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The Taichung Municipal T̲aic̲hung F̲irst S̲enior H̲igh School (TCFSH; , simply as ) is a
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in North District,
Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...
,
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. TCFSH was the first high school founded by Taiwanese to educate their youngsters during the colonial days under
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Overview

The admission of Taichung First Senior High School is extremely competitive. Less than top 1% of scorers on the Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (國民中學學生基本學力測驗) receive admission. A portion of graduates go on to attend university in Taiwan as well as worldwide, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the
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. For many international science and math competitions such as the International Mathematics Olympiad, the International Geography Olympiad, the
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, the
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, the Intel Science Fair, the
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, the
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, etc., students from TCFSH are regularly chosen to represent Taiwan.


History

Taichung First Senior High School was founded by elite members of gentry in Taichung in 1915, including Lin Lie-tang (),
Lin Hsien-tang Lin Hsien-tang (; 22 October 1881 – 8 September 1956) was a Taiwanese-born politician and activist who founded several political organizations and sat on the Japanese House of Peers. Early life and family Lin Hsien-tang's earliest Taiwan-based a ...
(林獻堂), Lin Hsiung-cheng (林熊徵), Tsai Lien-fang () and Koo Hsien-jung (辜顯榮). Fought against the unfair education policy of the Japanese colonial government, they established the Taichung Middle School (台灣公立台中中學校) to provide better education to the young Taiwanese who did not have the opportunity to attend middle schools which were reserved for the Japanese children exclusively. *In 1922, the school was transferred to the Taichung County government and the name was changed to Taichung County Taichung First Middle School (台中州立台中第一中學校). It was the only school which was established exclusively for Taiwanese student when
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
was under Japan's rule. *In 1945, Taiwan is free from Japan's rule after World War II, and the school was renamed Taiwan Provincial First High School (台灣省立台中第一中學). *In 1948, The school was elected as one of the 39 best high schools in Taiwan. The only other high school in Taiwan that received this honor was the Taipei First Girl's High School. *In 1954, a satellite campus was established in Fengyuan City. *In 1987, the mathematic and physics class for gifted students was formed. *In 1996, the art class was formed. It was the first time that girls could be admitted to TCFSH. *In 2000, the name was changed to National Taichung First High School (國立台中第一高級中學). *In 2003, the language gifted class was created. *In 2009, the science class was established. It provided an alternative choice for many talented female students. Some first-tier female students who were qualified for the Taichung Girls High School (TCGS) chose to enroll at TCFSH instead of TCGS. *In 2017, the name was changed to Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School (台中市立台中第一高級中等學校).


Partner Schools

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, Caen, since 2005https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/les-lyceens-fetent-dix-ans-de-jumelage-avec-taiwan-3829799 *:
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, Honjō *:
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, Kobe *: Incheon Jinsan Science High School (), Incheon


Famous alumni


Art

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- choreographer and founder of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater *Hwan Shu-jun ( 黃舒駿) - singer


Academia

* Henry T. Yang - The chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara since 1994. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.


Politics

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* Huang Kuo-shu * Joseph Wu *
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References


External links

{{Commons category, National Taichung First Senior High School
Official website in Chinese


1915 establishments in Taiwan Educational institutions established in 1915 High schools in Taiwan Schools in Taichung