A small school named for a rare migratory bird.
Budai Junior High School was founded in the autumn of 1957 as "Budai Junior Middle School," and was reorganized in 1968 into a junior high under Taiwan's nine-year compulsory education system. Today it is a very small, remote coastal school — just 59 students across six regular classes and one resource class — but an active one, with students competing in photography, reading-promotion, AI-creation, and language-arts contests, alongside programs in technical arts, bilingual education, gifted education, and environmental education.
布袋國中創校於民國46年（1957年）秋季，初名「嘉義縣立布袋初級中學」，於民國57年（1968年）改制為九年國民義務教育下的國中。學校規模很小，是濱海偏遠地區的學校，全校僅59名學生，共6個普通班及1個資源班，但校內活動十分活躍，學生積極參與攝影、閱讀推廣、AI創作與語文競賽，並推動技藝教育、雙語教育、資優教育及環境教育。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🦢 The Black-Faced Spoonbill Motto
黑琵校訓
The school motto "鶯飛魚躍 黑琵布中" directly references the black-faced spoonbill (黑面琵鷺), a globally rare migratory bird that winters in Budai's coastal wetlands, anchoring the school's identity in local ecology.
📷 Creative & Competitive Spirit
創意與競賽精神
Despite its small size, the school is active in photography, reading-promotion talent contests, AI-creation competitions, and language-arts events, giving students in a remote area a wide creative outlet.
🎨 Technical Arts & Gifted Education
技藝教育與資優教育
The school offers technical arts education alongside gifted-education tracks, broadening the options available to students at a small rural junior high.
🌱 Environmental & Bilingual Focus
環境教育與雙語教育
Environmental education and bilingual education initiatives are both part of the curriculum, reflecting the school's coastal setting and Taiwan's push toward bilingual schooling.
Home to the black-faced spoonbill.
The school's motto, "鶯飛魚躍 黑琵布中," invokes the black-faced spoonbill that winters in Budai's coastal wetlands, tying the campus identity directly to the town's famous tidal flats and migratory bird habitat — one of the reasons Budai draws birdwatchers from across Taiwan. See the Chiayi county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 40, Liudongliao, Guangfu Village, Budai Township, Chiayi County 62544, Taiwan
62544嘉義縣布袋鎮光復里六棟寮40號
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