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Originally published around 2004 on the official website of Jingde Middle School, and later collected, organized, and republished by Zhu Anfeng, alumnus of the 1999 graduating class.

1943

• August: Jingde County Junior Middle School was founded at the Martyrs' Shrine by the lower east gate of the county seat, now the site of Jingyang No. 1 Primary School. Wang Han, chair of the preparatory committee, became the first principal.
• September: The school enrolled its first two classes of first-year junior students, sixty-eight in all, plus twenty transfer students in second year.

1944

• September: A four-year simplified teacher-training class was added, admitting forty-six new students.
• October: Teachers and students actively publicized the War of Resistance through wall newspapers displayed at the school gate.

1945

• July: The school's first junior-middle graduating class, twenty-six students, completed their studies.

1946

• July: Principal Wang Xihan resigned and Jiang Pijun succeeded him.

1948

• July: The first class of the simplified teacher-training program graduated, with twenty-five students.

1949

• March: Vice County Magistrate Zhu Mingliang took over the school on behalf of the county government and served as acting principal.
• September: The school was renamed Jingde Junior Middle School of Southern Anhui District.

1950

• March: The second year of the teacher-training section was merged into Shexian Normal School, and the first year was merged into the school's junior classes.
• May: Wang Chenghe concurrently served as principal, with Zhang Pingbo as vice principal and dean of studies.
• September: Zhang Pingbo formally became principal.
• School land and property were transferred for management by local peasant associations, and the school thereafter relied on government funding.

1951

• February: During the nationwide campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, a wave of students volunteered for military service and cadre work.
• June: The county government issued the school's land and property ownership certificate.

1952

• February: Zhang Pingbo was transferred out, and County Magistrate Zhang Jimin concurrently served as principal.
• The school was renamed Anhui Jingde Junior Middle School.
• September: A New Democratic Youth League organization was established, with full-time youth cadres assigned.

1953

• February: Party member Nan Yuemin became principal, the first Communist Party principal in school history.
• May: The county government issued the official deed for school land.

1954

• January: Principal Nan Yuemin left, and Jiang Dazhuo was promoted to vice principal.
• May: Wang Guoyuan was transferred in to act as principal.
• October: The school organized dance and singing competitions to celebrate the anniversary of the October Revolution.

1955

• January: The school affairs meeting passed five regulations on student rewards and punishments.
• May: The school implemented physical-training standards.
• July: Some teachers went to Hefei for political-study sessions.
• December: The school began building a nursery garden and promoted "comprehensive technical education."

1956

• April: A school assembly commended outstanding students and invited their parents to attend.
• July to September: Teachers and staff took part in concentrated political-study and anti-counterrevolution campaigns.

1957

• August: The school carried out socialist education and the anti-rightist struggle.

1958

• October: Teachers and students suspended classes to join the steelmaking movement.
• The high-school section was added, and the school formally took the name Anhui Jingde Middle School.
• The campus moved to Wangci outside the west gate.
• The county approved land requisition for the new campus.

1959

• During the temporary merger of Jingde and Jixi counties, the school was at times referred to as Jixi County No. 2 Middle School, though without formal approval.
• A Party branch of Jingde Middle School was established, with Wang Guoyuan as the first secretary.
• Student labor-study organizations, a security committee, and school-run productive work were established.

1960

• February: The school held a workers' congress, where Principal Wang Guoyuan presented a work report.
• The whole school participated in construction labor for campus buildings and the large sports field.
• March: A comprehensive teaching inspection was carried out.
• September: Teachers led senior students to join teaching arrangements in Jixi.

1961

• April: After Jingde and Jixi were separated again, part of the school moved into the current campus area.
• September: Twelve student-discipline rules were issued to the whole school.
• The first graduating high-school class completed study, with forty-eight graduates and thirteen admitted to higher education.

1962

• The teaching staff was reduced to forty-nine through transfers, reassignment, and retirement.
• July: The second high-school graduating class saw nine students admitted to higher education.
• August: Zhang Siqi became vice principal.
• October: A school-wide "Respect Teachers, Love Students" month was launched.

1963

• March: By administrative order, high-school admissions were suspended for two years.
• June: The first-year class of Huatan Middle School was merged into Jingde Middle School.
• July: The graduating high-school class sent seven students to higher education.

1964

• April: Some high-school students carried out village-history investigation and publicity performances in Tangcun.
• May: The school won second place overall in the regional youth shooting competition held in Jingde.
• October: School performances such as The Third Day of the Third Month and Strolling Through the New City received praise at public performances.
• November: The school track-and-field sports meet was held.
• December: Student Da Jiucheng was selected as an air-force pilot candidate.

1965

• March: The school marked the second anniversary of Mao Zedong's call to "Learn from Lei Feng."
• August: The campus moved from west of the city gate to the foot of Zishan.
• October: Zhou Anhe of the school was selected as a pilot candidate.

1966

• May: The Four Cleans movement entered the school, followed soon by the start of the Cultural Revolution.
• June: The school established a swimming-activities guidance committee.

1967

• Red Guard representatives were organized to travel to Beijing for political networking.

1968

• April: The school acquired flatland and hillside from the vegetable-production team for expansion and for a sports field.
• August: The Revolutionary Committee of Jingde Middle School was established.
• September: A worker propaganda team entered the school.
• October: Junior middle school students were organized to join agricultural-labor support work.

1969

• The school changed from autumn admissions to spring admissions and replaced Russian classes with English.
• September: Classes resumed under the slogan of "making revolution through returning to class," while some teachers were reassigned to commune schools.

1970

• May: The school started a light-bulb reproduction factory.
• The high-school section was moved to Huojiaqiao in Shuanghe Commune as a branch campus.

1971

• The whole school adopted a militia-style organizational system.
• February: Luo Yongxia became deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee.

1972

• February: Xiang Kai became director of the Revolutionary Committee.
• The relocated Huojiaqiao high-school section became the separate Huojiaqiao Middle School.
• The school opened a plastic-bag factory, a printing shop, and a tractor-parts workshop.

1973

• May: The fifth student track-and-field meet was held.
• August: Xue Xizhi was promoted to director, with Li Heming transferred in as deputy director.

1974

• March: Sixty-one non-agricultural household graduates were sent down to the countryside.
• April: The sixth student track-and-field meet was held.
• June: Yu Yehe became deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee.

1975

• Teachers and students built earth walls and rough classroom desks through self-reliance.
• June: The seventh student sports meet was held.

1976

• June: The eighth track-and-field meet was held.
• July: High-school students were organized to support agricultural harvesting.

1977

• Hu Hanrong became director of the Revolutionary Committee.
• Junior middle students moved earth to expand the sports field.
• Student Han Taisong won first place in both the 100m and 200m at a regional swimming meet.
• Wang Zhirui became vice principal.

1978

• Han Taisong again won multiple first places in regional and provincial swimming competitions and later represented Anhui at the national middle-school swimming competition in Guangzhou.
• August: Wang Shijie from the provincial education department came to give a report to teachers.
• December: Xu Taiyuan became principal.

1979

• July: The school achieved excellent countywide entrance-exam results, taking many of the top spots.
• August: Han Taisong again won four first places in the provincial middle-school swimming competition.
• The second national mathematics annual meeting was held in Jingde, and several famous mathematicians lectured at the school.

1980

• August: Teachers were organized to visit Hangzhou for study and exchange for the first time.
• Professors from Wuhu and Huizhou came to the school to give academic reports.
• The school began trial implementation of sports-work regulations for primary and middle schools.

1981

• March: The school strongly promoted the campaign to learn from Lei Feng and build new social conduct.
• June: Hu Wangzhu became principal, and Bi Danwu became vice principal.
• August: High-school student Han Taisong again won two first places in the provincial swimming competition.

1982

• August: Pan Minggen became principal and Shi Yongcheng became vice principal.
• High-school student Zhang Qin was named a provincial exemplary student.
• September: The school issued regulations for transfer students and student-record management.
• October: Three evening tutorial classes were launched and continued until 1985.
• November: The eighth student sports meet was held.
• The school was approved as one of Anhui's first six-year restructured complete middle schools.
• December: Student Wang Huiqun won second prize in the regional mathematics competition.

1983

• March: A "civilization and courtesy month" campaign was launched school-wide.
• June: Student Chen Weiping was selected as a pilot candidate.
• Provincial leaders came to inspect the school.
• November: The ninth student sports meet was held.
• Student assemblies, Youth League congresses, and cross-country races were organized.

1984

• The school held poetry reading and singing competitions, student-union elections, academic contests, and social-science knowledge competitions.
• Sports teams performed strongly at county meets, breaking multiple county records.
• School leaders and academic-group heads visited schools in Wuhu and Nanjing for exchange.
• Physics teacher Qiu Ruizhen was recognized at the provincial level as an exemplary parent.

1985

• The school bought a new boiler, opened a bathhouse, and held the first staff representative congress.
• Principal Pan Minggen attended a provincial meeting of complete-middle-school principals.
• The county government awarded the school honorary certificates for civilization-building.
• Zhou Erfu wrote the school's name in calligraphy.
• The comprehensive teaching building for the high-school section was completed and put into use.
• Teachers received recognition and the school held the twelfth student sports meet.

1986

• The campus underwent greening with many newly planted trees.
• Student Huang Daoyou won second prize at a provincial youth science exhibition.
• Liu Bin became principal, Pan Minggen became honorary principal, and Wu Xueyou served as Party secretary.
• A leadership group for spiritual-civilization construction was established.
• The school held a large New Year's performance with thirty-eight programs by teachers and students.

1987

• Students won prizes in essay competitions and archives work received county recognition.
• A title-evaluation leadership group was established under Principal Liu Bin.
• The office building was completed and put into use.
• Computing equipment was allocated to the school.
• The fifth Youth League congress was held.

1988

• Teachers and students planted hundreds of trees to green the campus.
• Hu Tiexing became principal after Liu Bin resigned.
• A security office was added with approval.
• Teacher Cui Ling died in the line of duty.

1989

• Students won prizes in mathematics, physics, and chemistry competitions at provincial and regional levels.
• Campus paths, flowerbeds, and a grape trellis were completed.
• The second staff representative congress was held and school-management reform plans were revised.
• The school service department officially opened.
• The Party branch and Youth League committee received honors.
• County and regional education authorities conducted comprehensive teaching inspections.
• The school established a moral-education leadership group.

1990

• The school held assemblies commemorating Lei Feng and strengthened campus greening with hundreds of trees.
• The sixth Youth League congress was held.
• Students won awards in writing, environmental essays, and language competitions.
• Wu Yiqin became principal.
• The first phase of the canteen and auditorium project was completed.
• New military training for first-year high-school students began.
• Regional authorities evaluated the school-running level and inspected audiovisual teaching.
• A Political and Ideological Education Office was established.

1991

• The school held reports on revolutionary martyrs and visits to Southern Anhui Incident memorial sites.
• Teams competed in calisthenics and singing contests, and staff donated funds for disaster relief and other causes.
• Summer theory-study classes were organized for teachers.
• The first batch of compulsory-education contracts was signed with new junior students.
• The track-and-field team performed strongly in county competition.
• Wu Yiqin resigned, and Vice Principal Fan Shengping began presiding over school work.
• Students won prizes in English, chemistry, and greening-knowledge competitions.

1992

• A teachers' home was opened on the third floor of the office building.
• Historical lectures, security honors, chess and recreation activities, and English knowledge competitions were organized.
• New audiovisual equipment was purchased.
• Students and classes donated for gate repairs and bicycle sheds.
• Archives work received recognition.
• The school resumed its printing operation and introduced color-printing technology.
• Fan Shengping became principal.
• The new school gate and its golden-letter decoration were completed.
• Students won awards in speeches, chemistry, physics, and athletics.
• Nine-year compulsory education work passed comprehensive inspection.

1993

• Staff donated funds to disability associations.
• The school was recognized as an advanced unit in democratic management.
• A school security office was added.
• A regional conference for senior-three graduation work was held at Jingde Middle School.
• The fiftieth anniversary was prepared and celebrated, and the school motto, school song, and emblem were adopted.
• Students won prizes in physics, chemistry, essays, geography, and athletics.
• The school printing factory introduced Peking University Founder electronic publishing and offset-printing equipment, becoming the first high-tech printing unit in the region's education system.
• The school continued to retain its county-level civilized-unit title.
• The new educational and teaching reward fund announced its first set of awards.

1994

• Regional authorities conducted comprehensive evaluations of sports and health work, in which the school ranked first in the region for sports assessment.
• Students won awards in physics, mathematics, composition, English, chemistry, and subject competitions of various kinds.
• The school won county honors in junior-middle-school management, sports and health, and physics teaching.
• Staff donated to family-planning work and participated in county tree-planting.
• Fan Shengping, the principal, received recognition for outstanding responsibility-system performance.
• The school established Yunhai Industrial Company as a school-linked enterprise.
• County leaders visited the school canteen, dormitories, and construction sites, and the experimental building reached roof-completion.
• The school's high-school entrance and college entrance results ranked first in the county.
• Multiple teachers won honors in teaching-paper and lesson-plan competitions.
• The school established an Association for Caring for the Next Generation.
• The archives room passed county inspection and received provincial qualification.
• The Youth League committee was awarded the title of advanced league committee in the region.
• The fourteenth student track-and-field meet was held.

1995

• Two junior students turned in a pager they found, and the county public-security bureau sent a letter of thanks.
• The school was recognized for strong results in geography and history graduation exams.
• The eighth Youth League congress was held.
• County leaders inspected the school's campus greening.
• The school's labor union received its legal-person certificate.
• The school held a mobilization conference on quality-oriented education and issued implementation opinions.
• Students won awards in chemistry, composition, physics, English speeches, mathematics, biology, political essays, and other subject competitions.
• Visiting principals and teachers from other counties came for exchanges.
• Many teachers received county honors on Teachers' Day.

Editorial Note on This Chronicle

This chronicle was compiled in order to improve the school's archival materials, make reporting and summarizing educational work easier, and provide a factual basis for writing educational history. It is meant only as a beginning.

From 1943 to 1982, because of the long passage of time, no single specialized record of major events had survived in complete form. Much of the early material was reconstructed from original archives still held by the school, along with recollections gathered from alumni during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations, so it cannot be considered fully complete. From August 1982 onward, the principal's office and personnel secretary began recording major events more systematically, and from 1992 the chronicle followed newly issued standards for selection and scope, so the most recent fifteen years are comparatively complete and accurate.

Compiling school history requires patience, responsibility, and support from every office of the school. We believe that, driven by a shared sense of responsibility and mission, if each generation continues to record the school's path of development, this chronicle of Jingde Middle School will eventually become an important work in the history of education in Jingde.

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