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Hengshui High School is a strict-discipline school whose students must obey a strict set of rules and regulations. Students are all required to study more than 15 hours per day and almost 7 days per week.[citation needed] Nicola Davison of The Daily Telegraph wrote that therefore "In Chinese media Hengshui High is often compared to a prison camp".[1] Alice Yan of the South China Morning Post stated that "The military-style schooling has been proven to work."[2]
Beginning in 2000 and As of 2015[update], of all the high schools Hengshui High had the highest number of students gaining admission to the highest ranked universities in Mainland China.[1] Hengshui High opened branch schools in various provinces. Parents in Zhejiang criticized the school's methods, believing they are overly harsh.[2]
Famous alumni
Gao, Jie: Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University. NSF CAREER award winner.[3][4]
The school regulations and activities of Hengshui High School are quite unique and become an important part of the image of it.
Working hours
Hengshui High School strictly stipulates the working hours of students. Get up at 5:30 every day, wash the housekeeping, start running at 5:40 on the playground, start morning reading after the running, start breakfast in batches at 6:30, have early preparations for self-study after breakfast, and then start class. 40 minutes per class. There are five classes in the morning and a run in the third class (inter-class exercises). 12:45 to 13:45 for lunch break. There are five classes in the afternoon. After the dinner in each grade, watch the news from 18:50 to 19:10 ("News 30 Minutes"). There are three lessons in the evening for self-study, ending at 21:50, 22 : 10 lights out and goes to bed. The start time of each class and the two minutes before the bedtime are preparation time. The "entry status" is required. For example, two minutes before the class starts, no jokes, no water, and two minutes before bedtime, you must lie in bed and go to bed. Under the pressure of the Hebei Provincial Department of Education, the schedule of Hengshui High School in 2022 has been adjusted to get up at 6:30 and go to bed at 22:30. However, the daily study time of students hasn't been shortened.
School assignment and exams
Hengshui High School implements "Regard self-study as exams, regard exams as National Higher Education Entrance Examination". Hengshui High School has a comprehensive test every Sunday, and there is a large-scale research exam with the standard of the college entrance examination every month. Both small tests and large-scale tests have students rank and class rank. School assignment and examination papers are written by the teacher.
Holidays
During the semester, the students take a vacation every two or three weeks, and the time ranges from about one day in the first year to one night in the third year. During the COVID-19 period, the school was closed for several months, so there were no regular holidays.
Featured Events
The special activities of Hengshui High School include the "80 Chinese mile hiking" held in the first grade, the "coming-of-age ceremony" held in the second year, and the "100 day oath of the National Higher Education Entrance Examination" held in the third year, etc.
