National Experimental High School

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**National Experimental High School At Science Based Industrial Park**

Motto：Sincere, Steadfast, Innovative, Transcending (誠懇、踏實、創新、超越)
School Type	National High School
Establishment	1983
Location	Hsinchu City, Taiwan , Republic of China
Address	No.300, Chieh-Shou Rd., Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Principal	Wu Rong-Fong

National Experimental High School At Science Based Industrial Park (NEHS), situated near the Hsinchu Science Park, is a public, coeducational school (preprimary-12). Founded in August 1983, the school was proposed by the founder of the Science Park Kwoh-Ting Li and administered by Ministry of Education, National Science Council and administration of the Park. Aside from the "math and science advanced class" of the Senior High School department, the school only admits children of employees of private enterprises in the Park, government organizations, Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University.

1 Departments
2 The Bilingual Department
3 History
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Departments

The school is composed of five departments: four "regular" departments (Kindergarten, Elementary, Junior High and Senior High School) and one Bilingual department.

The four regular departments facilitate a local Mandarin education and adopt the Taiwan (ROC) national curriculum. The Senior High School Department is regarded as one of the best senior high schools in the nation, with the highest admission scores in the Hsinchu-Miaoli area.

The Bilingual Department (with grades 1-12) serves students in the English-speaking community who seek an American college-preparatory education or plan to transfer to the local school system. Students come from business, professional, government, and diplomatic families. At a time, 47% of the Bilingual Department parents had PhD's; Of a total school enrollment of 3007, the Bilingual Department currently has 603 students.

The department was operated as a magnet program to attract overseas scholars and professionals to stay in the Hsinchu "Greater Science Park Area" by providing special education opportunities to their children.

[edit] The Bilingual Department

The Bilingual Department currently has 603 students enrolled for the 2007-2008 school year. Each grade is split up into two classes, A and B, each with its own homeroom teacher. Students are put through a challenging curriculum that follows an American high school format. It is a prestigious program; for the last six consecutive years, the one person accepted to Harvard from Taiwan each year has come from NEHS's Bilingual Department. Honor courses offered include: Chinese (7-12 grade), Math, English, World History (11th grade), and any AP course. Students usually take AP courses starting 10th grade. NEHS students typically receive 4s or 5s on their APs.

While the students must keep up with homework, there are also many active clubs, such as the Bilingual Department Student Council, InterAct Service Club, Key Club, Debate, Animation Comics Club (ACC), Constructive Criticism Club (CCC), the NEHS Seamonkeys Swim Team, the Badminton Team, Humane Society, Soccer team, Vistas (newspaper), Basketball,Music Corner, DDC (breakdancing), and D.Co (Dance Company). During the last two months of school, election fever takes hold and competition for officer positions soar. Stickers and flyers promoting each candidate are seen plastered on the walls of the corridors and even on the doors of the bathroom stalls.

The Bilingual Department has a semi-rivalry with the Junior High and Senior High Departments, especially during Field Day, an all-school track and field competition in November.

Students in the Bilingual Department host their own dances and concerts (aside from Beat Concert, which is co-headed by InterAct and the Experimental Department Student Council), following a typical American high school--

[edit] History

March 23, 1982--Kwoh-Ting Li, the then Minister of the Executive Yuan, chaired a special meeting, during which the proposal of establishing National Experimental High School at the Science-based Industrial Park was formally approved by representatives from the Ministry of Education, National Science Council, academic and research institutions, as well as universities in the neighborhood of the Science Park.

August 1983--National Experimental High School at the Science-based Industrial Park was formally founded. Deputy Director Ning-Ruo Chu of Park Administration served concurrently as the first principal of the school. The first enrollments included one senior high class, three junior high classes, and three bilingual classes with one kindergarten class.

March 1, 1984--The Ministry of Education appointed Yu-Cheng Chang as the second principal to replace Ning-Ruo Chu who had resigned. The Elementary Department was established in August the same year.

September 1988--Principal Yu-Cheng Chang's resignation was approved. I-Ming Chiu was then appointed by the Ministry of Education as the third principal. After Chiu retired in February 1995, Dean of Academic Affairs Hsiao-Yin Tai served as acting principal.

July 1995--A committee made up of representatives from the Ministry of Education and the National Science Council, as well as scholars, parents, and teachers, elected Dr. Li-Ming Tai as the fourth principal through an open process, which was the first case of its kind in this country.