Jiangmen No. 1 Middle School Explained

Guangdong Jiangmen No. 1 High School (JMYZ)
Native Name:广东江门市第一中学
Motto:明志崇德，砺教笃学
City:Jiangmen
Country:China
Coordinates:22.9333°N 124°W
Type:Public
Established:1930
Principal:Xia Zhiqing
Faculty:251
Campus Size:57.66 acres
Campus Type:Urban
Nickname:Jiangmen Yizhong
Website:http://www.jmyz.com/
Students:3600
Free Label2:Anthem
Free Text2:Light of Penglai （蓬莱之光）

Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 High School(Simplified Chinese: 广东江门市第一中学; Traditional Chinese: 廣東江門市第一中學, commonly abbreviated as Jiangmen Yizhong or JMYZ) is a full-time and all boarding senior high school in Jianghai District, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. Its earliest predecessor Jingxian Academy of Classical Learning was established during the Qing dynasty (1760) and expanded to a municipal high school in 1928.[1] It is one of the most prestigious high schools in Five Counties in Guangdong (Chinese: 五邑地区) now.

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History

Curriculum

In Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 Middle School, there are mainly 3 types of curriculum for different senior high school students:

  1. General senior high school curriculum
  2. Art Courses
    • Set up for students who choose to take the Art College Entrance Examination, both major courses (Sketch) and academic courses are arranged for them.
  3. International Education (ISS)
    • Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 Middle School set up International curriculum experimental classes (国际课程实验班) in 2012,[3] for high school students who nurse aspirations to study aboard. Instead of taking the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, they spend 3 years to prepare for High school level test, A-levels / SAT, and IELTS test, and then apply for overseas universities.

Facilities

The new campus of JMYZ has been basically completed and fully operational on September 1, 2005. With an area of near 58 acres, there are both learning equipment and living facilities providing for students, including a library, an art building, a science building, an administrative building, 6 teaching buildings, 9 dormitory buildings for both students and staffs, a three-storeyed canteen, a new gymnasium established in September 2012,[4] 15 basketball courts, 14 badminton courts, 9 volleyball courts, 2 football pitches, a standard swimming pool, etc.[5]

Faculty and staff

There are totally 66 classes, more than 3600 students, 251 teachers in Jiangmen No.1 Middle School at present. Among 251 teachers, 5 of them have the title of 'Special-class Teacher', 129 of them are senior teachers and 83 of them first-grade teachers.

Achievements

Extracurricular life

Student Clubs

There are 28 student clubs in Jiangmen No.1 Middle School at present, which are all managed by the Associations Union. Besides some conventional clubs, such as Student's Union, Television Station, Broadcasting Station and Literature Club, JMYZ also supports students to organize recreational groups, such as, Anime Club, Planetary Research Club, Taekwondo Club, Photography Club, etc. Furthermore, every year, there are some campus cultural activities organized by students, such as National Model United Nations (NMUN), The Talent Star Competition, 326 Association Party and so on.

Regular Activities

Sports Meeting

It is held in October every year and it has been successfully held for 45 times up to 2016.

Red May Singing Contest

It is a choirs contest taking class as a unit, being held on May every year.

One-Hundred-Day Oath-taking Ceremony and Adult Ceremony

It is held at 100 days before the NHEEE to stimulate senior 3 students to study hard.

Anniversary Celebration

Since 2010, large-scale activities are held in December every five years to celebrate the anniversary. Thousands of alumni are welcomed back to JMYZ.[7] [8]

Lights-out Ceremony

It is spontaneously organized by students in May for senior 3 students who will take the coming NHEEE. To cheer up candidates, brief encouraging words was presented on the wall through utilizing the lights of dormitories orderly. There are different showing words in different year, but in the same format, such as 2013 BIG WIN, 2014 HUG SKY, 2015 FLY HIGH, 2016 NON STOP.

Sister schools

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 卓立侨乡斯文堪继往发展教育风气应开来——江门一中建校八十周年史略纪实. 2011-06-27. 江门一中官网. Dec 16, 2016.
  2. Web site: 广东江门市第一中学简介. 2016-06-15. 江门一中官网. Dec 16, 2016.
  3. Web site: 热烈祝贺江门一中国际班学生100%升读世界排名前300大学. 2016-06-27. 光明网. Dec 16, 2016.
  4. Web site: 江门一中罗任增婉体育馆落成. 2012-10-10. 羊城晚报. Dec 16, 2016.
  5. Web site: 选择江门一中，助你走向成功！. 2016-06-30. 南方都市报. Dec 16, 2016.
  6. Web site: 江门：高考学子报考入围率87.55%. 2016-06-25. 金羊网. Dec 16, 2016.
  7. Web site: 江门一中八十周年校庆纪实. 2011-06-27. 江门一中官网. Dec 16, 2016.
  8. Web site: 江门一中建校八十五周年，近万校友归宁共庆贺. 2015-12-19. 江门一中官网. Dec 16, 2016.
  9. Web site: 美国河滨市罗夫高中师生到访江门一中. 2010-04-10. 江门市教育党务公开网. Dec 16, 2016.

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