A torch carried for 60 years, on Taiwan's smallest campus.
Shilei Elementary began in 1956 as a branch class of Yufeng National School, was upgraded to a branch school in 1961, and became fully independent in 1965, taking its present name in 1968. Its campus is only 2,160 square meters — reportedly the smallest school campus in all of Taiwan. The school serves the Atayal Quri tribal settlement, situated at over 800 meters elevation deep in Jianshi Township's mountains. It celebrated its 60th anniversary with the Hsinchu County magistrate in attendance, under the theme "Atayal torch of 60 years," a tribute to six decades of carrying forward Atayal identity in one of the county's smallest schools.
石磊國小前身為1956年設立的「玉峰國小石磊分班」,1961年升格為分校,1965年正式獨立設校,1968年更為現名。校地面積僅2,160平方公尺,傳為全台灣校地面積最小的學校。學校服務海拔800公尺以上、深居尖石鄉山區的泰雅族奎輝部落。60週年校慶時,新竹縣長親臨與會,以「泰雅火炬一甲子」為主題,向這所小校六十年來承載泰雅族認同的努力致敬。
What makes this school worth knowing.
📏 Reportedly Taiwan's Smallest Campus
傳為全台最小校地
At just 2,160 square meters, Shilei's campus is reportedly the smallest of any school in Taiwan — a striking fact for a school still serving a full elementary curriculum.
🔥 Sixty Years, "Atayal Torch"
泰雅火炬一甲子
The school's 60th-anniversary celebration, themed "Atayal torch of 60 years" and attended by the county magistrate, honored six decades serving the Quri settlement.
⛰️ A Mountain Settlement Above 800 Meters
海拔800公尺以上的部落
The Atayal Quri tribal settlement the school serves sits at over 800 meters elevation, reflecting the deeply rural, mountainous character of Jianshi Township.
The Quri tribal settlement.
Shilei Elementary serves the Atayal tribal settlement of Quri, a small mountain community embodying the deeply rural, Indigenous character of Jianshi Township — where even the smallest schools carry an outsized role in sustaining local identity.
Find the school.
No. 49, Neighborhood 10, Yufeng Village, Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County 313, Taiwan
新竹縣尖石鄉玉峰村10鄰49號
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