An Ideal School and a Beautiful Scenery Spot ――Rugao Experimental Junior Middle School About three hundred meters to the west of Rugao New Century Square, a new school―― Rugao Experimental Junior Middle School comes into view. Built of red bricks and blue tiles and surrounded by green trees, the school looks especially grand and magnificent. It is an important project started in 2002 by Rugao Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Rugao Municipal Government, aiming at providing practical service to the general public. With its pleasant environment, charming scenery, unique and comely style and far-reaching artistic conception, the school reflects the long cultural history and the great humanistic tradition of the ancient city of Rugao. Located at the crossing of State Highway 204 and Jiangsu Provincial Highway 316, the school has an easy access to convenient transportation. It covers an area of 75200 square meters. The construction area is 36000 square meters. The total investment amounts to 70 million Yuan. In the past two years, the school has adopted a new mechanism and pattern of management. In other words, it is public-owned but run by local civilians. It sticks to the principle of “Taking education as the core of management, serving the public whole-heartedly, reciprocating the society without reservation”. The goal of running the school is to have “best equipment, best teachers, best management, and best teaching quality”. The facilities inside the school are advanced. Every teacher has a portable computer. Every classroom is equipped with multimedia teaching installations. The school network covers the whole school. Every lesson in every class can be given through school network with computers. The school became “Jiangsu Model School Starting the Project of Modernization of Education” in 2004. The school has all the necessary living facilities. Three standard apartment buildings can house over 2100 students. There is a bathroom and a toilet in each apartment. The facilities in the refectory are advanced too and its management is the best. It has reached the national standard of first-class refectories. The total area of the refectory is 6500 square meters. Thus, it allows 6300 teachers and students to dine together. The environment in this school is peaceful and pleasant. Some scenery spots, such as Tongxinsiyuan, Xuehaixizhao, Dixinyoumei and Qicaiyelan charming you with enjoyable beauty. Rugao Experimental Junior Middle School, a beautiful and attractive scenery spot as well, welcomes you at any time! |