Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Industrial High School
Brief School History
Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Industrial High school was originally established in 1942.
Currently, there are 10 departments, 73 classes, 186 teachers, and 2787 day school students.
Based on many facts and perspective, it’s been long recognized as a school with high reputation.
First of all, its long history stands out in most of the high schools in the south.
As far as its historical background is concerned, KIHS is already 67 years old.
Formally founded in 1942, it went through a series of name changes, in the year of 1946 and 1959, respectively.
It was not until 1979 that Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Industrial High school became its official name.
Owing to its long historical background, KIHS alumni and alumnae spread around the nation.
Second of all, KIHS has a vast campus with a total area of 102544 square meters and its school buildings covers 46623 square meters,
which probably makes it the biggest senior high school in the south of Taiwan.
Third of all, it consists of a large number of students.
Students enrolled in KIHS are increasing year by year.
In 2009, the number of day school students enrolled has reached 2787, while the number of night school students has also reached 880.
Fourth of all, as strong faculty is indispensable to healthy learning environment, KIHS provides students with outstanding teaching staff.
The percentage of teachers who hold master degree or above is up to 50 percent.
In addition to offering excellent teaching, they serve as role models for their students,
provide intellectual stimulation for their colleagues and catalyze all aspects of the academic process.
Fifth of all, KIHS is equipped with a great number of indispensable facilities for students to learn and to have fun,
for example, the campus with network equipment, the professional classrooms with such modern equipments as computers, machinery and TV set,
the Library with rich resources, the swimming pool, the tennis courts, etc.
Last but not the least, KIHS offers a variety of curriculum and extracurricular activities for students to choose.
For the basic courses, we have Chinese, English, Mathematics, Physics, History, Social Sciences, Music, Arts, P.E., Military Training and Nursing, Class Meeting and Extracurricular Activities.
For the specialized courses, we have Mechanical Manufacture, Basic Electricity, General Chemistry, Engineering Mechanics, Gasoline Injected Engine, Automotive Mechanics and Computer Science.
Among them, I especially would like to elaborate on our school’s extracurricular activities.
There are 37 student clubs at KIHS, covering the areas of academic studies, skills, recreation, public service, arts, science, and sports.
In the field of arts, our school’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Chinese Orchestra have been awarded the title “Band of Excellence” for many times.
Here at KIHS, not only students are active in joining any activity at school, but parents also stay high interests in involving in the school’s affairs, such as teacher-parent meetings and seminars for parental education.
We have laid a firm foundation for successful school-parent collaboration.
The goal of school administration is modeling an outstanding school with “Excellent Morality and High Technology,”
In order to expand the school’s vision and mission, more efforts need to be made though. For this reason, we have planned to conduct more projects or programs for the school.
Some are already in progress, for example, the Project of Professional Evaluation of Teachers, Teaching Excellence Projects, Teaching Innovation and Enhancement Projects, CCAD Projects, Life-long Learning Program and Health Promotion Program.
We prided myself on having the honor to promote these projects or activities and are convinced that KIHS will be entering a new era before long!
School Programs at Present
1.
Day School:
(1) Our day school consists of ten departments with a total of 73 classes and about 2,810 students.
(2) The 10 Departments are: Department of Mechanics, Department of Drafting, Department of Auto Mechanics, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Department of Electronics, Department of Computer Science, Department of Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Department of Architecture, Department of Chemical analysis, and Department of Graphic Arts & Communication.
2.
Continue Education Division:
Our Continue Education Division consists of supplementary education and adult education programs with eight departments and the total of 30 classes. Also, there are four Practical Skill Program classes. The number of the students is about 987 altogether.