Shishou Henggou Middle School was founded in 1958. Formerly known as Shishou No.3 Middle School (hereinafter referred to as Shishou No.3 Middle School), it was later renamed Renmin Dayuan District Middle School (hereinafter referred to as Dayuan Middle School). 1987 was officially named "Shishou Henggou Middle School". 200 1 year 1 1 month, appraised by the Education Supervision Office of Shishou Municipal People's Government, was recognized as a first-class and second-class school.
Henggou Middle School is located in the northern border of Shishou City, next to the sedan chair river at the junction of Jiangling, Jianli and Shishou counties (cities). Beautiful environment and convenient transportation make it an ideal paradise for students to study. The school has 35 classes and more than 2600 students. In-service teachers 126, including provincial backbone teachers 1 person, 3 regional backbone teachers and 20 municipal backbone teachers; There are 7 senior middle school teachers and 76 first-class middle school teachers, and the qualification rate of teachers' education is 94.5%.
The school covers an area of 39,260 square meters, with a total construction area of 19543 square meters. The teaching area, living area and sports area are relatively independent and the layout is reasonable. The school has a beautiful environment and complete facilities. Can be called the city's first-class school gate, simple and elegant, resplendent. A teaching building with 36 classes can be connected to a 5-storey comprehensive building, which is magnificent. Two five-story staff dormitories can accommodate 60 teachers, a student apartment building with 1200 students and a first-class student canteen for 2000 people to eat at the same time. The school has a library (at present, there are more than 50,000 books and various newspapers and magazines 160), a laboratory, an instrument room, a language lab, an art room and a music room. , and take the lead in providing computer rooms and 10 multi-functional classrooms in towns and villages throughout the city. There are two standard cement basketball courts and four volleyball courts in the sports area, as well as a football field, a throwing area, a jumping area and a 300-meter circular runway. All these have created good conditions for comprehensively improving students' comprehensive quality.
The school adheres to the school-running goal of "building the school into a rural model school with standardized management, excellent quality and modern characteristics", adheres to the school motto of "loyalty, civilization, unity and forge ahead" and implements the school-running strategy of "democracy, unity, truth-seeking and innovation"; Adhere to the socialist school-running direction, fully implement the Party's educational policy, carry forward the teaching style of "dedication, good guidance, preciseness and truth-seeking", and train and transport groups of outstanding students to higher-level schools with the style of study of "studious, thoughtful, diligent and knowledgeable".
The school adheres to the concept of people-oriented, running the school according to law and running the school by virtue, and takes the road of combining democracy with science, and gradually realizes the transformation of school management from empirical to scientific, centralized to academic, closed to open. The management mode of "combination of sections" is implemented: it is divided into four lines and four blocks, namely, teaching, political education, logistics and the party and the masses in the vertical direction, and four blocks in the first, second, third and comprehensive groups in the horizontal direction. A principal is in charge of one line, a school-level leader is on the lookout, and middle-level cadres are specifically responsible for one job. As a result, a network management pattern with a combination of sections has been formed, and a strict and efficient management model of "everyone has something to do and everything is managed by someone" has been formed. Highlight the education and teaching center, strengthen the team building in an all-round way, take building a United, pragmatic, efficient and honest cadre team and a dedicated, good-directed, rigorous and realistic teacher team as the core content of cultivating the school's sustainable development stamina, actively carry out classroom teaching reform, and thoroughly study the new ideas and methods of students' independent, cooperative and inquiry learning. In the past two years, two teachers have won the first prize in Jingzhou Classroom Teaching Competition, and 12 teachers have won prizes in education and teaching competitions at or above the city (county) level. Three teaching and research groups applied for projects in the local Academy of Educational Sciences and carried out a series of substantive research work. More than 20 academic papers written by teachers such as Lu Zuoxing and Qin Yun were published in journals above the provincial level. More than 30 papers, lesson plans, small productions and courseware by teachers such as Chen Qixin and Tang Rui have won awards at or above the municipal level. There are more and more students participating in all kinds of competitions at all levels, and their rankings are getting higher and higher. In 2003 alone, 8 people won the national prize, 12 people won the provincial prize, and 34 people won the local municipal prize.
The approval of the higher authorities is the best affirmation of our school-running achievements. From 2000 to 2003, the comprehensive evaluation of education and teaching entered the top eight in the city for four consecutive years. 200 1 and 2002 were awarded the title of "civilized unit" by the municipal party Committee and municipal government for two consecutive years; 200 1 was rated as a "first-class" school by the education supervision office of the municipal government; In 2003, it was rated as an advanced unit of moral education by the Municipal Education Commission.
Henggou Middle School develops in competition and creates achievements in development. The campus is full of bridges, pavilions and green grass. The environment is pleasant, the layout is orderly, standardized and beautiful, which meets the requirements of greening, beautification and purification. Perfect supporting management measures and the spirit of unity, forge ahead, seeking truth from facts and innovation make Henggou Middle School unique. We will hold our heads high and play "Towards the New Century" (the school song) to move towards a brighter future.