Taipei Kuei Shan School

Established in August 1963 as a small private K-9 school, Taipei Kuei Shan School was founded by Professor Hsiong Hui-Ying and was intended to be an experiment in Taiwan Education.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20210530/1994478.htm|title=學雜費30萬！直擊奎山中學「校門沒招牌」超低調　創辦人大有來頭|publisher=ETtoday|author=賓靜蓀|language=zh-tw|date=2021-05-30}}

In 2002, a Chinese-English dual-language immersion programme was launched at the school starting with the 1st and 2nd grades, which aimed to provide a better English literacy curriculum.{{Cite news |url=https://www.parenting.com.tw/article/5085216|title=台北市奎山實驗高中｜ IB精神不只在課堂 更在生活裡|publisher=親子天下|author=陳俊宏|language=zh-tw|date=2020-02-25}}

Taipei Kuei Shan School was recognised as an IB World School to offer the Diploma Programme on 26 February 2015, the Middle Years Programme on 1 March 2015, and the Primary Years Programme on 1 May 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ibo.org/en/school/049727|title=Taipei Kuei Shan School - IBO|publisher=International Baccalaureate Organisation}}

Taipei Kuei Shan School is an IB continuum school authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation. The school provides IB Diploma Programme, Middle Years Programme, and Primary Years Programme with a Taiwanese national curriculum perspective. The Pre-K to 12 curriculum is based on IB standards and benchmarks of the Taiwanese Ministry of Education. The school is accredited by the Taipei City Government Department of Education.

Taipei Kuei Shan School's extracurricular programme includes sports with competitions with members of the Taiwan International School Sports Association (TISSA), as well as local international and Taiwanese schools.

Varsity teams include basketball, volleyball, soccer, track and field, tennis, swimming, ultimate Frisbee, badminton, and cross country.

KSS participates in competitive sports with the following international schools in Taiwan:

• American School Taichung (AST)
• Dominican International School (DIS)
• Grace Christian Academy (GCA)
• Ivy Collegiate Academy (ICA)
• I-Shou International School (IIS)
• Kaohsiung American School (KAS)
• Morrison Academy Taichung (MAT)
• Morrison Academy Kaohsiung (MAK)
• Morrison Academy Taipei (MAT)
• Taipei European School (TES)
• Taipei American School (Non TISSA Member)

Students also participate in the World Scholar's Cup competitions. They represented KSS with success in Shanghai (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Bangkok (2012), and Dubai (2013).

The school's Model United Nations Club has been both attending and hosting conferences for some time. Conferences hosted by Taipei Kuei Shan School are named KSMUN, short for Kuei Shan Model United Nations; the next KSMUN conference is to be held on June 6th-8th, 2025.{{Cite news |url=https://sites.google.com/view/tkssmun/|title=KSMUN IV |publisher=KSMUN |date=4 March 2025}}

On 29 May 2021, when Taiwan was under Level 3 pandemic restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the KSS Board of Directors violated the regulations of the Taiwanese Ministry of Education on suspending in-person graduation ceremonies and still held the Senior Graduation Ceremony regardless.{{Cite news |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/05/30/2003758299|title=COVID-19: Taipei school faces fines for holding graduation |author1=Tsai Ya-hua |author2= William Hetherington |publisher=Taipei Times |date=30 May 2021}} The Taipei City Government Department of Education stated that a fine of NT$720,000 was imposed, as well as penalties such as reduced classes or suspension of enrollment.{{Cite news |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4212572|title=Taipei private school fined for holding physical graduation ceremony |publisher=Taiwan News |date=29 May 2021}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20210531003986-260405?chdtv|title=堅持辦畢典慘了 奎山高中吞72萬罰單 還要減招|publisher=China Times|author=游念育|date=2021-05-31}}

In the following months, Kuei Shan attempted to transition into a legally recognized experimental education institution. However, this application was rejected as the student body of Kuei Shan exceeded that of the limit set by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. In order to combat this issue, Kuei Shan started to advise parents of registered students to withdraw from the school in order to meet the student quota, which resulted in heavy backlash.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-04 |title=轉型合法實驗教育學校 奎山遭爆「勸退」註冊生 |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%BD%89%E5%9E%8B%E5%90%88%E6%B3%95%E5%AF%A6%E9%A9%97%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1-%E5%A5%8E%E5%B1%B1%E9%81%AD%E7%88%86-%E5%8B%B8%E9%80%80-%E8%A8%BB%E5%86%8A%E7%94%9F-032909994.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Yahoo News |language=zh-Hant-TW}}

In April of 2025, Kuei Shan faced criticism from authorities when it mandated the participation of students in winter and summer classes, which contradicted the official guidelines of Taiwan's Ministry of Education which stated that such participation must be voluntary.{{Cite news |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/Taipei/breakingnews/5011184|title=奎山高中強制學生參加寒暑輔 違規遭議 |publisher=自由時報電子報 |date=14 April 2025}} Despite objections from student council members, the school did not respond to this issue and continued to maintain the view that such programs would be beneficial for students. In response, the Taiwan Youth Democracy Association called on the Taipei City Education Bureau to investigate and impose penalties on the school. However, the school has not addressed this yet and continues to maintain that students are required to attend, under threat of penalties such as makeup exams and additional assignments.{{Cite news |url=https://taiwanmagpie.com/2025/04/14/%E5%8C%97%E5%B8%82%E5%A5%8E%E5%B1%B1%E9%AB%98%E4%B8%AD%E5%BC%B7%E5%88%B6%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%92%E3%80%81%E6%9A%91%E8%BC%94/|title=北市奎山高中強制學生參加寒、暑輔|publisher=Taiwan Magpie |date=14 April 2025}}

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• [https://www.ibo.org/en/school/049727 IBO website]

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