Many generations of students are moved and proud of the 150-year-old school in Ho Chi Minh City.

(NLDO) - After 150 years of formation and development, Le Quy Don High School is in the top 10 best high schools in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the morning of January 18, Le Quy Don High School (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate its 150th anniversary.

Many generations of students had the opportunity to gather and recall memories with pride and emotion on the 150th anniversary of Le Quy Don High School, a school with a strong historical mark.

After 150 years of establishment and development, Le Quy Don High School is in the top 10 best high schools in Ho Chi Minh City. The school was honored to receive a certificate of recognition as a national standard school and a certificate of ranking as a city-level architectural and artistic relic.

On the morning of January 18, Le Quy Don High School solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate its 150th anniversary.

According to Ms. Bui Minh Tam, Principal of Le Quy Don High School, this school is truly a nursery for personality, a place to nurture talents, and a launching pad for students to integrate internationally.

"We have the golden generation of Chasseloup Laubat School, Jean Jacques Rousseau in the past, who contributed great character and great intelligence to the country and the world. We have a generation of students in the time of independence and freedom who lived their youth to the fullest to build the reputation of the school named after the scholar Le Quy Don. Now, we have a generation of Le Quy Don High School students in the industrial revolution era, inheriting the strategy of personalized education, globalized education and digital education, equipped with 21st century skills, trained in the spirit of lifelong learning, formed a balanced lifestyle between physical, mental and intellectual, expected to become global citizens, able to live usefully, live kindly and be ready to proactively cooperate for development anywhere on the globe" - Ms. Tam emphasized.

Ms. Bui Minh Tam (left cover), Principal of Le Quy Don High School and school leaders in recent periods

After 150 years of formation and development, Le Quy Don High School is in the top 10 best high schools in Ho Chi Minh City.

On behalf of the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, sent congratulations to Le Quy Don High School.

"I would like to congratulate and express my gratitude to the teachers of many generations who have trained many talented people for the country, and at the same time express my optimistic expectations for the school's breakthrough development. With its 150-year vitality and current internal strength, the school must unite and be unanimous in the spirit of educational innovation and comprehensive digital transformation. That is how the school affirms its reputation, thereby building strong trust from parents and society, and further creating the school's mark in the region and internationally," Ms. Thuy acknowledged.

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee

The Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also sent a message to the students: "With a favorable educational environment like Le Quy Don High School, I hope you will create your own challenges, find your own self-study methods and persevere with discipline. You are the next generation to carry on the school's glorious traditions. You will be a high-quality human resource for the city, a global citizen in this technological era."

Generation of students of Le Quy Don High School in the era of industrial revolution

The family of Mr. Ho Thieu Hung, former Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, has 4 generations studying at Le Quy Don School.

Mr. Hung confided: "I feel very honored to study at a 150-year-old school. Along with the honor comes awareness and responsibility because not only do I study here and enjoy the reputation of the scholar Le Quy Don, but I also have to do something to contribute to the school, so that the tradition of Le Quy Don School can last forever. I would like to thank the generations of teachers who have taught at Le Quy Don School for the past 150 years. I would like to give the school's teaching staff the saying: A teacher is like a candle that burns itself to light up the world."

Generations of principals of Le Quy Don High School

As the fourth generation in her family to attend Le Quy Don High School, Ho Thien Thao - a student of the 2020-2023 school year - expressed her pride in studying at this prestigious school. The quality of education at this school has helped Thao to study at famous universities in the country and internationally.

Mr. Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue (right cover), Head of the Propaganda Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, presented a flower basket to the Board of Directors of Le Quy Don High School. He is also a former student of this school.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City (left cover) with the family of Mr. Ho Thieu Hung, former Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City

To celebrate its 150th anniversary, Le Quy Don High School built a self-study area and a multi-purpose football field for students, and inaugurated a traditional room. The school also organized a trip to offer incense at the Le Quy Don Memorial Site (Thai Binh) and Nguyen An Ninh Memorial Site (District 12, Ho Chi Minh City); implemented professional innovation; published yearbooks and documentaries...

150 years of formation and development

- 1874: The school was founded under the name Chasseloup Laubat.

- 1954 - 1967: The school was named after Jean-Jacques Rousseau, becoming a symbol of liberal education.

- 1967 - 1975: Returned to the Vietnamese and named Le Quy Don Education Center.

- From 1975 to present: Renamed Le Quy Don High School, pioneer in modern education and international integration.

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