the title of "Excellent Student Base".

In 2010, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the school cooperated with Linton Academic High School in Vermont, USA, to establish the "China-US Class".

In May 2011, the Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School Alumni Association was established.

In June 2011, it became a sister school with Hong Kong Fengcai Middle School, and became a "Yangtze River Delta Network Paired School" with Jiangsu Xinhai Senior High School and Shanghai Jinshan Middle School. It was identified as a high-quality student source base by Tsinghua University. The school was recommended by the "Leading Program" and was recommended by the National People's Congress of China's "Principal Direct Program". The "recommended students" system has been implemented since the junior high school, and the school has recruited the first batch of recommended students (50 students).

In May 2012, it was identified as a real-name recommended school by middle school principals in mainland China by Fu Jen University in Taiwan, and as a student base school by the Naval Engineering University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

In February 2013, separate classes for arts and sciences were implemented on a trial basis after the first semester of the first year of high school.

In June 2013, the enrollment of first-year high school students increased to 18 classes.

In November 2013, the site was moved to Jinghu Lake in the north of the city. The school archives office is subject to review by the provincial-level archives office.

In August 2014, the "Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School 2014-2016 Development Plan" passed expert demonstrations and determined the school motto of "seeking truth and establishing people" and the school philosophy of "adults, talents, and achievements".

In September 2014, the international class started.