Nickname
National San Chung Senior High School's nickname came from a joke brought up by a school's history teacher in 2002. It came from the school's uniform color—orange. Because the school shares the same short name with Taipei County San Chong Senior High School in Chinese (both Sanchong Senior High School, Chinese: 三重高中), they have been long confused by people. One day in a class when the teacher taught about Glorious Revolution and King William III of England, who was also Prince of Orange, he joked, "Why don't we change the school name to Orange Senior High School for distinction since our students all wear orange uniform jackets? Or St. Orange Senior High School would be even better if we want to emphasize it." Because the joke was so popular, people started to call it St. Orange Senior High School.
In addition, students of National San Chung Senior High School often call themselves Little Tangerine for the same reason.
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