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] |
| Campus size | Guanghua campus: 12.2ha Foreign language campus: 8ha |
| Website | http://www.sdzx.net/ |
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 De." The school has been commemorated on multiple occasions by municipal and provincial authorities for high average scores on the Gaokao.[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 a key school (zh).[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]
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 given Victorian Certificate of Education to its graduates.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Liu Yongyan (刘永言), once China's richest man.[4]
- Han Sanping (韩三平), the general producer of Beijing Film studio.
- Xiaotong Ma founder of the Women's Asteroid Mining Association.[citation needed]
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.
- ^ report from American magazine Forbes Archived May 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine