One root, two schools.
Maolin Elementary School shares its origin story with neighboring Maolin Junior High School. Both descend from a four-year Type-A Aboriginal Children's Education Institute established around 1917, during the Japanese colonial era, which was renamed simply "Education Institute" in 1932. Through subsequent reorganizations the lineage became Meiya Elementary School and then Maolin Elementary School, and for a time it incorporated a combined junior-high division, before the two schools separated into independent elementary and junior-high institutions in 1999 and 2005. Today Maolin Elementary continues to serve the Rukai Indigenous community of Maolin District.
茂林國小與鄰近的茂林國中同源。兩校皆可追溯至大正6年（1917年）日本統治時期設立的四年制甲種蕃童教育所，昭和7年（1932年）改稱「教育所」。歷經數次改制，其後成為「美雅國民學校」，再改制為茂林國民小學，並一度合併設有國中部，直至民國88年（1999年）與民國94年（2005年）才分設為獨立的國小與國中。如今，茂林國小持續服務茂林區的魯凱族原住民社區。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 One Root, Two Schools
與茂林國中同源
Maolin Elementary and Maolin Junior High share the same 1917 founding institution, only separating into independent schools in 1999 and 2005.
📜 Over a Century of Continuous Schooling
逾百年校史
With roots reaching back to around 1917, the school has provided continuous education to the Maolin community for more than a century.
🦋 In Purple Crow Butterfly Territory
紫斑蝶谷
The district is home to one of the world's few known overwintering sites for the purple crow butterfly, a striking natural feature near the school.
🏔️ Serving Maolin's Rukai Community
魯凱族社區
As the district's elementary school, Maolin Elementary serves the Rukai Indigenous community that has called this mountain district home for generations.
Home to a world-rare butterfly valley.
Maolin District is Rukai territory, and one of its most distinctive natural features is the annual gathering of the purple crow butterfly (紫斑蝶) in the district's valleys — one of only a handful of known overwintering sites for the species anywhere in the world. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 4-3, Maolin, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市茂林區茂林里4-3號
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