Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School

Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School (Vietnamese: Trường Trung học phổ thông Nguyễn Thượng Hiền) is a public high school in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. It was established in 1970 under the name Tân Bình High School. Being one of the four advanced public magnet schools in the city, Nguyễn Thượng Hiền ranks thirtieth nationally in the 2012 Vietnam university admission ranking.[1]

Nguyen Thuong Hien High School
Trường THPT Nguyễn Thượng Hiền
Address
Map
544 Cách mạng tháng Tám St.
Tân Bình District


Coordinates10°47′35.07″N 106°39′16.62″E / 10.7930750°N 106.6546167°E / 10.7930750; 106.6546167
Information
TypePublic
Established1970; 54 years ago (1970)
PrincipalLâm Triều Nghi
Teaching staff151
Grades10-12
Enrollment2114 (2010/11)
 • Grade 10726
 • Grade 11730
 • Grade 12659
Average class size42 (2009/10)
Student to teacher ratio16:1
Campus size21,000 square metres (5.2 acres)
Campus typeUrban
SongNguyễn Thượng Hiền Trường Chúng Ta (Our School - Nguyễn Thượng Hiền)
Websitenth.e-school.edu.vn

History edit

In 1969, the school rented some rooms from Nhan Van Private School (now Banh Van Tran Primary School) to conduct its first academic year 1969/1970. In the next academic year, 1970/1971, the school relocated to its present location due to the completion of the campus construction. The new campus was a two-storeyed building with 12 rooms.

In the academic year 1973-74, the school was renamed as Nguyễn Thượng Hiền School in honor of Nguyễn Thượng Hiền. However, twelve years later, the government decided to change the name to Nguyễn Văn Trỗi High School. Soon after, however, the school was renamed again as Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School. [citation needed]

Facilities edit

 
The statue of Nguyễn Thượng Hiền and the office building in the background.

The school covers over 21,000 m² of land and is divided into many blocks. The school now has 58 classrooms with the average number of students per class in academic year 2009-2010 is 42.

Functional rooms edit

  • Most rooms are equipped with two air-conditioners, LCD TVs and computers to aid the teaching with presentations.
  • The Informatics Section with 4 rooms containing 40 computers each.
  • 3 laboratories for Chemistry, Physics and Biology.

Library edit

The library, which has an area of 300m2, is located behind the Teacher's Hall with over 20,000 books in various fields and 6 attached computers. It has been considered as one of the largest libraries in high schools in Ho Chi Minh City. There is also a foreign language library in the Administrative Block.

Multipurpose gymnasium edit

 
The school's swimming pool

The school's gymnasium has an area of 800m2 and is used for physical education. There is also a parking lot in its basement. The swimming pool and soccer field are located next to the gymnasium.

Principals edit

Year Principal Vice Principal
1969-1970 Nguyễn Ngọc Xương
1970-1975 Nguyễn Tiến Thành
1977-1979 Lê Thị Mỹ Bích
1978-1980 Lê Thị Phương Ngôn
1978-1982 Văn Đức Kim
1979-1982 Trần Kiết Hùng
1982-1998 Lê Bền Nguyễn Hoài Chương
1983-2003 Trương Quang Hiệp
1985-1998 Nguyễn Hữu Nghi Nguyễn Hoài Chương, Trương Quang Hiệp
1998-2003 Nguyễn Hoài Chương Hồ Cam Thanh, Trương Quang Hiệp
2003-2004 Hồ Cam Thanh, Trương Quang Dũng
2004-2012 Hồ Cam Thanh Trương Quang Dũng, Võ Văn Dũng
2012-2013 Võ Văn Dũng, Trần Thị Phụng
2013-7/2014 Võ Văn Dũng Trần Thị Phụng
7/2014-3/2018 Trần Thị Phụng, Nguyễn Ảnh Nam
3/2018 - 10/2018 Trần Thị Phụng (acting) Nguyễn Ảnh Nam
10/2018 - present Lâm Triều Nghi Trần Thị Phụng, Nguyễn Ảnh Nam

Extra-curricula activities edit

 
Minifootball field in the school's backyard

There is a wide range of extra-curricula activities, which are compulsory for grade 10 and 11 students, to choose: volleyball, soccer, basketball, swimming, table tennis, martial arts, aerobics, bodybuilding, musical performance, belly dance, Physics-Chemistry experiment, English club and IT club.

References edit

  1. ^ "Trường THPT Chuyên Ngoại ngữ (Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ - ĐHQG Hà Nội)". Flss.edu.vn. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-12.

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