On November 2, 1901, the predecessor of Beijing Normal University High School, Wucheng Academy, was established. As one of the earliest public middle schools in China, the Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Normal University has gone through 120 spring and autumn seasons and ushered in the 120th anniversary.
On October 29th, as one of the series of school celebration activities, the "Shuangxin" National Demonstration School Construction "Curriculum Construction and Teaching Reform" Academic Forum was held in The Affiliated Middle School of Normal University. In July 2020, Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School was approved as a national-level demonstration school with new curriculum and new teaching materials for ordinary high schools, and the level of running schools and the ability to educate people will be further improved.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the school celebration activities have been simplified and only held on a small scale on campus.
In the past 120 years, Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School has cultivated a number of outstanding talents.
The famous scientist Qian Xuesen, who studied at the Beijing Normal University High School for six years from 1923 to 1929, said in his later years that he had two climaxes in his life, one of which was to study at the attached middle school for six years.
Martyr Zhao Shiyan, the founder and one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China, studied at the Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School from 1915 to 1919 and served as the secretary general of the Student Self-Government Association. He was killed in 1927 in chiang kai-shek's "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup at the age of 27.
Lin Liru was the principal of The Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Normal University from 1922 to 1930 and was an educator who had a profound influence on the school culture of the Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Normal University. During his tenure, he advocated and implemented full personality education, led a series of major reforms and innovations, and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents.
Li Delun studied at beijing normal university high school from 1931 to 1938. He read a lot of books and became fascinated by art, and later embarked on the path of art. In 1953, he entered the postgraduate class of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to study conducting, and was the founder and founder of the new Chinese symphony industry, known as the "father of Chinese symphony".
Zhang Dainian, who studied at the Attached High School from 1923 to 1928, was a founding figure in the field of Chinese philosophy, serving as the director of the Department of Philosophy at Peking University and the president of the Society for the History of Chinese Philosophy.
Li Jianwu, from 1921 to 1925, studied at the Affiliated Middle School of Normal University, founded the literary journal "Guofeng Daily" supplement "Fire", and began to publish novels and plays. He served as president of the student council. Li Jianwu has outstanding achievements in literature.