About Our School

A Country School in the City

市區裡的山腳學校
Bagua Mountain Dongshan Elementary School campus, foot of Bagua Mountain

From a sub-class to a century, the same hills look on.

Dongshan sits on the eastern edge of Yuanlin City, at the foot of the Bagua Mountain Range and next door to the Baiguo Hills scenic area. The school began in March 1918 as a sub-class of the local public school — funded by neighbours and built on land donated by the Jiang family's Zhongde Tang. A year later, it stood on its own as Dongshan Public School. Since then, seventeen principals have taken the lead, and the children of five villages — Nandong, Zhongdong, Dongbei, Zhenxing, and Dafeng — have called it home.

東山國小位於員林市東郊、八卦山脈山腳,緊鄰百果山風景區。民國 7 年 3 月成立為東山分教場,由鄉里募款、江姓種德堂捐地建校;隔年獨立為東山公學校。光復後改名為員林鎮東山國民小學,傳承至今已歷十七任校長,服務南東、中東、東北、鎮興、大峰五里子弟。

Founded
March 1918 · 民國 7 年
Established
1919 · 獨立公學校
Setting
Foothills, near Baiguo Hills
Principals
17th, Wang Chien-Kai 王建凱
What Makes Us Dongshan

Four Pillars of a Mountain-Foot School

山腳學校的四支柱

Geography, sport, music, and reading — four ways our students meet the world before they leave the valley.

01 · MOUNTAIN

At the Foot of Bagua

八卦山脈 · 百果山的鄰居

Dongshan's back wall is a hillside. Beyond the playground, orchards of grapes, wax apples, longans, and guavas climb up the Baiguo Hills — the source of the school's name and the easiest classroom we own.

校園後方就是山園,蒼翠的樹木與百果山的葡萄、楊桃、龍眼、芭樂果園拾級而上。「東山」之名來自這片山——也是我們最便利的戶外教室。

02 · SPORT

Baseball & Tennis Teams

棒球隊 · 網球隊

Two sports teams sit at the heart of school life — alongside bilingual learning and technology education, the official trio of Dongshan's identity. Tryout lists are published openly each year.

棒球與網球是東山兩大體育校隊,與雙語教學、科技教育並列為學校三大特色課程。體育班招生公開、每年公告錄取名單。

03 · MUSIC

Beiguan × Picture-Book Music

北管文化探索 · 音樂繪本教學

A signature local-culture course pairs Taiwan's traditional Beiguan ensemble music with children's picture-book storytelling — a rare combination among Yuanlin's elementary schools.

「北管文化探索」結合「音樂繪本教學」——把臺灣傳統北管樂與兒童繪本敘事並置,是員林市少見的在地音樂課程組合。

04 · READING

PaGamO Reading Honour

PaGamO 閱讀素養基地學校 · 特優

Dongshan earned the highest "Distinction" rating as a PaGamO Reading Literacy Base School — and a top "Excellent" grade on the 114-year school evaluation. Reading is built into the timetable, not bolted on.

本校為 PaGamO 閱讀素養基地學校「特優」、114 學年度校務評鑑「優等」。閱讀不是外加活動,而是每日課表的一部分。

A Century, In Brief

Heritage of Seventeen Principals

十七任校長的百年傳承
1918 · 民國 7 年
Dongshan Sub-Class founded in March; classes begin on April 1. Funded by villagers Cao Qing-Quan, Cao Kun-Shan, Jiang Qiu-Yang, Jiang Mao-Tong, Cao Yu — land donated by the Jiang family's Zhongde Tang.
三月成立東山分教場,4 月 1 日授課。曹清權、曹坤山、江秋陽、江茂桐、曹芋等人募款,江姓種德堂捐獻校地。
1919
Spun off as Dongshan Public School. Six-year curriculum begins.
獨立為東山公學校,學制改為六年。
Post-1945
Renamed Yuanlin Township Dongshan Elementary School. Jiang Wen-Zhou serves as first post-war principal.
光復後改為員林鎮東山國民小學,首任校長江文周。
2023 · 民國 112
Wang Chien-Kai takes office as the 17th principal.
第 17 任校長王建凱就任。
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逛逛東山

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