Yangzhou Middle school is one of the key and model schools Jiangsu Province and is among the first to have been credited as a national model high school.
Growing out of Yidong School, which was founded in 1902, it was renamed and relocated several times. It is well-known for its high ideals, famous teachers, school spirit and talented alumni. The massive alumni cherish the prime time they spent here, where they received a solid foundation of elementary education.
Among them are Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Ziqin, a distinguished writer, scholar and democratic fighger ;30 members of the Academy of Sciences of China and western countries, such as Huang Minlong, Zhou, Zhihong,Li Fangxun, Zhu Wuhua, Liu Dagang, Wu Heng; under - Secretaries -General of the United Nations, Bi Jilong and Xie Qimei; and a large numbe experts, scholars, professors,cadres at all levels and labourers of high quality at all walks of life.
Yangzhou Middle School's campus provides an elegant, picturesque and tranquil learning environment. The school now has a staff of 200, including 139 teachers, among whom are 63 Senior Teachers (5 Teachers of Special Calassification included) and 47 first-Rank teachers.
The school puts into practice quality edacation in an all - round way, vigorously promotes modernizations in deucation, carries forword its fine tradition to cultivate people, intrepidly brings forth new ideas and strengthens researches on education. As a result, steady progress has been made in the quality of educution. The school was credited as Model Unit in Moral Education in Jiangsu Province. Every year more than l00 awards were won in mathematics, physics, chemristry, computer, composition and other contests at or above provincial levels.
The school was named a Model Unit in Mass Sports Activities and Model School in Implementing Physical Education Regulations by the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission. For many years in succession, it was honored Civilized Units at municipal and provincial levels.