Shenzhen Experimental School
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Shenzhen Experimental School, commonly referred to as SZSY, is a public school in Shenzhen
, which consists of five sections, high school
, middle school
, secondary school
, elementary school
and kindergarten
.
Though founded relatively late in 1985, the school quickly gained its reputation as an elite school in Shenzhen as well as the nation.
and established a boarding school
at that location. In 2002 the school made the decision to move all high school (grade 10-12) teachers and students at the original Baihua 6th Road campus to the new campus. The new campus then became the de facto high school though the Baihua 6th Road campus continues to maintain its own high school education with newly recruited teachers and students.Jing Shiru was the school's founding principal and retired in 2007. His successor and current principal is Cao Yanqing.
and football, which are school-wide annual basketball and football cup competition with participating unit being class team. The school also organizes its annual filed and track games at Shenzhen Stadium
.
The school's sports teams, including:
Chinese Choral Festival. In the same year, it performs with China Central Choir at Shenzhen Grand Theater to public. It has won many gold medals in the annual Shenzhen Choral Competition, including a four-peat during 1995-1999. The choir was also invited to attend Children’s Choral Festival at Sydney Opera House
in 1999.
The Students Philharmonic Orchestra was set up in 1993. It has become a large philharmonic orchestra with a combination and disposition of sound scales and fine musical instruments. The orchestra consists of two parts: the tube philharmonic orchestra, and the wind and string. There are over 80 players in the tube part, whilst more than 120 in the wind and string part. The orchestra had reached the standard of performing multiple master pieces, and has won two honors: the first prize of Instrumental Music Tutti in Guangdong Province High School Students Art Show and the first prize of Instrumental Music Tuttic in National High School Students Art Show in March, 2007. It has staged many exclusive concerts and won many prizes in a variety of competitions, and performed in many local important cultural events. The orchestra has been invited to perform in Australia, France, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
There are also Chinese and English drama performances at Chinese Week and English Week respectively. The high school's drama society was formed in 2005 mainly consisting of grade 10 and 11 students.
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
, which consists of five sections, high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
, secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
, elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
and kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
.
Though founded relatively late in 1985, the school quickly gained its reputation as an elite school in Shenzhen as well as the nation.
History
The school was established in 1985 with the middle school and high school at Baihua 6th Road campus and the elementary school at Hongli Road campus. In 1988, the kindergarten was opened at Baihua 5th Road campus. In 1998, the school merged with Huaqiang Middle School with the latter becoming the fourth campus. In 2001, the school took over the financially troubled Asia Pacific International School at Nanshan DistrictNanshan District, Shenzhen
Nanshan District is one of the seven districts comprising Shenzhen. It encompasses the southwest area of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with a population of 0.9 million...
and established a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
at that location. In 2002 the school made the decision to move all high school (grade 10-12) teachers and students at the original Baihua 6th Road campus to the new campus. The new campus then became the de facto high school though the Baihua 6th Road campus continues to maintain its own high school education with newly recruited teachers and students.Jing Shiru was the school's founding principal and retired in 2007. His successor and current principal is Cao Yanqing.
Campus
The school now maintains the following five campuses.- High School: under the Guanlong Mountain at XiliXiliXili, , an area of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, South China, covers an area of 46.93 square kilometers, with the population of 210,000 or more, including household population of 19,323. It has eight communities - Dakan, Makan, Baimang, Lihu, Xinwei, Xili, Shuguang and Songping Shan...
, near Shenzhen PolytechnicShenzhen PolytechnicShenzhen Polytechnic is an educational institute in Shenzhen, China, founded in 1993.Shenzhen Polytechnic is located in Xili in Nanshan District. It has four campuses . According to its site, it has 21,000 full-time and 6,000 part-time students enrolled...
. All the students board. - Middle School: at Baihua 7th Road. This is the previous Huaqiang Middle School.
- Secondary School: at Baihua 6th Road. This is the school's oldest campus and now maintains both middle and high school.
