Foshan No.1 High School
| Foshan No.1 High School 佛山市第一中学 |
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| No.25 Wensha Road, Chancheng District, Foshan, Guangdong, P. R. China | |
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| School type | Public Boarding Senior High School |
| Motto |
科学与人文并举 规范与个性共存 鸿鹄志 家国情 书卷气 儒雅风 内美修能 上下求索 |
| Established | 1913 |
| School district | Guangdong, China |
| Principal | Genlin Tan (谭根林) |
| Faculty | 250 |
| Enrolment | 3400 |
| Medium of language |
Chinese (Simplified Chinese, Mandarin) English (British English, in English lessons only) |
| Website | http://www.fsyz.com.cn |
科学与人文并举 规范与个性共存 鸿鹄志 家国情 书卷气 儒雅风 内美修能 上下求索
(Science and humanities develop simultaneously and norms coexist with individuality. Ambitious, Patriotic, Academic, Elegant.
Chinese (Simplified Chinese, Mandarin)
Foshan No.1 High School (Simplified Chinese: 佛山市第一中学), also known as No.1 Middle School of Foshan, Foshan No.1 Middle School, FSYZ (pinyin abbreviation), is one of the key high schools in Guangdong, China. It was initially founded in 1913 as Wa Ying Middle School and transformed into the current school in August 1955. During the Cultural Revolution, the school was once called Shuibengchang Middle School of Foshan (Simplified Chinese: 佛山水泵厂中学) but restored afterward.
Currently, the school has 75 classes. From Grade 10-12, each grade has 24 classes. The Junior High School Department of Tibetan Students has 3 classes. The total number of students is approximately 3400 and the number of full-time teachers is about 250. The school is the only regular boarding senior high school directly subordinates to Foshan Education Bureau. It is also one of the Exemplary Schools accredited by MOE.
In 1853, the South China diocese of British Methodist Church established its first church and an affiliated school in Guangzhou. After that, several schools were established by the church in Guangdong. In 1909, Rev. S. George Tope, a priest of the church purchased 20 acres of land in Wenchangsha, Foshan for school establishment.
In 1912, the Methodist Church began to establish a school on the purchased land. In 1913, the construction was completed. The first principal was Rev. James Richard. In memory of Dr. Haigh's contribution to Chinese Education, the school was first named "Haigh College". Soon after its opening, the name was changed into "Wa Ying Middle School" (華英中學), which indicates that the school represents a combination of Chinese and British Education (in Chinese, "Wa"華 means China and "Ying"英 means Britain). At the time, the school recruited male students only.
In 1920, Rev. Arthur H. Bray (黎伯廉), the second principal of Wa Ying Middle School, raised money for expanding the school and building a new school recruiting female students. The new girl school was established in 1923.
During the World War II, the school underwent significant changes. The boy school and the girl school were combined due to the shortage of schoolhouses. In order to avoid the Japanese invaders, the school has moved to several places including Hong Kong, which laid a foundation for the establishment of Hong Kong-based Wa Ying College (華英中學) in 1969. After the war, Wa Ying Middle School moved back to its original site in Wenchangsha, Foshan and re-opened in November 1946.
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