Xiamen Shuangshi High School

Xiamen Shuangshi High School

Infobox_School
name =Xiamen Shuangshi High School of Fujian
native_name = _zh. 福建省厦门双十中学
_zh. Fújiànshěng Xiàmén Shuāngshí Zhōngxué
Hok-kian-seng E-mng Sian-chap Tiong-hak


motto =Diligence, Fortitude, Faithfulness and Fidelity ( _zh. 勤毅信诚)
established =in October, 1919
type =Public high school
district =Siming District
principal =Mr. Chen Wenqiang ( _zh. 陈文强)
founder =Mr. Ma Qiaoru ( _zh. 马侨儒)
location =No. 33 Zhenhai Road, Xiamen City
Fujian Province
postcode =361003
country =CHN
information =+86-592-2117888
website = [http://www.sszx.cn/ http://www.sszx.cn/]

Xiamen Shuangshi High School of Fujian (Shuangshi or XMSS for short; zh-sp|s=福建省厦门双十中学|p=Fújiànshěng Xiàmén Shuāngshí Zhōngxué; POJ: Hok-kian-seng E-mng Sian-chap Tiong-hak), which is also called Xiamen No. 8 High School once, is a public high school including both junior grades and senior grades. Shuangshi was founded by several Chinese living in Philippine and famous people doing business in Xiamen in October, 1919. In the year of 1956, it was taken over by the government and become a public high school.

Currently, Shuangshi has two campuses. The older one, which is now the campus for junior grades, resides along Zhenhai Road which is neighbor to the center of the city; the newer one, which is now for senior grades, which has an area of about 110,000 m2, is located aside the Fanghu Road East by the east shore of the island.

History

* In 1919, Shuangshi was first founded at Xiaxizai Street, named "Xiamen Shuangshi Type-2 Business School". Business and journalism are the subjects firstly started. Mr. Lin Zhuguang was the chairman of the board and Mr. Ma Qiaoru was the first principal.

* In 1924, Shuangshi was moved to the current campus which is on the north of Hongshan Mount, and renamed to "Xiamen Private Shuangshi Business High School".

* In 1925, Shuangshi was extended to a standard high school which have all 6 junior and senior grades, and renamed to "Xiamen Private Shuangshi High School". Once, it was the high school has most students in Fujian Province.

* In 1937, because of World War II, Shuangshi was transplanted to Pinghe County, which is in the mountainous area of West Fujian. Due to the high reputation of the school, the amount of the student exceeded 1,000.

* In 1946, Shuangshi transplanted back to Xiamen after the victory of World War II.

* In 1956, the government took over Shuangshi and turned it into public school, renamed it to "Xiamen Shuangshi High School".

* In 1959, Shuangshi earned the honor of "Red Flag High School" and became one of the first Key High Schools in Fujian Province.

* In 1965, due to the chaos of Cultural Revolution, the school was renamed again to "Xiamen No.8 High School", and the operation was almost suspended.

* In 1976, after the end of Cultural Revolution, the school began to resume its operation.

* In 1979, the school was enlisted into the first priority Key High Schools of Fujian Province.

* In 1983, the school name was restored to "Xiamen Shuangshi High School".

* In 1996, Shuangshi reached the standard of First Class Qualified High School of Fujian Province.

* In 2006, a new campus on the east of Jinshang Road, the west of Xianhuang Road and the north of Fanghu Road East was established and came into operation as the campus of senior grades.

tories

* The name, Shuangshi, which in Chinese pinyin means exactly "Double Ten", was established in the memory of the Xinhai Revolution, a revolution on October 10, 1911, the Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen which overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
* The anniversary of Shuangshi is October 10, also in the memory of the Xinhai Revolution.
* In the older campus, there are 99 levels of steps, which intend to encourage students to overcome all difficulties bravely.

ister School

* Taichung City Municipal Shuang-Shih Junior High School, Taiwan, since 2006.

International Coordination

* Joined the GLOBE Program since the 1990s. [ [http://www.globe.gov/fsl/GSI/INDIV/SCHINFO/Display.pl?schl=N7F7cWc&nav=1&lang=en GLOBE: School Search: Information on The Shuangshi High School of Xiamen City ] ]
* Held The 3rd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad in November, 2007. [ [http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/apao/2007/ The 3rd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad ] ] [http://www.bjp.org.cn/apao2007/index.htm]

References

External links

* [http://www.sszx.cn/ Website of Xiamen Shuangshi High School]


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