The mother school of Fanlu Township.
Minhe Elementary opened in 1920, during the Japanese colonial era, as a branch of Chungpu Public School, becoming independent the same year as "Caigongdian Public School." It was renamed "Fanlu Public School" in 1925, "Fanlu National School" in 1941, "Minhe National School" in 1947, and finally "Minhe National Elementary School" in 1968 under the nine-year compulsory education reform. As the oldest school in Fanlu Township, Minhe is the "mother school" from which several other local schools branched off over the decades, including Datong, Liming, Neiweng, and Gongtian.
民和國小創立於大正9年（1920年）日治時期，原為中埔公學校菜公店分校，同年獨立為「菜公店公學校」；1925年更名「番路公學校」，1941年改稱「番路國民學校」，1947年更名「民和國民學校」，1968年因應九年國教改制為「民和國民小學」，沿用至今。作為番路鄉歷史最悠久的學校，民和國小是番路鄉多所學校的「母校」，大湖、黎明、內甕、公田等校都曾是它的分校。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🪰 A Black Soldier Fly Ecology Program
黑水虻生態回收計畫
The school runs an ecological campus program breeding black soldier flies (黑水虻) for organic waste recycling, part of its broader environmental education focus.
🏛️ A Registered Historic Dormitory
日治宿舍列歷史建築
The campus includes a Japanese-era dormitory building officially registered as a historic structure by the county cultural bureau, a physical link to the school's century-long history.
🗣️ Mother-Tongue and Outdoor Learning
母語教育與戶外教育並重
The school emphasizes multilingual, mother-tongue instruction alongside outdoor education, field studies, and English village activities.
🎗️ Special Olympics and Scouting
參與特奧滾球與童軍活動
Students take part in Special Olympics bocce competitions as well as scouting and summer camp programs, broadening the school's activities beyond the classroom.
A century tracing Fanlu's settlement.
As the mother school from which nearly every other elementary school in Fanlu Township branched off — including Neiweng, Liming, and Datong — Minhe Elementary's century-long history literally traces the settlement and educational development of the persimmon- and fruit-farming villages that line the mountain road toward Alishan. See the Chiayi County page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 91, Caigongdian, Xiakeng Village, Fanlu Township, Chiayi County 602, Taiwan
嘉義縣番路鄉下坑村菜公店91號
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