Yuandong Junior High School

Yuandong Junior High was established in 1969 as part of Taiwan's push to extend compulsory education to nine years. The school was built on roughly 1.8 hectares of farmland purchased in the Yuandingzi area south of Zhudong, with Yan Changkui appointed as its first principal in August of that year. More than half a century later, the school made history in 2024 when its team won first place nationally at the National Junior High School Basketball Tournament — Hsinchu County's first-ever national championship at this level.

員東國中創立於民國58年（1969年），為台灣推行九年國民義務教育政策下的產物。校地約1.8公頃，購自竹東南側員崠仔地區的農地，首任校長為顏昌魁，於該年8月到任。逾半世紀後，學校於2024年寫下歷史——籃球隊在全國國中籃球錦標賽奪得冠軍，這是新竹縣在該層級賽事中首度奪冠。