Founded on land shaped by a river.
Dazhou Junior High began in 1960 as a branch of Qishan Middle School based in nearby Xizhou, initially borrowing classrooms from Xizhou Elementary School before its own campus was completed. It became an independent school in 1963 under the former Kaohsiung County, as Dazhou Junior High School. The school takes its name from the local Dazhou and Xizhou area, land formed over time by the shifting meanders of the Qishan River.
大洲國中前身為民國49年（1960年）設立的「旗山中學溪洲分部」，初期借用溪洲國小教室上課，後遷入自建校舍。民國52年（1963年）獨立設校，定名為高雄縣立大洲初級中學。校名取自當地大洲、溪洲一帶地名，此地為旗山溪河道遷移沖積而成的土地。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 Started in Borrowed Classrooms
借用教室起家
Before its own campus was built, the school's earliest students attended classes borrowed from neighboring Xizhou Elementary School.
🌊 Named for a River-Formed Landscape
旗山溪沖積地名
"大洲" and "溪洲" both describe land built up by the meandering Qishan River, tying the school's name directly to the local geography.
📜 More Than Six Decades of Independence
獨立設校逾一甲子
From a 1960 branch campus to full independence in 1963, the school has now served the Dazhou community for more than sixty years.
Land shaped by the Qishan River.
"大洲" and neighboring "溪洲" both describe land formed by the shifting meanders of the Qishan River — the same river geography shared with nearby Xizhou Elementary School, whose original branch grew into this very school. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 5, Xinnan Ln., Xinguang Village, Cishan Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市旗山區新光里新南巷5號
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