National Hualien Senior High School

The National Hualien Senior High chool (HLHS; Chinese: 國立花蓮高級中學) is a high school in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan.

National Hualien Senior High School
國立花蓮高級中學
Location
No.42 Min-Chuan Rd
Hualien City, Hualien County

Information
MottoView the world as their own responsibility and urge their mercy and kindness by means of poems and books.
Established5 June 1936
PrincipalMan-Fu Zhan (詹滿福)
Staff18
Faculty87
Grades3
Enrollment1503
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History

HLHS was established in 1936 as Hualien Harbor Public School (花蓮港中學校) (Karenkō Public School) in the period of Imperial Japanese occupation. In 1945, after the Taiwan resurrection, renamed to Taiwan Provincial Hualien Harbor School (junior and senior High School). In 1946, it changed its name to Taiwan Provincial Hualien Senior High School (省立花蓮高級中學) and eliminated its junior high school department in 1968. In 2000, HLHS renamed to its current name.[1]

The school had been a boys school until 2002, when it admitted girls to apply to its Musical and Physical Experimental Departments. The enrollment now is 1503 students in 39 classes.

Facilities

The campus of HLHS features student dorms, teacher dorms, 3 general education building, an administration building, a 50-meter swimming pool, an indoor stadium featuring 6 badminton courts, an outdoor stadium with 2 tennis courts, a volleyball court, and 4 basketball courts, a multiple performance and convention center, a library building, science labs, a playground and a health center.[2]

Class Sections

  • General Education Department (only for boys)
  • Math and Science Education Department (only for boys)
  • Musical Experimental Education Department
  • Physical Experimental Education Department

Notable alumni

Sister School

Yaeyama Vocational High School, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

See also

References

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