Ximen Elementary School

Ximen Elementary School was founded in 1915 as Taipei No. 5 Ordinary Elementary School, originally serving only Japanese children with 12 classes and more than 600 students. It was renamed Taipei Jocho Ordinary Elementary School later that same year, began admitting Taiwanese students in 1920, and was renamed again in 1922 as Taipei Kotobuki Ordinary Elementary School, by then with 23 classes. After further administrative changes following 1945 and 1990, the school took its current name, Ximen National Elementary School. In 2015 the school celebrated its centennial with a "Ximen's Pride" (西門之光) award ceremony honoring distinguished alumni. Sitting directly beside Ximending, Taipei's old entertainment and commercial quarter that grew up around the historic West Gate of the walled city, Ximen Elementary is one of the longest continuously operating schools tied to that district's identity.

西門國小創立於1915年，初名「臺北第五尋常小學校」，最初僅招收日籍學童，設12班、逾600名學生。同年即更名為「臺北城西尋常小學校」，1920年起開始招收臺籍學生，1922年再更名為「臺北市壽尋常小學校」，當時已有23班。1945年光復及1990年行政區調整後，歷經多次更名，最終定名為「西門國民小學」。2015年學校舉辦建校百週年慶祝活動，並舉行「西門之光」表揚典禮，表彰傑出校友。校址緊鄰西門町——臺北舊時圍繞西城門發展而成的娛樂商業區，是與這個地區歷史淵源最深、辦學歷史最久的學校之一。