ANNUAL REPORT - 2015 - Taipei American School

TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL

ANNUAL REPORT

2015

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MISSIONTaipei American School is an innovative 21st century learning community. Our mission is to inspire each student to be a confident, creative, caring, and moral individual prepared to adapt and succeed anywhere in a rapidly changing world. We provide an American-based education with a global perspective that results in a love of learning, academic excellence, a balanced life, and service to others.

TAS ANNUAL REPORT

CONTENTSLetter from the Head of School............................................................................................................................. 2Letter from the Board Chair .................................................................................................................................. 3Faculty and Student Information........................................................................................................................... 4 Enrollment by Division Nationality by Passport Faculty PreparationStudent Learning Results Letter from the Assistant Head of School .................................................................................................. 5 Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP) ................................................................................................... 6 Writing Assessment Program (WrAP) ....................................................................................................... 9 National Merit Scholars ........................................................................................................................... 12 SAT Results............................................................................................................................................. 13 AP and IB ................................................................................................................................................ 14 University Matriculation ........................................................................................................................... 20Student Support English as an Academic Language (EAL) ............................................................................................... 22 Support Services ..................................................................................................................................... 24Program Spotlight: Junior Docent Certification Course ...................................................................................... 26Arts Program Fine Arts .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Performing Arts: Dance, Drama, Music ................................................................................................... 29Co-curricular Involvement MS Co-curricular Program ...................................................................................................................... 31 Taipei Youth Program Association (TYPA) .............................................................................................. 32 US Athletics and Activities ....................................................................................................................... 33 US Clubs and Organizations .................................................................................................................. 34Professional Development.................................................................................................................................. 36Parent Surveys ................................................................................................................................................... 38Parent Teacher Association (PTA) ...................................................................................................................... 40Finances ............................................................................................................................................................. 42Alumni Events..................................................................................................................................................... 44Annual Giving Program Giving Profile ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund ....................................................................................................... 49 Gifts in Action .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Recognition ............................................................................................................................................. 54 Cornerstone Donors ................................................................................................................................ 55 Advocates ............................................................................................................................................... 56 Outreach and Other Gifts ........................................................................................................................ 57 Memorial and Honorary Gifts .................................................................................................................. 58 12th Annual Gala Ball .............................................................................................................................. 60 Gratitude Report ...................................................................................................................................... 62

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This Annual Report contains the results of the rigorous self-examination TAS does annually to assure that we are meeting the highest of educational goals within the strongest

possible fiscal environment.

You will see evidence of the continuous improvements designed to assure success and support for each and every one of our children. The program and facility enhancements tie into our 2012-2016 Strategic Plan, areas you worked with us to identify. Of note this year were the programmatic and facility additions to athletics, STEAM, the performing arts, English proficiency, Mandarin, and more.

The positive effect our programmatic and facility enhancements are having on students is evidenced by strong performances in student achievement. For example, each year, students in the lower and middle schools take the most demanding standardized tests available to independent schools – the CTP4 reading, writing, and math examinations. We could choose easier exams, but we do not. We choose these exams as markers of success because we hold ourselves to the standards of the top independent schools in the United States. It is not by accident, therefore, that you will discover within these pages the results of TAS students on these rigorous exams compare favorably to the independent school norm.

Our students continue to excel academically in programs among the best in the world. Our financial base is strong, and has been made stronger by the generosity of an increasing number of families whose donations have had a significant impact on our programs and our facilities. These gifts have bolstered our many strengths while also allowing us to grow and improve.

An educational environment where strengths and weaknesses are acknowledged and addressed is essential for maximum learning and growth. Your involvement is a key factor in ensuring that TAS remains the distinguished educational setting your children deserve. You had several opportunities to work with us in identifying key areas in our 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. Work is already underway in forming this important document as we look to shape the future of Taipei American School.

The future of TAS is one in which we all share and one in which we all have a part in forming. And as the new Strategic Plan comes into focus in the months ahead, I feel confident in saying that, from the perspective that comes from reading this Annual Report, we can expect the future of TAS to be a bright one.

本年度報告包含了TAS每年嚴格的自省，以確保我們在最強而有力

的財務環境中達成最高的教育目標。

您會看到為確保成功和支持我們每個孩子所做的持續改善之證據。

強化的課程和設備嵌入我們2012 - 2016學年度的策略計劃、以

及您與我們一起界定的領域。請注意今年運動、STEAM、表演藝

術、英語能力、華語等課程和設施的增添。

我們課程與設施的改進對學生的正面影響，可由學生強勁的成績表

現得到證明。例如，每年，小學與初中學生參加要求最嚴苛的獨立

學校標準化考試 - CTP4和WRAP考試。我們可以選擇更容易的考

試，但我們不這麼做。我們選擇這些考試是成功的標記，因為我們

堅守美國頂級獨立學校的標準。這不是偶然的，您將可由這些年度

報告的頁面中發現TAS學生在這些嚴格的考試之結果足以媲美獨立

學校的標準。

我們的學生繼續在世界名列前茅的學術課程中脫穎而出。我們的財

務基礎是強大的，並由於越來越多家庭慷慨解囊，對我們的課程和

設施有顯著的影響。這些贈禮已經帶動了很多的優勢，同時也讓我

們成長和改進。

一個教育環境的優勢和劣勢都得到承認和解決，對至臻的學習和

成長極端重要。您的參與是確保TAS維持您孩子應得的傑出教育之

關鍵因素。您很快就會再次有機會與我們攜手合作，以確定我們

2016- 2020學年策略計劃的關鍵領域。制定此重要文件的工作已展

開，我們期待塑造台北美國學校的未來。

TAS的未來是由我們共享與共同塑形的。未來幾個月裡，新的策略

計劃成為關注焦點之際，我有信心地說，從閱讀年度報告的角度看

來，我們可以預期TAS的未來是一片光明的。

LETTER fROm ThE hEAd Of SchOOL dR. ShARON hENNESSy

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As a Board, our role is to serve you by ensuring that we fulfill our responsibility to advance the mission of Taipei American School, to raise its reputation and standing internationally, and to meet all of our fiduciary responsibilities - short and long-term.

Equally important is our duty to assure that our school is led by a head of school with a demonstrated track record of excellence, a clear commitment to providing exceptional care for students, faculty, and staff, and the ability to anticipate cutting edge programs and bring them home to TAS, keeping our school always on the forefront of innovation, care and excellence. Your Board is pleased to share with you the fact that we can all continue to count on these very qualities since our current Head of School, Dr. Sharon Hennessy, has recently agreed to sign a new six year contract that assures continuity and progress through 2021.

For the previous four years, every decision made in our roles as strategic overseers ties back to the course we set for TAS in the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan. Now we have the important task set before us to develop the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan.

Over the coming months, we will seek input from our key constituents as the new Strategic Plan takes shape. We have already conducted focus groups with, surveyed and polled faculty members, staff members, alumni, upper school students, and parents. More work lies ahead as we continue to gather your invaluable thoughts and opinions in this critical first stage of strategic planning.

Although the new Strategic Plan only guides us to 2021, our thinking needs to be more forward thinking than that. When we meet as the Board, we consider not only the short-term success of Taipei American School, but also the long-term ramifications of our decision-making. A strategic plan is important for the next four years, but it will also set us down a course for the next twenty, fifty, or even one hundred years.

In addition to constituency feedback, we also have data from the Annual Report that guides our planning. Every program you read about, every brick in every building you see featured, and every decision made was the result of the current Strategic Plan. And not coincidentally, the student achievement we present to you is also a result of the current Strategic Plan. Nothing happened by accident. This is why planning for the next Strategic Plan is so important.

In addition to strategic planning this year, we will continue to serve in all the ways we have done so in the past. We set high standards for fiscal management in order to assure financial equilibrium through careful control of tuition money and efforts to seek additional gifts. Last year, enhancements benefited programs across all divisions- from science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics to film studies, athletics, and the arts. Cutting-edge equipment, professional development, and other resources ensure that your children are receiving the finest education.

Gifts have a direct impact on student results, which is why we were so pleased to see parent participation reach 56% in the 2014-2015 school year, faculty giving reach 92%, and administrative and board giving reach, once again, 100%. We look forward to an even more robust annual giving participation rate this year, confirming that as a community we wish to support our students 100% in all they do.

We are honored to be a part of this vibrant community of inquisitive students, dedicated faculty and administrators, and of course, committed and supportive parents. We are proud of this school, we are proud of the results contained in this Annual Report, and we are proud to lead TAS into the next Strategic Plan and the future beyond for multiple generations to come.

作為董事會，我們的角色是確實地推動台北美國學校的宗旨；提高

本校聲譽和國際地位，並克盡我們被託付的長、短期責任。我們同

樣重要的職守是，確保本校領導人展現卓越的記錄；明確地承諾為

學生、教職員提供良好的照護；以及能預測最尖端課程，並將其帶

回TAS；且始終能讓本校矗立於創新、服務和卓越的最前線。您的

董事會很高興能與大家分享，我們將繼續仰仗這些特質，因為我們

現任領袖Sharon Hennessy博士，最近已同意簽署通一份新的六年

合同，此約將確保本校的連續性和進步直到2021年。

過去四年，身為策略督導，我們所做的一切決定都可回溯到2012-2016學年我們為TAS所設定的策略計劃。現在，我們眼前的重要任

務則是研擬2017-2020學年策略計劃。

在未來的幾個月中，我們將尋求本校主要成員的意見，為嶄新的策

略計劃塑形。我們已經組織了教師重點小組；進行教師、高中學生

與家長的意見調查。在策略計劃的第一個關鍵階段，我們還有很多

工作要做，以持續匯集您寶貴的想法和意見。

雖然新的策略計劃只會引導我們到2021年，但我們的思維必須更超

前。當我們以董事會的身份開會，我們不僅要考慮台北美國學校的

短期成功，我們也要研議長期的決策。策略計劃不僅對未來四年很

重要，它也將為我們接下來的二十年、五十年、甚至一百年鋪路。

除了成員團體回饋的意見，我們也從年度報告中得到可以指引規劃

的數據。您讀到的每個課程項目；您所見的一磚一瓦；每個決策皆

源自當前的策略計劃。此非巧合，我們呈現給您的學生成績也是目

前策略計劃的結果。一切皆非偶然發生。這就是為什麼規劃下一個

策略計劃是如此地重要。

今年除了策略計劃外，我們將繼續以過往的方式服務大家。我們設

定高標準的財務管理，嚴格管控學費並努力尋求額外的捐贈，以確

保本校財務平衡。去年，所有部門受益於加強的課程 - 涵括科學、

技術、工程、數學、電影研究、體育和藝術。尖端的設備、專業的

發展、和其他資源確保您的孩子接受最優秀的教育。

捐贈對學生的成績有直接的影響，這就是為什麼我們很高興地看到

家長參與度在2014-2015學年度達到56％；教師捐贈達到92％；而

且董事會的參與度，再一次，達到100％。今年我們期待著一個更

強大的年度捐贈參與率，以證實作為一個社群，我們的確想要百分

之一百地支持本校學生的所有作為。

我們很榮幸，能夠成為由追根究底的學生、專業的教師和行政團

隊、當然，還有奉獻與支持的家長們所組成的活力充沛之社群成

員。我們以這所學校為傲，我們為此年度報告所涵蓋的結果自豪，

並且我們也以能夠領導TAS進入下一個策略計劃與數個世代之未來

而感到十分地驕傲。

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STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

Dr. Catriona Moran, Assistant Head of School

Data tells a story! As you review the data we have presented in the 2014-2015 Annual Report, you will read the Taipei American School student story. You will read about our students’ success on

standardized tests where TAS students are normed against students in the USA independent schools and students worldwide. We expect our students to compete favorably against worldwide averages, and they do year after year. This data tells you that our TAS students consistently perform at or above the USA independent private school norms in every academic area measured by these assessments.

However, the data tells you that TAS’s measures of achievement go well beyond standardized tests and encompass the many aspects of a child’s education that make up a successful educational experience and preparation for life. In these pages, you will read about students’ achievements in the performing arts - music, drama and dance. You will read about the incredible achievements in forensics and public speaking, in engineering, robotics and scientific research. These achievements speak to the school’s investment in these programs in the past four years as part of the current strategic plan. It is not a coincidence that the fundraising efforts described within these pages reveal a tremendous growth in support of these programs allowing many previously unimagined opportunities to be offered to our students.

TAS teachers and administrators mine the data to elicit information that will help us to further improve the student experience. We collect, analyze, and use data to inform teaching and learning every day in every classroom for every child in a very systematic fashion and to provide the support all students need to be successful. It is this analysis of patterns and the focus on student learning and goal setting that allow us to maintain a world class program.

This data story reinforces the myriad of opportunities provided to our students, the high standards to which we aspire and reach; the ongoing support for students in the English as an Academic Language program and in Learning Support; and the students’ achievement in all facets of their education. Our mission is “to inspire each student to be a confident, creative, caring and moral individual.” We are achieving our mission. How do we know? The data tells us!

數據會說話！當您檢視我們提出的2014-15學年年度報告的數據，您將讀到台北美國學校學生的故事。您將讀到關於本校學生

在標準化考試中取得的成功，在此測試裡TAS學生與美國獨立學校和全球學生的標準組抗衡。我們希望本校學生能順利地與全

世界的平均標準競爭，他們也年復一年地達成期待。這些數據告訴您，TAS的學生在每個學術領域的評量，始終穩定地表現出

相當於或高於美國獨立學校的標準。

然而，這些數據告訴您，TAS實施的措施遠遠超出了標準化考試，還涵括許多教育層面，並造就成功的教育經驗及為人生做好

準備。在這些頁面上，您會讀到學生們在表演藝術方面的成就 - 音樂、戲劇和舞蹈。您將了解在辯證和公眾演講；在工程、機

器人技術和科學研究上令人難以置信的成就。這些成績證明作為目前策略計劃的一部份，學校在過去四年對這些課程的投資。

此非巧合，在這些頁面中描述出募款的努力，顯露出對這些課程的支持有了驚人的增長，因此我們的學生得以有許多以前難以

想像的機會。

TAS教師和行政主管們挖掘數據來解析出有助於我們進一步提升學生經驗的故事。我們收集、分析、使用數據，並以非常有系

統的方式，來反應每天每個教室的每一個孩子之教學和學習。就是這個分析與著重在學生學習及目標設定的模式，允許我們能

夠在瞬息萬變的世界中維持世界級的課程。

此數據故事加強我們提供給學生的無數機會；我們渴求並達成高標準；長期支持學生的英語作為學術語言之課程與學習支援服

務；並且學生在他們受教的所有層面都有所成就。我們的宗旨是“激發每個學生成為一個有自信、有創意、有愛心和有道德的

人。”我們正在實踐我們的宗旨。我們怎麼知道？這些數據告訴我們的！

Bachelor Degree 22%

Master Degree 69%

PhD/JD 9%

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Class of 2024 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015In all areas assessed, the class of 2024’s performance was equivalent to that of the independent school norm group. No significant differences between the median scale scores of TAS’s third graders and the independent school norm group were found.

2015年春季2024班的CTP4成績

所有進行評量的領域中，2024班的表現相

當於獨立學校標準組。TAS三年級學生的

平均量尺分數和獨立學校標準組之間無顯

著的差異。

Class of 2023 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015In all areas assessed, the class of 2023’s performance was equivalent to that of the independent school norm group. No significant differences between the median scale scores of TAS’s fourth graders and the independent school norm group were found.



