江苏省天一中学创办于1946年，1978年被确定为省首批办好的16所重点中学之一，1990年被省教委确认为“江苏省首批合格重点高中”。学校是全国中小学德育工作先进集体、国家级示范高中、教育部教育科学规划重点课题试验学校、中国科协青少年科技创新人才培养试验学校、江苏省首批高品质示范高中立项建设学校、江苏省14所创新人才培养试点学校之一、江苏省课程基地学校、江苏省模范学校、江苏省文明单位、江苏省德育先进学校、江苏省教育国际交流项目学校等。学校连续5年成为北京大学“中学校长实名推荐”学校、清华大学“领军计划”学校，学校还是北大、清华、复旦、南大、中科大等著名高校的优秀生源基地。学校还是加拿大多伦多大学“绿色通道”学校等。
学校现有学生3000余名、教职工300余人。由政府投资4亿多建设的东亭新校区占地450多亩。校园环境优美，文化氛围浓厚。以“生态公园、文化圣园、智慧校园、温馨家园”为学校建设理念，以“爱生校园、学习型校园、和谐校园、幸福校园”为内涵建设方向，良好的生态系统和浓郁的文化氛围营造了良好的育人环境，被多家报刊称赞为“立体的教科书”及“最美校园”。
学校校风优良，有教授级中学高级教师、省级以上专家、特级教师、优秀教育工作者35人，市学科带头人、省市评优课一、二等奖获得者194位，全国、省专业学会理事20多人。一支具有现代教育思想、具有现代教育资质的高素质师资队伍已经形成。
学校以“诚”为训，经过长期的积淀，形成了“敬业奉献、崇尚科学、追求卓越”的“天一精神”，着力培养“积极的生活者”。天一中学的学校教育充满了人文情怀：教师为了“每一个孩子的卓越成长”，学校努力“让每一个学子的志趣得到最大程度的激发，让每个学子在天一校园享受成功的喜悦，让每个学子的个性和才能得到最大限度的发展”。学校在创新拔尖人才培养、国际教育、科技教育等方面特色显著。近年来，学校着力高品质示范高中建设，围绕拔尖创新人才早期培养，在生活德育、课程教学改革、学生发展指导、生态校园建设、国际教育等方面进行了卓有成效的探索，相关实践研究获国家级教学成果奖一等奖2次，二等奖1次；江苏省人民政府基础教学成果奖特等奖2次，一等奖1次，二等奖1次。
Introduction
Jiangsu Tianyi High School, one of the provincial key high schools, has been checked and accepted as a national exemplary high school by the Education Commission of Jiangsu Province and entitled the National Advanced School of Moral Education by the Ministry of Education of China, who also is one of the members of the National Association of Gifted Education, experimenting schools of the Ministry of Education, and the provincial Green School, etc. The school enjoys a fine reputation for its extraordinary high quality throughout the country.
The school, set up in 1946, was confirmed as one of the first sixteen well-run key high schools in 1978 and as one of the first qualified senior high schools in 1990 by the provincial Education Commission.
The school now has about 3000 students and 300 teaching staff members. The campus built by Xishan district government funds 300 million RMB and covers 320,000 square meters. With a pavilion, a rockery with waterfalls and bridges over a river in which fish can be seen swimming, the campus is extremely beautiful and attractive, with green grass growing and fragrant flowers blooming all the year round, pigeons flying to and fro and birds chirping and singing in trees and bamboo forests.
Besides, the botanical gardens, the meteorological station, the cultural corridor and the golden apple in the school all convey rich cultural messages and help create a supportive educational environment. It is no wonder that the campus is described as a vivid textbook rich in content by various media.
The teaching staff of Tianyi High School enjoy high honor from society. There are a large number of teachers get national or provincial titles and prizes. The teaching staff have been learning modern education theories and using them to guide teaching. The high education quality has been hold for years.
Tianyi High School follows the principal of Honesty. After long time accumulation, it has formed Tianyi Spirit: Dedicating to Education, Respecting Science, and Attaining Excellence. According to the school education concept, every student has infinite potential. The teaching goals focus on the overall development and the successful experience of every student on the campus, devoting to doing everything possible for the sake of the students. The school has developed the characteristics in gifted education and science and technology education.
