Hengshui High School

Hengshui High School, Hebei
衡水中学
Hengshui High School, Hebei; 衡水中学
Address
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	Taocheng District; Hengshui, Hebei Province; China
Coordinates	Coordinates: 37°43′00″N 115°42′17″E / 37.7168°N 115.7048°E
Information
Type	Public
Motto	pursue excellence; (追求卓越)
Established	1951
Principal	Xi Huisuo (郗会锁)
Staff	more than 600
Number of students	more than 10,000
Website	Official site

Hengshui High School (simplified Chinese: 河北衡水中学; traditional Chinese: 河北衡水中學; pinyin: Héběi Héngshuǐ Zhōngxué), also known as Hengshui High School of Hebei Province, is a prestigious high school in Hengshui, Hebei Province, China. It was established in 1951.

Hengshui High School is a semi-military school, which means that its students must obey a strict set of rules and regulations. Students are all required to study more than 15 hours per day and almost 7 days per week.^{[citation needed]} Nicola Davison of The Daily Telegraph wrote that therefore "In Chinese media Hengshui High is often compared to a prison camp".^[1] Alice Yan of the South China Morning Post stated that "The military-style schooling has been proven to work."^[2]

Beginning in 2000 and As of 2015, of all the high schools Hengshui High had the highest number of students gaining admission to the highest ranked universities in Mainland China.^[1] Hengshui High opened branch schools in various provinces. Parents in Zhejiang criticized the school's methods, believing they are overly harsh.^[2]

Famous alumni[]

Gao, Jie: Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University. NSF CAREER award winner.^[3]^[4]
Zhou Xiyuan: China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 54th Institute Director ^[5]

School life[]

The school regulations and activities of Hengshui High School are quite unique and become an important part of the image of it.

Working hours[]

Hengshui High School strictly stipulates the working hours of students. Get up at 5:30 every day, wash the housekeeping, start running at 5:40 on the playground, start morning reading after the running, start breakfast in batches at 6:30, have early preparations for self-study after breakfast, and then start class. 40 minutes per class. There are five classes in the morning and a run in the third class (inter-class exercises). 12:45 to 13:45 for lunch break. There are five classes in the afternoon. After the dinner in each grade, watch the news from 18:50 to 19:10 ("News 30 Minutes"). There are three lessons in the evening for self-study, ending at 21:50, 22 : 10 lights out and goes to bed. The start time of each class and the two minutes before the bedtime are preparation time. The "entry status" is required. For example, two minutes before the class starts, no jokes, no water, and two minutes before bedtime, you must lie in bed and go to bed.

School assignment and exams[]

Hengshui High School implements "Regard self-study as exams, regard exams as National Higher Education Entrance Examination". Hengshui High School has a comprehensive test every week, and there is a large-scale research exam with the standard of the college entrance examination every month. Both small tests and large-scale tests have students rank and class rank. School assignment and examination papers are written by the teacher.

Holidays[]

During the semester, the students take a vacation every three weeks, and the time ranges from about one day in the first year to one night in the third year.

Featured Events[]

The special activities of Hengshui High School include the "80 Chinese mile hiking" held in the first grade, the "coming-of-age ceremony" held in the second year, and the "100 day oath of the National Higher Education Entrance Examination" held in the third year, etc.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Davison, Nicola (2015-08-15). "Revealed: the extreme revision measures taken by Chinese university hopefuls". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yan, Alice (2017-05-26). "China's top cram school: a saviour to the poor but rejected by the rich". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
^ The National Science Foundation (2006), retrieved on April 13, 2012, (in English)
^ Jie Gao's homepage at Stony Brook, retrieved on April 13, 2012
^ 燕赵 Evening News reporter Wang Haibin Wang Yechen (2004-05-19). "For the "Shenzhou" travel space--Interview with Zhou Xiyuan, director of the fifty-fourth office". Hebei Hengshui. Archived from the original on 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

External links[]

[Davison-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Davison, Nicola (2015-08-15). "Revealed: the extreme revision measures taken by Chinese university hopefuls". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

[YanAlice-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yan, Alice (2017-05-26). "China's top cram school: a saviour to the poor but rejected by the rich". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

[fa_gao_nsf-3] The National Science Foundation (2006), retrieved on April 13, 2012, (in English)

[fa_gao_homepage-4] Jie Gao's homepage at Stony Brook, retrieved on April 13, 2012

[zhouxiyuan-5] 燕赵 Evening News reporter Wang Haibin Wang Yechen (2004-05-19). "For the "Shenzhou" travel space--Interview with Zhou Xiyuan, director of the fifty-fourth office". Hebei Hengshui. Archived from the original on 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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