Established 1952 Enrollment 4,174 Campus size 16 ha Motto 志远意诚 思方行圆 Founded 1952 | Principal, General Party Branch Secretary Li Xigui Website Official website Phone +86 10 6816 1697 Number of students 4,174 | |
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Classes offered Junior high and high school Address 66 Yuquan Rd, Haidian Qu, China, 100039 Similar Beijing Bayi High School, Beijing No101 Middle Sc, High School Affiliated t, Beijing Jianhua Experime, 北京八中体育馆 | ||
Beijing national day school
Beijing National Day School, or Beijing October First School (Chinese: 北京十一学校 or 北京市十一学校) is a junior high and high school in established in 1952. Beijing National Day School is one of the most prestigious high schools in China.It is located in Yuquanlu, Haidian District, Beijing, China. The school was affiliated with the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China as the unique school for PLA's high level officers' children. It opened to recruit students from 1964 and became a general high school of Beijing, and no longer belongs to the PLA. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Beijing National Day School ranked number 4 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.
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History
The precursor of National Day School was a special elementary school named "October First Elementary School of Central Military Commission" (军委十一小学). The elementary school was established in September 1952 by the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, and sanctioned by Marshal Nie Rongzhen, Zhu De and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. The school was set up for educating the children of martyrs, officers who fought in the Korean War, and high-level officers of the PLA.
October First Secondary was established in 1952 under PLA management. The first principal of the school was Lin Yueqin (Marshal Luo Ronghuan's spouse); the vice-principal was Yu Shen (Lieutenant General Xiao Xiangrong's spouse). The school was exclusively for high level PLA officers' children, from establishment until 1964. Most of the graduates from October First School in that period joined the PLA.
Nie Rongzhen, Marshal of the PRC, named the school. "October First" is the national day of the PRC. October First Secondary School (Chinese:北京十一学校) and the Beijing No.11 Middle School (北京第十一中学) are two different schools, although the two schools' Chinese names are similar.
School buildings
In the early years, most buildings were one or two floors. A popular spot in the early years of the school was the Pentagon Garden. During the period from 1952 to 1992, that area included the main buildings in the school.
A rebuilding project started in the middle of the 1990s. The school administrator planned to enlarge the campus. In the late 1990s, the Junior High School Building, school library, and Senior High School buildings were constructed. In 2002, the sport field and laboratory building were closed for reconstruction, but the laboratory was reopened due to a classroom shortage; the space was required for classrooms. The old laboratory building was eventually removed in 2006.
From 2006 to late 2007, some new buildings such as an underground bookstore, International students building, arts building and athletic building, were completed. These were all part of the second phase of the enlargement project. The school's main entrance was changed from the north gate to the western gate.
List of principals
Student societies and activities
The student's leagues of October First school are classified as school-level leagues and non-School-level leagues. Financing for school-level leagues is provided from the school budget. Fees for non-school level leagues are paid by the student. Leagues recruit new members at the start of each term, and anyone who wants to set up a new league must apply to the school administrator office in that period.
Every April and November there are two periods for league activities and exhibits. Sometimes, the school administration may upgrade some of the better activities, and bestow the award "Elite League".
All leagues are nominally managed by the Student Union and Communistic Youth League Committee of October First School. However, the Student Union and CYLC have no jurisdictional powers.
The permanent student activities of school are Moot, flea market and student gymkhana. These three are school level activities, which means they are supported by the school administrator. In addition, there are some other activities, such Christmas parties, New Year parties in classes and dormitories, and a mid-autumn party which are held independently by the students.
As of March 2005, the school has 110 leagues. The School-Level Leagues are: