In 23 years of the Republic of China, six classrooms, an office and a library were built in Chongyang Mountain, and teachers' dormitories and students' dormitories also sprang up, and the school began to take shape, which laid a solid foundation for its development and growth. When expanding the school building, teachers and students inherited and carried forward the tradition of hard struggle. In my spare time, I actively pick bricks, carry tiles and haul earth, build classrooms, kitchens and canteens, build new playgrounds and beautify the campus. From then on, the morning sun in Chongyang Ridge, the sparkling sails along the Zishui River, the refreshing breeze near the hexagonal pavilion, the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance in Luojia 'an, the sound of books in the classroom and the vigorous figure on the sports field ... decorated the desolate Chongyang Ridge with picturesque scenery and made people feel relaxed and happy.
Shangmei Middle School has been famous for its strict management since its establishment. The headmaster Zeng Guangji is strict with his students and takes good care of them. Every day at dawn, he went to the dormitory to urge the students to get up and do exercises; In class, he checked the whereabouts of the classroom; In the evening, there is the sound of him checking the students' reviewing their lessons. At every weekly meeting, there are also speeches about his impromptu encouragement of students and hard work ... The school is getting more and more prosperous and its achievements are becoming more and more outstanding. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, 94 people graduated from five classes, 83 were admitted to provincial high schools, and 8 were promoted to Huangpu Military Academy and Communications Technical School.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, a group of well-known teachers gathered in Mei, including famous literary figures in the province and famous scholars who fled from Cangxia area to Xinhua. At that time, due to the war, the supply of teaching materials was difficult. Teachers compiled their own teaching materials such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry and triangle, which were rich in content, novel in form and reasonable in arrangement. They were not only welcomed by Chinese students, but also adopted by foreign schools. At the same time, party member, a member of the Central Underground Party, was employed to teach in a school. Under the cover of teachers, he carried out revolutionary activities, published progressive books and periodicals, and educated young students in revolutionary enlightenment, making positive contributions to the cause of liberation. Strict school spirit, good teaching quality and revolutionary traditional education have trained a large number of talents.
After the founding of New China, under the leadership of the Party, the teaching quality has improved steadily. From 65438 to 0963, the college entrance examination rate reached 60%, and Shaoyang was the first. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, we fully implemented the Party's educational policy, insisted on putting moral education in the first place, insisted on taking teaching as the center, implemented quantitative management of teaching routine and teaching reform experiment, cultivated students' all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics, and won the excellent prize of teaching quality in senior high school and junior high school. The enrollment rate of college entrance examination ranks among the top three in the county for eight consecutive years. The junior high school graduation examination has been ranked in the top three in the county 100 schools for nearly six consecutive years, and the number of middle school students ranks first in the county.
Since its establishment, Shangmei Middle School has been aiming at patriotism, truth-seeking, diligence and progress, and has trained more than 20,000 talents for the country with its unique school spirit of "diligence, strictness, practicality and vividness". Some of them have become leading cadres of the party, government and army at all levels, and some have become well-known experts, scholars or celebrities at home and abroad.
At present, the school has submitted an application for "City Model School" to Loudi Education Bureau, and the preliminary examination has been completed.
In addition, the school and Changsha Dajiangnan Art Training School jointly established the Art Department of Shangmei Middle School, hoping to cultivate more talents through culture and art.