Beijing No. 55 Middle School was established in 1954. It is a key middle school in the city. The school is located at No. 12 Xinzhong Street, Dongzhimenwai (north side of Workers' Stadium). Take the subway and get off at Dongsishitiao. , take bus or tram No. 113, 115, 118, 412 or 416 and get off at Zhongjie Station. Fifty-Fifth Middle School continues to reform and explore in the education and teaching process, and has achieved excellent results. The school has been rated as one of the first batch of "Modern Educational Technology Experimental Schools", "Beijing Advanced School for Moral Education", "Beijing Science and Technology "Activity Model School", "Beijing Advanced Unit for Popularizing Experimental Teaching", "Beijing Campus Construction Model School", and China's first "International Baccalaureate School". The school is divided into Chinese student department and international student department. There are 32 teaching classes in the Chinese Student Department and 14 teaching classes in the International Student Department, with more than 1,700 Chinese and foreign students. The campus has a construction area of ??20,000 square meters, three teaching buildings, a double-storey gymnasium (gymnastics hall on the first floor, basketball hall on the second floor), an auditorium that can accommodate 1,000 people, and a lecture theater that can accommodate 300 people. The school has established a modern multi-functional classroom and a 586 computer room. The playground is all covered with plastic, creating a comfortable and elegant learning environment and activity space for Chinese and foreign students. Starting from this year, our school will carry out the renovation project of the Beijing Model School. After the renovation, the campus area of ??the No. 55 Middle School has been increased to 50 acres. The newly built teaching building, laboratory building, library and playground with a 400-meter track will be more in line with modernization. Teaching requirements.
The school has an excellent team of teachers, including 57 special and senior teachers and 56 first-level teachers. There are a group of model teachers and influential subject leaders in the district, city and even the country, who have won many awards. There are 27 school leaders and teachers awarded nationally and in Beijing. The school emphasizes the all-round development of morality, intelligence, body and aesthetics, teaches and educates people, and continuously improves the quality of teaching. Teachers are rigorous in their studies, and teaching and scientific research have become a common practice. They pay attention to laying a solid foundation in the teaching process, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, developing specialties, and introducing modern teaching technology into the classroom to assist teaching, using physical projection, reflective slides, computers, recording, video, VCD and other equipment , fully mobilize students' enthusiasm and stimulate their thirst for knowledge from the senses such as vision and hearing.
Students in our school have a good study style, study hard, and are proactive. In recent years, the college entrance examination admission rate has been 100%. About 80% of the students' college entrance examination scores exceed the transfer line of key universities, and every year there are Many students have been admitted to famous universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University. The school's extracurricular activities and technical classes are rich and varied, with a wide range of content. The technical classes offered in junior and senior high schools include computers, English typing, handicrafts, photography, model aircraft, knitting, tailoring, cooking and other projects. Extracurricular activities include various subject groups, music, dance, art, sports and other extracurricular activity groups. Through technical classes and extracurricular activities, students not only develop their interests and expertise, but also broaden their fields of study. In the past ten years, thousands of students from our school have won international, national, municipal and district awards in subjects, science and technology, literature and art, and sports. From 2001 to 2002 alone, our school achieved outstanding results in the National Middle School Student League in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and other disciplines. Among them, 1 person won the gold medal, 1 person won the bronze medal, 7 people won the first prize, and 7 people won the second prize. Three third prize winners were awarded, and many students were recommended to famous universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Nankai University. In the more than 20 years since its opening, the International Student Department of the school has admitted more than 1,500 students from more than 60 countries and regions on five continents. In 1994, No. 55 Middle School was approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as the first International Baccalaureate school in China and designated as a model school for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program of the Asia-Pacific Headquarters.