當於獨立學校標準組。TAS四年級學生的


著的差異。

STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS cOmPREhENSivE TESTiNg PROgRAm

Spring 2015 CTP 4 and WrAP Results

Comprehensive Testing Program, 4th EditionEvery spring TAS students in grades three through eight participate in the Educational Records Bureau’s (ERB) Comprehensive Testing Program, 4th Edition (CTP4). Administering the CTP4 allows TAS to compare our students’ performance to that of children attending international schools and independent private schools in the United States. TAS uses information from the CTP4 to monitor individual student progress, identify curricular needs, and assess program effectiveness.

The subtests of the CTP4 administered to students are consistent across grade levels with one exception. Third graders take an auditory comprehension subtest rather than the vocabulary test administered at other grade levels. The scores of lower school students who participate in the EAL (English as an Academic Language) program are not included in these summaries. The scores of middle school students who receive intensive “pull-out” EAL services are also excluded. The scores of students who receive test accommodations due to learning difficulties are also not included in these summaries.

每年春天TAS的3-8年級學生參加教育記錄局（ERB）綜合課程第

4版（CTP4）的考試。施測CTP4允許TAS與美國本土及海外的私

立學校比較學生的表現。CTP4測試文字推理、詞彙、閱讀測驗、

寫作能力、寫作概念和技巧、數量推理和數學。TAS使用CTP4的資料來監督個別學生的進展，確定課程的需求，並評估課程的成

效。

所有年級的CTP4子測驗的施測是一致的，但有一個例外。三年

級的學生採取口語理解能力的子測驗，而其他年級則採用詞彙測

驗。摘要中測試成績不包含學習困難者的分數。此外，所有接受

EAL服務的小學生與接受抽離式EAL的初中生，也不涵括在這些

測試結果。

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cOmPREhENSivE TESTiNg PROgRAm STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

Class of 2021 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015In all areas assessed, the class of 2021’s performance was equivalent to that of the independent school norm group. No significant differences between the median scale scores of TAS’s sixth graders and the independent school norm group were found.


所有評量領域中，2021班的表現相當於

獨立學校標準組。TAS六年級學生的平均

量尺分數和獨立學校標準組之間無明顯的

差異。

Class of 2022 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015In all areas assessed, the class of 2022’s performance was equivalent to that of the independent school norm group. No significant differences between the median scale scores of TAS’s fifth graders and the independent school norm group were found.



當於獨立學校標準組。TAS五年級學生的


著的差異。

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STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS cOmPREhENSivE TESTiNg PROgRAm

Class of 2020 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015There were no significant differences between the median scale scores of the class of 2020 and those of the independent school norm group on subtests measuring Verbal Reasoning, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Writing Mechanics, and Writing Concepts and Skills. The class of 2020 performed significantly higher than the independent norm group in Quantitative Reasoning and Math.


所有文字推理、詞彙、閱讀測驗、寫作能

力、寫作概念和技巧、以及數學的子測驗

中，2020班並未發現顯著的差異。此2020班在數量推理方面明顯地高於獨立學校的

標準組。

Class of 2019 CTP-4 Performance Spring 2015There were no significant differences between the median scale scores of the class of 2019 and those of the independent school norm group on subtests measuring Verbal Reasoning, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Writing Mechanics, and Writing Concepts and Skills. The class of 2019 performed significantly higher than the independent norm group in Quantitative Reasoning and Math.


2019班在文字推理、詞彙、閱讀測驗、寫

作能力、寫作概念和技巧的子測驗平均量

尺分數與獨立學校無顯著差異。2019班的數量推理與數學表現明顯高過獨立學校

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WRITING ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (WrAP)The ERB’s Writing Assessment Program (WrAP) is administered to TAS students in grades three to eight. The WrAP measures six domains of writing proficiency: Overall Development, Organization, Support, Sentence Structure, Word Choice, and Mechanics. The graphs presented compare TAS students’ performance on the WrAP at each grade level to students attending international and independent schools. TAS’s performance is illustrated by the scale scores at our 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles along with the percentage of independent school students performing at or above the same level.

TAS於三到八年級施測ERB的寫作評量〈WrAP〉。WrAP測驗六個寫作能力的領域：全面發展、組織、支持、句子結構、字彙的選擇、

和文法技巧。圖表呈現的是TAS各年級學生的WrAP表現與美國海內外的獨立學校學生之比較。TAS的分數以量尺分數的10%、25%、50%、75%和90%來對照獨立學校學生程度相仿或分數較高的百分比表現。

WRiTiNg ASSESSmENT PROgRAm STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

The classes of 2024 and 2023 completed a narrative essay. The class of 2024 significantly outperformed the independent norm group. The class of 2023’s performance was comparable to that of students in the independent norm group.

2024和2023完成了敘述性作文。 TAS三年級的表現明顯地高於獨立學校標準組。 TAS四年級學生的表現則與獨立學校標準

組相當。

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The classes of 2022 and 2021 completed an informative essay for the WrAP. The class of 2022 significantly outperformed the independent norm group. The class of 2021’s performance was comparable to that of students in the independent school group.

2022班和2021班完成了WrAP的資訊性作

文。五年級的表現明顯高過獨立學校標準

組。TAS六年級學生的表現則與媲美獨立學

校標準組。

STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS WRiTiNg ASSESSmENT PROgRAm

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The classes of 2020 and 2019 completed an expository piece of writing for the WrAP. The performances of the classes of 2020 and 2019 were significantly higher than that of students included in the independent norm group.

2020班和2019班完成WrAP說明性文

章。TAS七、八年級的表現明顯地高於獨立

學校標準組。

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National Merit ScholarsGrade 11 students at TAS take the PSAT each October. The grade 11 PSAT acts as preparation for the SAT and also serves as the NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) for U.S. citizens. The average TAS results are above both the national and suburban norms. Our students score especially high in mathematics, often exceeding the 90th percentile. In writing and critical reading, TAS students score in the 70th percentile on average.

The NMSQT selection index for students taking the test outside the United States is extremely high; the Class of 2016 international school index of 224 is the highest in the world and compares with the most highly ranked states in the United States (Massachusetts and New Jersey). A total of 38 National Merit Commended Scholars were selected from TAS. Ten students will move forward to the semifinalist stage.

國家優秀學者

每年十月，TAS的11年級學生會參加初級SAT（PSAT）考試。11年級的PSAT考試可視為SAT的預備，也可作為美國公民的

NMSQT（國家優秀學者獎學金資格考試）之測試。TAS的平均結果皆高於全國和郊區的標準。我們的學生數學成績特別高，常

常超過90個百分點。寫作和批判性閱讀，TAS學生成績平均則落在70個百分點。

在美國以外參加測驗的學生NMSQT選擇指數是非常高的；2016班的指數224是全世界國際學校中最高者，並與美國排名最高的

州（麻薩諸塞州和新澤西州）可相提並論。TAS共有38個全國讚揚學者。10名學生將進入準決賽階段。

STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS NATiONAL mERiT SchOLARS

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SAT RESULTS STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

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STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS AP & ib

Taipei American School offers students the opportunity to take a full range of Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, or a combination of them, enabling students to tailor the rigor and depth of their education. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in the full IB Diploma Program.

TAS VS. WORLDWIDE AP Averages

AP & ib STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

Advanced Placement World Language TAS vs. World Averages

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Advanced Placement Arts TAS vs. World Averages

Advanced Placement Math TAS vs. World Averages

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TAS World Studio Art: 2-‐D Design Por3olio

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TAS World Music Theory

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TAS World Environmental Science

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TAS World Chemistry

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TAS World Psychology

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Advanced Placement Social Studies TAS vs. World Averages

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TAS World Art History

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TAS World Psychology

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TAS World European History

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University MatriculationThis list represents the college and university matriculation choices for the Class of 2015. The United States remains the primary university destination for the majority of our students; 80 percent of our graduating class enrolled at a college or university in the United States. The final destinations of the other 20 percent of the graduating class were as diverse as always, with students enrolling at schools in 11 other countries.

這份名單代表了2015年畢業生的大學選擇。美國仍然是大部分學生主要的大學目標；我們80％的畢業生就讀於美

國大專院校。其他20%的學生之最後決定如往常一般多元，共就讀於11個其他國家。

STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS UNivERSiTy mATRicULATiON

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UNivERSiTy mATRicULATiON STUdENT LEARNiNg RESULTS

University Matriculation by Country 2015 2015年以國家分類的大學升學率

UNITED STATES 美國

Anne Arundel Community CollegeThe University of ArizonaBaylor UniversityBellevue CollegeBerklee College of Music (2)Boston CollegeBoston University (6)Bowdoin CollegeBrandeis UniversityBrigham Young University (2)Brown UniversityBryn Mawr CollegeCalifornia College of the ArtsCalifornia Lutheran University (3)California State Polytechnic University, PomonaUniversity of California, Berkeley (5)University of California, Davis (2)University of California, Irvine (2)University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San Diego (4)University of California, Santa Barbara (2)University of California, Santa Cruz (3)Carnegie Mellon University (4)Clemson UniversityColgate UniversityColumbia UniversityThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & ArtCornell University (5)Creighton UniversityDickinson CollegeDrexel UniversityDuke UniversityEmory University (7)Fordham UniversityThe George Washington University (2)Georgetown UniversityGoucher CollegeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (7)Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of KansasUniversity of LouisvilleLoyola Marymount University (2)Macalester College (2)Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston

Menlo CollegeUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Nevada, Las VegasNew York University (9)North Carolina State UniversityNortheastern University (2)Northwestern University (5)University of Notre Dame (2)Otis College of Art and DesignPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania (2)Pratt Institute (3)Princeton UniversityPurdue University (3)Regent University (VA)Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRice UniversityUniversity of RochesterSanta Clara University (2)Savannah College of Art and DesignScripps College (2)Seattle UniversityUniversity of Southern California (12)Stanford UniversitySuffolk UniversityThe University of Texas, Austin (2)The New School - Eugene Lang College (2)Trinity UniversityTufts University (2)Vanderbilt UniversityVassar CollegeUniversity of VirginiaWashington University in St. Louis (3)University of Washington (7)Wellesley CollegeCollege of William and MaryYale University

AUSTRALIA 澳大利亞

International College of Hotel ManagementMacquarie University

CANADA 加拿大

University of British Columbia (7)McGill UniversityUniversity of Toronto (11)University of WaterlooWilfrid Laurier UniversityYork University

FRANCE 法國

ISCOM

GERMANY 德國

Jacobs University

HONG KONG 香港

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

JAPAN 日本

Keio University (3)Temple University Japan

SINGAPORE 新加坡

National University of Singapore (2)

SOUTH KOREA 南韓

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

SWITZERLAND 瑞士

Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (2)

TAIWAN 台灣

Taipei Medical University

UNITED KINGDOM 英國

University of EdinburghKing’s College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity of ReadingRegent’s University LondonUniversity of the Arts London (4)

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STUdENT SUPPORT ENgLiSh AS AN AcAdEmic LANgUAgE

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ENgLiSh AS AN AcAdEmic LANgUAgE STUdENT SUPPORT

Current EAL Student NumbersSchool Year 2014-2015: Semester 2

Grade Class Student Number Total6th Grade Pull Out 14 21

Push In 77th Grade Pull Out 6 18

Push In 128th Grade Pull Out 4 14

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STUdENT SUPPORT ENgLiSh AS AN AcAdEmic LANgUAgE

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Student Support Services The TAS Student Support Services department provides a range of services to maximize each student’s social, emotional, and academic growth. The resources offered by the Student Support Services department include language enrichment for early childhood, reading intervention, speech/language therapy, learning resource specialist support, academic support classes and psychological services as well as personal, academic, and guidance counseling. The totals in this report represent the numbers of students regularly receiving scheduled support from our reading resource specialists, learning support specialists, and speech/language clinicians.

學生支援服務

台北美國學校的學生支援服務部門提供一系列的服務，以便讓每

位學生的社交、情感和學術成長發揮到最大極限。學生支援服務

部門提供的這些資源，包括幼兒語言輔導、介入性閱讀、言語/語言治療、學習資源專家的支援、學術支援課程、心理服務、以及

個人、學術、和行為指導諮詢。在本報告中的總人數代表著從我

們的閱讀、學習資源專家和言語 /語言臨床醫生處接受定期支援的

學生人數。

SUPPORT SERvicES STUdENT SUPPORT

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Junior Docent Certification CourseSummer Academy had a new and exciting opportunity for upper school students this year: the ability to become certified junior docents, also known as tour guides, at the National Palace Museum. Achieving this certification meant students had to spend long hours over the summer mastering volumes of information on Chinese art and culture. For the now certified junior docents that took the course, the rewards were well worth the time invested.

Students worked incredibly hard during the course. Each day, from Monday to Thursday, docents from the National Palace Museum arrived at TAS and lectured on topics such as Jade, Bronze, Painting, Calligraphy, Buddhism, and Chinese History for several hours. This was followed by two hours in the classroom dedicated to creating a ten minute presentation on a unique theme. The work was well received, as the students truly enjoyed what they were learning. The real highlight, however, came each Friday morning when the docents provided a personalized, in-depth tour of the rooms in the palace museum that corresponded to that week’s theme.

Although creating a unique, one hour tour seemed daunting, the greatest challenge was determining what information to omit. Students also had to think about the mechanics of the tour, such as projecting and timing. Students were able to ask questions of the docents during professional tours each week, learning more about navigating crowds and techniques that keep guests engaged. It should come as no surprise that each student impressed the National Palace Museum staff, and that TAS now has ten certified junior docents.

The Junior Docent Certification course was inspired by TAS alumna, Mrs. Rosalind Wang Ho ‘92. A docent herself, Mrs. Ho appreciates the National Palace Museum’s incredible collection of Chinese art, and recognizes the importance of exposing our students to Chinese culture and history. In addition to the insight and knowledge, the junior docent certification course offers them a unique public speaking opportunity.

Over the course of the academic year, the TAS junior docents will have several opportunities to tour both foreign and local guests. In addition to the planned tours for special guests such as Mr. Gordon Korman and Dr. Leslie Grant, the junior docents will provide tours to ninth grade students

enrolled in the Asian Studies course, as well as university representatives.

Overall, the newly certified TAS junior docents handled the rigor and pace required to master the material very well. They impressed the museum staff and exceeded the highest of expectations, ensuring that the course will be offered again next summer. Most importantly, they are raising awareness and interest in the museum itself.

