Greetings from the Principal

Welcome to Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School, where we long to share with you a sense of the dynamic, compassionate, rigorous educational lives lived here.

TMZZSH has high expectations for students and strives for success for all. Our goal is to build on the focus of “relevant education for all,” but providing the tools necessary to become outstanding citizens with academic attitudes and skills.

We bring together students of all backgrounds and invite them on a journey that leads them from self to selflessness, from individuality to inter-dependence, from the finest classrooms to the real world. We offer a bridge and welcome all to cross that bridge together to the world — wherever our students desire to go.

Our mission is to develop a school where no one left to be alone. Relationships are built between students, staff and families to create a community and develop the supports for students to become successful. We believe we have developed the solid foundation and now continue to build focusing on school culture and climate for all students to have a positive high school experience.

We believe in a balanced educational programme including rigor and relevance in all courses. We offer a diverse range of courses in elective subjects to make self-explore possible for students. Also, we engage to develop cross-disciplinary courses which focus on issues relating to culture, global citizenship, society and science. Our belief is for all students to become critical thinkers, creative problem solvers as well as inquisitive and diligent readers and researchers.

TMZZSH has a rich tradition which makes this school the home of talents and champions. The school was built in 1945. The structural plan of the building provides: a full gym, a library and 4 media centers, well equipped labs for science, a classic and air-conditioned auditorium, 69 standard sized classrooms, a nurse’s suite, and individual instructional rooms for art, music, and all academic areas.

Our teachers come from the most distinguished colleges and universities. All of them have bachelor’s degrees, seventy-eight percent have master’s degrees. Just as important as their credentials are their passion and dedication to the art of teaching, which is demonstrated in their classrooms on a daily basis and acknowledged in student highly performances year after year.

TMZZSH cares for each student and offers a broad programme to develop all to their highest potential in all aspects of their being. Character education is woven throughout our programmes and focuses on the school wide values of respect, responsibility, justice, self-disciplined, and kindness. We show our care for one another by maintaining high standards for academic achievement and for personal conduct. Kindness, consideration and civility are hallmarks of TMZZSH students. We want to cultivate in our students not only important tools like problem solving, analysis, creative thinking and clear communications, but we also want our students to live lives of honor, duty, courage and kindness. We want them to explore who they are through learning, to construct self-value from commitment, to broaden their visions through understanding in this global rapidly changing era. We strive to develop global citizens who are academically, morally and technologically prepared to succeed.

To grow into the independent adults we want them to become, they must spread their wings and take flight. Our students do that in this beautiful place under the watchful eyes of accomplished adults who are their mentors, guides and role models.

Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School — there is simply no other place quite like it.

Sincerely,

Hsu, Hsiao-cheng Principal / Head of School