Ming-Dao High School
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| Established | 1969 |
| Type | Secondary School |
| Principal | Albert T. Wang |
| Students | 8,500 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Location | Taichung, Taiwan, ROC |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | Ming-Dao High Website |
Ming-Dao High School, is a private school located at 497, Sec 1, Zhongshan Road , Taichung, Taiwan 41401, serving grades 7-12. It is in the Taichung County. There are 8,500 students, and its current principal is Albert T. Wang
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[edit] History
Established in 1969, Ming-Dao, which has dedicated itself to the holistic education, on the basis of the concepts of both founders, President Wang, Fu-Lai and Wang, Kuang-Ping. Ming-Dao is now composed of junior high school, senior high school, comprehensive high school and adult school at night, with total of 8500 students.
[edit] The Holistic Education
Ming-Dao offers a well-organized teaching system to support the following 7 major subjects: Chinese, English, Math, Science, Social Science, Information, and Liberal Arts. This system is to combine with the 6-year program and can also help students to adjust them to high school learning environment and devote them to a promising future in their high school life. What's more, under the well-organized education system, students will be more competitive in the global competition.
[edit] Concept & Approach
To grant the students a brighter future, Ming-Dao is carrying the following measures: In each class, Ming-Dao divides the students into two groups, which helps make students more competitive in English by offering them small groups of English learning environment. “Right students in the right class.” Advanced English courses have been arranged into the normal class schedule to make English learning more effectively. Science education is also highly emphasized among students. The creative invention club in Ming-Dao has won some good reputation on account of students’ great inventive ability. To set up a computer-integrated and wireless campus. To offer a teaching platform to secure a good teaching quality.
[edit] Personality is Priority
Ming-Dao's philosophy is to educate students to learn how to "learn and think". The aim is to cultivate future global citizens with proper attitudes, open minds and outstanding academic abilities. To cultivate future citizens with outstanding, professional and humanitarian abilities, uniting teachers’ devotion and administrative support, Ming-Dao has achieved “School of Humanity” taking happy learning, healthy growing, amplitude in education and holistic development. It is to teach the students that "their personalities are as important as their brains." This philosophy contributes to the birth of a “Holistic Education," which is to teach our students to seek a better quality of life; to help others; to look on the bright side of life; to be willing to love and share, and to understand the meaning of dedication. To achieve the goals of a “Holistic Education," for example, the Boy Scouts of Ming-Dao provide a program to develop effective character, citizenship, and personal fitness training for youth. Specifically, the Boy Scouts make every endeavor to develop our students to have a keen respect for the basic rights of all people and to be prepared to participate in and give leadership to our society.
[edit] The Talent Education
The Talent Education is based on a variety learning styles, which cover a variety of learning across curricular areas, including the arts, sciences, math, social sciences, health and fitness, languages and technology. In addition, students are also highly encouraged to learn from nature, history, cultures, and the whole world, so that they will learn how to learn and properly play their parts and act their roles in the high school life.
[edit] Humanism Education
Humanism is the life spring of education, and the combination of modernization and tradition also becomes a miniature of Ming-Dao's education. Specifically, Ming-Dao well use the multi-media in class and create an environment combining the modern technology and teaching materials with the classical atmosphere.
[edit] Library, Books Give Us Wings
There are more than 150,000 volumes in Ming-Dao library, which features its “Si Ku Quan Shu” (Complete Collection in Four Treasuries). The library building also features both of its “Classical Chinese Literature Classroom,” which is molded after ancient Chinese classrooms, and its “Contemporary Literature Museum,” which offers the complete works of many modern writers. “Books give us wings” and “Drop Everything and Read” are Ming-Dao's mottos in education. We encourage students to read perceptively, think clearly and creatively, so Ming-Dao students are more apt to feel the lives they are leading.