TAS的公眾演講

今年，夏日學院針對高中學生有一個嶄新和令人興奮的機會：

有能力成為故宮博物院認證的初級導覽員，也被稱為導遊。要

達成此認證，意味著學生在暑假期間必須花大量時間去熟稔中

國藝術和文化的資訊。對於修習此課程的新認證初級導覽員而

言，其回報是非常值得投入時間的。

過程中，學生非常努力地工作。每一天，從週一至週四，故宮

博物院導覽員抵達TAS，並授課數小時，講解諸如玉器、銅器、

繪畫、書法、佛教和中國歷史等主題。接著在教室兩個小時，

致力於創作一個獨特的十分鐘演講主題。這項工作受到了好

評，因為學生很享受他們的所學。然而，真正的高潮是每星期

五的早上，當導覽員提供符合該週主題的一個個別又具深度的

故宮博物院之旅。

雖然創建一個獨特的一小時參觀似乎令人生畏，但最大的挑戰

卻是確定哪些訊息可以省略。學生也不得不思考遊覽的機制，

例如規劃和時間。每週，學生們能夠在專業導覽中向導覽員請

益，並學習更多有關參觀的人群與讓他們感興趣的技巧。不令

人意外地，每個學生都讓故宮博物院的工作人員留下深刻的印

象，並且現在TAS有十個受證的初級導覽員。

小型導覽認證課程的設計靈感來自TAS校友、家長、故宮導覽員

Rosalind Wang Ho夫人 ’92。她的支持和所有故宮導覽員與工

作人員、以及春天基金會的努力使這一切成真。我們的學生得

到了令人難以置信的理解與知識，並更進一步地發展他們的公

眾演講技巧。結果，我們第一班的初級導覽員能與社群分享故

宮的豐富典藏與他們對中國藝術、文化與歷史的瞭解。

學年中，TAS初級導覽員將有數次為外國和本地的客人導覽的機

會。除了為特殊的客人，如Gordon Korman先生與Leslie Grant博士安排的參觀之旅外，初級導覽員將為九年級亞洲研究課程

的學生，以及大學代表們導覽。

整體而言，新認證的TAS初級導覽員把要求嚴謹和速度的資料掌

握得非常好。他們讓博物館的工作人員留下深刻的印象，並超

過了最高的期望，且確保了此課程明年夏天將會再開。最重要

的是，他們本身提高了對博物館的認識和興趣。

PROgRAm SPOTLighT

Lower SchoolMaterial exposure continues to be an emphasis for developing young artist skills in the Lower School, but core class integration and STEAM began to show more life in the art room as well. During the fall season, the Grades K-5 “Outer Space” exhibition was highlighted by “Alien Architecture” digital and 3D prints, as well as 3D printed alien figurines created by Grade 5 students. Later in the year, Grade 3 also utilized the new 3D printing technology by studying pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and incorporating 3D prints to make their pop art typography physically pop out! Kindergarten’s “Cat in the Hat” self-portraits were inspired by their exposure to Dr. Seuss. Grade 1 applied their scientific methods for determining different properties of the clay they used in making ceramic teacups and saucers, and grade two applied their knowledge of insects to multimedia insects-in-a-jar projects. Most of the lower school art curriculum also continues to expose students to various art history topics, such as Grade 4 students who studied and applied ideas and techniques related to Alexander Calder, George Seurat, pointillism, screen printing, and OpArt.

Middle SchoolThe MS Art + Innovation Department began the school year introducing an entirely new theme-based curriculum, featuring guest speaker Kit Hammond. As professor from the Royal Academy of Art in London, his theoretical work concentrated on the concept of game-playing as a basis for understanding economics, culture, risk-taking and human collaboration. He played a fun and fascinating game with Grade 6 students by making “bridges” using very limited materials. In addition, the year reaped many exciting new developments:

• Ournewwebsite,www.tasartplusinnovation.org,now features artwork and video narrations.

• Mr.ReyeswasinvitedtospeakinKualaLumpur, Malaysia at the Digital Education Conference.

• Mr.Joelwasinvitedtospeakonthetopicof“Creativity and Technology” at the Graded School in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

• Fifteenstudentswereawardedthe“ArtistsoftheMonth” distinction featuring their work in Dr. Hiteman’s office.

• AlumnaMaxineTu‘13becamethesecondArtGarden Intern for summer 2015.

• 3Dprintinghasincreasedextensivelyandaddedtothe curriculum.

• TwonewXYZprinterswereaddedtotheDesignLab.

Upper SchoolThe students enrolled in the classes offered by the Upper School Art Department celebrated huge successes with an unprecedented number receiving significant recognition from areas such as the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, college portfolios, acceptances to top art schools and universities, the fostering of a long term cultural exchange with the Affiliated Senior High School of the Taiwan Normal University, and participating in the IASAS Cultural Convention. In addition, our students created artwork representative of the college level as measured by both the AP and IB external exams. The Art Department uses these external measurements to ensure that our teaching and learning meets the needs of our students and affords them the opportunities needed to fulfill their dreams of becoming artists, designers, architects, and film makers. TAS has expanded its course offerings by bringing Film Studies into the program. Works created in this class are showcased as part of the collaborative Upper School

Arts Festival and the Formosa Film Festival. The department continues to develop the acquisition and use of software and hardware needed to be creative in the 21st century, such as the use of iPads, introducing the motion graphics program Adobe After Effects, V-ray for architecture students, and becoming the first high school in the world and the 8th globally to own a 3d printer for clay. We have created a venue to project video by utilizing the staircase and have transformed the rooftop into an area for students to experience large scale installation. Finally, Visiting Artists provided inspiration in a variety of slide lectures and hands-on demonstrations. The department used WebEx to teleconference with a college admissions representative who offered students advice, which proved to be invaluable when developing the admissions materials. It was a very productive year for students who worked in both traditional and digital media as they developed their artistic voices, which were seen in various publications.

小學部

材料的接觸仍然是發展小學部年輕藝術家的技能之重點，但核心課程

和STEAM的整合也開始在美術室中展現出更多的生命。秋季，K-5年級“外太空”展覽，強調了數位化和3D印製的“異形建築”，以及

5年級學生創作的3D異形人俑。今年晚些時候，3年級還採用了全新

的3D印製技術，藉研究普普藝術家Roy Lichtenstein，與結合三D印

製，來使他們的流行藝術確實地立體起來！幼稚園的“戴帽子的貓”

自畫像受到他們接觸的Dr. Seuss所啟發。 1年級應用科學方法來確定

他們做陶瓷茶杯和碟子使用之黏土的不同屬性，二年級則把昆蟲知識

運用到多媒體的罐中昆蟲計劃。大部份小學美術課程也繼續讓學生接

觸到各種藝術史的主題，如4年級學生研究和運用Alexander Calder, George Seurat、點畫法、絲網印刷和OpArt的理念和技術。

初中部

初中藝術+創新部門引進入一個以主講嘉賓Kit Hammond為特色的全

新主題課程，來展開此學年。身為倫敦的皇家藝術學院的教授，他的

理論專注於以遊戲概念為基礎來理解經濟、文化、冒險和人類的合

作。他通過利用非常有限的材料造“橋”來跟6年級學生玩有趣和迷人

的遊戲。此外，這一年有許多令人振奮的新發展：

• 我們的新網站，www.tasartplusinnovation.org，現在擁有藝作和視

訊解說。

• Reyes先生應邀在馬來西亞吉隆坡數位教育工作會議演講。

• Joel先生應邀在巴西聖保羅的分級學校主講“創造力和科技”。

• 十五名學生分別榮獲“本月藝術家”，並在Hiteman博士的辦公室

展出他們的作品。

• 校友Maxine Tu‘13成為2015年夏天第二位的藝術花園實習生。

• 3D印刷已經廣泛地增添，並加入課程中。

• 設計實驗室添加了兩個新的XYZ印表機。

高中部

就讀高中藝術課程的學生，因諸如藝術與寫作獎、大學作品集、頂級

的藝術學校和大學的入學率、與師大附中的長期文化交流、以及參加

了IASAS文化節等得到前所未有的肯定，而歡慶大成功。此外，本校

學生創作的藝術作品被AP和IB外部評量評為代表大學階段的作品。

藝術部門使用這些外部評量，以確保我們的教學符合學生的需求，並

讓他們實踐成為藝術家、設計師、建築師和電影製片人的夢想所需要

的機會。 TAS引進電影研究來擴展課程科目。此課程中所創作的作

品被當成高中藝術節和台灣電影節展示的一部分。該部門繼續開發與

使用21世紀創作所需的軟、硬體，如ipad的使用，引介動態圖形程式

Adobe After Effects、建築課程的學生之V射線，並成為第一所高中

與全球第八個擁有3D粘土印表機的學校。我們已經創建了利用樓梯以

便投射影像的場地，並改造屋頂成為讓學生體驗大型裝置的區域。最

後，客座藝術家利用各種幻燈片講座和實作示範啟發了無限靈感。當

學生發展入學申請資料時，該部門使用WebEx與大學招生代表電話會

議，為學生提供非常寶貴的諮詢。這是一個非常有成效的一年，學生

以傳統和數位媒體展現自己的藝術之聲，這些藝術表現可見於被視為

各種出版物。

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K-12 Performing Arts-MusicThe 2014-15 music calendar began with the collaborative efforts of Music, Drama, Theater Tech, and Dance in the upper school Musical Les Misérables. During the year, other divisional musicals featured King Midas and the Golden Touch in the lower school and Bugsy Malone in the middle school.

Musical highlights for the school year included the regularly presented semester concerts in each division demonstrating student learning in the music classrooms and performing ensembles. The lower school presented Music Activity Concerts for Grades 3-5 including Orff, Band, String and Vocal students in the auditorium, Small Theater, and Kevin B. Held Black Box Theater. Lower school music students were also involved in the Lunar Strings Festival, Chinese New Year displays, Maypole Dancing presentations, and an Every Day is Earth Day performance in Grade 2.

At the middle and upper school levels, there were culminating concerts each semester and student involvement in the Vocal Festival and Lunar Strings Festival. A new addition to the US Music calendar was a Jazz Supper Club in the Small Theater. The Jazz Supper Club and the two Celebration of Chamber Music recitals utilized members of the greater Taipei professional music community in the Talent Access Program. The Talent Access Program brought professional musician to TAS, who provided masterclasses and chamber music teaching to enhance students’ playing skills and musicianship. Additionally, the upper school Jazz Ensemble and its members participated in the Hong Kong Jazz Education Festival and Taiwan’s Big Band Madness Festival.

Upper school music students represented the school in the IASAS cultural convention at International School Bangkok. They also performed solo and chamber ensemble repertoire in the On Stage Recitals prior to the convention. Upper and middle school students were also selected to participate in the Association of Music in International Schools (AMIS); Honor Band and Orchestra Festivals in Chennai, India; and Singapore respectively.

A highlight of the year was the opening of the US Arts Festival – From Venice to London. This concert opened with the upper school choirs singing excerpts from the Vivaldi Gloria. The finale of the concert featured the US Orchestra playing Haydn’s 104 Symphony (London) under the direction of maestro Richard Gill, the Joanna Nichols Performing Artist in Residence.

In the area of service, the Upper School Tri-M Music Honor Society continued their valued assistance at the varying music concerts throughout the year, and also presented their annual Charity Concert raising funds for the St. Anne’s Home for children. The US Orchestra continued with its annual tradition performing at Veterans Hospital.

MS/US Performing Arts-DanceThroughout 2014-2015, TAS dancers were involved in numerous outstanding productions, professional festivals, workshops, performances, assemblies, and service. 2014-

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2015 also saw the successful establishment of a dance program in the middle school.

The inaugural middle school dance classes created a Dance for Life charity flash mob in November. They also performed Michael Jackson’s Thriller at an assembly during the 1st semester. The year culminated with music videos that the dancers choreographed, filmed, and presented at the year-end middle school assembly.

In addition to the IB dance and TAS curricular work, the upper school dancers presented the classic story of Romeo

and Juliet set in modern times. The production featured 70+ dancers and technical crew, with the lead roles being double cast allowing for the talents of many to shine on stage.

Traveling to Singapore in December for the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival, seven upper school dancers took master classes from dance artists from around the world, viewed a wide variety of dance, and performed in the Open Stage concert. Of 28 applicants from 14 countries, TAS dancers were one of the 12 groups selected to perform and the only high school among the professional and tertiary performing arts academies.

The IASAS dance company choreographed and performed their work When Waters Meet in performances at TAS and Singapore. They earned rave reviews from the artists from Frantic Assembly, the premier physical theater company from the UK, as well as the artistic director of White Noise Creations in Singapore. The Varsity 2 dance company worked with guest choreographer, Wong Ming Hei (Ronny Nardo) from Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts to present Entangled Tears. Two JV dance companies, working with guest choreographers, Jessica Chang and Kinari Sakamoto performed Locked In and Seen at TAS showcases.

Through the leadership of the Dance Honor Society, the first major service project culminated in April, with dancers sponsoring and hosting a Title 1 (at or below the poverty line) school from the United States. Ten dancers from Santa Ana High School in California spent a week dancing, creating, and sharing with TAS dancers as well as touring temples and landmarks.

The year ended with the Dance and Drama Mashup production featuring 12 of the best of IB year 2 student works and a celebration of artistry, success and the induction of new DHS members at the Performing Arts Recognition Ceremony.

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K-12 Performing Arts-DramaThis year’s Grade 5 musical, King Midas and the Palace of Gold, continued the lower school’s tradition of excellence on stage. Talented students wowed audiences with their singing, acting, and comedic timing. In addition to everything they learned about performing, Grade 5 students collaborated and worked as a team to make this production such a success.

The middle school welcomed a great start to the academic year with guest teacher Neil Farrelly. Neil spent a week exploring the dynamics of improvisation and ensemble work with students. This visit would not have been possible without a generous PTA grant.

This year’s musical extravaganza, Bugsy Malone, transported the audience back to the 1920s with colorful sets, costumes, acting, and music. 150 students, including actors on stage, the pit band, lighting crew, make-up team, sound crew, and scenic design crew, assisted to make all three sell out performances a success.

Fifteen middle school students were selected to attend an ISTA festival on location at King George V School in Hong Kong. The title of the festival was Lost Voices. TAS Students worked alongside other students from around the world to prepare for a performance. Workshops were led by guest artists from around the world. Next academic year TAS will host a middle school ISTA Festival.

Last fall, the TAS upper school theater program showcased TAS student talent with the production of the world famous musical, Les Misérables. Sixty performers (including 6 performers from the lower and middle schools), 20 musicians, 28 tech crew/running crew, and 13 make-up/costume artists performed four sold out shows for the TAS community.

Improvisational theater took center stage in the annual Honor Thespians sponsored Theater Sports Show in early December. Six teams battled each other over supremacy in storytelling and wit to earn top honors in this wild showcase of comedy.

The IASAS drama team created an original play from a short story by Tobias Wolf, called Bullet in the Brain. Written and designed by the IASAS drama troupe, they showcased this original work at TAS before traveling to Singapore for the IASAS Cultural Convention. The performers and theater technicians won praise for their combined ensemble work and masterful technical artistic engineering in storytelling. The Junior IASAS drama team, under the direction of guest director Brook Hall, produced a thought provoking play called The Game. This production displayed four up and coming talented student actors.

The Fine Arts Festival in April opened with a Festival of One Act plays that were directed and acted by students. Sixteen directors produced eight plays in the Kevin B. Held Black Box Theater over a span of four days allowing over 40 inspiring actors a chance to shine. The week of theater concluded with the Honor Theater students’ touching production of Almost, Maine by John Cariani in the Dance/Drama Mash-Up Show.

Finally, the IASAS play, Bullet in the Brain was invited to perform six shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 10th-15th. This experience was combined with a London Theater trip in which 14 students and four chaperones viewed a number of professional works before producing TAS’s very own original work.

