Xiamen Shuangshi High School
Xiamen Shuangshi High School of Fujian (Shuangshi or XMSS for short; simplified Chinese: 福建省厦门双十中学; traditional Chinese: 福建省廈門雙十中學; pinyin: Fújiànshěng Xiàmén Shuāngshí Zhōngxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-kian-seng E-mng Sian-chap Tiong-hak), which is also called Xiamen No. 8 High School once, is a public high school including both junior grades and senior grades. Shuangshi was founded by several Chinese living in Philippine and famous people doing business in Xiamen in October, 1919. In the year of 1956, it was taken over by the government and become a public high school.
Currently, Shuangshi has two campuses. The older one, which is now the campus for junior grades, resides along Zhenhai Road which is neighbor to the center of the city; the newer one, which is now for senior grades, which has an area of about 110,000 m2, is located aside the Fanghu Road East by the east shore of the island.
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