广东肇庆中学是一所历史悠久、业绩辉煌的省重点中学，坐落在风景秀丽的国家级历史文化名城——肇庆端州。她的前身是创办于1573年的两广端溪书院，1905年改为肇庆府中学堂，素有“西江最高学府”之称。1949年11月起定名为广东肇庆中学，是全省十六所重点中学之一。以良好的校风、雄厚的师资、鲜明的特色、显著的效益而享誉岭南。1994年被评为首批省一级学校，1997年被确定为首批全国现代教育技术实验学校，2002年被定为“十五”期间教育部重大教育科研基地和共青团全国青少年科技活动示范单位，2004年被定为广东省新课程改革试验样本校。2007年10月，学校以优秀等级通过广东省普通高中教学水平评估，成为广东省首批国家级示范性普通高中。2008年至今先后被评为“广东省安全文明校园”、“广东省依法治校示范校”、“广东省书香校园”、“广东省中小学校本培训示范校”、 “全国消防安全教育示范学校”、“广东省青少年科学教育特色学校”、“广东省创先争优‘南粤先锋’先进基层党组织”、“广东省德育示范学校”、“第五届和谐校园先进学校”。
办学百年来，学校为国家培养了四万多名人才。岭南画派大师黎雄才，电波传播专家焦培南，水利专家蔡瑶忠，地震专家黄玉昆，广东省副省长徐少华，亚运会银牌获得者梁月玲、蒙玉琼，国际信息学(计算机)奥赛银牌获得者魏小亮，2004年广东高考“双料状元”申栋材等是杰出代表。学校先后荣获全国“五讲四美、为人师表”活动先进单位、全国勤工俭学先进单位、全国群众体育先进集体、广东省文明单位、广东省实施《国家体育锻炼标准》先进单位、广东省优秀科技活动先进学校、“广东省职业道德建设‘百佳’单位”等荣誉称号。
学校现有两个校区：老校区为初中部，位于两广端溪书院原址，占地36亩，建筑面积约2.4万平方米;新校区设有高中部和新疆部，位于风景秀丽的仙女湖畔，占地247亩，建筑面积约10万平方米。新疆部于2007年至2009年秋季每年招收2个新疆预科班，从2010年秋季开始每年招收3个新疆预科班。2009年秋季高中部开始接收国际交流生。目前，全校共有99个班(其中初中36个班，高中60个班，新疆预科班3个)，在校学生5224人，其中新疆学生455人，台湾生1人、香港生8人，阿根廷生1人，高中部本地学生2715人，初中部学生2049人。
学校师资力量雄厚，现有教职工468人。其中特级教师3人，高级教师145人，中级教师174人，硕士研究生114人，肇庆市专业技术拔尖人才3名，省市名师培养对象一批。近年来，有100多位教师获市级以上表彰奖励，100多位教师获省级以上教研成果。2009年9月，学校申报的“‘三自五修’特色育人实验研究”项目，被评为全国教育科学“十一五”规划2009年度教育部重点课题。
学校秉承“格物致知，崇善尚美”的校训，以“养文明之气，办优质之学，育和谐之才，走创新之路”为办学指导思想，通过实施“名师强校”工程，全面推进素质教育，积极探索新课程改革，学校教育教学管理水平不断走上新台阶!高考本科率、重点率、尖子学生人数等稳居全市第一，学科竞赛成绩始终在市内独占鳌头。初中部保持高水平发展，学生综合素质高，发展后劲大。新疆部管理有序，学生安定团结，学业进步快，家长满意，得到国家、广东省、新疆教育厅等有关部门多次好评。
学校将紧紧围绕“教学质量省内一流、教科研水平国内一流”的办学目标，按照“没有爱，就没有教育;没有智慧，就没有教育;没有视野，就没有教育”的教育信仰，以“安安静静教书，快快乐乐育人，仔仔细细管理，健健康康生活”的务实精神，朝着“高视野、高品质、高境界” 教育发展的思路和“不怕吃苦，不怕吃亏;善于反思，善于合作;敢于承担，敢于创新”的育人目标，以实际行动深化教育改革，推进教育创新，争取早日把肇庆中学办成一所既有传统特色、又富有现代化气息的全国名校。
A Brief Introduction to Guangdong Zhaoqing Middle School
Guangdong Zhaoqing Middle School is a key high school in Guangdong Province, renowned for its long history and outstanding achievements in education. The school was founded in November 1905, initially named Duanxi Academy of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces, which was established in 1573. It has been called “The Best Middle School of the Xijiang River Area”. Since November 1949, it has had its present name “Guangdong Zhaoqing Middle School” and has become one of the 16 key high schools in the province. The school has been highly praised by the public for its excellent education. It is among the first group to have been credited as the first-class high school in Guangdong Province in 1994 and well known as one of the key high schools in Guangdong for its excellence in its school spirit, excellent teaching quality and environment. It has also been awarded the titles of the National Modern Educational Technology Experiment School and National Traditional Items of Physical Education School. The school has passed the General Senior High School Teaching Quality Assessment of Guangdong Province to become a National Demonstration High School with excellent grades. Dozens of awards received by the school in recent years again lend credence to the school’s efforts. In the past two years, the school has been recognized as Secure and Civilized School in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Reading-loving School, Model School of School-based Training in Guangdong Province, Model School of Law-oriented Management in Guangdong Province, National Model School of Fire Safety Education, Youth Science Education Featured School in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Pioneer of Advanced Grassroots Party Organization for “Excelling in Performances”, Model School of Moral Education in Guangdong Province and Model School with Harmonious Campus.