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小學/初中/高中音樂

2014-15音樂行事曆由音樂、戲劇、劇場技術、和舞蹈通力合作的

高中音樂劇悲慘世界揭開序幕。在這一年中，其他部門也推出音

樂劇，如小學部的King Midas and the Golden Touch，以及初

中的Bugsy Malone。

學年的音樂重點包括各部門的定期學期音樂會，展示了學生在音

樂教室和合奏表演的學習成績。小學部在大禮堂、小劇場與Kevin B. Held黑盒子劇場舉行3 - 5年的音樂音樂會，包括奧福、管樂

隊、弦樂和人聲。小學的音樂學生也參與了月光弦樂藝術節、農

曆年音樂會、五月柱舞蹈演出、以及二年級的天天地球日表演。

初、高中程度，每學期有期末音樂會，並且學生們也參與聲樂節

和月光弦樂藝術節。高中音樂行事曆新增了在小劇場舉行的爵士

晚點社。爵士晚點社和兩個室內樂演奏會動用了大台北專業音樂

社區人才計劃的成員。人才計劃帶了專業音樂家到TAS，他們提

供大師班和室內樂教學，以提高學生的演奏技巧和音樂修養。此

外，高中爵士樂團及其成員參與了香港爵士音樂教育節和台灣的

大樂隊音樂節。

高中音樂學生們代表學校參加曼谷國際學校的IASAS文化節。他

們並在大會前上台進行獨奏和室內樂演奏。初、高中學生也入選

參與國際學校音樂協會（AMIS）；以及分別在印度和新加坡舉行

的榮譽樂隊和管弦樂隊節。

今年的高潮是高中藝術節 - 從威尼斯到倫敦的開幕。這個音樂會

以高中合唱團演唱節錄自維瓦爾第的歌曲開場。演唱會的壓軸特

色是高中交響樂團在Joanna Nichols 的駐校藝術家Richard Gill大師的指揮下演奏海頓的交響曲104（倫敦）。

在服務方面，高中三-M音樂榮譽學會全年持續在各種不同的音

樂會中提供的重要協助，同時也為他們的年度慈善音樂會募集資

金，以幫助聖安娜的院童們。高中樂團繼續一年一度在榮民總醫

院表演的傳統。

初中/高中舞蹈

2014 - 2015學年，TAS舞者參與了眾多的優秀作品、專業的節

慶、工作坊、演出、集會、服務等活動。 2014 - 2015年初中部也

成功地建立了一個舞蹈課程。

首屆初中舞蹈班在11月份創作了為生命而舞的慈善快閃舞蹈活

動。他們還在第一學期於級會中表演了麥可傑克森的Thriller。這

一年期末在初中年終級會裡，展示了由舞者編排、拍攝的音樂錄

影帶。

除了IB舞蹈和TAS課程的舞作外，高中部的舞者演出經典故事羅

密歐與朱麗葉的現代版。此作品共動用了70多名舞者和技術團

隊，並有兩組主角，以允許眾多的優秀人才在舞台上發光發熱。

七名高中舞者12月份前往新加坡M1當代舞蹈節，參加來自世界

各地的舞蹈藝術家大師班；觀賞各式各樣的舞蹈；然後在Open Stage音樂會中演出。28支來自14個國家的申請者，TAS舞者是

12支專業與表演藝術學院團隊中唯一的高中隊伍。

IASAS舞團編舞，並在TAS和新加坡演出他們的作品When Waters Meet。他們自如癡如醉的集會、來自英國的頂級肢體劇

團、以及新加坡白色噪音創作的藝術總監處獲得了如潮的好評。

校隊2團與從香港演藝學院來訪的編舞家Wong Ming Hei (Ronny Nardo)合作演出Entangled Tears。兩支JV舞蹈團與來訪編舞家

Jessica Chang 與Kinari Sakamoto在TAS展示櫥窗表演Locked In and Seen。

通過舞蹈榮譽學會的領導下，第一個主要的服務項目在4月展開，

舞者贊助並招待來自美國的一個Title 1（處於或低於貧窮線）學

校。從加州聖塔安娜高中來的十位舞者與TAS舞者花了一個星期

時間舞蹈、創作、分享，並遊覽寺廟和地標。

這一年在12支IB 2最佳學生作品為主的舞蹈和戲劇混搭劇作，以

及藝術、成功、與在表演藝術頒獎典禮引進DHS新成員的歡慶中

結束。

K-12表演藝術 -小學/初中/高中戲劇

今年5年級的音樂劇，King Midas and the Palace of Gold，延續

了小學在舞台上的優秀傳統。有才華的學生觀眾以歌唱、演戲、

和喜劇時機讓觀眾歎為觀止。除了他們學到表演藝術，5年級的學

生以一支合作無間的團隊，使這個作品得到如此的成功。

初中以迎接一位客座教師Neil Farrelly來展開一個很棒的新學

年。Neil花了一個星期與學生一起探索即興及合作的力道。這次

的訪問，PTA的慷慨補助功不可沒。

今年的音樂盛會Bugsy Malone以五顏六色的佈景、服裝、表演和

音樂把觀眾帶回到20世紀的20年代。由於150名學生，包括舞台

上的演員、樂團、照明組員、化妝團隊、音效、景觀設計等人員

的協助，使這三場銷售一空的表演獲得如此的成功。

十五名初中學生入選參加香港英皇喬治五世學校的ISTA節。節

日的標題為Lost Voices。TAS學生和來自世界各地的其他學生一

起工作，為演出做準備。研討會分別由世界各地的客座藝術家主

持。下一學年TAS將舉辦初中ISTA節。

去年秋天，TAS高中戲劇節目以世界著名的音樂劇悲慘世界來展

示TAS學生的天賦。六十位表演者（含6個來自小學、初中的表演

者）、20名音樂家、28位高科技組/運行組組員、以及13名化妝/服裝的藝術家，為TAS社群進行了4場銷售一空的演出。

十二月初，即興戲劇成為年度榮譽戲劇贊助的戲劇節目之焦點。

六支團隊在喜劇櫥窗中爭奪講故事和機智的最高榮耀。

該IASAS戲劇團隊從Tobias Wolf的短篇小說Bullet in the Brain創出一齣戲劇。由IASAS劇團編寫和設計，他們前往新加坡前在

IASAS文化節演出。表演者和劇場技師用他們聯手的工作和高超

的藝術工程技術來講故事而贏得讚譽。初級IASAS戲劇隊，在客

座導演Brook Hall領導下，發想出令人深省的劇作The Game。該

作品展示出四位有才華的學生演員。

美術節在四月以學生自編自導自演的獨幕劇開幕。十六位導演以

四天的時間製作出8場戲劇在Kevin B. Held黑盒子劇場演出，讓

40多個鼓舞人心的參與者有機會大放異彩。榮譽戲劇學生John Cariani的感人作品Almost, Maine，在舞蹈/戲劇混搭節目中的演

出為戲劇週拉下簾幕。

最後，IASAS劇作Bullet in the Brain應邀於8月10日至15日在愛丁

堡藝穗節進行六場表演。這方面的經驗是結合了14名學生與四位

督導在TAS產生原創作品前，看過許多專業作品的倫敦劇院之旅

的原故。

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MS Clubs

Model United NationsMS Athletics CouncilOnline MagazineOrphanage ClubStudent AmbassadorsStudent Council Exec. CommitteeTiger TVVex RoboticsYearbook3D DesignChinese Culture ClubFriday Game ClubKiva ClubRock Climbing ClubStudent CouncilTable Tennis ClubMUN Forensics and DebateRoots and Shoots ClubRemote English MentoringMath CountsRobotics ClubGuitar ClubOdyssey- Science Beyond the ClassroomMS MusicalISTAMUN Press Team

Note: Highlighted clubs indicate service activities.

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MS Intramural SportsThe 2014-2015 school year marked the second year of the new format to the intramurals program in the middle school. With the addition of the middle school competitive sports program designed to develop middle school athletes for upper school athletics, the intramurals program is a venue for students to stay active and fit playing in organized, recreational competition. Students participated in a wide variety of activities over 4 seasons of intramurals:

Season 1 – Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball, Boys Tennis and Girls Tennis

Season 2 – Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country

Season 3 – Boys Basketball

Season 4 – Girls Basketball, Boys Softball and Girls Softball, Boys Badminton and Girls Badminton

MS Competitive SportsThe 2014-15 year marked the second year for the Middle School Competitive Sports model. The model is one which allows the US varsity coaches to instruct the Middle School athletes to prepare them for the style of play and strategies of US Athletics. The following sports were offered to boys and girls during four seasons:

Season One: Track & Field, Badminton, Golf

Season Two: Cross Country, Volleyball

Season Three: Basketball, Swimming, Rugby/Touch, Tennis

Season Four: Soccer, Softball

2014-2015學年為初中校內競賽新制劃

下第二年的標記。由於增加了旨在為高

中體育培養初中運動員的初中體育競賽

課程，校內競賽變成了一個讓學生在有

組織的休閒競賽活動中保持活躍與健康

的管道。學生在4個季節裡可參加各種

校內活動：

第1季 - 男子和女子排球、男子網球和

女子網球

第2季 - 男子足球和女子足球、男子越

野賽和女子越野賽

第3季 - 男子籃球

第4季 - 女子籃球、男子壘球和女子壘

球、男子和女子羽毛球

2014-15是初中競技體育模式的第二

年。該模式允許高中校隊教練指導初中

運動員，以讓他們為高中的運動風格與

策略做好準備。男、女學生在四個季節

裡可參加以下活動：

第一季：田徑、羽毛球、高爾夫

第二季：越野賽、排球

第三季：籃球、游泳、橄欖球/觸碰橄

欖球、網球

第季四：足球、壘球

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cO-cURRicULAR iNvOLvEmENT TAiPEi yOUTh PROgRAm ASSOciATiON

Taipei Youth Program Association has been providing quality recreational experiences to the international youth of Taipei for over 35 years. With a staff of 130 professional instructors serving over 2,000 members every week, the TYPA activities are dynamic and diverse. These include robotics, film academy, public speaking, actor’s workshop, sports (soccer, basketball, tennis, baseball, table tennis), music (piano, violin, cello, flute, guitar, vocal), martial arts (karate, taekwondo, aikido, kung fu), dance (hip hop, ballet, jazz, tap, cheerleading), gymnastics, art, chess, scouts, adult programs (pilates, yoga, martial arts, dance), summer camps, pre-school activities, and much more.

TAS membership in TYPA remains very strong. TAS students presently make up approximately 75% of TYPA’s total sport participation and approximately 80% of all other activities.

35年來，TYPA一直為台北國際青年提供優質的休閒娛樂體驗。

擁有130位專業老師每週為超過2000個會員服務，TYPA的活動是

活躍與多元的。課程包括機器人、電影學院、公眾演講、演員工

作坊、體育(足球、籃球、網球、棒球、桌球) 、音樂(鋼琴、小提

琴、大提琴、長笛、吉他、聲樂) 、武術(空手道、跆拳道、合氣

道、功夫) 、舞蹈(街舞、芭蕾、爵士、踢踏舞、啦啦隊) 、體操、

藝術、西洋棋、童軍、成人課程(皮拉提斯、瑜珈、武術、舞蹈) 、夏令營、學前教育活動等等。

TAS有許多成員參與TYPA。目前TAS學生約占TYPA的體育活動總

參與量之75%，所有其他活動則占約80%。

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US Athletics TAS is a member of the Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools (IASAS), which includes international schools in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Manila, and Singapore. Select upper school varsity athletes participate in IASAS competitions for each sport. The following sports were offered to boys and girls during three seasons:

Season One: volleyball, soccer, and cross country

Season Two: basketball, rugby/touch, swimming, and tennis

Season Three: badminton, softball, and track & field, golf

The Tigers hosted the IASAS basketball tournament during season two. The boys and girls both had tremendous seasons, culminating in terrific IASAS runs to the medal games. The girls placed fourth and the boys team captured gold. This was the first championship in twenty years! Our TAS community provided tremendous support throughout the competition, and the event was streamed live on the web for fans and alumni from around the world to see. The TAS Athletic Council played a huge role in the event, working as ball boys and girls, grilling, and serving as school ambassadors. It was a very exciting tournament for the Tigers and the TAS community!

TAS also hosted IASAS Badminton during season three. Once again, the Athletic Council played a huge role in running the event and worked as scorekeepers. The boys team garnered the silver in a very exciting finals match and the girls team claimed another gold medal to continue their unparalleled success in the sport.

The TAS Athletics Hall of Fame inducted four new members at the annual TAS Awards Banquet.

US AThLETicS ANd AcTiviTiES cO-cURRicULAR iNvOLvEmENT

TAS是一個東南亞國際學校聯盟〈IASAS〉的成員學校，該聯盟包

括曼谷、吉隆坡、雅加達、馬尼拉和新加坡。IASAS的每項運動

均由選自高中代表隊的運動員參加比賽。下列的體育項目於三個

季節同時提供給男生和女生：

第一季：排球、足球和越野

第二季：籃球、橄欖球 /觸碰橄欖球、游泳、網球

第三季：羽毛球、壘球、田徑、高爾夫球

老虎隊在第二季期間，主辦了IASAS籃球賽。男子和女子球隊都

有個很棒的賽季，最終分別進入獎牌賽。女子名列第四而男子

則勇奪金牌。我們的TAS社群於整個比賽中大力支持老虎隊，並

且此賽事進行了網路的現場直播讓世界各地的球迷和校友都看

得到。TAS體育委員會在賽事中發揮了極大的作用，擔起男女球

童、烤肉的責任，並擔當學校的大使。對老虎隊員與TAS社群而

言，這是個非常令人興奮的比賽！

TAS還於第三季舉辦了IASAS羽毛球賽。再次，TAS體育委員會在

賽事中發揮了非常大的作用，並擔起記分員。男子隊在一個非常

激動人心的總決賽中勇奪銀牌，而女子隊則贏得另一面金牌繼續

其空前的成功。

年度頒獎宴會上，四名新成員進駐TAS體育館的名人堂。

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cO-cURRicULAR iNvOLvEmENT US cLUbS ANd ORgANizATiONS

US Clubs and Organizations

AARF

American Computer Science League

Amnesty International

Animanga

APPS Club

Athletic Council

Aviation Club

Big Buddy Program

Blue and Green

Calligraphy Club

Cambodia Service Initiative

Chess Club

Chinese Honor Society

Chinese Performing Arts Club

Classics Club

ConNeKt

Dance Honor Society

Developing Nations Initiative

Doctors without Borders

Forensics Society

French Honor Society

HALO

Harmonix

Health Club

ILA Fashion Club

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US cLUbS ANd ORgANizATiONS cO-cURRicULAR iNvOLvEmENT

Image Club

Interact

iGEM

Japanese Honor Society

Kendo Club

Key Club

Korean Culture Club

Lifedrops

Math Team

Minute Science

Modern Military History Club

National Honor Society

Operation Smile

Orphanage Club

Page Two

Partners in Health

Psychology Club

Reach Out

Remote English Mentors

Rockers Union

Roots and Shoots

ROV

Spanish Honor Society

Spirit Committee

TAS Art Club

TAS Cancer Society

TAS Journalism

TAS Red Cross

TigerTV

Thespian Honor Society

Tri-M Honor Society

Urban Performance Club

Wish 4 Kids

World Vision

New Clubs 2014

Angel Heart

DigniFight

Economics Club

Indian Culture Club

March of Dimes

Puzzle Escape Confederation

Recyclable Percussion Club

World Scholars Cup Club

Doctors Without Borders

We Club TAS

LGBT Alliance

The Dream Foundation

Save The Children

Help Earth

TAS Journalism

Star Wars Honor Society

Teach and Reach

New Clubs 2015

Action Against Hunger

AFYA

Age Brighter

ASTRO

Bridging the Gap

Business Club

Butterfly Effect

Culture in Song and Dance

Dumbledore’s Army

Free the Children

Girl Up

Grassroot Soccer

People. Animals. Love

Kindness Next Door

Philosophy Club

Scrabble Club

STAR enrichment

Tiger Tech

Note: Highlighted clubs indicate service activities.

