Gaoshi Elementary School

Gaoshi Elementary School was founded in 1905, during the Japanese colonial era, as Gaoshifo Public School; it was renamed Gaoshi National School in 1961 and formally named Pingtung County Mudan Township Gaoshi Elementary School in 1968. In 2004 it merged with Mulin Elementary School as its Mulin branch campus. The school brands itself “the ruby of the southernmost tip of Taiwan” (國境之南的紅寶石) — an extremely remote, small Southern-Paiwan school on a plateau surrounded by the southern Central Mountain Range, rich in natural ecology and cultural heritage. With very small class sizes, teachers emphasize individualized instruction tailored to each child's needs. The curriculum weaves in disaster-preparedness education through the history of the Gaoshi tribal community's seven historical relocations, with students becoming guides for a “relocation history wall” exhibit, and the school promotes the “Gaoshi Grain Path” as a signature trekking and study route.

高士國小創立於明治38年（1905年）日治時期，初名「高士佛社公學校」，民國50年（1961年）更名高士國民學校，民國57年（1968年）正式定名屏東縣牡丹鄉高士國小。民國93年（2004年）與牡林國小合併，成為其牡林分校。學校自稱「國境之南的紅寶石」——地處南排灣族聚居的高原，四周環繞南段中央山脈，是一所生態與文化資源豐富的極偏遠小校。由於班級人數極少，教師得以針對每個孩子的需求進行個別化教學。課程並結合防災教育，透過高士部落歷經七次遷村的歷史教導學生認識自然災害，學生並擔任「遷村史牆」導覽員；學校也推廣「高士穀道」作為特色健行與踏查路線。