Over one hundred years, the school has demonstrated great achievements in teaching and research activities, moral education, subject competitions and sports matches. More than 40,000 students have graduated from the school. Among them are some famous alumni and alumnae, such as Li Xiongcai (a great artist in painting), Jiao Peinan (an electrical waves transmission specialist), Cai Yaozhong (an irrigationist), Huang Yukun (a seismologist), Xu Shaohua (Vice-governor of Guangdong Province), Liang Yueling and Meng Yuqiong (silver medal winners of the Asian Games), Wei Xiaoliang (the silver medal winner of the 9th International Information Olympics of 1997 in South Africa), Shen Dongcai (ranked first in Guangdong Province in both arts and science in the 2004 National College Entrance Exam). What’s more, the school has received many honorary titles these years such as “Advanced Unit in Work-Study Program”, “Advanced Unit in National Amateur Sports”, “Unit of Socialist Ethics and Culture”, “Advanced Unit in Implementation of National Standard for Sports Training”, “Advanced School of Science and Technology Activities”, etc.
The school is made up of two campuses. The junior campus is located in the north of the ancient town built in Song Dynasty, which lies in the center of the famous historic and cultural city---Zhaoqing. It covers a total floor space of 24,000 square meters. The senior campus is situated outside the city, near the beautiful scenic Star Lake. The senior campus, including two departments( local students department and Xinjiang Autonomous Region students department), which runs a boarding school system, occupies a total floor area of 100,000 square meters. From the year 2007 to 2009, the school enrolled 2 pre-senior-high school classes of Xinjiang Autonomous Region students each year. Since the autumn of 2010, one more class of Xinjiang students have been recruited. From the year 2009, the school began to enroll international exchange students each year. This year, there are 99 classes in total, 36 in junior, 60 in senior and 3 pre-senior-high school classes of Xinjiang Autonomous Region students. The school has 5,224 students, including 2715 local senior students, 2,049 juniors, 455 students from Xinjiang and 10 exchange students (one from Taiwan Province, eight from Hongkong and the other one from Argentina).
Guangdong Zhaoqing Middle School boasts a qualified faculty of 468 staff members, including 3 special-grade teachers, 145 seniors and 174 intermediates. Taking the faculty as the basis of school education, the school encourages the teachers to challenge themselves and pursue excellence. 114 teachers hold master degrees, 3 outstanding teachers are among the list of Zhaoqing Top Technical Professionals, and some other teachers have been honored as “Famous Teachers of Guangdong”. In recent years, more than 100 teachers have been awarded prizes by the city, the province or the nation. Over 100 teachers’ research achievements have been recognized at the provincial and national levels. In September 2009, the research project on characteristic school education, undertaken by the school, was granted as the key project of the National Education Technology Research during the 11th Five-Year Plan period.
Guided by the advanced educational philosophy, the school has also been enjoying the best enrollment rate in the National College Entrance Exams in Zhaoqing area. Students from this school have achieved the highest comprehensive or individual subject scores in the National College Entrance Exams. In addition to this, the students of the school have obtained dozens of medals in national and international academic competitions, which is facile princeps in Zhaoqing. Meanwhile, the junior school maintains its development track at a high level, nurturing more and more all-round students. The Xinjiang Department runs in good order, and the students are united and cooperative, making satisfactory progress. The school’s achievements are highly praised by the Central Government, Guangdong Provincial Government, Xinjiang Education Department and other official departments.
The school will move on with the ideal of “Without love, wisdom or perception, there will be no education.” and maintaining “High perception, High quality, High level.” Sticking to the teaching aim of “providing superior education in Guangdong Province, achieving national frontline teaching and researching standards, implanting the value of not being afraid of bearing hardships and getting the short end of the stick, and being good at introspect and cooperate, being daring to undertake and innovate, and according to the principle of “teaching earnestly and happily, supervising carefully and living happily”, the school will steadily strive to build itself into a modern school with its traditional characteristics and national prestige.