In the new century, with the arrival of the population peak and the implementation of the strategy of big county town, the population of county town has increased sharply. With the development of tea industry economy, the broad masses of people are increasingly eager for high-quality educational resources. Although the county has done everything possible to build and expand many schools in the county, the problem of many teenagers going to school in the urban area has not been completely solved. As a result, the county party committee and government boldly introduced private capital to run schools. In 2000, the project of establishing Hengxing Middle School came into being.
After the construction of Hengxing Middle School began, the county party committee and government issued relevant policies. First, all the land for school construction is allocated. The second is to reduce relevant taxes and fees as much as possible. Third, schools can recruit teachers in county towns. The director of Hengxing Middle School introduced that the leaders of the county party committee and government personally chose the site for the middle school. At that time, a piece of land of 100 mu attracted many developers along the Dalonghu River. Through various channels, they hope that the government will auction the land use right to develop real estate. But in the end, the county party committee and government made a final decision: "No one is allowed to argue, and 120 mu is allocated to' Hengxing' to run a school."
After the site selection was confirmed, the county construction bureau quickly went through the relevant land use approval procedures for Hengxing Middle School within one month. From June, 5438 to October, 2002, Hengxing Middle School started construction. After eight months of fighting, a teaching building was designed according to the overall planning of a provincial middle school, with a building area of 75,000 square meters and a green area of 3 1.500 square meters. It has modern school-running facilities such as teaching building, science building, library, gymnasium, 400-meter standard sports ground, swimming pool, administrative building, teachers' and students' apartments and canteen. A director of Hengxing Middle School said: "In the 10 month of preparing for the establishment of Hengxing Middle School, the county party committee and government held at least five county magistrate's office meetings for this purpose. It was the support of the county party committee and government that made the school take off."
"Hardware" has been solved. What about "software" The county party Committee and the government have issued relevant policies to allow private schools to openly recruit teachers and administrative personnel among the in-service public teachers in the county, and the teacher personnel relationship remains in the county education bureau. For the hired teachers, the policy of "three invariants and one restoration" has been formulated. This "three invariants" means that during the period when public teachers work in private schools, the identity of public teachers remains unchanged, the length of service and teaching experience are continuously calculated, and the professional title evaluation, salary increase, promotion and evaluation remain unchanged. "Recovery" refers to that the employed teachers meet the requirements of national policies during their teaching in private schools, and the former public schools shall go through retirement procedures and restore financial supply. This policy is like a "sword for superiors", which effectively solves the problem of teacher appointment and makes teachers feel more at ease in their work.
First-class hardware facilities, abundant teachers, clear school goals, scientific and rigorous management methods and remarkable education and teaching quality have won the favor of students from all directions. After just six years of development, the number of students in Hengxing Middle School has reached 3,756, and now it is flourishing and fruitful.
School responsibility: fertile ground to lead students' growth
"Looking at the angel-like smiling face of children every day, I feel unspeakable happiness in my heart and great responsibility on my shoulders." In the interview, principal Li Yumin said frankly, "You know, behind every child, there are many eyes of concern and expectation. As a school, we have the responsibility to make Hengxing Middle School a fertile ground to lead students to realize their dreams. "
In order to make every student who enters Hengxing Middle School grow into a talent, so as to achieve low entry and high exit, middle entry and excellent exit. Based on the development of students, the school pays attention to the cultivation of students' ideological and moral character, scientific culture, physical quality, aesthetic accomplishment, labor practice and personality specialty, and provides students with guidance in study, behavior, life and psychological counseling, so that children can fully enjoy the joy of learning, the satisfaction of being concerned and the pleasure of participating in cooperative experience at school.
At the same time, the school also pays attention to the cultivation of students' habits and abilities. Through the research of "autonomous learning", teachers let go of their learning autonomy, meet the learning needs of students at different levels, and stimulate students' desire for independent development. Lin Rongfeng, who won the first prize in the national chemistry competition for middle school students, told his successful experience. He sincerely said: "In Hengxing Middle School, I not only learned solid cultural knowledge, but also developed my own specialties and learned endless ability to use knowledge."
A hundred rivers are full of tolerance. Hengxing Middle School accepted a group of students with a motherly heart, realizing their dreams and parents' wishes. Over the years, the results of the senior high school entrance examination ranked first in the county. In the 2008 senior high school entrance examination and senior high school entrance examination, Hengxing Middle School handed over a satisfactory answer sheet to the society: the online rate of the first and second college entrance examinations was the third in the county, and the number of undergraduate students was the fourth in the county; Four candidates in the senior high school entrance examination scored in the top ten in the county, among which Wen Xuejiao ranked second in the county with a total score of 435. 1, and ranked first in the county with a total score of more than 420, 266 with a total score of more than 400 and 453 with a total score of more than 380.
