The 13th Middle School puts art education in a prominent position as a major feature of implementing quality education in schools. In addition to students in special classes receiving art education, other students can also cultivate artistic sentiment through amateur cultural activities. At the same time, the school has established "One Class" (Music Art Class), "One Group" (Art Troupe), "Two Societies" (Campus Literature Society, Animation Society), "One Society" (Philatelic Society) and "One Activity". Organize a three-month art festival every year, including karaoke competition, excellent painting exhibition, class dance competition, English speech competition, encyclopedia knowledge competition, English daily situational dialogue performance, photography competition, New Year's Day celebration art evening and so on. All students can participate. Music specialty students have stabilized the typhoon and improved their singing skills in such activities, and art specialty students can also take this opportunity to show their works and get opportunities for communication and improvement. Moreover, the students in No.13 Middle School have good professional quality and good psychological quality when they take part in the competitions or examinations of specialized courses, which are highly praised.
Scientific and technological activity groups have also achieved fruitful results in cultivating students' scientific research ability. The school has set up a robot activity group, deployed outstanding teachers as scientific and technological counselors, worked out scientific and technological activity plans, developed school-based courses, conducted research on comprehensive practical courses, and guided each class's scientific and technological activity group. In the past two years, students have submitted 211innovative design schemes. More than 240 students won the Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Design Award, and 43 students applied for national patents.
The characteristics of physical education class in No.13 Middle School are very colorful. Football and basketball are popular in schools, and foreign coaches are invited to guide them in due course. Conduct school-wide competitions and select talents. The school football team won the first place in the city and district for many years in a row, and sent nearly 40 athletes to "national junior" and "Shide" clubs, sports schools at all levels and colleges and universities. Physical education class gave a live teaching demonstration at the Sports Research Association of the three northeastern provinces. In 2007, more than 30 athletes were awarded the title of "Class II Athletes" respectively, and in 2008, 15 athletes were awarded the title of "Class II Athletes". These students can get extra points in the college entrance examination. The school football team won the first place in the "Mayor Cup" and "48 Cups" in the city and district for many years. The school's sports performance has been among the best in the urban area, and it has become one of the cooperative schools of Adidas growth plan, and invited British coaches to guide football training. The school's big recess exercise was rated as "the first exercise in Dalian".