Le Loi High School (Tan Ky): 40 years of construction and growth

Le Loi High School was established in 1981. From the early days of its establishment, with many difficulties, through 40 years of construction and development, generations of cadres, teachers and staff of the school have always persevered, strived and made efforts to overcome all difficulties and challenges to successfully complete educational goals. Generations of teachers have devoted their hearts and emotions, contributing their intelligence and efforts to the cause of education. From this school, many generations of excellent students have grown up, contributing their intelligence, talent and enthusiasm to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Le Loi High School has become a bright spot in the education sector of Tan Ky and the whole province in recent years. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Recalling the early days of the school's establishment, teacher Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung - former Vice Principal of the school from 1998 to 2009 said: Those were extremely difficult days, when the roads were difficult, to get to town we had to cross two boats, so no one wanted to come to school to teach. There were years when students did not have access to Geography, there were times when the school only hoped that students could attend school regularly and not drop out halfway. The school had 20 classrooms built into 4 rows of level 4 houses. There were many classrooms with only bamboo and thatch, which leaked in the rain and were glaring in the sun, but the learning atmosphere was still enthusiastic, and the emulation movement was still vibrant. Ms. Dung also said: It is impossible to describe all the hardships in the 80s and 90s of the last century, but teachers and students of the school always tried together, made efforts to overcome countless difficulties to teach well, study well, and nurture future talents.

Ms. Dung and generations of students are now also managers and teachers working at the school. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

To achieve the achievements like today, generations of the school cannot help but be moved when mentioning the teachers who were attached to the school in the early days: That is Mr. Phan Nhat Le - the first Principal of the school, Mr. Nguyen Van Luan, Mr. Hoang Duy Dong, Mr. Vo Duy But, Mr. Dang Xuan Dong, Mr. Hoang Ngoc Anh. The teachers, together with their love and enthusiasm for the profession, have helped the school grow from the first bricks.

Teacher Nguyen Van Thinh - Principal of the school. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Contributing significantly to the colorful flower garden of achievements of Le Loi High School today is the diligence and hard work of generations of students.
Mr. Nguyen Van Thinh, the school's principal, said: "What makes us proud and honored is that the number of excellent teachers and excellent students is increasing day by day. For many consecutive years, the school has been awarded the title of Advanced Labor Collective and Excellent Labor Collective at the provincial level. The quality of teaching and learning has made remarkable progress, there are more and more excellent students in the province, and the number of students passing the university and college entrance exams is increasing day by day."

The school is now equipped with many modern facilities to meet the teaching and learning needs of teachers and students. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Also according to teacher Nguyen Van Thinh: Although the school still has many difficulties, the school's traditional golden board always blooms brilliantly, there have been many poor students who have brought glory to the school. Especially in the 2009-2010 high school graduation exam, Nguyen Thi Na was honored by the People's Committee of Nghe An province. In the 2018-2019 high school graduation exam, Le Van An was the runner-up in the B group nationwide, scoring 29.1 points. In the 2020-2021 school year, Nguyen Trong Thang was honored by the Provincial People's Committee for scoring 29.8 points in the B group.

With a team of experienced and enthusiastic teachers, over the years the school has always achieved many outstanding achievements in teaching and learning. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

For many years, the school has always had high achievements in the provincial science and technology competition, especially Pham Xuan Hung won the first prize in the national youth and children's creativity competition, Nguyen Duc Hung won the second prize at the provincial level for 3 consecutive years (2018-2019; 2019-2020, 2020-2021). Moreover, the students who have grown up from Le Loi High School after graduating have become exemplary teachers, scientists, excellent managers and many are holding high positions in all regions of the country, many are successful businessmen, many have doctorates and masters degrees and are teaching at universities in the country and abroad, are doctors, engineers, some are now generals in the army... We must mention Dr. of Law Nguyen Thi Tinh-Alumni (1979 - 1981) of the first class and also the first PhD of the school;Dr. Vo Thi Kim Cuong, PhD in Biology, former student of the course (1991 - 1994), Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh, PhD in Economics, Nguyen Van Luong, former student of the course (1999 - 2002), PhD in Physics Nguyen Thiet Lap; PhD in Biology Tran Dinh Ha. These are the bright flowers that beautify the school's golden record of achievements during 40 years of construction and development. They themselves have contributed to making the school named Le Loi High School more famous, the land bearing the footprints of a national hero and a place with a tradition of studiousness.

Teachers and students of the school believe that they will reap many achievements worthy of 40 years of construction and growth. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Entering the age of 40, the age of adulthood, teachers and students of Le Loi High School have the right to be proud of their contributions to the education of their home province. However, deep down, everyone understands that the achievements in the past 40 years are still very modest, not meeting the expectations and aspirations of the people whose children are studying at the school, the expectations assigned by the Party Committee and authorities at all levels. There is still a lot of work to do ahead and many great challenges awaiting, requiring teachers and students of the school to unite to overcome.

On the scale of 40 years, generations of teachers and students of the school completely believe that Le Loi High School will continue to have a strong transformation, responding to the cause of educational innovation, contributing to the successful implementation of the mission in the cause of cultivating people, confidently entering the new journey of implementing the 2018 General Education Program, worthy of being a reliable address for training human resources of the country, contributing to improving people's knowledge, training human resources, and nurturing talents for the Western region of Nghe An.

Thanh Nga