Gezhi Academy was initiated by Maihuatuo, then British consul in Shanghai, and promoted by Li Hongzhang, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty.

Gezhi Academy has the name of academy, but it is not a traditional academy. Public schools located in the concession but not in the concession; Missionaries are involved, but they are not religious schools; It contains official funds, but it is not a government-run school. She is the product of Shanghai, a special city, and the result of interweaving different cultures. It is one of the earliest new schools in modern China, which combines Chinese and western cultures, systematically disseminates natural science knowledge and cultivates scientific and technological talents.

Chinese and foreign people who presided over Gezhi Academy, such as Xu Shou, Hua, Wang Tao, Xu, Zhao, john fryer, Lin Lezhi, gilbert reid and Pan, were all temporary scientific candidates. The academy displayed scientific instruments, held scientific exhibitions, gave scientific lectures, discussed scientific knowledge and popularized it. It was a veritable scientific activity center in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Xu Shou, Hua, Wang Tao, Xu, Zhao, Zhang Huanlun, Wang Yiting, Ma and other key figures in China are all famous patriots who have been evaluated by history. They care about national affairs, innovate education, work hard and make great achievements. Students pay more attention to western current affairs, criticize absolutism, and advocate imitating the west and implementing constitutionalism, which is one of the sources of Shanghai's patriotic thought in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

19 15 turn 1942 (during Gezhi public school)

British Xilian and Pellet successively served as principals.

Teachers and students experienced political changes in China, the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and other difficulties, as well as the evolution of concession education to the educational system of the Republic of China.

In the past ten years, Vice President Liu Chongben has organized students to participate in the "Four Academies" named after famous historical and cultural figures in Southeast China, remembering the sages and loving China: they are: (Xu) Guangqi Academy, which promotes science; (Wang) Sunnian Academy, which inherits language and classics; (Gu) Academy, which studies historical geography; and (Gui) Youguang Academy, which expands literature.

Wu, Zhong and other progressive students set up underground party branches to spread the revolutionary fire.

1942 to 1945 (especially during the period of municipal Gezhi middle school)

194 1 At the end of the year, the Japanese army occupied the public concession, accepted British and American assets and took control of the Ministry of Industry. The school is located in Yucai Middle School, and it is devastated for half a day.

1945 rpm 1949 (municipal Gezhi middle school period)

1August, 945, Japan surrendered. The Education Bureau of the Republic of China was established. In June of 5438+00, the school was renamed and Zhou Fei was appointed as the principal.

The school moved back to its original site and teaching was on the right track. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the school concentrated many excellent teachers, focusing on natural subjects and strengthening students' practical ability.

With the change of the situation, teachers and students will be encouraged to participate in the "anti-civil war" activities, and the student underground party and the underground student union will make positive contributions to the liberation and protection of schools in Shanghai.

1949 May to present (Gezhi middle school period)

1May, 949, Shanghai was liberated. On June+10, 5438, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government was established, and Chen Ershou, who had participated in taking over Gezhi Middle School, was officially appointed as the principal. He has done a lot of pioneering work in establishing a new democratic education concept and new order, expanding the ranks of teachers with both ability and political integrity, expanding the scale of running schools, and cultivating students with excellent academic performance.

Over the years, the school has inherited the fine tradition of "patriotism and science", carried forward the spirit of "applying what you have learned, seeking truth and being pragmatic", formed the school-running characteristics of "all-round development and being good at science", and trained a large number of outstanding talents for the country. Comrade Zhu Rongji inspected the school during his tenure as secretary and mayor of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, affirming that "Gezhi Middle School attaches great importance to moral education", proposing that "first-class cities should have first-class education" and spoke highly of the school's "third-rate school buildings, second-rate equipment and first-class talents"

The school has been handed down from generation to generation, "everyone becomes a moral education worker"; "three strictness and three simplicity" comprehensively grasps the students' code of conduct; "The first class lays the foundation, and the second class produces talents", and the two-track synchronous teaching is carried out inside and outside the class; "Building a learning school and training research-oriented teachers"; Excellent results have been achieved in "establishing schools through culture, developing schools through learning and strengthening schools through management". 1958 was designated as the first batch of key middle schools in Shanghai, and was named as the first batch of "experimental demonstration high schools" in Shanghai in 2005, with many honors.

Gao Runhua, honorary president, was elected as the representative of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh National People's Congress. Zhang Zhimin, the current principal, is a national inspector, a Shanghai education hero and a special principal.