Xuyi High School
Xuyi High School is a public high school in Huaian in China's Jiangsu province. Founded in 1920, it became a key high school in 1993 and a Jiangsu four-star high school in 2004.
History
Xuyi High School was founded in 1920 in Huaian in Jiangsu province. It previously was named Anhui Provincial No. 9 High School. It is the first county-level high school founded in Huaian. It is among the inaugural group of 95 key high schools in Jiangsu after it fulfilled the criteria for qualification in 1993. It became a Jiangsu four-star high school in 2004.The school newspaper, Campus Culture, in 2005 had for 13 years running secured the top honor in a nationwide contest for high school newspapers. Students in 2013 wore uniforms inscribed with numbers on the front and back. The allocation of the numbers was directly to their ranking in the high school entrance exam. Some students told the media that they felt self-conscious in their school uniforms. The school's vice principal said the numbers were used to keep track of students as some would give fake names to the staff when they were tardy. The vice principal said it was a coincident that the numbers matched students' rankings. The school discontinued the practice.