Named for a village-boundary tree.
Jiadong Elementary opened on October 1, 1947, as a branch school before becoming independent on August 1, 1953, as Jiadong Public School, taking its current name in 1968 with the introduction of nine-year compulsory education. The school maintains a detailed history archive on a dedicated website tracing its founding and evolution.
茄苳國小於1947年（民國36年）10月1日設立「茄苳分校」，1953年（民國42年）8月1日獨立設校，定名為茄苳國民學校，1968年隨九年國教實施更名為茄苳國民小學。學校設有專屬網站，詳細記錄創校以來的沿革歷史。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌳 A Name Rooted in Old Village Geography
地名源自聚落界標
“茄苳” (Bishopwood) trees once marked village boundaries in old Taiwanese hamlets — the school's name preserves that pre-industrial place-naming tradition.
📜 A Detailed School-History Archive
詳實的校史紀錄
The school maintains a dedicated history page documenting its founding and evolution across more than 75 years.
🏫 Independent Since 1953
1953年獨立設校
Founded as a branch in 1947, the school became fully independent six years later, taking its current name in 1968.
Named for a village-boundary tree.
Named for the 茄苳 (Bishopwood) tree, a common village-boundary marker in old Taiwanese hamlets, Jiadong Elementary's very name is a trace of Bade's pre-industrial agrarian place-naming — a linguistic fingerprint of the district's farming-village origins.
Find the school.
No. 155, Yongfeng Rd., Bade District, Taoyuan City 334015, Taiwan
桃園市八德區永豐路155號 (334015)
School's Official Website (Chinese) ↗
Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Jiadong Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.