Learning from the mountain and the water.
Changle Elementary School began in 1955 as the Changle Branch of Pingtung's Manzhou National School, was upgraded to full branch-school status in 1957, became independent as "Manzhou Township Changle National School" in 1961, and took its current name under the nine-year compulsory education reform of 1968. Located within the boundaries of Kenting National Park, the school today serves 47 students across 6 classes and 16 staff, roughly 79% of them indigenous Paiwan, with about half from economically disadvantaged households. Under principal Huang Wen-tsung, the school built its "一山一水" ("One Mountain, One Water") curriculum around taking children into the surrounding mountains and water to, in his words, "learn to be real people" — a program that was selected among Taiwan's "Top 100 Future Education" innovative cases and won a special Enterprise Award from among more than 400 nationwide entries.
長樂國小前身為民國44年(1955年)成立的「屏東縣滿州國民學校長樂分班」,民國46年(1957年)升格為分校,民國50年(1961年)獨立設校,定名「滿州鄉長樂國民學校」,並於民國57年(1968年)九年國教改制時改為現名。學校位於墾丁國家公園範圍內,現有47名學生、6個班級、16位教職員,其中約79%為原住民排灣族,約半數來自經濟弱勢家庭。在黃文聰校長帶領下,學校發展出「一山一水」課程,帶領孩子走進周邊山林與溪水,學習「做真正的人」,該課程從全國逾400件參賽案例中脫穎而出,入選台灣「未來教育100」創新案例,並獲頒特別企業獎。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏔️ The "One Mountain, One Water" Curriculum
一山一水課程
Selected among Taiwan's "Top 100 Future Education" innovative cases and winner of a special Enterprise Award, this curriculum takes students directly into the surrounding mountains and streams.
🪶 A Majority-Paiwan School
排灣族學生為主
About 79% of the school's 47 students are indigenous Paiwan, making Changle a school deeply rooted in the region's indigenous community.
🏞️ Inside a National Park
位於國家公園內
Changle Elementary is located within the boundaries of Kenting National Park, giving its students an extraordinary natural classroom right outside the door.
🧑🏫 A Principal's Turnaround Story
校長帶領轉型
Principal Huang Wen-tsung has been noted in media coverage for leading the school's turnaround, emphasizing hands-on learning in nature over the classroom alone.
Where the hawks fly and the old songs echo.
Nestled inside Kenting National Park in Manzhou Township, Changle Elementary's predominantly Paiwan indigenous student body and "one mountain, one water" outdoor curriculum directly reflect the township's identity — a region renowned for the autumn gray-faced buzzard hawk (灰面鵟鷹) migration and celebrated as the birthplace of "思想起" (Thinking Of), the classic Hengchun-Manzhou folk ballad. Here, learning from the land and the sea isn't a metaphor; it's the school's actual curriculum. See the Pingtung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 35, Dagong Rd., Changle Village, Manzhou Township, Pingtung County 947, Taiwan
屏東縣滿州鄉長樂村大公路35號
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