Guangzhou No. 2 Middle School was founded in 1930, and the school is now a Class A school directly under the Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau. The campus of No. 2 Middle School is located in Yingyuan Road, Yuexiu District, leaning on the beautiful Yuexiu Mountain in the north and the majestic Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in the south. Modern Lingnan romantic figures such as Chen Li, Zhu Ciqi, Liang Qichao, Hu Hanmin, Liang Dingfen, and Wen Tingshi have all studied in this land.
According to the official data released by the No. 2 Middle School, among the candidates for the 2017 high school entrance examination, 17 scored more than 750 points, accounting for 5% of the number of candidates with more than 750 points in the city; More than 40% of the candidates' scores are 698 points higher than the priority submission line for early approval of high scores; Nearly eighty percent of the candidates' scores exceeded the minimum control score of 622 points for early admission; More than ninety percent of the candidates scored above the minimum control score of 480 points for admission to ordinary high schools.
As of 2017, there are about 370 faculty members in No. 2 Middle School. Among them, there are nearly 100 senior teachers, 1 provincial special teacher, 8 municipal famous teachers and backbone teachers, 3 provincial and municipal famous principals and famous teacher studio hosts, 10 provincial and municipal education experts and famous teacher training objects, and 15 national, provincial and municipal backbone teachers and famous class teacher training objects. At the same time, the results of the college entrance examination and the high school entrance examination of the second middle school have been among the best in Guangzhou for a long time, and the work of the junior and senior high school graduating class has been awarded the first prize in Guangzhou for many years, and the cultivation and processing ability has been widely recognized in the society.
The No. 2 Middle School is known for its strong processing capacity, and its headquarters junior high school is most well-known for its "rocket class". "Rocket Class" is a folk name, and its official name is "Innovation Experimental Class", which focuses on Olympiad mathematics and is generally 11 and 12 classes in each grade. The average score of the second middle school rocket class in 2012 and 2014 was slightly lower than that of the Chinese Olympiad class, and in 2013 and 2015, its results were slightly higher than that of the Chinese Olympiad class.
The selection method of the rocket class of No. 2 Middle School is to apply for the information class through the Internet, and then participate in the training, and go through multiple rounds of screening. The training focuses on the examination of language, mathematics and English and programming ability, so that students can solve programming problems through mathematical knowledge. In the summer of 2014, for example, more than 600 people participated in the information class training of No. 2 Middle School, and only about 40 people were selected for admission through layers of selection. It is worth mentioning that many students who can't get into the Olympiad class of Huafu will always retreat to the second middle school rocket class. In addition, the second junior high school of the second junior high school has an information technology course, and if you rank high in the exam (within the top 80), you can also enter the rocket class of the department.
The main junior high school of No. 2 Middle School is a non-boarding school, and students can freely choose whether to take a lunch break at school at noon, and the school canteen also provides rich meals, but there is still a certain distance compared with the main high school in terms of the richness and deliciousness of the meals. In addition, the school also has basketball courts, swimming pools and other sports venues for students to exercise.
No. 2 Middle School also has a wealth of activities, its radio direction finding activities are well-known throughout the country, and the school has been named as a national science and technology sports demonstration school and radio direction finding training base by the State General Administration of Sports. In addition, there are more than 30 student clubs such as the Wushu Club, the Xinyi Club, the Debate Club, the Taekwondo Club, the Model United Nations, and other student clubs, as well as sports festivals, art festivals, science and technology festivals, drama and culture festivals, creators' concerts, "super singing stars", youth volunteers and other activities are widely carried out inside and outside the school, which are welcomed by many students. "One day two people, one world of righteousness and loyalty" is the summary of the spirit of the second middle school.
