National Hsinchu Senior High School

National Hsinchu Senior High School

Motto：Honesty, Wisdom, the Glorious Health and Perseverance
School Type	National High School
Establishment	1922
Location	Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Republic of China
Address	No.36, Xue-Fu Rd., Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Enrollment	Male：2100/Female：120
Principal	Re-Chin Chang 張瑞欽
School Area	9.47 Hector

National Hsinchu Senior High School (國立新竹高級中學) is a high school in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Student enrollment averages around 2200. Along with the National Hsinchu First Girls' High School, the school is considered the top-ranked secondary school in the Hsinchu-Miaoli region. The school is best known for its enduring music and athletic tradition. Internationally, the school is known as the alma mater of the Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Yuan T. Lee.

Led by the prominent educator Xin Zhi-ping (辛志平), the school serves as a model for well-rounded education in Taiwan.

Although traditionally an all-boy institution, the school started admitting females into the music program since 1998.

History

HCHS, originally called Hsinchu County Hsinchu High School, was established on April 1, 1922. After World War II in 1945, the school was renamed Taiwan Provincial Hsinchu High School. In July, 1968, after compulsory education was extended to nine years, the school was renamed Taiwan Provincial Hsinchu Senior High School, and on February 1, 2000, renamed National Hsinchu Senior High School.

After the restoration in 1945, HCHS was a six-year high school, with a 3-year Junior and a 3-year Senior High division. However, the junior high division was suspended in 1957. In 1987, HCHS was directed to set up a math and science gifted class, later in 1998 a music-gifted class, and in 2004, a language and literature gifted class.

Student activities

HCHS has been known as a school with a variety of clubs. More than 100 students' clubs offer students a wide range of extracurricular activities. Other activities such as school fair, winter and summer camps, concerts of all types and field both for trips are also held annually in HCHS the purpose of making teaching / learning more diversified and for helping students various interests and living skills. In addition, HCHS has been cooperating with other schools to host some inter-school activities.

Beyond that, HCHS holds a sports meet, a swimming contest, a marathon race of 5.6 km in Eighteen Peaks Mountain and an interclass choir contest, in all of which every student is required to participate. Numerous brilliant graduates have been educated into well-rounded persons in this way.

The current student leader is Yang Han.

Buildings & Facilities

HCHS covers an area of 10 hectares, well equipped with a students' activity center, gym, swimming pool, athletic field and several kinds of sport courts. Besides, in buildings for teaching, such as Building of Science, Building of Arts and Crafts, and Resource Building, there are Science Lab, Home Economics Classroom, Automatized Lab for Life and Technology program, Art Classroom and Music Classroom, Computer Classroom and Multimedia Language Classroom. On the campus are also a male and a female dormitory to house those students living far away.

The Concert Hall in the Music Building is the best of all among the high schools in Taiwan. It is open to the public to rent as well. Our library, specially equipped with a shelf of local information, is also open to the public.

Achievement

Every year, students participate in international science exhibitions and are constant winners in international Olympic Games for science.

The musical clubs such as the choir, the brass band, the harmonica club and the Chinese music club in our school have a long history. They attend national musical contests and win many prizes every year.

Achievement of the Provincial Choir Competition

• From 1960 to 1968, HCHS got every year's championship of the provincial choir competition.
• 1970, HCHS got the championship again.
• 1971, for HCHS had got 10 years' championship until 1970, the Ministry of Education claimed that HCHS would perform for pre-competition example, but wouldn't be allowed to participate in the competition.

Distinguished Teachers

• Su Sen-yong - Prominent Taiwanese music educator
• Xin Zhi-ping - Taiwanese educator and the school's principal (1945-1975); scholar in Three Principles of the People

Distinguished Alumni

• Yuan T. Lee 李遠哲: Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, 1986; National Medal of Science, 1986; National Academy of Sciences , 1979; President, Academia Sinica, 1994-2006; Academia Sinica Member.
• Der-Horng Lee 李德紘: Professor in National University of Singapore, named in 2002 to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.^[1]
• Jian-Chang Lin 林建昌: Awarded 'Special Award Recognizing Contribution to Radiochemistry in Nuclear Technology' in 2006 by American Nuclear Society.
• Huang E 黃鍔: U.S. National Academy of Engineering Member; Academia Sinica Member.
• Jian-Fu Wu 吳建福: U.S. National Academy of Engineering Member; Academia Sinica Member.
• Leo Ou-Fan Lee 李歐梵: Academia Sinica Member.
• Yuan-Chuan Lee 李遠川: Academia Sinica Member.
• Yuan-Pern Lee 李遠鵬: Academia Sinica Member.
• Yun-Fan Liau 廖運範: Academia Sinica Member.
• Ming-Chang Lin 林明璋: Academia Sinica Member.
• Guo-Ping Liou 劉國平: Academia Sinica Member.
• Shu-Ming Peng 彭旭明: Academia Sinica Member.
• Juei-Low Sung 宋瑞樓: Academia Sinica Member.
• Lih J. Chen 陳力俊: President of National Tsing Hua University, 2009-Present; Academia Sinica Member.
• Chin-Yih Kuo 郭欽義: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cleveland State University, 2001-2006.
• Wen-Shu Hwang 黃文樞: President of National Dong Hwa University, 2002 - Present.
• Shi-Kuo Chang 張系國: Novelist; IEEE Fellow; Professor of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh.
• Tsung-Shune Chin 金重勳: President of National United University, 2003-2004.
• S. M. Lue 呂溪木: President of National Taiwan Normal University, 1993-1999.
• Jer-Ru Maa 馬哲儒: President of National Cheng Kung University.
• Tso-Kwei Peng 彭作奎: President of National Chung Hsing University, 2000 - 2001.
• Tsong P. Perng 彭宗平: President of Yuan Ze University, 2005 - Present.
• Chou-Yu Zheng 鄭愁于: Taiwanese poet; Professor of East Asian Language & Culture in Yale University.
• Re-Chin Chang 張瑞欽: Principal of National Hsinchu Senior High School, 2004 - Present.
• Hsin-liang Hsu 許信良: Chairperson, Democratic Progressive Party, 1991-1993 and 1996-1998.

Trivia

• Upon the award of Nobel Prize in 1986, Yuan T. Lee replicated the Nobel Prize medal and donated it to the school, due to his appreciation of influence the school had on him.
• Like many other historic highschools, the library holds Japanese collections that date back to the Japanese period.

Sisterly relationship

• In 2006, HCHS set up sisterly relationship with Gyeonggibuk Science High School in South Korea.
• In 2009, HCHS set up sisterly relationship with Miyoshi High School of Hiroshima in Japan.

References

1. ^ "2002 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2002. http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?TRID=274. Retrieved August 14, 2011. 

External links

• Official Website of National Hsinchu Senior High School (Traditional Chinese)
• Official Website of National Hsinchu Senior High School (English)
• HCHS Alumni Association
• Hsinchu High School Alumni Association of North America