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Lê Quý Đôn High School for the Gifted, Da Nang ( Vietnamese: ''Trung học Phổ thông Chuyên Lê Quý Đôn, Đà Nẵng'') is a highly selective high school in
As a highly selective public high school, admission into Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted is granted through a rigorous application process with entrance exams. The application process comprises two rounds:
* Round 1: Screening based on secondary school records (academic and attitude/aptitude)
* Round 2: Entrance exam for students who pass Round 1.
In Round 2, students sit for exams in Mathematics, Literature, English, and must write a paper on one of the major subjects offered in school. The major subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, History, Geography, English, French, and Informatics.
In academic year 2015–2016, the school recruited 310 students including 290 students from Da Nang city and 20 students from Quang Nam province.
Blue is chosen as the school color, manifested in the school uniforms.
Da Nang
Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
city, Vietnam. It was established in 1986 as Quang Nam - Da Nang Gifted School (Secondary and Senior High School). Like other specialized schools nationwide in Vietnam, the school offers advanced and specialized curriculum for gifted students who show their exceptional talents in the Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Currently, this is the only gifted high school in Da Nang
Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
city, attracting top students from the city as well as the neighbor province Quang Nam. The school has many students who have won awards nationally and medalists from International Science Olympiads (IMO
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History
Establishment
The school was founded on 15 October 1986 with the name Quang Nam - Da Nang Gifted School (Secondary and Senior High School). In the pioneer batch, the school started with 38 faculty and staff, 58 students in 5 majors. In April 1991, the school was renamed as ''Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted'' - this name was based on the 18th-century Vietnamese philosopher Le Quy Don''.'' As of 2015, a faculty of more than 100 teachers, who are highly qualified with approximately half of them holding postgraduate degrees (M.Sc
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), serves about 900 students in three grades from 10th to 12th.
Infrastructure
Since the academic year 2003–2004, the city government funded the school to make it a "high-quality school" with total funding of 70 billion VND. The school was then relocated to its new campus at 1 Vu Van Dung Street, Son Tra District. Since 2011, the school 11-storey dormitory started accepting student residents. The dormitory capacity of 149 rooms with 3 size (4-people, 6-people, and 8-people) can support up to 750 students. In addition, the school also provides football field, exercise area, swimming pool and a multi-purpose sport hall.Principals
Admission
As a highly selective public high school, admission into Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted is granted through a rigorous application process with entrance exams. The application process comprises two rounds:
* Round 1: Screening based on secondary school records (academic and attitude/aptitude)
* Round 2: Entrance exam for students who pass Round 1.
In Round 2, students sit for exams in Mathematics, Literature, English, and must write a paper on one of the major subjects offered in school. The major subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, History, Geography, English, French, and Informatics.
In academic year 2015–2016, the school recruited 310 students including 290 students from Da Nang city and 20 students from Quang Nam province.
School color
Blue is chosen as the school color, manifested in the school uniforms.
References
High schools for the gifted in Vietnam High schools in Vietnam Schools in Vietnam Educational institutions established in 1986 1986 establishments in Vietnam {{Vietnam-school-stub