Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

The school was established on 1 April 1922 in order to provide the children of Japanese officials with a proper education.

On 25 October 1945, after the Japanese defeat in World War II, the school was reorganized into the Taiwan Provincial Kaohsiung Senior High School.

During the February 28 Incident in 1947 many rioters saw the school as a foothold to launch an assault on Kuomintang Soldiers, including the Self-Defense Forces of the school made up of students. Despite headmaster Rin Ching Yuen's dissuasion, the force was established. A cease-fire was not agreed, and commander P'eng Meng Ch'i ordered an assault on the city government, the Kaohsiung train station, and the school. Due to lack of firepower, the students were killed. The fighting devastated the already damaged equipment (during World War II), bullet holes could still be seen inside the school.

The Activity Center

In Taiwan under Japanese rule period, Japanese built "Red Buildings" with red bricks still being used today, six classroom buildings, a military building, a Gymnasium, a swimming pool and an auditorium, while most of the above also built with red bricks. As Government of the R.O.C. took over Taiwan, these buildings were still being used as teaching. Some parts of the structures started presenting old as time went by, thus the principal Jīa-Jì, Wáng started rebuilding or alternating some buildings, for example the 3@th, 4@th, 5@th, 6@th and 7@th teaching buildings, and also the dormitory for faculties, the musical building, the technical building, the art building and the activity center. After Huì-Mín, Xióng succeeded the principal, the Hóng-Yì building, the technical building and the physics building were erected. The dormitory for faculties built in March 1982 and located on the south west of the school once belonged to Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Industrial High School, was later transferred to Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School.

The 1st Building

The 3rd Building

Well known as the symbol of KSHS, the red buildings (紅樓) built with red bricks is listed as "Important Historical Architecture" by Kaohsiung City Government. The main buildings are the 1@th floor of the 1@th, 2@th and the 3@th teaching buildings, while the 2@th floors are built by Government of the R.O.C. after World War II.

The three buildings are situated parallelly and symmetrically. The space between the two buildings are garden and pond. The buildings stretch east–west and are built up high, leading to the favorable airing and lighting condition for the classrooms. The design is effected by Victorian era red-brick buildings.

The KSHS & KGSH Joint Camp is an annual activity held by both Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School And Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girl's Senior High School since 1987 to 2018. It used to be held in Chengcing Lake.