Hsinchu International School (HIS; ) is

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located in Xiangshan District,

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offering education to foreign-born students. Founded in 1981 by the Dutch Electronics Company,

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as a company school for the expatriate families they employed, it later grew to serve other expatriate families. While the official name of the school is "Hsinchu Dutch International School", the Dutch language or curriculum have never been taught but the Chinese name reflects the history of the school. In 1988 the school became an independent, licensed school through the Dutch Trade Office. It is recognized by

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and the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. It began as a K-7 grade school, but added a Secondary Department and now offers Pre-K through 12 grade education. The Secondary Department (grades 7 to 12) received

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candidacy in August 2008 and attained full accreditation in August 2011.

Campus

In 2007, HIS moved to its present location: a newly constructed 5-storey campus adjacent to Xiangshan Municipal Elementary School. The school contains an auditorium, music studios, weight room, cafeteria, science labs (for both Elementary and Secondary students), a dance studio, computer lab and a library.

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