From a sand-and-bamboo literacy class to a full K-9 school.
Jie-Shou Junior High & Elementary School began in 1949 as an informal "Mountain Ridge Literacy Class," when a local military commander organized about 30 children aged 11 to 12, teaching them to write by scratching characters into sand with bamboo sticks. The class moved through several improvised venues — including an old street theater stage and residential space — before being formally established as "Jieshou National Elementary School" in 1952. The school merged with the high school's junior division in 1976 to form its current combined junior-and-elementary structure, added a kindergarten in 1991, and transitioned to an integrated preschool in 2012.
介壽國民中小學源自民國38年(1949年)的「山隴識字班」,由駐軍長官召集約30名11、12歲的孩童,以竹枝在沙地上習字。識字班歷經多次遷移,曾借用舊街戲台及民宅上課,至民國41年(1952年)才正式設立為「介壽國民學校」。民國65年(1976年)與高中部國中部合併,形成今日國中小一貫的學制,民國80年(1991年)增設幼稚園,民國101年(2012年)轉型為附設幼兒園。
What makes this school worth knowing.
✍️ Born From a Literacy Class in the Sand
沙地習字的起點
The school's origin story is unusually vivid: a garrison commander teaching around 30 local children to write characters in sand with bamboo sticks, years before any formal classroom existed.
🏛️ A Long Road to a Permanent Home
歷經多次遷址
Before its 1952 formal establishment, the school met in an old street theater stage and borrowed residential space — a testament to the resourcefulness of Matsu's earliest educators.
📚 A Combined K-9 Campus Since 1976
1976年整併國中小
The school merged with the high school's junior division in 1976, forming the combined junior-and-elementary structure it retains today, later adding kindergarten and preschool programs.
A school literally founded by the garrison.
This school offers one of Matsu's most vivid examples of military-founded education: a garrison commander personally organizing local children into a literacy class in the early post-war years, teaching them with bamboo sticks in sand for lack of paper and pencils. It is a direct window into how Matsu's frontline garrison shaped daily life on the islands. See the Matsu county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 13, Jieshou Village, Nangan Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan
連江縣南竿鄉介壽村13號
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