- Elementary school: at Hongli Road, Futian District.
- Kindergarten: at Baihua 5th Road, Futian District.
Academic
The high school has strong performance in academics competitions. It is universally acknowledged as the Top 3 schools in Shenzhen.Sports
Sports are a major feature of life at SZSY. There are extensive playing fields at all campuses, specially at secondary education level. There are Principal's Cup for both basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and football, which are school-wide annual basketball and football cup competition with participating unit being class team. The school also organizes its annual filed and track games at Shenzhen Stadium
Shenzhen Stadium
Shenzhen Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 33,000 people, and is the home of Shenzhen Ruby F.C..It was built in June 1993, at a cost of 141 million RMB. It...
.
The school's sports teams, including:
- Boy's Soccer Team: Two Shenzhen Champion in 1995 and 2005. The team also won a 3rd runner-up and 5th runner-up twice in GuangdongGuangdongGuangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
. - Boy's BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Team - Boy's VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Team - Boy's Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Team - Girl's Soccer Team: 1st runner-up in Shenzhen.
- Girl's Basketball Team: 2001 2nd runner-up in Shenzhen.
- Girl's Volleyball Team: 2000 4th runner-up in Shenzhen.
- Girl's Track and Field Team
Music and Drama
The Student Choir was founded in 1992. In 1995 the choir won the first prize in the 1995 GuiyangGuiyang
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China. It is located in the centre of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River. The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters...
Chinese Choral Festival. In the same year, it performs with China Central Choir at Shenzhen Grand Theater to public. It has won many gold medals in the annual Shenzhen Choral Competition, including a four-peat during 1995-1999. The choir was also invited to attend Children’s Choral Festival at Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
in 1999.
The Students Philharmonic Orchestra was set up in 1993. It has become a large philharmonic orchestra with a combination and disposition of sound scales and fine musical instruments. The orchestra consists of two parts: the tube philharmonic orchestra, and the wind and string. There are over 80 players in the tube part, whilst more than 120 in the wind and string part. The orchestra had reached the standard of performing multiple master pieces, and has won two honors: the first prize of Instrumental Music Tutti in Guangdong Province High School Students Art Show and the first prize of Instrumental Music Tuttic in National High School Students Art Show in March, 2007. It has staged many exclusive concerts and won many prizes in a variety of competitions, and performed in many local important cultural events. The orchestra has been invited to perform in Australia, France, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
There are also Chinese and English drama performances at Chinese Week and English Week respectively. The high school's drama society was formed in 2005 mainly consisting of grade 10 and 11 students.
Traditions
There are many special traditions in SZSY that is featured to enhance's students' abilities both mentally and physically. Besides from the Chinese and English drama performances mentioned above every year. The other crucial events include Art Festival, which students from different clubs, such as dancing club and singingl club come out to perform what they practiced. Science Festival, which students handmake da li shen and many other wood made pieces to compete on strength, flexibility by supporting very heavy iron rings. There is also an annual sport competition, which usually last two or three days in November. Before 2007, students from all parts of SZSY, ranging from kindergarten to high school gather at the Shenzhen Stadium to perform Guang Bo Chao and receive cheers from all the parents and heads from Shenzhen Sports Association.Notable alumni
- Laura Li, Miss Macau 2009
- Sire MaSire MaSire Ma is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. She was the 2nd runner up at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2008, simultaneously winning the Miss Photogenic Award. She later went to participate in the Miss International 2008, but was unplaced...
, Miss Hong Kong PageantMiss Hong Kong PageantThe Miss Hong Kong Pageant , or MSHK for short, is a beauty pageant organized by the leading Hong Kong television station, Television Broadcasts ....
2008 2nd runner up - Wang Yundi, Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant France 2009
- Ma Qicheng, the first high school student from Shenzhen to attend Harvard
In popular culture
- A 1999 TV series "Flowering Season.Rainy Season" was filmed at the school's Baihua 6th Road campus.