臺中市西屯國民小學 Taichung Situn Elementary School
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
TAICHUNG SITUN ELEMENTARY・PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Learning is
one adventure after another.

See&Turn|Think · Transform · Become Situn

Since 1903, Situn has walked alongside generations of children as they draw their own learning paths. Welcome to the Principal's Office — a node on that path, and the starting point of every good conversation.

Principal Alex Peng
Alex Peng彭偉峰PRINCIPAL

A Message from the Principal

Dear parents, teachers, and children,

Situn Elementary has been on this road since 1903 — more than 120 years of walking with generation after generation of children as they set out from here. I often say that learning is one adventure after another: there is a starting point, there are challenges, there are turns — and every single step counts.

"See & Turn" is the spirit of our school. First we see — noticing each child's spark and how the world is changing. Then we turn — turning what we see into action, letting thinking carry our children forward. Whether it is reading, technology, aesthetics, or our local-culture lessons in the old streets of Situn, we hope every child walks with artful eyes and exploring feet, drawing a learning path that is entirely their own.

You are always welcome on campus — come adventure with us, alongside the children.

Alex Peng, PrincipalTAICHUNG SITUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The Principal's Learning Path

The path in our logo is also the road the principal has walked — thirty years, station by station, and every node counts.

START
  1. 1997

    Yulin Elementary, New Taipei · Teacher

    The adventure began in the classroom — kneeling down to see every child.

  2. 1999

    Yuemei Elementary, Taichung · Curriculum Section Chief

    The first administrative quest: learning to set curriculum in motion.

  3. 2001

    Huiwen Elementary, Taichung · Section Chief & Teacher

    Rotating through teaching, student affairs, and counseling — collecting every perspective.

  4. 2010

    Daren Elementary, Taichung · Director

    Three directorships — discipline, academics, general affairs — learning how a school truly runs.

  5. 2015

    Taichung Education Bureau · Principal Internship

    Seeing schools anew, this time from the bureau's vantage point.

  6. 2017

    Neipu Elementary, Taichung · Principal

    A first principalship: six years shaping what a school can be.

  7. 2023

    Situn Elementary, Taichung · PrincipalYOU ARE HERE

    Back in Situn — seeing and turning with a century-old school. In progress.

FUTURE

Achievement Badges

Gear unlocked along the way — all of it now used for the children.

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching

2016, Indiana University — the "Taiwan–US Connected Classrooms" science project.

MOE Overseas Research Fellowship · UK

2006, dispatched to the UK to study counseling support for childhood depression.

M.A. in Counseling & Educational Psychology

National Taichung University of Education — bringing psychology into everyday school life.

Certified Gender-Equity Case Investigator

Qualified investigator for campus cases — keeping school a safe place.

GEPT High-Intermediate · Licensed Tour Guide

The language backbone of a bilingual school — and a passport to the world.

NAER Principal Preparation Program, 143rd Cohort

Where the road to the principalship began.

The Principal's Channels

Beyond campus life, the principal keeps sharing observations on education here — follow along.