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In 2014-15, 52% of TAS faculty members took advantage of individual professional development activities.

Professional DevelopmentTAS offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities for faculty to support the implementation of divisional and school-wide initiatives. Therefore, 100% of faculty members take part in some form of professional development either on or off campus at conferences and workshops. In addition, personal professional development, intended to keep faculty members current in their fields of expertise, is available. TAS teachers comment that the professional development program is one of the greatest benefits of working at TAS. Below are examples of professional development that teachers participated in during the 2014-15 school year.

ConsultantsDr. David Wolowitz presented to KA-12 faculty and administration on student safety.

Dr. Leslie Grant continued her work with lower school, middle school, and Mandarin teachers K-12 to learn a process for ensuring alignment of classroom assessments with standards.

Ann Straub, former Curriculum Director at IS Bangkok, offered a graduate course on curriculum development to TAS faculty members.

Scholar in Residence Dr. David Spergel worked with upper school students in math and science, supporting the US shared reading of Heart of Darkness.

Artist in Residence Richard Gill was a guest conductor, lecturer, and master teacher who worked with our music, band and orchestra students and helped support our Orff music program.

Dr. Yeap Ban Har spent a week with KA-5 teachers discussing ways to improve math instruction.

Michelle Josue, a close friend of Matthew Sheppard, shared her documentary on his life and shared her personal stories to follow up the school’s production of The Laramie Project the year before.

Loung Ung returned to share her personal story of surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. Her book First They Killed My Father is read by all 9th grade students at TAS.

Elissa Jordan from the Engineering is Elementary program based at the Museum of Science in Boston visited to offer workshops on engineering

curriculum and practices for lower school teachers.

Hector Martinez presented to the upper school faculty about college recommendation letter writing.

Dr. Till Dietsche and Heinz Hermann spent two days working with the US visual arts faculty and students. They served as the guest judges at the Formosa Film Festival in April.

Ted Lundquist provided training sessions with teaching teams and IT staff on the use of Inform as a school-wide platform to store and share common assessment data.

Individual Professional DevelopmentEach division is allotted a finite pool of funds to support individual professional development for the achievement of annual divisional goals and initiatives. These include conferences, school visits, and international and regional workshops. In addition, funds are set aside to support strategic initiatives and Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses.

Examples include:

• Orff-SchulwerkMusic&MovementEducation• Learning2.014AsiaConference• TeachingChineseasaSecond/ForeignLanguage• OLCModelUnitedNations• TeachingFocusedMinds• NAIS/CASEConferences• ASCDConference• CulturesofThinking• ChineseArticulationWorkshop• Thei-padSummit• PREPaREWorkshopTraining• HKISLiteracyInstitute• APWorkshops:ComputerScience,APCapstone

Program, Calculus, U.S. History, Physics• IBWorkshops:EnglishLiterature,Biology,Theoryof

Knowledge • PositiveCoachingAllianceTrainingforallCoachingStaff• EARCOSTeachers’Conference:TASprovidesall

interested teachers with the registration fee for the

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conference. In addition, teachers may request to present a workshop. If the workshop is chosen, TAS will pay registration, flight and hotel. This year we had 33 teachers attend the EARCOS Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. In addition, 11 faculty members were chosen by EARCOS to present workshops to their peers.

Thanks to the generous contributions to the annual giving program for professional development, teachers had even more opportunities to engage in high quality professional development. Examples include:

• ScholarinResidence,Dr.DavidSpergel, consulting for US science and math

• ArtistinResidence,RichardGill, consulting for the TAS music program

• NAIS Conference in Boston attended by seven faculty members

• Elissa Jordan from Engineering is Elementary at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA

• Dr. Yeap Ban Har, LS math consultantAdditionally, Joanna Nichols Professional Excellence Award recipients attended the following conferences and workshops:

• ASCAConferenceforCounselors• PulseSummerNYCTeacherWorkshop• IFLAWorldLibrary&InformationCongress• Maker’sFaire• TeachingFocusedMinds• NAISAnnualMeeting• TheAnjaS.GreerConferenceonMath,Scienceand

Technology

2014-2015學年共有52%的TAS教師們受惠於個人專業發展活動。

專業發展

TAS提供各式各樣的教師專業發展機會，以幫助落實部門和全校的

舉措。因此，100％的教師通過會議和研討會參加無論是校內或異

地的某種形式之專業發展。此外，個人的專業發展，旨在讓教師

們於專業領域保持領先狀態。TAS教師承認，專業發展計劃是在

TAS工作的最大好處之一。以下為2014-2015學年教師專業發展

的例子。

顧問群

David Wolowitz博士為K-12年級的教師與行政主管們演講關於學

生安全。

小學、初中及K-12華語教師繼續與Leslie Grant博士合作，以學

習確保課堂評量與標準一致的過程。

Ann Straub，ISB課程總監到訪，為TAS教師提供課程發展的研

究生課程。

駐校學者，David Spergel博士為高中學生講授數學和科學，以

支持高中的共同讀物黑暗之心。

駐校藝術家Richard Gill，客席指揮、講師和大師導師，與我們

的音樂、樂隊、交響樂團的學生合作，並幫忙支援我們的奧福音

樂課程。

Yeap Ban Har博士花了一週的時間與KA-5年級的教師討論改進

數學教學方式。

Michelle Josue，Matthew Sheppard的好友，分享有關他的生

活的紀錄片，以及她個人故事以延續前年學校的劇作The Laramie Project。

Loung Ung回來分享她在紅色高棉大屠殺中倖存的個人故事。她

的書First They Killed My Father是所有TAS 9年級學生的讀物。

Elissa Jordan來自波士頓博物館Engineering is Elementary課程，對小學教師提供工程課程與教法的研討會。

Hector Martinez對高中教師演說大學推薦函的寫法。

Till Dietsche 與Heinz Hermann博士與高中視覺藝術的師生共

處兩日。他們並為四月份的台灣電影節當評審。

Ted Lundquist提供教學團隊和IT人員如何使用Inform作為全校性

的平台來存儲和分享共同評量數據的培訓課程。

個人專業發展

每個部門配得有限資金，以支持實現年度部門目標和舉措的個人專

業發展。這些措施包括會議、學校參訪，以及國際和地區性研討

會。此外，為支持策略性舉措、先修課程和國際文憑課程也預留

資金備用。

案例包括:

· 奧福音樂與律動教育

· 學習2.014亞洲會議

· 華語作為第二語言/ 外語的教學

· OLC模擬聯合國

· Teaching Focused Minds· NAIS/個案討論

· ASCD會議

· 思維的培養

· 華語研討會

· iPad高峰會議

· PREPaRE工作坊培訓

· HKIS識字能力研究所

· AP研討會：計算機科學、AP總整課程、微積分、美國歷史、物

理

· IB研討會：英國文學、生物學、知識理論

· 積極教練培訓聯盟的所有教練人員培訓課程

· EARCOS教師會議：TAS為有興趣的教師支付報名費。此外，

教師可以要求在研討會提出報告。如果工作坊被選中，TAS將支付報名費、機票和住宿。今年，我們有33個教師參加馬來

西亞Kota Kinabalu 的EARCOS會議。此外，11位教師入選為

EARCOS研討會的同儕演講人。感謝家長慷慨贈予專業發展年度捐贈計劃，教師們從而有更多的機

會，從事高品質的專業發展。案例包括：

· 駐校學者David Spergel博士，高中科學與數學顧問

· 駐校藝術家 Richard Gill，TAS音樂課程顧問

· 七位教師出席波士頓NAIS會議

· Elissa Jordan來自麻州波士頓的博物館的Engineering is Elementary

· Yeap Ban Har博士，小學數學顧問

此外，Joanna Nichols優秀專業獎的獲獎人出席下列會議與工作坊：

· 輔導教師ASCA會議

· Pulse夏季紐約教師研習會

· IFLA世界圖書館和資訊大會

· Maker’s Faire· Teaching Focused Minds· NAIS年會

· The Anja S. Greer Teaching Focused Minds· 數學、科學和技術會議

Every year in the spring, parents are given an opportunity to complete a survey that indicates their satisfaction with different aspects of the school. Satisfaction for the school in general is reflected in the “Overall Indicators of Parent Satisfaction”. Parents are also able to indicate satisfaction with the division their child attends. This satisfaction level is shown in the divisional survey results. Surveys are scored on a 1-5 scale. We pay careful attention to any item receiving less than a 4 or any item that has shown a decrease in satisfaction. As shown by the graphs, parents continue to feel very satisfied with the school.

每年的春天，家長有機會完成一項顯示

他們對學校各方面的滿意度之調查。全

面性的滿意度反映在“家長滿意度”的

總體指標。家長也能就其子女所就讀的

學校部門表達滿意度。此滿意度顯示於

部門的調查結果。調查得分為1-5分。

我們謹慎地關注任何得不到4分或滿意

度下降的項目。正如圖表所示，家長繼

續對學校感到滿意。

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Overall Satisfaction with Taipei American School

Taipei American School is meeting my expectations as a school for my child(ren).

I believe our school is continually improving.

Student learning is a high priority in this school.

TAS Helps my child becomes a conAident learner

I feel welcome in the school

I am kept informed about the school's policies, programs and operations

The central administration (superintendent, assistant superintendent) provides effective leadership to ensure academic excellence.

The central administration demonstrates ability to continually improve the school.

The Board of Directors, through its actions, is promoting academic excellence and a safe and

supportive learning environment.

Overall Indicators of Parent Satisfaction Four Year Comparison

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0 1 2 3 4 5

The school is preparing my child to be a con4ident, creative, and moral individual.

My child's teachers hold high expectations for learning.

Lower School students demonstrate positive values within school and the greater community.

The teachers in the Lower School are preparing my child to master the TAS curriculum.

My child's teachers are available to give students assistance when they need it.

My child's teachers and counselors are concerned about my child as an individual.

My child's teachers challenge and support my child to work to his/her potential.

Teachers and professional staff are available to meet with me when needed.

The school principal and associate principal communicate openly and honestly with parents.

My child's teachers effectively communicate with me.

Lower School Parent Climate Survey Four Year Comparison

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PARENT SURvEyS

0 1 2 3 4 5



Middle Schol students demonstrate positive values within school and the greater community.

The teachers in the Middle School are preparing my child to master the TAS curriculum.







Middle School Parent Climate Survey Four Year Comparison

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0 1 2 3 4 5



Upper School students demonstrate positive values within school and the greater community.

The teachers are preparing my child to master the TAS curriculum.







Upper School Parent Climate Survey Four Year Comparison

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PARENT SURvEyS PARENT SURvEyS

The PTA supports TAS in its efforts to provide an excellent education, maintain balance between work and wellness, and promote a shared spirit of school pride among all students and parents. The PTA also organizes a number of events to build bridges of friendship and mutual understanding among all members of the TAS community.

The PTA’s fundraising efforts aim to provide additional resources to make the teaching and learning an even more rewarding experience to our teachers and students. The two key programs are Special Grants and Visiting Authors.

In 2014-15, the PTA awarded nine special grants to teachers across the three school divisions. These include:

PTA支持TAS對提供卓越教育、維持工作和健康間的平衡、並促進所有學生和家長間共享學校驕傲的精神之努力。PTA還舉辦一系列的

活動，以建立所有TAS社群成員間的友誼和相互了解的橋樑。

PTA努力募款旨在擴大提供教師和學生教室內、外的資源。其中兩個主要項目為特別補助與來訪作家。

2014-15，PTA對三個學校的教師們之九項補助，包括：

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PARENT TEAchER ASSOciATiON

HTC Smartphone, Nexus 7-inch Tablet and 9-inch Tablet HTC智能手機，Nexus的7吋平板電腦和9吋平板電腦

17 TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator 17台 TI-84 Plus CE圖形計算器

High Speed Compact Camera高速小型相機

10 Kindle Fire HDs and Books 10 台Kindle Fire HD和書籍

Present Anywhere (Swivl) IPAD Bundle with Cloud

Choreographers Frit and Frat Fuller 編舞指導Frit and Frat Fuller

Award-winning Play Write Darren Canad 獲獎劇作家Darren Canad

Expert in Hand Puppet Theater Lin Ming Wen掌中戲專家Lin Ming Wen

Physical Theater Performer Mark Hill形體戲劇表演者Mark Hill

Funds Raised in 2014-2015 募得款項

PTA Store PTA 商店 29,000

International Food Fair 國際美食節 930,000

Spring Fair 春季園遊會 2,040,000

Book Store & Book Fair* 書店與書展 500,000

Total 3,760,000

* Funds raised from the book store and book fair are set aside solely to support author visits. 從書店和書展募得款項僅用於支持來訪作家。

Budget Allocation 募款之運用

Reserve for PTA ScholarshipsPTA 獎學金

210,000

Reserve for capital purchases & operating expenses for PTA events重大採購及經營開支

1,800,000

Reserve for Special Purchase Requests from TAS Community特別採購請求

1,250,000

Reserve for Future Visiting Authors未來來訪作家

500,000

Total 3,760,000

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PARENT TEAchER ASSOciATiON PARENT TEAchER ASSOciATiON

Instructional66%

General & Administrative

12%Operational & Maintenance

6%

Health Services1%

Auxiliary Services

6%

AuxiliaryServices

6%

Contributions & Grants

Interest Income 1%

Tuition & Fee85%

Others1%

Facility Cost & Deprecition

9%

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Revenue and ExpensesIn 2014-15, revenue from tuition and fees represented 85% of total revenue. The next largest revenue source was Contributions and Grants (7% of total revenue) from the TAS community and United States government. Auxiliary Services (6% of total revenue) include revenue from food services, transportation, the Tiger Store, and swimming pool. All Auxiliary Services also have offsetting expenses associated with them. Other revenue areas are consistent with previous years.

TAS continues to allocate two thirds or more of its revenue resources to instructional areas. In 2014-15, 66% of total expenses was allocated to student support functions. The other expenditure categories are consistent with previous years.

Tuition and ExpensesThe average tuition increase over the past five years is 6.0%, which is higher than the average annual expense increase of 5.8% over the same time period. In 2014-15, the total revenue over total expense increase was mainly due to higher enrollment, savings from instructional, G&A, and facility maintenance expenses, as well as better market interest rates than previous years.

Per Pupil CostsThe ratio of students to instructional staff (FTE) of 8.99 is lower than the ratio of 9.1 the year before. The lower ratio was mainly due to more teaching faculty in 2014-2015. The per pupil cost is higher than the previous year by 5.9%, as a result of increased faculty personnel expenses.

