常州武进高级中学

江苏省武进高级中学，创办于1946年，原名求实中学，地处武进核心城区。学校环境优雅宁静，融自然与现代设施于一校，集传统文化与现代教育于一体，是一所具有悠久历史和深厚底蕴的传统名校。是江苏省首批四星级学校、江苏省知名重点中学、国家级示范高中。 六十五载春华秋实，学校确立了“笃道求实、成己达人”的校训，践行“人本、和谐”的办学理念，以关爱好、服务好、发展好每一位学生为第一要务，让每一个学生健康成长；以重师德、提师能、讲贡献为主要抓手，让每一位教师享受职业幸福。 学校师资力量雄厚。目前，学校有特级教师、特级后备人才、市区级学科带头人和骨干教师近70人，占教师总数40％。高级教师114人，占教师总数的60％多，在常州大市范围内名列前茅。2011年，周敏老师被评为首届常州市十佳青年教师，一大批老师成为市区“道德模范”、“育人模范”、“减负增效优秀教师” 和 “华英奖”获得者。优秀的教师队伍，为学校的持续发展提供了不竭的动力。 素质教育硕果累累。高考质量逐年攀升，2011年高考本二以上达线542人，本科录取率超90%；畅通国际化办学渠道，两年来，一部分学生直接参加美国高考（GAC课程），100%录取美国著名大学；体艺特长再获提升，艺体类高考每年为高校输送人才，体育竞技活动再创辉煌，史志健等2位同学在今年省运会上再夺金牌；各项竞赛再创佳绩，2011年，张丽同学参加全国读书活动获一等奖，高峰等3位同学获省作文大赛一等奖，卞云逸等3位同学在市机器人大赛中获得一等奖，省武高为学子提供了一方宽广的发展舞台。 各项荣誉纷至沓来。学校先后获得了全国读书育人特色学校、空军飞行学员早期培训基地、江苏省文明单位等多项省级以上荣誉。学校在教育事业上取得的显著实绩，为常武地区的教育诗篇书写了绚丽的一页。 Brief Introduction of Jiangsu Wujin Senior Middle School Jiangsu Wujin Senior Middle School, established in 1946,is located in Wujin District, Changzhou city near the former residence of the famous Chinese democrat, Li Gongpu. Known as a provincial key middle school as well as a national model school, it has a total enrollment of 3000 teachers and students. The school owns advanced teaching and living facilities. Each teacher is equipped with a laptop computer, which helps them conduct the class more efficiently. The library, which is a provincial model one, houses a total of over 130,000 books. The science center is regarded as first class in China and all the labs are of the top standard. The campus is decorated with various green trees and beautiful  flowers, contributing a peaceful and pleasant environment. It is a typical garden school. The school possesses a team of talented teachers with rich teaching experience, high academic level as well as certain creativity. Eight of them have received master?s degree; thirty-one have completed the courses for post-graduates. Sixty-six percent of the teachers constitute the backbone of the teaching ? one special grade teacher, one provincial specialist , three reserve special grade teachers, two national key teachers, eight provincial key teachers and many other leading teachers of different level. Most of them have been praised and awarded in various teaching competitions by either the province or the city. The school always advocates the teaching reforms and research, requiring all the teachers to keep their teaching ideas up to date. In recent years, teachers have achieved a great deal in undertaking various research programmes, such as the four national study projects, the four provincial and five city ones. The school makes full use of its superior facilities and rich talent resources to form its unique characteristics, which are based on the following three themes. ?Living style and future development? is the theme in moral education. We encourage all students to have an ideal and great expectation by cultivating their strong creative personality, ?Close contact with foreign and local cultures? is the second theme, which enables the students to take great interest in learning English and form a strong sense of cross-culture communication. The school is known for its excellence in English teaching. ?Scientific progress and living environment ? is the third theme in pursuit of science education. The school goes all out to provide the students with any possible opportunity in learning science.  The school has made great achievements in athletes and pilot candidates training programmes. In the past few years, the teaching quality has greatly been improved. The percentage of the university enrollment is higher than any other local school. Over 100 students have won prizes in various competitions. From our previous achievements, the school has secured the first place for years in teaching evaluation performed by the education department of the city. The following prizes are awarded to the school for its excellent work: Advanced Unit in Reading Education; Provincial Civilized Unit; Advanced School in Moral Education; Advanced School in Scientific Research; Provincial Psychology Experimental School, Provincial OEH Multi-media school; An Experimental School for Future Athletes; Training Base for Pilot Candidates; Advanced Unit in Study; Advanced Unit in Modern Education Equipment ?etc. To build the school into a modern , advanced one with international vision and unique school-based curriculum characteristics is our general objective. The school will keep up its endeavor for top standard and quality to compose a new chapter of brilliance and honor for the 21st century.