Datong High School (Taipei)

Taipei Municipal Datong High School
臺北市立大同高級中學
Address
No.167, Changchun Rd., Zhongshan Dist.
Taipei City, 10485
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Information
School type Public school
Established 1935
Head of school Wang, Yi-Lan (王意蘭)
Grades Senior 10 - 12; Junior 7 - 9
Age range Senior 16 - 18; Junior 13 - 15
Enrollment Senior 1,894; Junior 698[1]
Language Standard Mandarin (Traditional Chinese)
Classrooms Senior 48; Junior 21[2]
Campus Urban
Website http://www.ttsh.tp.edu.tw
Taipei Municipal Datong High School's Administration Building

Taipei Municipal Datong High School[3] (DTHS in Hanyu Pinyin, originally TTSH in Wade-Giles: Taipei Municipal Ta Tung Senior High School, Traditional Chinese: 臺北市立大同高级中學) is a high school is a public senior high school in Taipei, Taiwan.

History

Taipei Municipal Datong High School was established in 1935 as a combined junior and senior high school. In 1968, authorities implemented a nine-year compulsory education for Taiwan. This change made Datong a junior high school. Following the authorities’ educational policy, in 1992, the system of the school was changed into a high school. The senior high school was added to the junior high school. Datong High School returned to its origins of 1935 and became the first complete high school in the country.

By order of the government, the school started evening sessions in 1953, which stopped enrolling new students in 1981. The evening sessions terminated two years later after the final students in the programme graduated.

Surroundings

The area of DTHS is about 69,000 square meters. It is the largest campus of municipal high schools in Taipei City. The scheme of the campus blends Chinese traditional structure and Western European classical style. There are Long Chi (Dragon Pond), Feng Yuan (Phoenix Garden), Zhisheng Yuan (Confucius Garden), Zhicheng Yuan (Sincerity Garden), and Zhishan Yuan (Perfection Garden) on campus. Datong was praised as the best school building of Taiwan by the National Association of Architects in 1994.

Notable alumni

Transportation

The school is accessible within walking distance north of Songjiang Nanjing Station of Taipei Metro.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "100學年度臺北市各級學校概況". Department of Education, Taipei City Government. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. ↑ "100學年度臺北市各級學校概況". Department of Education, Taipei City Government. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  3. ↑ http://www.edunet.taipei.gov.tw/public/Attachment/081215284174.pdf
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