Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School

Lishan High School (Taipei Municipal Lishan High School 臺北市立麗山高級中學,LSSH for short) is a senior high school in Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Taipei Municipal Lishan Senior High School
Location
100 Huanshan Rd. Neihu District Taipei 114
Information
TypeMunicipal/Selective school
MottoTo be sagacious, distinguished and thankful.
(前瞻、卓越、感恩、回饋)
Established2000
School districtNeihu Taipei, Taiwan
PrincipalHsu Chien-Kuo
Faculty25 Teachers
Grades11 Classes each grade, 33 for total.
EnrollmentAbout 860 Students
Information886-2-26570435
Measure4.53 km^2
Websitehttp://www.lssh.tp.edu.tw

The school was planned in the year 1991. At first, the school was named Lishan Science Experimental High School, and planned to recruit excellent science-aptitude students nationwide, but the city council overruled the decision. So the government canceled the proposal and started to build the school in 1993. Finally, the school established in 2000.

History

  • 2000 The school established and started, the first headmaster is Zheng Xian-San (鄭顯三).
  • 2004 The school started the first science-aptitude class.
  • 2005 Chen Wei-Hong (陳偉泓) become the second headmaster, and in the same year, LSSH started the first sport aptitude class.
  • 2007
    • LSSH joins the Microsoft's Taiwan School Of The Future Education Programme.
    • LSSH started the exchange programme with Bethany School.
  • 2008 LSSH started the exchange programme with the French School Of Singapore.

Research studies

Chemistry Laboratory

Research Studies Courses are taken by every 11th grade students in LSSH . The lessons is to make students discover the facts that they are interested in, and try to solve it by themselves. In other school, only students in science-aptitude class can have to opportunity to do research; but in LSSH, every students have their own chance.

Every year, the best of the student's research projects will be chosen to join to science fair. LSSH has got many prizes from these type of competition, especially in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

In 10th grade, students will have Research Methods Lessons for a preparatory course of Research Studies.

Here are the subjects that students can choose for their Research Studies:

  • About Art and Literature: Chinese, English, Social Science, (Art).
  • About Geo-Science: Geography, Geology and Astronomy.
  • About Science: Chemistry, Physics, Biology.
  • About Engineering: Electrical-Engineering.

Entrance pass marks

  • Taiwanese Students who graduate from junior high school must get a score over 270 points from the Basic Competence Test (The High School Entrance Exam in Taiwan) to get into LSSH.
  • LSSH is one of the top schools on the High School Rank of Taipei City.
  • The pass marks:
Year--BCT Pass Mark----PR--
2001(M)245(F)24590
2002(M)239(F)23990
2003(M)256(F)25892
2004(M)258(F)26093/94
2005(M)260(F)26094
2006(M)261(F)25994/93
2007(M)270(F)26995/94

PS:

  • In 2007, BCT's total mark is 312. The BCT's total mark before 2007 is 300.
  • Although LSSH is coeducation, the rate of boys and girls is 21:9, boys are more than girls.

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