From a wartime campus to a bilingual and Waldorf school.
Yingqiao Elementary School was founded on March 31, 1943, under Japanese rule as "Kawabata National School" (川端國民學校), built using recycled classroom materials from a demolished Shōwa-era school and serving primarily Japanese students. It was renamed "Yingqiao National School" in February 1946 after Taiwan's retrocession, then "Yingqiao National Elementary School" in 1968 under nine-year compulsory education. A portion of the campus — the Zhao'an Street gate and building — was rebuilt and reopened in November 2010. Today the school operates as a bilingual experimental elementary school and also hosts the Taipei Steiner (Waldorf-inspired) experimental education program on the same campus.
螢橋國小創立於昭和18年(1943年)3月31日,日治時期原名「川端國民學校」,利用一所拆除的昭和時代校舍建材興建而成,主要招收日籍學童。台灣光復後,民國35年(1946年)2月更名「螢橋國民學校」,民國57年(1968年)九年國教實施後改稱「螢橋國民小學」。校內詔安街校門與校舍於民國99年(2010年)11月重建啟用。本校現為雙語實驗小學,並於同一校園內設有台北市華德福(Waldorf)教育實驗班。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌱 A Waldorf Program on Campus
華德福教育實驗班
Yingqiao Elementary hosts the Taipei Steiner (Waldorf-inspired) experimental education program alongside its regular classes, offering two distinct educational approaches on one campus.
🗣️ A Bilingual Experimental School
雙語實驗小學
The school now operates as a bilingual experimental elementary school, part of Taiwan's broader push toward bilingual public education.
✨ A Name From a Vanished Bridge
螢橋之名
The school's name derives from "螢橋" (Firefly Bridge), a since-vanished bridge that once crossed a stream ("赤川") near the Japanese-era Kawabata Park (川端公園) in the neighborhood.
A trace of the vanished Kawabata riverside park.
Its name is one of the clearest surviving linguistic traces in the district of the vanished Japanese-era Kawabata riverside park along the old Xindian River waterfront. See the Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 29, Zhao'an St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan
100台北市中正區詔安街29號
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