A school the community built with its own hands.
Songshan Elementary has a notably grassroots origin story: in February 1968, local residents raised funds to purchase half a hectare of land, which they donated to the township office to build classrooms. The site was approved on May 24, 1968, as a branch of Xiulin Elementary School ("秀林國小松山分校"), students moved in that September, and the school became fully independent on April 19, 1969. A small, officially designated remote/rural school, it has historically maintained around six classes since its founding. Today it runs a bilingual education "micro-trip" (雙語微旅行) program and Cool English speaking competitions, and it earned a county "特優" (top excellence) rating for health promotion.
松山國小的創校故事格外具有草根精神：民國57年（1968年）2月，地方居民集資購買半公頃土地，捐贈給鄉公所興建教室。該校地於同年5月24日獲准設立為秀林國小的分校「秀林國小松山分校」，同年9月學生遷入上課，並於民國58年（1969年）4月19日正式獨立設校。這所嘉義縣政府列為偏遠地區的小型學校，自創校以來班級數大致維持在6班左右。如今學校推動雙語微旅行課程及Cool English英語演說競賽，並曾獲縣內健康促進特優評鑑。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🤝 A Community-Funded Founding
居民集資創校
Local residents raised funds in 1968 to purchase land and donated it to the township office to build the school's original classrooms — a striking grassroots origin story.
🌏 A Bilingual "Micro-Trip" Program
雙語微旅行課程
The school's bilingual "micro-trip" program gives students hands-on, real-world contexts for practicing English alongside Cool English speaking competitions.
🏥 A Top Health-Promotion Rating
健康促進特優
Songshan received a county "特優" (top excellence) rating for health promotion, reflecting strong wellness programming for a school of its size.
🏫 A Small, Six-Class School
維持約6班規模
Since its founding, the school has historically maintained around six classes, keeping a tight-knit atmosphere in its rural setting.
A farming village built its own school.
Songshan Elementary is a textbook example of a Minsyong farming-village community banding together to fund its own school in the 1960s, reflecting the grassroots, agrarian character of the township's outlying villages like Songziajiao. See the Chiayi County page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 43-1, Songziajiao, Songshan Village, Minsyong Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan
嘉義縣民雄鄉松山村松子腳43-1號
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