[edit] Discover Yourself
Ming-Dao encompasses the forming of school culture on the campus, respecting every individual’s uniqueness, and applying the multiple intelligence theory to the schools education. With this, Ming-Dao helps the students cultivate the long-term knowledge, academic skills, teamwork and relearning that is necessary for a bright future. In Ming-Dao, “Discover Yourself” has become a faith among all the school members, which is also our vision to grant our students a promising future. They are here learning how to win in any possible competitions; they also discover themselves here and learn how to choose their own paths in life.
[edit] Honors
With Ming-Dao's outstanding blue glory in the past 37 years, Ming-Dao has established a learning environment emphasizing on honesty, respect, compassion, creativity, enthusiasm and humanity. Ming-Dao opens the windows to the world by interacting and competing with students from all over the world. Ming-Dao do appreciate the multiple intelligence and educate each individual to discover oneself here at Ming-Dao.
- National Science Competition - 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
- The Prudential Spirit of Community Award - Gold 2004
- International Physics Olympiad - Bronze 2005
- World Vision - 3rd World kids Support - since 2005
- International School Net Cyber Fair - Gold 2005-2006
- ARML American Regions Math League - 1st place 2006
- World Invention Expo - 1 Silver + 5 Bronze
- U19 Digital Creativity Competition - Gold 2006
[edit] Global Citizen Program
At Ming Dao, personal, interpersonal, and citizenship development has always been an integral element of our program. However, in a world that becomes ever more interdependent economically, socially, and environmentally, global rather than national citizenship is becoming more imperative.
Our mission for the Global Citizen Program is to unite in our purpose to inspire and prepare learners for life in our changing world. Furthermore, we strive to prepare students for higher education in the finest universities around the world. Finally, it is to cultivate students’ ability to communicate on the international stage and take leadership roles in shaping the future of our world.
In addition, in times of certain change, students need to adapt to societal and technological changes, while still grounded in values that are eternal. These values include compassion, honesty, diligence, and respect for self, others, and property. At Ming-Dao, we strive to cultivate in learners moral and performance excellence and the attributes of responsible, caring, and contributing citizens.
For thirty-seven years Ming-Dao has been renowned for delivering the highest standards of education through outstanding teachers, committed support staff, and excellent resources. Students enrolling in our Global Citizen Program can be certain of benefiting from this tradition of excellence while embarking on their journey to a wider world than those before them. While our students will be global citizens, in terms of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes outlined before, they will still be highly competitive in more conventional subject areas such as Math, Science, Chinese, and of course English.
Why promote Global Citizenship? If one asked himself, “What education is for?” What would your answer be? Many of us would say that its purpose is to develop well-rounded children, to enable children to get on well with others, to be curious about the world, and to have a positive self-image. With these attributes, children will undoubtedly have a secure and successful future. However, it is easy to forget the importance of these things if there is an over-emphasis on passing examinations and competition with other students and classes. Clearly, it is essential that children reach their own potential, but co-operation is a more useful life skill than competition in developing Global Citizens.
Young people are our future, but they are also our present. They are interested and concerned about what is happening in the world, and in their lifetimes could make a difference to the inherited problems they face. However, we cannot leave it to our children to sort out all the difficulties.
As adults - teachers and educators - we can take the responsibility to begin the process of change. We can provide an education that will furnish children with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to see that the issues of the world are issues for them. Such an education is exciting and relevant for young people. It is important not to lose sight of this in the face of overwhelming demands on the curriculum.
[edit] Vision of Ming-Dao Education Group
In Ming-Dao High school, our school’s students are ages 12-18 --- The golden age in personal development. Ming-Dao accepts the principle challenge of providing its students with a rich learning environment, which both encourages participation but provides opportunities for student choice. Ming-Dao's collective experiences have led us to believe that the essential role of the school is to guide students to their choices, but to allow them the freedom to make personal decisions about interests. An innovative human management philosophy, a holistic education, a school develops with the needs of our society and students that learn happily make up the educational philosophy of Ming-Dao’s Educational System. Participation in all of these ensures that all students at Ming-Dao will have access to a promising future!
