- Source: Taipei WEGO Private Senior High School
The Taipei WEGO Private Senior High School (Chinese: 臺北市私立薇閣高級中學) is a private senior high school which located at Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan.
Taipei City Private Wego Senior High School is a private senior high school located in Beitou District, Taipei City. It contains high school and secondary school. The secondary school enrolls 13 to 14 classes every year. In 2017, the secondary school established a 13th class (Class De), which is an international class. In 2019, a new international class was added to the ninth grade class and became class 14 (5 class for the external examination class; 6 class for the direct promotion class and 2 class for the international class). The total number of students in one grade of junior high school is approximately 600.
The senior high school enrolls eight to nine classes every year, among which Class Wu is a math and science gifted class, Class Geng established in 2012 is an international class, Class Ji established in 2014 is a natural science experimental class, and Class Xin established in 2017 is an international class or Ordinary class, the Ren class established in 2020 is an ordinary class. The total number of students in one grade of senior high school is approximately 410. Mainly adopts separate admissions system. More than 90% of senior high school freshmen each year are directly from the secondary part of the school.
School History
Taipei Private Wego Senior High School was formerly known as the private Zhuhai Senior Commercial Vocational School. It was founded by the Guangdong warlord Jitang Chen. He also founded the Zhuhai College of the same name in Hong Kong. This school was recognized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, so it is called "Private Zhuhai University" in Taiwan and was later acquired by the board of directors of the private Wego Primary School. After Zhuhai High School ceased enrollment, it was restructured into Taipei Private Wego Senior High School on November 11, 1993, and enrollment began on August 1, 1994. The chairman of the board is Mr. Chuanhong Lee. The first principal was Mr. Youwei Huang, and the second principal was Mr. Guanglun Lee.
Education
85% of graduates go to local universities while the other 15% attend overseas ones in Wego. Every year, around 40% of the graduates go to either National Taiwan University (No. 1 in Taiwan) or medical schools, and 80% of them get admissions to the top 5 universities in Taiwan. As a result of Wego's holistic education programs, students in the international program are all admitted to top universities around the world.
= National Education Program
=Both the junior high school and high school are divided into domestic classes and international classes. National Education classes include general classes, math honors classes, and English honors classes. Students do not need to hold a foreign passport to apply. Student need to take an examination for admission. National Education classes require exams in Chinese, English, and mathematics
= International Education Program
=International classes also have to take the English and Mathematics test plus an oral test and interview.
= Mountain Program
=Location: Site and office is located in the top of Bamboo Lake in Yangmingshang.
Pastoral teaching is a special course at Wego School. The course implementation level is from kindergarten to high school.
Kindergarten: Two to three times per semester, the course time is one day.
Elementary School: Two to three times per semester, the course time is one day.
Secondary school and high school: Twice in each semester and the course time is one day.
Direct promotion: Approximately 7 times in a semester, the course time is one day, and is implemented on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Teachers: An international team of teachers is made up of the teachers from Japan, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Korea, Hong Kong, Hungary, Taiwan, and China. The software and hardware at the school is world class.
Painful experience: It was completely destroyed by the impact of Typhoon Nari, including more than half of the animals in the animal area, and all the snakes in the big classroom were missing. Reconstruction of large classrooms and greenhouses after the disaster.
Bamboo Lake poison dog: The illegal behaviour of Bamboo Lake poison dog has always existed. The dogs that were once raised by the Pastoral Center were also implicated. Since the incident, the Pastoral Center has paid more attention to the movements of all animals and avoided the tragedy of innocent life.
Other information: The Mountain Program is sometimes implemented in other locations. Such as the racecourse, golf course, boating, riverside resort, etc., will not necessarily be implemented in the Pastoral Center of Bamboo Lake in Yangmingshan.