在2014-15學年度，學雜費收入占總收入的85％。接下來最

大的收入來源是來自TAS社群和美國政府的捐款和補助（佔

總收入的7％）。輔助服務（占總收入的6％）包括餐飲、交

通、老虎商店、以及游泳池。所有的輔助服務也有其相關的

費用。其他收入方面都與往年一致。

學生與教學人員（FTE）的比率是9.1較往年比率9.4略低。

比率較低主因是2013-2014的教員增加。由於教員經費增加

的結果，每一個學生的成本比上一年增加了3.4%。

TAS繼續把三分之二以上的收入資源分配於教學領域。在

2014-15學年度，總支出的66％用於支援學生活動。其他支

出類別與往年一致。

過去5年，學費平均漲幅為6.0％，高於同一時期5.8％的年平

均開支漲幅。在2014-2015年，總收入超過增多的總支出，

主要是由於較高的入學率、精簡一般及行政開支與設施維修

費用、以及比往年優厚的市場利率。

每名學生的成本

學生與教學人員（FTE）的比率是8.99較往年比率9.1略低。

比率較低主因是2014-2015的教員增加。由於教員經費增加

的結果，每一個學生的成本比上一年增加了5.9%。

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1 Taipei Happy Hour September 2014

2 Welcome Back Reception for Former Band Teachers John and Dianne Salminen April 2015

3 US Apps Club Students Visit Alumni at Taipei Google Office February 2015

4 Shanghai Alumni Speaker Series November 2014

5 Alumni College Student Homecoming Parent Panel January 2015

6 Alumni Speaker: Prof. Chris Yin ’86 from SCAD Hong Kong with Graphic Design Students March 2015

7 Class of 2004 Celebrates 10 Year Reunion

8 Clash of Classes Basketball Games December 2014

9 Alumni and Varsity Girls Basketball Games December 2014

10 New York Alumni Gathering July 2014

11 Alumni Summer Internship Mentors July 2014

12 Alumni Thanksgiving Dinner at TAS November 2014

13 Alumni Speaker: Likai Gu ’00 speaks to Students of Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation Class

14 Alumni Singapore Luncheon April 2015

15 Class of 1994 Celebrates 20 Year Reunion

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Report of Annual giving 2015Charitable support from parents, corporations, alumni, and faculty enables Taipei American School to achieve goals that would otherwise be unattainable.

Contributions to the annual giving program in the 2014-2015 school year provided funding for professional development, facility enhancements for performing arts, program excellence, and providing assistance with tuition from the Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund.

2015學年年度捐贈計劃報告

家長、企業、校友和教職員的慈善捐贈，讓學校達成原本不可及的目標。

2014-2015學年度的捐贈，贊助了專業發展計劃、強化表演藝術的設施發展計劃、課程卓越計劃、以及藉由費和蒲獎學金贊助學費。

Giving Profile 2014-2015Primary Constituency No. Donors % of Donors Total Gift NT$ Total Gift US$

Alumni 258 4% 1,779,130 59,304

Former Administrator, Former Faculty, Former Parent 40 1% 5,978,755 199,292

Parents 892 56% 42,919,551 1,430,652

Faculty, Administrators, and Staff 270 92% 1,604,433 53,481

Corporations 2 4,246 142

Others-Family and Friends 17 91,295 3,043

Service Organization 2 38,750 1,292

Funds Raised All Groups 1481 52,416,160 1,747,205

Gala Ball Net Proceeds 9,200,000 306,667

Total Funds Raised 61,616,160 2,053,872

TAS Annual Fund* Note 20% of all Annual Fund gifts are designated to Endowment unless a donor indicates otherwise.

TAS Annual Fund NT$ US$

Total Cash Contributions 47,770,702 1,592,357

Interest Income 35,648 1,188

Annual Fund Restricted gifts received for: 0

Professional Excellence 4,292,895 143,097

Facilities Project Part 1 647,000 21,567

Building Excellence Part 2 17,000 567

Building Excellence 16,235,045 541,168

Program Excellence 25,431,762 847,725

Sponsorship for Parent Outreach Events 1,147,000 38,233

Initiatives Funded (money spent) in the 2014-15 school year 31,035,059 1,034,502

Professional Excellence 3,850,250 128,342

Facilities Project Part 1 447,000 14,900

Building Excellence Part 2 0 0

Building Excellence 17,490,109 583,004

Program Excellence 7,423,427 247,448

Long Term disbursement 1,384,615 46,154

Sponsorship of Parent Outreach Events 439,658 14,655

Balance in Annual Fund 9,415,149 313,838

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Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship FundHope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund NT$ US$

Contributions 1,545,228 51,508

Interest Income 36,941 1,231

Scholarship Funds Awarded 519,048 17,302

Balance in Scholarship Fund 14,910,079 497,003

*The Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund is intended to grow into a long term endowment.

Endowment ContributionsEndowment Contributions NT$ US$

Contributions 3,100,230 103,341

Interest Income 11,244 375

Endowment transfer to TAS 10,442,140 348,071

Balance in Endowment Contributions 1,573,170 52,439

Multi-year PledgesMulti-year Pledges NT$ US$

Pledged in 2015 36,245,000 1,208,167

Total Outstanding in Multi-year Pledges 78,771,300 2,625,710Total Funds Raised and Outstanding in Multi-year Pledges 140,387,460 4,679,582

In the 2014-2015 school year gifts were directed to:

Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship fund

3%

Endowment Fund 6%

Annual Fund Restricted for Sponsorship 2%

Annual Fund Restricted for Program 49%

Annual Fund Restricted for

PD 8%

Annual Fund Restricted for Factilities 1%

Annual Fund Restricted

for Building Excellence 31%

Annual Fund restricted for build

excellence Part 2 <1%

2014-15 Money Raised

Annual Fund Restricted for Build Excellence Part 2 $17,000

Annual Fund Restricted for Building Excellence $16,235,045

Annual Fund Restricted for Facilities $647,000

Annual Fund Restricted for Professional Development $4,292,895

Annual Fund Restricted for Program $25,431,762

Annual Fund Restricted for Sponsorship $1,147,000

Endowment Fund $3,100,230

Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund $1,545,228

Total $52,416,16048

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費和蒲獎學基金打開機會之門

台北美國學校設立費和蒲獎學基金以提供非全額獎學金─臨時學

費資助─給遭逢財務困難的家庭。此獎學基金讓因為經濟困難而

可能被迫離開學校的學生得以繼續在TAS求學。

此獎學金當之無愧地以前任TAS家長、老師、校長、董事、與校

友會無任所大使─費和蒲為名。這個獎學金曾是費女士多年的夢

想。它承擔著一個極度豐富了學校歷史的名字，並確保有才能及

受到重視的學生能夠繼續接受本校的教育。

作為一個教育機構，我們有責任提供每位就讀本校的學生一個優

秀的教育。同樣地，我們也必須為學生生活中突如其來的狀況做

好準備。費和蒲獎學基金已經並會直接影響台北美國學校現有的

及未來世代的學生。

以下為過去數年得到資助的學生人數。

費和蒲獎學基金的最終目標是要建立一個能產生收入的基金，以

支持TAS未來世代的學生。我們邀請家長、教職員、校友及企業

捐款並幫助我們的基金成長。敬請支持費和蒲獎學基金。

Opening Doors of OpportunityTaipei American School established the Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund to provide partial scholarships—temporary tuition support—to families experiencing financial difficulties. This scholarship fund allows students who would otherwise have to leave the school because of financial hardship to continue their education at TAS.

The scholarship deservingly bears the name of Hope N.F. Phillips, former teacher, principal, board member, and alumni ambassador at large. This scholarship had been her dream for many years. It bears the name of one who has greatly enriched the history of the school, and it ensures that capable and valued students are able to continue their education at our school.

As an educational institution, it is our responsibility to provide an outstanding education to all who attend. We, too, must be prepared for the unexpected in the lives of our students. The Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund has had and will have a direct impact on the students of Taipei American School now and for generations to come.

For previous years the following number of students were assisted.

The ultimate goal of the Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund is to build an income-producing endowment that will support students at TAS for generations to come. Parents, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and corporations are invited to contribute and assist us in growing this fund. Please support the Hope N. F. Phillips Scholarship Fund.

School Year Number of Students Supported

2009-2010 2

2010-2011 4

2011-2012 2

2012-2013 4

2013-2014 3

2014-2015 1

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Professional Excellence Total: NT$3,850,250General Faculty Professional Development: NT$2,645,518

Three administrators and four faculty members attended the 2015 NAIS Annual Conference and conducted STEAM related school visits as part of a High Tech High trip. Elissa Jordan visited TAS for a two-day, Boston Museum of Science created workshop called Engineering is Elementary. And lastly, the upper school athletic trainer attended the NATA Clinical Symposia Advanced Track Seminar, NSCA recertification test, and the Strength & Conditioning/Athletic Development Conference.

Joanna Nichols Professional Development Award: NT$697,350

Principals and the Head of School select two teachers from each division who demonstrate commitment to excellence in their classroom and who have exceptional student performance data and feedback surveys from parents and students as recipients of the Joanna Nichols Professional Development Award. A gift was received for NT$737,800 for the 2015 recipients: Leanne Rainbow and Larissa Hsia-Wong from the lower school, Savanna Kuisle and Michael Donnay from the middle school, and Nathan Smith and Evelyn Chen from the upper school.

Recipients of previous Joanna Nichols Professional Development Awards continued to utilize their funds during the 14-15 school year by attending the ASCA National Conference in Orlando, Part 1 of the SMART Board for the K-12 Educator in Washington DC, the Pulse Summer NYC Teacher Workshop in New York, the IFLA World Library & Information Congress in Lyon, France, the Maker’s Faire Conference in Rome, the Teaching Focused Minds in Boston, the 2015 NAIS Annual Conference in Boston, and the Anja S. Greer Conference on Math, Science, and Technology in Boston. One teacher also used her award money to conduct a workshop with dancer Ming Hei Wong.

Lower School: NT$435,957

The lower school invited math consultant Dr. Yeap Ban Har to work with the lower school math teachers for five days. Dr. Yeap used his expertise in math and his way with students to show faculty different ways to consider math instruction and curriculum.

Frank Benson Award for Support Services Faculty Professional Development: NT$71,425

These funds were utilized to send two lower school support services faculty to conferences. One attended the Orofacial Myology Conference in Orlando while another attended the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Schools Conference in Denver.

Program Excellence Total NT$8,808,042Development of the Robotics Program: NT$833,539

The Dean Kamen SIGMU Robotics was established and US robotics teacher Matt Fagen was named first holder of the chair. This chair strengthens the robotics program and adds to the schools’ ability to prepare students for success anywhere in this rapidly changing world. In addition, robotics equipment, such as the Twinsoft Rotary Tool Changer and a V1KU Starter Kit, were purchased to enhance the robotics program.

US Scientific Research & Artificial Intelligence Program: NT$195,000

Funds were spent toward the purchase of the Quawell Q3000 scientific research equipment, which is now used as part of the upper school Scientific Research Program.

Character Education: NT$295,000

The upper school’s Dance Honor Society conducted a project where five dance students from Santa Ana High School were brought to TAS for five days. The dancers worked collaboratively together and took a number of master dance classes.

Joanna Nichols Visiting Scholar: NT$900,000

Leading theoretical astrophysicist, Dr. David Spergel, taught engaging physics, astronomy, and biology classes and made presentations to US students for four weeks. Dr. Spergel is a professor and the Department Chair of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, and the

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Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the class of 1897 Foundation. As a top academic in his field and one of the most influential space scientists in the world, he sparked discussions around campus about cosmic concepts, such as how the universe was formed, how the universe behaves, and our place in the universe.

Theater Arts Program: NT$1,380,201

The technical theater program will be significantly bolstered through the establishment of the Robert Edmond Jones Chair in Technical Theater, which was awarded to Kevin B. Held. Theater arts program funds were used to help stage the upper school musical, Les Misérables, as well as provide general upgrade installations in the theater spaces on campus. In addition, a number of students travelled to Edinburgh, Scotland to perform Bullet in the Brain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Fine and Performing Arts: NT$159,414

A projector was installed in the stairwell of the Liu Lim Arts Center, displaying the creative process and art that is made in the TAS Fine Arts Program.

General Program Excellence: NT $1,231,018

Eight students attended a trip to the National Scholastic Press Association Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Washington DC. The middle school gym underwent renovations for the IASAS tournament, including lighting installation and spectator seats. And, plants were added to the MS Art + Innovation Art Garden.

Lower School Library: NT$81,893

The lower school library acquired many new resources such as eBooks, audiobooks, and nonfiction and fiction books to support the increasing demands for literacy development in the classrooms and at home for pleasure reading.

Film Studies Program: NT$3,296,255

The upper school purchased production equipment for the Film Studies program, including professional grade cameras, sound equipment, and editing software. This equipment will allow the students taking Film Studies to learn the craft of documentary making in a professional environment.

Lower School Program: NT$435,722

Two well-rated, reliable 3D printers, backup parts, and printing filaments were purchased to enhance the LS art program. In addition, lower school visiting musician, Jim Valley, came to TAS for five days to conduct classroom workshops, sing-a-longs, and an Earth Day Celebration Concert.

Endowment NT$10,442,140Direct contributions to the Annual Giving program for Endowment and 20% of annual fund restricted gifts made during 2014-15 were transferred to the TAS Endowment for long term savings.

Facilities Development Project Part 1 Total NT$447,000With gifts to the Facilities Development Project, the school has been able to provide new buildings: the Upper School Science and Technology Building, the Liu Lim Arts Center, and the Upper School Gymnasium within which excellence can be achieved by students in every class every day.

Building Excellence Total NT$17,490,109Gifts to building excellence are designated for performing arts enhancements. General renovations continued in the Guy Lott Jr. Auditorium, including seats and flooring installation, carpeting, cabling works, LED lighting and lighting fixtures, and other general renovations. Students continue to have a world class performing arts space for drama, dance, music, and assemblies. In addition, a state-of-the-art golf practice space was installed above the Tiger Health & Wellness Center.

Sponsorship for Parent Outreach Events NT$439,658Generously funded by parent donors, the annual Parent Outreach Receptions provided an opportunity for parents to connect with each other and interact with faculty and administrators.

