Cua Nam Secondary School, Vinh City: 60 years of teaching letters and people
(Baonghean) - 60 years ago, in Ward 2, Cua Nam Secondary School - the predecessor of Cua Nam Secondary School was established. Over the past half decade, the school has always strived to improve, fulfill the mission of teaching and educating people and is truly a typical example of the spirit of overcoming difficulties.
Unforgettable years
In the last days of March, good news kept coming to teachers and students of Cua Nam Secondary School when student Nguyen Nhat Anh won the third prize in the National English speaking contest and student Le Thanh Thuong won the prize for sharing the best impressions at the "Reading Culture Ambassador" contest of the province. The award is also a meaningful gift of gratitude that students give to their teachers on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment, adding to the golden record of achievements that generations have built...
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| Students of Cua Nam Secondary School perform together. Photo: Duc Anh |
Therefore, even though the first day of operation, the Secondary School of Ward 2 only had a row of thatched houses and nearly 100 students, the teaching and learning movement of the school was extremely exciting. The school is located at the western gateway of the city, and since then has become a second home, gathering the best students of the region. More than half a century has passed, the students of those first years until now still mention teacher Nguyen Khang - the first principal of the school, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tam, teacher Nguyen Khanh Ha...
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| The school library is where students often come to read books and relax after stressful school hours. Photo: Duc Anh |
The past 60 years have also marked a long development journey with many hardships and challenges for the school. How can we forget the year 1964 when the US bombed Vinh, turning the city into a fierce battlefield. At that time, to ensure the safety of teachers and students, the school had to temporarily relocate to the Convent area, near Cau Ram Church (now Block 6B, Cua Nam Ward). In April 1972, when the US imperialists bombed the North for the second time, teachers and students were ordered to evacuate to Nghia Thuan commune, Nghia Dan district (on this side of Lui slope), more than 80 km from Vinh...
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| The school's modern English classroom. Photo: Duc Anh |
In the early 90s, Cua Nam Secondary School was also one of the most modern and spacious schools in Nghe An province at that time with a 2-storey headmaster's office with enough offices and a 2-storey building with 14 spacious classrooms fully equipped with boards, tables, chairs, lighting, electric fans... The synchronous investment was also the basis for the Department of Education and Training to choose the school as a teaching location in provincial competitions for excellent teachers... and a condition for the school to perform well its teaching and learning tasks. Currently, with a scale of 19 classes, nearly 800 students and more than 40 teachers, spacious and modern facilities, the school has also been recognized by the Nghe An Department of Education and Training as a school that meets level 3 standards in educational quality assessment.
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| Practical session of students of Cua Nam Secondary School. Photo: Duc Anh |
Looking back at the entire development journey, the "mark" of Cua Nam Secondary School is also affirmed in the rise, overcoming difficulties and knowing how to promote internal strength to improve the quality of teaching and learning of the school. This also stems from reality, because compared to many central schools, the starting point of Cua Nam Secondary School is more difficult, especially in input quality... However, it is also these limitations that force the collective of teachers of the school to make efforts and worry to improve the effectiveness of education...
Our ancestors used to say, “First learn manners, then learn knowledge.” Therefore, when “reforming” the school, the first thing we care about is improving the quality of moral education for students, building discipline in each class...”.
“All beginnings are difficult”, in the early days of implementation, the implementation encountered many difficulties. But when students’ awareness began to be formed, a friendly educational environment was built, the educational effectiveness was also significantly improved. To achieve this success, the school focused on organizational work, boldly re-organized the team, arranged the staff, homeroom teachers, class sizes, and assigned teachers appropriately.
At the same time, the school focuses on improving the quality of professional activities, constantly innovating teaching methods, seriously implementing student assessment and evaluation, creating for students the habit of doing their own homework without cheating or waiting to depend on their friends. For weak students, the school focuses on classifying students, organizing them into groups of similar level and selecting experienced and qualified teachers to organize training and tutoring for students...
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| Cua Nam Secondary School always demonstrates the role and responsibility of a teacher. Photo: Duc Anh |
Continuing the school's tradition, the staff and teachers directly teaching at Cua Nam Secondary School always demonstrate the role and responsibility of teachers and seriously implement the campaign "Each teacher is a model of morality, self-study and creativity" with many meaningful actions.
In addition to teaching tasks, the school also regularly organizes useful playgrounds for students such as establishing clubs: Math, Literature, English; implementing special topics and extracurricular activities: Vinh past and present, My homeland, Sex education, Traffic safety and encouraging students to develop their abilities through competitions in the fields of literature, sports and arts.
From the 2015-2016 school year up to now, the school has continuously received many outstanding results when 6 students won national prizes in competitions such as "Applying interdisciplinary knowledge to solve practical problems", AEROBIC competition, "The Voice Kids" competition...
In addition, many other students won prizes in provincial competitions for excellent students and in "Science and Technology Innovation" competitions. In particular, despite their low starting scores, in the annual 10th grade entrance exam, the school has many students passing the entrance exams to prestigious public schools and more than 40 students passing the entrance exams to Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted and Vinh University High School for the Gifted.
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| Modern English classroom - where students express their passion for foreign languages. Photo: Duc Anh |
With its efforts and endeavors, over the years, Cua Nam Secondary School has been awarded many Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee and Vinh City People's Committee; the school's Party cell has continuously achieved the title of clean and strong, many teachers have been recognized as excellent teachers...
From these results, the staff, teachers and students also believe that the school will develop even more strongly in the new journey. From now on, this beloved school will be a place to weave “hope”, “give wings to green dreams” and be a reliable educational address, trusted and entrusted by parents and students.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its establishment, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 1 collective and 3 individuals of the school for their outstanding achievements in building and developing Cua Nam Secondary School.
