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The High School of Peking University, abbreviated as Beidafuzhong (北大附中), is the high school affiliated to Peking University.

Its geographic location, Zhongguancun, endows it with high-technology academic atmosphere, and the bloaodline it has inherited from Peking University imprints the school with pursuit of democracy and science since its foundation led by Luping, the principal of Peking University in 1960.

The school emphasizes freedom. Loose environment enables the students to focus on real scientific researches rather than sterile textbook knowledge. Over 20 miscellaneous clubs allow the boys and girls to enrich their extracurricular lives.

It enrolls approximately 2,400 undergraduates. More than 30 thousand students have graduated from the school. Distinguished alumni include Wangyan, the founder of Sina, and Tuxiaoyuan, the Chief Scientist of iKuni, et cetera. It has also established relationships with over 10 schools around the world.

History
In 1951, the authorities started building a school for workers and farmers in an attempt to expand their horizons. In 1957, the facility was reorganized and designated as Beijing No. 104 High School. Three years later, the school was renamed to High School of Peking University under the direction of Peking University, serving as the second-stage rocket in its parent university’s four-staged educational sequence, the first, third and fourth stages being primary school, university and graduate school respectively.

Since the reformation led by Luping, the principal of Peking University in 1960, Peking University has attached high importance to improving the school. The then-School Counselor of Peking University Yin Qizhuo was appointed the first principal of the High School and 43 teaching staff from the university were seconded to the High as academic reinforcements. With the main support from the University, the High School of Peking University soon came to be regarded as one of the top schools in Beijing. At that time, it was one of the only two schools in Beijing to accept foreign students, one of them being the second son of the Infant Sihanouk, the King of Cambodia.

After the launch of the Cultural Revolution, the High School became the epicenter of the political storm because of its special political position. Motivated young students began to gather around the High School attached to Tsinghua University, forming the very first groups of Red Guards. Reportedly, people were found dead in the campus of the High School during the period of the Cultural Revolution.

Having undergone the chaos of the early phase of the Revolution, the High School was gradually restored to peace. Dedicated teachers went on to provide the best education possible for the students in the circumstances, and graduates from the high school took the crowns in many provinces soon after the resumption of gaokao in 1978.

The educational system returned to normal after the Cultural Revolution. In the last three decades the school has seen significant changes on its faculty and campus, and it has also earned a high reputation in the academic circle.

Campus
The campus of the High School of Peking University is located in the Zhongguancun district, its acreage being 466,690m² with an actual building area of 65,000m². It has seen great changes in the last decade, as most school facilities have been renewed or re-built during that time period.

West Teaching Building
Since its completion in 2003, this six-storied building has been serving as one of the two major teaching facilities where all the Senior students (approx. 1600) take their lessons.

There are nearly 40 standard cubic classrooms distributed all over the entire construction. Besides the essential equipment, ventilating fans, air conditioners, multimedia devices and an electrical surveillance camera are deployed in every such classroom. The building houses 4 chemistry laboratories, 4 physics laboratories, 3 biology laboratories and 2 IT laboratories open to the students for experimental lessons or individual practice when applied. The West Teaching Building also features an auditorium with a capacity of 800 people, as well as a TBV underground floor used as storage and a parking space for bicycles.



East Teaching Building
This construction was completed in 1999 and re-decorated in 2007, being the other major teaching facility in the campus. The entire building consists of two sections: the laboratory section on the north side, where there are 3 physics, chemistry, biology and IT laboratories; the other section on the opposite, which houses nearly 30 standard classrooms sharing identical configurations with the ones in the West Teaching Building. It also features a central lawn (visible in the picture on the right).

Dormitory, Cafeteria and Library
The dormitory was completed in 2003. The students' residence was designed with a capacity of TBD people distributed into TBD rooms, each of which has the capability of holding up to 6 students in an area of TBD. The residence for school staff and visitors stands 11-story high. Better conditions are provided in these rooms as they are all configured with an air conditioner, a television and a private washroom.

The cafeteria, completed in 2004, is a five-storied building with an underground parking space. The first three stories are set to serve its enrollment, and the fourth floor is for staff and visitors. The fifth floor is basically a training facility for school's dance team, which may also be adapted to speical uses when needed. The library is in fact a multi-function structure with an area of 3,000m² that saw its completion in 2009. It features a conference room and a mulit-function hall. As for its fundamental function, the library stores a collection of TBD books with wireless network accessible.

Physical Education Facilities
The campus also features a gymnasium in which the badminton courts and the tabletennis tables are housed. The gymnasium may be re-depolyed for special uses.

South Teaching Building
The South Teaching Building, where the workplaces for all the administrative staff are situated, was completed in 1960, being the oldest construction in the campus. It used to serve as the major teaching facility before the completion of the West Teaching Building and the East Teaching Building. Partial students (approximately 500) of Beida Resource Middle School of Beijing(北达资源中学) also take lessons in this building.

Clubs
The earliest club of the High School of Peking University dates back to 1980 when the Literature Club was initially established. In nearly three decades, the school has developed more than 20 miscellaneous clubs .All of the clubs are hosted, maintained and operated by the students in this school, and every student is granted the privilege to create new clubs at their own will. These clubs, as listed below, are differentiated by their concerned fields.

Magazine
Overhearing the High School of Peking University(偷听北大附中) is a school magazine hosted by the Students' Union of the High School of Peking University. Its first issue being published in the campus on July 12th, 2007, this quarterly magazine aims at spreading latest news in and out of the campus, selling approximately 500 copies for each issue, as stated by its editors. The school's Creative Media Workshop, a studio made up of dozen enthusiastic students, now takes charge of editing the magazine.

Solar Wind.

Regular Visitation
The High School of Peking University has established relationships with over 10 schools in the world. It offers not only various in-campus curriculum that covers Chinese/Mandarin, Chinese Painting, calligraphy, kungfu, but also programs outside the school to enable the foreign students to experience the Chinese culture in body. The following schools are said to have maintained regular visitation to the High School:


 * Seifu Gakuen Junior & Senior High School, Japan
 * College Claude Debussy, France
 * Ressu Comprehensive School, Finland
 * St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong
 * Cary Academy, USA
 * Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia
 * Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, Australia
 * Heinrich Heine Gymnasium, Germany
 * The Waseda University Senior High School, Japan
 * River Valley High School, Singapore

And the High School of Peking University visits these schools every one or two years:


 * College Claude Debussy, France
 * St. Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong
 * Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia
 * Seifu Gakuen Junior & Senior High School, Japan
 * Seiseiko Senior High School, Japan
 * River Valley High School, Singapore
 * Heinrich Heine Gymnasium, Germany
 * Ressu Comprehensive School, Finland

SSAT Confucius Institute
The SSAT Confucius Institute was founded collaboratively by Peking University, the High School of Peking University and Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) in July, 2007. In virtue of the platform provided by SSAT, the High School of Peking University commits itself to the promotion of hanyu and the Chinese culture by sending teachers aboard and writing textbooks. The SSAT Confucius Institute was awarded the Confucius Institute of the Year 2008.

Study Abroad
The school currently hosts two study-abroad programs with Scotch College, Melbourne and American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers (ASSIST). Every year, the High School sends two outstanding students to participate in an exchange program where the two participants will spend 8 to 9 weeks as ordinary students at Scotch College, and in the next year the corresponding students from the Scotch College will pay similar visits to the High School. The ASSIST program, provides opportunities for outstanding students in the High School to attend the finest American independent secondary schools on one-year scholarships.