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卓越專業總計NT $3,850,250一般教師專業發展計劃 NT$2,645,518

三位行政主管和四名教師參加了2015年NAIS的年度會議，

並參觀STEAM相關學校作為高科技之旅的部分行程。Elissa Jordan造訪TAS兩日，波士頓科學博物館創造了Engineering is Elementary工作坊。最後，高中體育教練參加了NATA臨床研討會的高級研討、NSCA再認證測試、強度和調節/體育

發展會議。

Joanna Nichols專業發展獎NT$697,350

校長和總校長由各部門中挑選出兩位在教室中展現出追求卓

越的努力，並擁有出色的學生表現數據與非凡的家長和學生

之意見調查的老師，頒予Joanna Nichols專業發展獎。2015年度得獎人共獲得NT$ 737,800：小學部，Leanne Rainbow與Larissa Hsia-Wong；初中部，Savanna Kuisle與Michael Donnay；高中部，Nathan Smith 與Evelyn Chen。

前Joanna Nichols專業發展獎得獎人於14-15學年中繼續運用

他們的獎金，並參加在奧蘭多ASCA全國會議; SMART Board為華盛頓特區K-12教育工作者舉行的第一部分研習；Pulse暑假紐約市教師研討會；法國里昂的IFLA世界圖書館和資

訊大會; 羅馬的Marker’s Faire會議；波士頓的Teaching Focused Minds；波士頓2015年NAIS年會；波士頓的Anja S. Greer數學、科學、技術會議；一位老師也用她的獎金與舞者

Ming Hei Wong舉辦了工作坊。

小學部：NT$435,957

小學部邀請數學顧問Yeap Ban Har博士到校與小學數學教師

們工作了5天。Yeap博士用自己的數學專長和他的方式與學

生們向教師們示範用不同的方式來考慮數學教學和課程。

Frank Benson支援服務教師專業發展獎：NT$71,425

這些資金被用來派遣兩個小學支援服務教師參加會議。一位

參加了奧蘭多的Orofacial Myology會議，而另一位參加了丹

佛的美國語言聽力協會校際會議。

卓越課程總計NT$8,808,042發展機器人課程：NT$833,539

Dean Kamen SIGMU機器人講座成立，而高中機器人課程的

教師Matt Fagen被任命為第一任講座主持。這個講座加強了

機器人課程，並增強學校為學生能成功地立足於此瞬息萬變

的世界之準備能力。此外，機器人設備，如Twinsoft Rotary Tool Changer 與 V1KU入門組件，已購入用以提升機器人課

程。電影研習課程NT$3,296,255

高中為電影研究計劃購置了製片設備，包括專業級的攝影

機、音響設備、和編輯軟體。該設備將允許學生修讀電影研

究以學習在一個專業的環境中紀錄片的製作工藝。

小學課程 NT$435,722

購置兩種等級良好、可靠的3D印表機、備用零件、印刷

絲線，以提升小學藝術課程。此外，小學來訪音樂家Jim Valley，到TAS進行五天的課堂研討會、帶動唱和一個地球日

慶祝音樂會。

捐贈基金NT$10,442,140直接捐贈給年度捐贈計劃與2014-15學年年度基金的20％已

轉入捐贈基金的長期儲蓄。

設施發展計劃第一期NT$447,000由於對設施發展的捐贈，我們已經能夠提供新校舍：高中科

技大樓、劉林藝術中心、和高中體育館，讓學生每一天每堂

課都能於其中實踐卓越。

卓越建築總計NT$17,490,109給卓越建築的贈禮被指定為表演藝術的提升。Guy Lott Jr.大禮堂持續進行一般裝修，包括座椅和地板的安裝、地毯、佈

線工程、LED照明和照明燈具、以及其他一般性的整修。學

生繼續在世界級的表演藝術空間中進行戲劇、舞蹈、音樂、

和集會。此外，老虎健康中心的頂部已安裝了最先進的高爾

夫練習場。

贊助家長交流會活動NT$439,658由家長捐贈者慷慨資助，年度家長交流會提供一個家長互相

交流，並能與教師和行政主管互動的機會。高中科學研究與

人工智慧課程：NT$195,000

款項用以購買Quawell Q3000科研設備，作為高中科研計劃

的一部分。

品格教育：NT$295,000

高中舞蹈榮譽學會進行了一個計劃，招待五位聖塔安娜高中

學生到TAS五日。舞者們一起協力合作，並參加了一些大師

舞蹈班。

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主要的理論天體物理學家David Spergel博士，教授物理、天

文學、生物四星期，並對高中學生演講。 Spergel博士是普

林斯頓大學天體物理科學系教授與主任，Charles A. Young 1897班基金會的Charles A. Young天文教授。作為其領域的

一個頂尖學者和世界上最有影響力的太空科學家，他引爆校

園中有關宇宙概念，如宇宙的形成、宇宙的表現、以及我們

在宇宙中的地位等話題的討論。

戲劇藝術課程：NT$1,380,201

劇場技術課程將因頒予Kevin B. Held 的Robert Edmond Jones劇場技術講座的成立而大幅提升。劇場藝術課程的款項

被用於協助將高中歌舞劇悲慘世界搬上舞台，並為校園劇場

空間升級。此外，有多名學生前往蘇格蘭愛丁堡藝穗節演出

Bullet in the Brain。

美術和表演藝術：NT$ 159,414

劉林藝術中心的樓梯間已裝上投影機，可展示創作過程和由

TAS美術課程的藝作。

一般課程卓越計劃NT$1,231,018

八名學生參加在華盛頓特區舉行的國家學術出版社協會秋季

全國高中新聞會議。初中體育館為了IASAS賽事進行了包括

燈具安裝和觀眾席的翻修。並且，初中藝術+創新藝術花園也

增添了植物。

小學圖書館 NT$81,893

小學圖書館添購許多新資源，如電子圖書、有聲讀物和非小

說、以及小說類書籍，以支援教室裡越來越多的識字能力發

展與居家休閒讀物的需求。

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Giving Tree for Cornerstone and 1949 Society GivingGifts of NT$500,000 and above

Gifts may be designated for any initiative

Recognized on a giving tree

Displayed at the first floor entrance of the Upper School Science and Technology Building

Books of GivingGifts of NT$500,000 and above since the 2002-2003 school year

Gifts may be designated for any initiative

Recognized on a book display in the main lobby which is updated annually

Handprint PlaquesGifts of NT$120,000

Designated for the Building Excellence initiative

Recognized on plaques with your child’s handprint

Displayed around the Lower and Middle School

Please Have a Seat Gifts of NT$90,000 and above

Designated for the Building Excellence initiative for performing arts facilities

Recognized on a plaque on the seat back of a chair in the Guy Lott Junior Auditorium

PlaquesGifts of NT$25,000 to NT$499,999

Designated for the Building Excellence initiative

Recognized on plaques

Displayed around the staircase in the Upper School Science and Technology Building

Naming OpportunitiesGifts at a variety of levels starting at NT$1 million and above

Designated for any initiative

Recognized on special naming plaques

Displayed in the new facilities

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Taipei American School offers its sincere appreciation for the following individuals, companies, and organizations as Cornerstone Donors in support of TAS and its students. These donors have taken a leadership role in advancing the school with contributions of NT$500,000 and above since 2004.Note: * indicates multiple gifts of NT$500,000 or more

cORNERSTONE dONORS

Anonymous (Multiple) 3M Taiwan *David and Charlotte Ackert*Milly and Bob AdelskiAir ProductsRichard ArnoldMichael and Katrina Birkin * CEC Group * Keo Chang and Monique Hsu* Richard and Rosalind Chang Tsao-Neng ChangWayne Chang and Amber Lin Chao Family Steven and Rachel ChathamChien-Ping Chen Edward Chen and Claudia Huang* Mr. & Mrs. Felix Chen* Howard Chen and Linda HongNancy Chen and Nelson ChuangPeter and Jenny Wang Chen* Richard and Sandy ChenRyan Chen ‘25 Nicholas Chen ‘20 Silvia Chen ‘16Chen Yung FoundationTiffany Chen 2014 Jason Cheng and Gina Liao* Kenny ChengAnthony Chiao and Joyce ChenChiao Thai Hsing Enterprise Ching Chiao and Angelia Chen* Paul and Jade Chien * Carl and Virginia ChienChina Chemical and PharmaceuticalClass of 2013 FamiliesClass of 2014 FamiliesJames Chu Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Citibank N. A. Corning Incorporated Foundation * Michael and Eva DeNoma* Roy and Georgia FanFelicia Fung ‘84 and Peter Yeh* Dr. Sharon and Garry Hennessy

Hewlett-Packard Company *Henry Ho and Rosalind Wang ‘92Po Ming Hou and Janie ChangHoward Hotels, Resorts & Suites *Emmet ‘81 and Jackie Hsu ‘81Matha Hsueh and Suzan Peng* Dr. Hunter Hsu and Dr. Natasha YangMartin and Winnie HsuBenny T. HuDr. and Mrs. Alex Y. F. Huang* Inventec Corporation Jones DayJohnny and Christina KaoThe Ko Family* Andre and Jana Koo * Henrick ‘19, Ambrose ‘19 and Everett ‘25 Koo* Yuen-Ching Kwok Lee Chang Yung Chemical Ind. Corporation Dennis Lee* Frank and Diana Lee Harrison LeeKerry Lee ‘18 and Douglas Lee ‘21 * Kevin Lee ‘17 and George Lee ‘19LG CompaniesJohnny Liao and Judy ChenBrent Lin ‘18 Dylan Lin ‘19 Yasmin Lin ‘20Charles Lin and Katharine Wu ‘97 John and Yurie LinVincent Lin and Erica ChenWelch and Casey Lin* Jean Liu and Tom Lim ‘69Long Chen Paper Company MiTAC-SYNNEXGroup* Friends of Joanna Nichols*Lauren Pan ‘14 and Kristen Pan ‘16Prince Motors Co., Ltd. * Nathaniel and Ming Rich Rohm and Haas Company Samsung Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. * Jeffrey and Margaret Schwartz Suen Family

Hsueh-Jen Sung and Stella Chang Vivien Shen and K.S. WangShihlin Electric & Engineering Company Siemens Ltd. *Oliver and Heidi Silsby ‘80 Taiwan Cellular Foundation *Bill Tang and Vicky YangJames and Cindy Tang* TAS Parent Teacher Association* Tasa Meng Educational Foundation* Vincent Thai and Yi-Ning HsuPaul Thrush and Lorraine Sun*The Ting FamilyDr. Winston and Anita TownCole Tsai and Stephanie WangMr. and Mrs. Richard Tsai * Ferdinand P. Tsien and Family * Wilson Tsou and Polly SiuChakris-Queenie-Theodore ‘14 Wahawisan* Walsin Lihwa Corporation* Frank Wang, Jessica Tsai & Ainsley Wang Jason, Vicky, and Annie Wang ‘12James & Jaye Wang*Kenneth and Jane Wang Mark Wang ‘91 and Yumi ChoSarah Wang *Tony Wang and Alice LinTracy H. Wang Wilfred Wang Mr. and Mrs. Y. T. Wang * Wonderland Nursery Goods Co., Ltd. * Professor Winston WongMr. and Mrs. Thomas WuXYZprintingYageo Foundation Nancy Yang*Christine Yin and FamilyBelle YuDerek and Susanna YungAs of June 30, 2015

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Parent Annual Giving AdvocatesThank you very much to our 2014-2015 grade level parent annual giving advocates for their time, effort, and dedication to increasing parent participation.

Kindergarten Class of 2028: Winnie Chao and Martin Hsu

Grade 2 Class of 2026:

Sandy Chung Chen, Winnie Chao and Martin Hsu


Winnie Chao and Martin Hsu, Marjorie Tsai


Pei Chen Hickey, Dee Sharma


Carole Chang, Marjorie Tsai, Vicky Yang


Carole Chang, Jeannie Cheng, Nancy Chen, Sylvia Chao, Winnie Chao and Martin Hsu, Lee Lee Heng, Pei Chen Hickey, Dee Sharma, Joyce Ting, Alicia Yeh


Jeannie Cheng, Sandy Chung Chen, Liisa Fong, Casey Lin


Shirley Ko Chang, Sylvia Chao, Mimi Lin, Joyce Ting


Judy Chu, Charlotte Kuo, Catherine Lai, Vicky Yang


Shirley Ko Chang, Linda Hong, Jennifer Chen In, Casey Lin, Mimi Lin, Polly Siu, Joyce Tsai, Alicia Yeh


Constance Chiang, Rosalind Chang, Sandy Chung Chen, Casey Lin, Hilary Roy, Joyce Tsai, Yalin Yuan


Anita Cheng Brebeck, Felicia Fung and Peter Yeh, Catherine Lim, Lee Lee Heng, Julia Ruggerie, Shirley Wong

Alumni Parents:

Charlotte Ackert and Anita Town

2014-15 Annual Giving Participation

Overall Parent Participation Rate

Parent Participation Rate by Grade

Number of Families Number of Families that made a Gift Overall Parent Participation

1662 905 56%

PARENT ANNUAL giviNg AdvOcATES

2015 - Gr. 12 220 109 50%

2016 - Gr. 11 206 121 59%

2017 - Gr. 10 192 92 48%

2018 - Gr. 9 161 83 52%

2019 - Gr. 8 151 71 47%

2020 - Gr. 7 123 72 59%

2021 - Gr. 6 111 79 71%

2022 - Gr. 5 104 75 72%

2023 - Gr. 4 87 50 57%

2024 - Gr. 3 74 42 57%

2025 - Gr. 2 54 35 65%

2026 - Gr. 1 65 30 46%

2027 - K 46 25 54%

2028 - KA 28 21 75%

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Parent Evening ReceptionsReceptions during the 2014-15 school year took place at the ACC and once again provided the opportunity for parents to connect with one another and spend time with faculty and school administrators.

The parent receptions strengthen the school-parent partnership, which in turn, ensures a successful educational experience for students. These community building events are generously funded by parent donors. We are grateful to the following individuals for their sponsorship of our 2014-15 receptions.

Multiple Anonymous

Peter Chen and Jenny Wang

Henry Ho and Rosalind Wang ‘92

Jenny Kang ‘91 and Kevin Wu

Sinha Family

Allen Wang and Daphne Wang

Fantine Wang and Michael Chu ‘93

Thank you very much. Your support for these community building events is greatly appreciated.

Taipei American School Parents of Alumni AssociationThe TAS Parents of Alumni Association provides parents of alumni with a means of maintaining the friendships and bonds they developed while their children attended TAS. In addition, the Association allows parents to remain active in the school with opportunities to attend a variety of school activities and social events. The following parents joined the Association in the 2014-2015 school year.

台北美國學校校友家長協會

TAS校友家長協會，提供校友的家長們一個維繫當他們的孩子就讀TAS時所發展出的友誼和關係的方法。此外，該協會允許家長繼續活躍於學校，並有機會參加各種學校活動和社交活動。以下為2014-2015學年入會的家長。

• David and Charlotte Ackert• Jean Liu• Kenny Cheng

• Dr. Winston and Anita Town• Ming Chu Hsu and Nathaniel Rich• Ferdinand P. Tsien and Family

• Emmet ‘81 and Jackie Hsu ‘81• Chris Yin

Gifts In KindWayne Chang and Amber Lin

XYZprinting

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Matching GiftsMany companies will match charitable contributions made by their employees, giving contributors the opportunity to double, and in some cases triple their gift to the Friends of TAS. We are grateful to the following individuals and their companies for their generosity.

GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program Jim and Kimberly Howard

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Memorial and Honorary Gifts Memorial and honorary gifts are made in recognition of loved ones who have passed away or in tribute to individuals making special contributions to society.

In Memory In Memory of Hope N.F. PhillipsAnonymousRichard R. ArnoldPeter & Pari BankoR T BundorfFrances Burnet ‘78Annie Cheatham and Ann GibsonLynn Schulstad Creecy ‘66Mary A. DeanE.H. and M.E. Bowerman Advised Fund of The Oregon Community FoundationFreda Fung ‘79John A. GrammerSteven G Howard ‘61Amy H HuangDanny Kao MD ‘79Susan E. Keats ‘61Anney Ku ‘79 and Danny LayJanet KuhnertCynthia Lee Johnson ‘66Carol Mon Lee ‘65Meng-Chih LeeMrs. Sally LilleyPaul ‘81 and Yeou Mei LoRick McGowan ‘65Allison NewmanDr. James H. Payne ‘62Janet Montanye Seale ‘78Paige SummersMarcia Dutton Talley ‘61Dr. Winnie Tang ‘65, Vincente Tang ‘68, Nicky Tang ‘77, Eddie Tang ‘80Diana Trubiani ‘69Marinus and Paula van GesselLeo Wang ‘91Caroline Yen ‘77George Yen ‘66Anthony Yu ‘56In Memory of Amb. Patrick Pichi Sun and May-lan Chew SunPhilip Patrick ‘68 and Chen-ju SunIn Memory of Arthur Yung-Pei LinRichard R. ArnoldIn Memory of Doug BishopMeimei Wawa Multimedia Ltd.

