Shanghai No. 3 Girls' High School 上海市第三女子中学 |
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155 Jiangsu Road Changning, Shanghai People's Republic of China |
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Type | Public |
Motto | I(Chinese: 独立),A(Chinese: 能干),C(Chinese: 关爱),E(Chinese: 优雅) |
Established | 1892 |
Principal | Xu Yongchu (徐永初) |
Faculty | 110 |
Gender | Girls' |
Enrollment | over 1100 |
Campus | 53,360 square metres (13.19 acres) |
Website | www |
Shanghai No. 3 Girls' High School (Chinese: 上海市第三女子中学) is a key public all-female high school in Shanghai, China. The predecessors of the school were St. Mary's Hall (Chinese: 圣玛利亚女中), established in 1881, and McTyeire School (Chinese: 中西女中), established in 1892 (named for Holland Nimmons McTyeire).
In 1952, these two schools were taken over by the People's Government of Shanghai and merged into "Shanghai No. 3 Girls' High School".
The campus is located on 155 Jiangsu Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China. The campus covers 80 mu or about 53360 m².
Famous alumnae of the school and its predecessors include Soong Ching-ling, wife of President Sun Yat-sen, Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Ai-ling, wife of Kung Hsiang-hsi, and Eileen Chang, one of the most influential modern Chinese writers. Businesswoman Rosalyn Chin-Ming Chen was educated here.
Shanghai No. 3 Girls' High School aims to train students to be "IACE girls", in which "IACE" means "Independence, ability, care, elegance". The school uses this motto based on several aspects. First, it aims at the distinguishing feature of girls' growth. "I" and "A" are to require girls to improve their shortcomings and "C" and "E" require girls to show their advantages. Second, these four aspects completely embody the features that modern outstanding female talent have.
Every year, a massive number of outstanding students graduate from Shanghai No.3 Girls' High School and attend the most elite universities in China either Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Jiao Tong University or Tongji University. A group of students win prizes in many kinds of high-level contests annually. In 2005, 300 graduates of Shanghai No.3 Girls' High School have attended top universities either Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University or Jiao Tong University.