In an effort to support and
encourage outstanding foreign students studying in Taiwan, the Education
Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston attended the
International Day at the Mirabeau B. Lamar High School and promoted the
important achievements of Taiwan’s higher education.
Taiwan provides international
students with diverse ranges of study options including all levels of Chinese
language courses and higher education programs by undertaking degree studies. The
Ministry of Education, R.O.C. (Taiwan) has been offering the Huayu Enrichment
Scholarship and Taiwan scholarship program to foreign students. In 2013, there are 57 universities and
colleges participating in the “Association of Taiwan Scholarship Program
Schools”. More than 180 all-English
programs have been taught at over 40 universities in Taiwan. Thirty-seven universities have Chinese
Language Centers, which provide short-term and long-term Chinese learning
program.
The
Washington Post released the listing of America’s
most challenging high schools for 2013. Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, of
Houston, is ranked 289 out of 1,925 schools nationally. Only 146 high schools in Texas made the
listing and Lamar is ranked 41. The Mirabeau B. Lamar High School has
a business magnet program offering a wide array of business management courses,
as well as cooperation with the Houston business community to provide
internships and university scholarships.
The school with 3,400 students handles grades nine
through twelve. Lamar High School
provides students with Advanced
Placement, and IB (International
Baccalaureate)
Diploma programs. Lamar
has one of two high school level IB Diploma programs in the Houston Independent
School District and consistently has the greatest number of students who
graduate with the IB Diploma in Texas. Lamar offers many International
Baccalaureate Diploma
classes, including five foreign languages: Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
