百年长郡 朴实沉毅
长沙市长郡中学系湖南省示范性普通高级中学，1904年由长沙知府颜钟骥创建，始称“长沙府中学堂”，是当时唯一的府立中学堂，在长沙首倡新学。1912年，府制废除后，在长沙府中学堂的基础上建立湖南长郡公立学校。此后，学校先后更名为湖南第一联合县立中学、长郡公学、湖南长郡联立中学校、长沙市第一中学(1951年)、长沙市第二中学，1984年恢复长郡中学的校名。
百余年来，长郡中学以“朴实沉毅”为校训陶铸群英，为社会共输送了八万多名合格毕业生，不仅造就了徐特立、李维汉、陈子展、周世钊等一代名师，还孕育了李立三、罗章龙、任弼时、李富春、肖劲光、陈赓、曾三等老一辈无产阶级革命家，从这里走出了张孝骞、沈其震等十三位院士和美学家蔡仪、音乐家吕骥及青年歌唱家张也、陈小朵等一大批学者名家。长郡中学有由知名校友设立、每年颁发的专项奖学基金17项、专项奖教基金4项。
长郡中学在传承百年历史文化精髓与发掘现实潜力的结合点上，坚持“以人为本，追求卓越”的办学理念，确立“和谐发展、内涵发展、特色发展、国际化发展”的发展思路，实践“为学生的终生发展奠基”、“成材先成人”的育人思想，全面推进素质教育，办出了特色，形成了品牌。
学校教学质量长盛不衰，素质教育成果叠出。1995年以来，教育教学各项评价指标连年领跑湖南，仅2007年至2012年六年高考中，就有254名学生被北大、清华录取；学生在高中数、理、化、生、信息学五科奥赛中获得全国联赛一等奖604次，有44名学生入选国家集训队，夺得国际奥赛金牌7枚,银牌1枚,亚洲金牌1枚；在全国艺、体、美竞赛中，获得全国一等奖或金牌187项。体操队七次代表中国参加世界中学生运动会，荣获金牌5枚、银牌10枚、铜牌11枚；澄池文学社两次被评选为全国中学生百强文学社团。学校的“走进军营”、“走进大自然”、“走进社区”、“走进工厂”和“走进新农村”等体验活动成为省内外知名的素质教育品牌。
学校各项工作齐头并进，先后获得“全国学校民主管理先进集体”、“全国学校体育卫生工作先进集体”、“全国群体工作先进集体”、“全国先进基层党组织”、“全国艺术教育先进集体”、“全国心理教育先进单位”、“全国校园文化建设先进单位”、“全国第四届和谐校园先进学校”、“全国科技教育创新十佳学校”、“湖南省文明单位”、“湖南省基层党建示范点”、“全国‘十一五’教育科研先进集体”、“全国作文教学先进单位”、“全国地理教学先进集体”“湖南省基础教育课程改革样板校建设学校”等光荣称号。
2009年以来,长郡双语实验中学、长郡芙蓉中学、湘郡未来实验中学、长郡梅溪湖中学相继开办，长郡的优质教育资源不断壮大，长郡品牌内涵更加丰富，长郡教育的影响更加深远。
Simple, Sincere, Self-possessed and resolute Changjun High School with 100 Years Old History
Changjun High School of Changsha city is a key high school model in Hunan province. In 1904, the Prefecture of Changsha established “Changsha prefectural school”, which was the earliest prefectural school at that time. In 1912, after the prefectural system was abolished, Hunan Changjun state-owned High School was founded based on the prefectural school. Later, the school was renamed as Hunan First United County-owned High School, Changjun State-owned school, Hunan Changjun United High School, Changsha First High School（in 1951）, Changsha Second High School and Changjun High School in 1984.
For one century, with the school principle of Simple, Sincere, Self-possessed and resolute, the school has sent a total of more than 78,000 qualified graduates, maintaining a large number of excellent people. Changjun High School obtains high reputation not only for its famous teachers such as Xu Teli, Li Weihan, Chen Zizhan and Zhou Shizhao, but also for its distinguished students including revolutionists such as Ren Bishi, Li Lisan, Li Fuchun, Xiao Jingguang, Chen Geng and Zeng San, 13 academicians such as Zhang Xiaoqian and Shen Qizheng. Besides them, esthetician Caiyi, musician Lu Ji and youth singer Zhang Ye and Chen Xiaoduo once studied here. The school has 17 items of annually-awarded scholarship fund and 4 items of special teachers’ educational fund set up by well-known alumni.
Based on its experience, Changjun people have established its school-running policy---students first, best performance as the aim. It insists on the developing thought of “harmonious development, content development, characteristic development and international development” and puts the educating concept of "for the students life-long development", "to become useful first adult" into reality, promoting quality education. So it has formed its own features and brand.
The quality of school teaching is enduring and the results of quality education stacks up. Since 1995, the proportion of our students who passed Graduating Exam for High-school students and the proportion of students entering colleges has been keeping the upper grade of Hunan province. In the College Entrance Exams from the years of 2007-2011, 195 students were admitted into Beijing University and Qinghua University; Totally 552 students won first prize in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and information science at the Olympics for High-school students provincially and nationally. Among them 41 students entered the national training team, winning 7 international gold medals. As for the art and sports, students won 175 national gold medals. Changjun gymnastics team attended World Gymnastic Competitions for High-school students four times on behalf of China and won 5 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 11 copper medals. Chengchi Literary Club has twice been named“National Top Literary Club”. Students’ experience activities such as "Walk into the barracks", "Walk into the Nature", "Walk into the community", "Walk into the factory" and "Walk into the new countryside" are renowned all over China.
Owing to its all-round development, Changjun High School has been awarded with the titles of National Advanced Unit of School Democracy Management, National Advanced Unit of Physical Education and Sanitation, National Advanced Unit of People Employment, National Advanced Unit of Art Education, Provincial Advanced Unit of Grass-Roots Party Constitution, Changsha Civilized Unit.
In the fall of 2009, Changjun new campus formally opened. It cost 320 million yuan and was invested by Changsha Municipal Government. The new campus is located in the leading area of “the two-oriented society” called Octagon Area, covering an area of 150 acres. Changjun 2 campuses in the east and west of Xiangjiang River take off together and the school’s development has turned a new page.