Inspire wisdom to give wings to dreams

A journey of four decades has passed, marking the resilient and brilliant rise of Y La High School, affirming its position as a prestigious educational center in Tuyen Quang. From the first bricks in the midst of hardship, the school has become a place to nurture excellent citizens, contributing significantly to the training of high-quality human resources for the homeland and the country. Y La High School today not only imparts knowledge but also nurtures aspirations, bravery and personality, writing proud achievements in the cause of education and training in the revolutionary homeland.

Delegates and teachers at the Opening Ceremony of the 1985-1986 school year.

Resiliently light the fire of knowledge

Starting in the period of 1985 - 1987, Y La High School (formerly Tuyen Quang Town Study and Work High School) was born from a strong aspiration in the context of the country still having many troubles after the war. The first teachers and students were not afraid of hardships, together writing proud pages of history. Here, cultural knowledge intertwined and blended with professional skills, with the image of students studying culture in the morning and going to the brick kiln and carpentry workshop in the afternoon. There were many shortages, from rows of classrooms made of bamboo, tables and chairs made by students themselves, brick kilns learning trades behind the classroom, but it was in those hardships that the teacher-student relationship, fellow students' affection and the desire to rise up became the strongest glue. The school's students even created 13 products that met national exhibition standards and the school was honored to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education and Training .

Continuing that spirit, in November 1987, the school was officially named Song Lo Technical High School. Inspired by the 40th anniversary of the Song Lo victory, the school persistently pursued a vocational technical education model and was proud of its 100% university-educated teaching staff. With the spirit of "learning while building a school", the teachers and students joined hands to build the first works such as a two-story office building and a three-room classroom building. Although it had to cope with natural disasters, classrooms were flooded, and facilities were seriously degraded, with a strong will, the school overcame everything. During this period, the school trained 5 courses of students, of which more than 200 students of the first 3-year program graduated in 1988, officially entering life with a solid knowledge and skills. The creative spirit and will to overcome difficulties fostered in the early years have become core values, inspiring the next generations.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Vu Dinh Hung awarded First Prize to two students of Y La High School at the Science and Technology Competition for high school students in the 2024-2025 school year.

From 1992 to 2004, the school merged and was named Y La Secondary and High School, laying a solid foundation in terms of organization, scale and quality. The highlight was the achievement in the national excellent student exam in the 2001-2002 school year with 2 students winning prizes in Geography. By 2005, Y La High School officially separated to operate independently, marking a profound transformation from maturity to affirming the quality of education.

Affirming position and creating the future

The past forty years have been a vivid chapter of history, depicting the image of a school that has constantly developed in thinking and innovated in action. The facilities have been invested in modern construction, synchronously planned on a total area of ​​over 12,000 m2. Each classroom is equipped with a television, a shared smart interactive screen, a standard lighting system, functional classrooms, and modern, synchronous subject rooms. The school's scale is increasingly expanding, maintaining a student population of more than 1,100, with a team of nearly 60 staff and teachers, 100% of whom have standard and above-standard qualifications, of which 16 teachers have master's degrees.

The quality of education has been significantly improved: The rate of good and excellent students is increasing, many courses have achieved over 60% good students or more, course 40 (2024 - 2027) alone has up to 21.3% excellent students. Students continuously achieve excellent results in provincial excellent student competitions, provincial science and technology competitions and professional - skill competitions. The result of the continuous efforts is that the school was recognized as a National Standard High School Level 1 and achieved Level 2 accreditation standards in September 2021.

Staff, teachers and employees of Y La High School for the 2025 - 2026 school year.

In particular, the work of educating life ideals is increasingly focused on. The spirit of humanity, responsibility and courage is cultivated through volunteer and social security activities such as: "Sharing Tet", "Kite against the wind". Many exemplary students, with good learning ability, good moral qualities and active in movement activities have been introduced, nurtured, trained and honored to be admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam during their time at school. Y La High School is not only a place to impart knowledge, but also a place to nurture personality, nurture aspirations and give wings to dreams.

During the 40 years of construction and development, Y La High School has gone through a period of brilliant development, full of breakthroughs. From a resilient school in difficult times, Y La High School has grown up, become strong and full of vitality. The collective of cadres, teachers and employees of the school has been awarded many emulation titles: Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Education and Training, Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, nearly 30 teachers have been recognized as excellent teachers and excellent homeroom teachers at the provincial level, for many consecutive years the school has been recognized as an excellent labor collective.

Teacher and students in biology practice class.

Teacher Hoang Thi Thu Hang, Principal of Y La High School, affirmed that, looking back on the past journey, the school respects and is grateful for the silent yet extremely noble contributions of generations of teachers, who have sown seeds of knowledge and personality over the years; grateful for the constant companionship and support of parents, the community and authorities at all levels. 40 years - a journey long enough to look back, deep enough to feel and wide enough to dream. From the first foundations to today's development, every step of the school is a living proof of the spirit of overcoming difficulties, perseverance, and firm belief in the value of knowledge and education. It is from here that dreams will continue to be promoted by the internal strength of constant innovation, carrying the mark of a school - the origin of the journey of knowledge and humanity. The 40th anniversary is an occasion to reaffirm once again: Education does not stop in the past, but is a bridge leading to the future - where Y La High School continues to inspire intelligence, foster dreams and accompany the young generation on the journey of building the country.

Article and photos: Huy Hoang

Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/xa-hoi/202510/khoi-nguon-tri-tue-chap-canh-uoc-mo-2e14359/