Teacher's Witness: Home for Pursuing Career Happiness
In the mind of teachers in Hengxing Middle School, loving students and pursuing professional happiness have become the same value orientation. "My existence is a part of Star Middle School. My teaching and research is a highlight of Hengxing Middle School. My teaching is the spiritual food for students, and my personality is a banner for students. " Open the work notes of Li Yumin, an outstanding teacher and principal of Hengxing Middle School. This passage is impressive. "The train runs fast, all by the headband; Students learn well by relying on the guidance of teachers. " In Hengxing Middle School, we found that all school leaders, including principal Li Yumin, provincial academic leaders, top-notch talents in the county, and Wang Jinming, secretary of the Party branch of Hengxing Middle School, are all elites in the front line of teaching management in our county.
The power of example is infinite. Teachers here feel the happiness brought by work and the spiritual richness brought by the healthy growth of students. Teacher Liu Feifen, who won the first prize in the provincial "Speaking Class" competition, said: "The three-foot platform has filled me with a sense of sacredness and mission for the profession of teachers, and made me realize the true meaning of education. Teachers have no right to choose students, but they are obliged to train every student. This is the most sacred mission of teachers. This is where I pursue professional happiness. "
"Every child must have his own characteristics and potential. As long as we study his personality and teach students in accordance with their aptitude, we can cultivate him into an adult. " This is a message written by President Ke Xiping for the school.
Preferential policies, good treatment and humanistic care have condensed a team of teachers with noble morality, excellent business and enterprising spirit for Hengxing. At present, there are 247 faculty members, including full-time teachers 193, including 5 senior teachers 15, 88 first-class teachers, 66 second-class teachers, and 4 1 person of academic leaders and backbone teachers at or above the county level, and 86 teachers are commended by the provinces, cities and counties.
Voice of students: a paradise for healthy growth
"Environment shapes character, and love cultivates talents." Wandering in the lush campus, people admire its beautiful natural scenery and are impressed by its elegant and warm humanistic atmosphere.
"In this beautiful campus, we are making progress every day. The teacher keeps paving the way for us, so that we can walk faster and more steadily on the road ahead. " Lin Zhijie, a freshman, told this reporter.
In order to build a platform for students to display their talents, so that every child can enjoy life and grow up happily, Hengxing Middle School fully taps school-based resources in campus spiritual culture, builds campus TV and radio stations, plays elegant and famous songs, campus news, good people and good deeds, and provides warm reminders and weather forecast services. Establish interest groups such as dance, fine arts, vocal music, musical instruments, calligraphy, photography and English corner all the year round, and hold art festivals and school sports meetings every year; The establishment of "enterprising" literary society provides a platform for writing lovers to display and expand their cultural and artistic space.
At the same time, highlight the characteristics of running a school and take the road of teaching innovation, strengthening the school with talents and developing with characteristics. After six years of careful watering, Chinese, English and fine arts have become the three wonderful flowers of the school. In 2005, Enterprising Literature Society won "Gold Award" and "Innovative Writing Core Literature Society" respectively. In the national English proficiency competition for middle school students, two students from Hengxing won the first prize and five students won the third prize. In Quanzhou Student Calligraphy Competition, 15 people won the first prize, and 77 people won the second and third prizes.
It is worth mentioning that the board of directors of Hengxing Middle School is also keen to build a Hengxing aid project to help a large number of poor students with excellent academic performance to complete three years of high school education. Not only are tuition and miscellaneous fees exempted, but also textbooks, books and daily necessities are given free of charge, and 270 yuan is given a monthly living allowance.
Social evaluation: a model of private education
Everything comes to him who waits. In the past six years, the school has won many collective honors at or above the county level, such as provincial green school, municipal civilized school, county-level school sports advanced unit, school art advanced unit and safe campus.
The words of a person in charge of the county education bureau are very representative: "Hengxing Middle School, as the first privately-run complete middle school in our county, has no regrets, no waiting, no relying on others, uniting all the teaching and administrative staff to overcome difficulties and work hard, with distinctive features, leading ideas and outstanding achievements, and has won a good social reputation."
"Hengxing Middle School is a newly established private school with a group of backbone teachers and a sound management mechanism." "Hengxing's teacher is responsible for every student. When they find that students have bad habits or their grades are declining, they take the initiative to contact their parents in time, talk with students and help them enthusiastically. School education is active and rigorous. " In the interview, parents who came to visit students at school all said so.
"The school adopts closed and paramilitary management, and students implement full-time boarding system, with three days off every two weeks." Secretary Wang Jinming said that in the face of the current complicated social environment, this closed education management model is conducive to cultivating students' independent and self-reliant ability and preventing students from surfing the Internet in Internet cafes. At the same time, in order to ensure a stable and good education and teaching order on campus, a monitoring system is set up in key parts of the campus, and security personnel follow up and check it 24 hours a day; Invest more than 600,000 yuan to renovate the fence to prevent outsiders from entering and leaving the campus at will; Every day, two administrators are on duty, and six teachers are on duty for follow-up inspection and recording.
Regarding the future development of the school, President Li Yumin said: "We should aim at the goal of' creating a first-class Anxi and building a famous school' and then cast a new glory in Hengxing Middle School."