In Memory of Helen J. MeganSusan and Sujoy GuhaIn Memory of Mrs. Wang Tsai Mei-LiRichard R. ArnoldIn Memory of Nien Yuen ChenIrene Chen ‘90In Memory of Paul FredetteRichard R. ArnoldIn Memory of Spring Wu AnonymousRichard R. ArnoldBrenda Lin

In Honor In Honor of Ashley WenAnonymousIn Honor of Byron CheungAnonymousIn Honor of Calvin ShuYuan-Cheng ShuIn Honor of Claire and Alan LiuChiahui ChengIn Honor of Dr. Richard HartzellMr. and Mrs. James OyangIn Honor of Harris Chen ‘17Howard Chen and Linda HongIn Honor of Heng-Yi LiaoAnonymousIn Honor of Hope N.F. PhillipsAnonymousCarolyn Emory ‘78Brenda Lin ‘94 and Billy BettsJohn McKeon ‘64In Honor of Jin Suh Park and Jin Hyun Park Jin Suh and Jin Hyun ParkIn Honor of Julia GrammarAllison NewmanIn Honor of Martin Timothy Hemphill ‘09, Christina Leigh Hemphill ‘14, Tiffany Regina Hemphill ‘15 Martin Hemphill ‘09, Christina Hemphill ‘14, Tiffany Hemphill ‘15 In Honor of Matthew Chuang 2021Nancy Chen and Nelson ChuangIn Honor of Michael and Katelyn LiSusan LiIn Honor of Mr. Ronald and Mrs.

Boyd AnonymousIn Honor of Mr. ThompsonClass of Mr. ThompsonIn Honor of Naman & Taarini SharmaDee and Vivek SharmaIn Honor of Patrick ChenWey Jin PanIn Honor of Ryan Dajiun Sun ‘18Lisa LeeIn Honor of Shan PhillipsDanny Kao MD ‘79In Honor of Stephnie Lin ‘17 and Scott Lin ‘18 Cares ChenIn Honor of Nicole TanJohn TanIn Honor of Lauren LinAnonymousIn Honor of Tom CummingsTom Adinaro ‘65Joanne Martindale Allen ‘64AnonymousMary Allen Austin ‘66Judy Bearman ‘62Henry Chan ‘64Carmen Chang ‘66Moon Chen ‘64Patricia F Cirino ‘64John Corbett ‘67Peter L. Cormier ‘66Jo Ann Hathaway ‘65Anna Ho ‘63Hope N.F. Phillips and her 6 TAS kidsCamille A. MartinRoger Mercer ‘63Virginia Bristow Meyer ‘65Kathryn O’Bryan ‘64John Robeson ‘67Terry Schuler ‘66Terry Shu ‘68Vincente Tang ‘68Dr. Winnie Tang ‘65

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2015 gALA bALL cONTRibUTORS

ThANK yOU vERy mUch fOR yOUR SUPPORT.

SLIENT AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS

Alliance Service International Corporation

Anonymous

Bai Win Collection

Berloni Cucine

Bon Vivant

Chamkar Restaurant

Christina Chen

Felix Chen, Yun Sushi

Jennifer Chen

Jerry Chiu

Chiugai Travel Service Co., Ltd

CLINIQUE

cuc.Bridals

E Ink Corporation

Gloria Manor

Glory Days Sports, Sean Cheng ‘02

Aaron Gray, former TAS faculty

HCG Corporation

Hotel One Taichung

IDEAL BIKE CORPORATION

Judy Jewellery by Judy Chao

Boon and Siew Kang

Kidchen Club

Wenchi Ko

LA MER, Yilin Tsai

Lawry’s The Prime Rib Taipei

TAS LS Visual Arts Teacher Stephanie Lee ‘04 and LS Students

Lenovo Technology B.V. Taiwan Branch

Kathy and Jayson Limmer

Clarabelle Lin - TAS LS Mandarin Teacher

Sara Lin

Linda Design Studio by Linda Hong

Lawrence Liu and Lily Kuan

TAS 7th Grader, Matthew Liu

Mini Cook

David Morris - TAS US Visual Arts Teacher

Mosquito Water Ski Club

MOT Museum of Tomorrow

Peggy Murray - TAS EAL Teacher

Nespresso

New Wide Group

Orient Retreat

Outerboro

Parkview Hotels and Resorts

Patron Spirits International AG

PAUIAN ARCHILAND

Radio Media Services Co., Ltd.

Regent Taipei

REJUVENATE

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS TAIWAN CO., LTD.

Shangri - La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel

SHIN KONG WU HO-SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Shinkong Textile Co., Ltd., Elbert Wu

Polly Siu

Taishin Holdings

TAIWAN SUN FLOWER COTTON PRODUCT CO., LTD.

TAS - 5th Grade Science Students

TAS - Class of 2025

TAS Summer Academy

Tatung Atherton Wine/Charles Lin and Katherine Wu ‘97

The Escape Artist

Verona Resort and Spa

VICTORIA GROUP, Betty Chiu

Yangmingshan Tien Lai Resort & Spa

YIH DAH Co., Ltd.

YiLong Co.

Yun San Corporation

LIVE AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS

Camp Taiwan

Michelle Cheng and Albert Ming-Jeng Weng

Dehres Limited

Fun Taiwan International Travel Services

and

Grand Hyatt Bali Hotel

Dr. Sharon and Lt. Col. Garry Hennessy

JASMINE Inc.

REACH/Jil Wu Artiste #StartBetter #Clinique

Kai Speth, GM of Grand Hyatt Taipei

Taipei American School

TAS Boys’ Basketball IASAS

Championship Team and Coaches

SPONSORSHIP

Costco Wholesale Corporation (Wine)

Krispy Kreme Taiwan (Party Favors)

Santa Fe Relocation Services (Transportation)

Thai Town Cuisine, Charles Hsu (Band)

THL (Signage)

Bill Tang and Vicky Yang (Wine)

Ching Chiao and Angelia Chen (Wine)

PRIZES

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

The Gala Ball proceeds of NT$9,200,000 were designated to Building Excellence for enhancements of performing arts facilities, primarily renovation of the Guy Lott Jr. Auditorium.

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The Friends of TAS thanks:

Our volunteers. This evening was made possible by the dedication of the following volunteers who invested a great deal of time and tremendous effort to make the Gala Ball a successful event:

Paula Lee’78, Coordinator

Jenny W. Chiu

Sandy Chung

Linda Hong

Katie Hwang

Sue Jollow

Wenchi Ko

Lily Kuan

Charlotte Kuo ’86

Casey Lin

Peggy Wang

Thank you very much.

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TAS also thanks:

David Badgley, US art department chair and his AP Art students for poster design work

Dennis Nieh, Emcee and Auctioneer

Thanks for your assistance and contributions to this evening.

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We gratefully appreciate the generosity of all our donors. Every effort has been made to ensure that this is a complete and accurate listing. If an error has occurred, please accept our sincerest apologies and notify the development office at +886 2 2873 9900 ext. 821 or 443, [email protected], so we can ensure the correction is made.

Names are color coded to denote the designated fund supported. Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund TAS Annual Fund Gift Split Between Funds Endowment

Donor names are listed by constituent under one of the giving categories listed below.

gRATiTUdE REPORT

1949 Society NT$1,600,000 and above

Cornerstone Donor NT$500,000-$1,599,999

20/20 Club NT$330,000 -$499,999

Legacy Circle NT$250,000 - $329,999

Tiger Council NT$180,000-$249,999

Blue and Gold Society NT$100,000 - $179,999

Leadership Club NT$50,000 - $99,999

Foundation Donor NT$25,000 - $49,999

Friend of TAS NT$1 - $24,999

20/20 Club (NT$330,000 -$499,999)

Parent *Cares Chen

Legacy Circle (NT$250,000 - $329,999)

Former Parent *Anonymous*Dr. Winston and Anita Town

Parent Bill Bryson and Vita LiuJacqueline Chien ‘16 and Vera Chien ‘21Vincent Lin and Erica Chen*Rika Morimoto*Vivien Shen and K.S. Wang*Tasa Meng Educational FoundationMark Wang ‘91 and Yumi Cho*Eddie Yuan and Yalin Chen

Tiger Council (NT$180,000-$249,999)

Board Member *Timothy Chang ‘80 and Shirley Chang ‘88Faculty *Richard R. ArnoldParent Anonymous

Joe Chiang and Melody Tung*Patrick ‘90 and Patricia Chiu*Martin J. Hsu and Winnie ChaoJui-Cheng Huang*Michelle LeeRichard ‘91 and Ting Ting Yang ‘93*Louis and Julia RuggiereBobby Sheng and Charlotte Kuo ‘86*Brian Tsai ‘16 and Amanda Tsai ‘17Allen Wang and Daphne Wang*Austin Wang ‘26

Blue and Gold Society (NT$100,000 - $179,999)

Administrator *Dr. Sharon and Garry HennessyJayson and Kathy Limmer

Alumni *Julian Wolhardt ‘91 and Ketty Lieu ‘91Faculty *Anonymous

*Cesar and Mary ReyesFormer Parent David and Charlotte AckertParent *Anonymous

AnonymousKaori AoyamaLulu ChangParents of Chloe Chanren*Steven ‘15 and Patrick Chao ‘20Frank and Amy ChenDr. Joey Chen and Mona Lo ‘96

1949 Society (NT$1,600,000 and above)

Former Parent *Kenny Cheng*Jean Liu

Parent *Anonymous*Mr. and Mrs. Felix Chen*Emmet ‘81 and Jackie Hsu ‘81The Ko Family*Bill Tang and Vicky YangCole Tsai and Stephanie Wang*Professor Winston Wong*Chris Yin

Cornerstone Donor (NT$500,000-$1,599,999)Alumni *Ferdinand P. Tsien and FamilyBoard Member *Angelo and Tina Koo

*Oliver and Heidi Silsby ‘80*Frank Wang, Jessica Tsai & Ainsley Wang

Friend Hsueh-Jen Sung and Stella ChangParent Milly and Bob Adelski

*AnonymousAnonymous*Michael and Katrina BirkinKeo Chang and Monique Hsu*Riley Chang ‘16 and Rexford Chang ‘14*Wayne Chang and Amber Lin*Howard Chen and Linda Hong*Richard and Sandy ChenChing Chiao and Angelia Chen*Virginia and Carl Chien*Roy and Georgia Fan*Henry Ho and Rosalind Wang ‘92*Dr. Hunter Hsu and Dr. Natasha YangDennis Lee*Kerry Lee ‘18 and Douglas Lee ‘21Lee Family*Frank and Diana LeeJohnny Liao and Judy Chen*Lauren Pan ’14 and Kristen Pan ’16*Frank Suen and Michelle ChaoJames and Cindy Tang*Vincent Thai and Yi-Ning Hsu*The Ting Family*Kenneth and Jane Wang*Wilson Tsou and Polly SiuXYZprintingDerek and Susanna Yung

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*Peter and Jenny ChenJenkin Chiang and May Kao*Feng Yuan Chiu and Edward Hsieh ‘15Andy Chou*Michael Chu ‘93 and Fantine Wang*The In FamilyIsaac Kuo ‘20Jenny Kang ‘91 and Kevin Wu*Evelyn Pei Hua LiDawn Lin and Jimmy Hsieh*Isabella ‘21 and Philip Lu ‘26Mr. and Mrs. Mark QuinMeng Tung and Pi-Lin ChuangFrancis Twu

Leadership Club (NT$50,000 - $99,999)

Alumni Randy Chen ‘91 and Cindy TeetersBoard Member Joseph ‘87 and Katherine Hwang

*Boon and Siew KangFaculty *La Familia Smith VidalFormer Parent Mr. and Mrs. James OyangParent Anonymous

*AnonymousCeline Chang ‘16*Jessica Chang and John Chang*Christina Chen and Steven YangIrene Chen ‘90Jessie Chen*Nancy Chen and Nelson Chuang*Simon Chen ‘86 and Daisy ChanVictor Chen and Connie Lu*Jeannie Cheng and Ming-Ju LeeSheng-Fu Cheng and Hsiao-Ting WuWilliam Cheng ‘20 and Henry Cheng ‘27Yu Jin Hsiao and Clark LinVictor Hsu and Teresa LiuTaichi Huang and Ying-Shih Lin*Keat Loo Koay ‘86 and Joyce TingClare Li and Ken Wang*Chelsea Lin ‘14 and Nicole Lin ‘16Jenn-Horng Lin and I-Hua ChihLong Kung Liu, Mei-Hsiu Chen, Joshua LiuManuel Lopez and Alex KehSherry and Eric MooPaul Huang,Joe Huang and Betty Lin ‘87*Sinha Family*St.Doras Enterprises Co.,LtdThai Town Cuisine, Charles Hsu*Paul Thrush and Lorraine SunHT and Ann Tung*Tracy H. WangWinnie Wang ‘93*Yao Ting Wang and Ying ChangDr. Nobutaka Watanabe and Deni ChengTessa Wu ‘20 and Jayden Wu ‘22Robert Martin Yang ‘18

Student Kevin Lee ‘17

Foundation Donor (NT$25,000 - $49,999)

Administrator *Richard and Susana Hartzell*Cathy Hsu*David, Darby, Elliette and Sawyer Sinclair*Dr. Winnie Tang ‘65*John VandenBoom

Alumni Steven Y.K. Gee ‘89Susan E. Keats ‘61*Ann Lin ‘13

Board Member Fredrick N VoigtmannFaculty *Kevin B. Held

Katarina Safradin*The Uhlman Family

Friend Peter & Pari BankoParent Anonymous

AnonymousBrad BickleyMatthew Bowe*Jacqueline BrebeckMimi Chang and Marshall Cheng*Lawrence Chen ‘17 and Fiona Chen ‘17Birthe Ong Cheng ‘15Carol Chien*Joyce ChiuYvonne Chiu*Stanford Chuang ‘18Daniele Lee ‘27*Felicia Fung ‘84 and Peter YehMartin Hemphill ‘09, Christina Hemphill ‘14, Tiffany Hemphill ‘15 Amy Ho and Jovan Hsu*Yih Fen Ho*Dr. Jon and Judy HodowanyBrian Hsieh and Tina Wu ‘93Ashley Hsu ‘24 and Austin Hsu ‘28*Cynthia Hsu ‘91 and Alfred Woo ‘89Jeff Huang and Sandra ChenTony Huang and Jocelyn Kuo*Victor Huang ‘15 and Jonathan K. Huang ‘18Yuh-Ting Laura Hwa ’22Moon Seok JangHsu-Lung Jen Daniel Jen ‘17James Kao and Daphne ChenMong-Kai Ku and Chia-Yi Wang*Beverley Lai ‘14 and Bernadette Lai ‘15 and Bethany Lai ‘18*Lisa LeeMr. and Mrs. LettenbichlerBrenda Lin ‘94 and Billy BettsDavid and Sue Ann Lin ‘90*Iris LinJulia Lin ‘18*Steve and Serena Lin*Welch and Casey LinElroy LiuJonathan LowFang-Chung LuMingnai Ma and Yuchang LeeDr. Laura and Dr. Phillip MatzMae and Sean O’MalleyKim and Christine Pan*Dee and Vivek SharmaJoyce Shin*Richard and Fiona TsaiShuo-Li Tsai*Henry Wang and Vivian SunPhoebe Wang and FamilyVince Wang and Amy ParkMegan Wei ‘23Sheng Wei and Shinnie WeiThe Whiteford Family

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*Yu Chang Wu and Marjorie TsaiAngela YangDavid Yang and Lily Lin*Steve and Betty YangBrian and Alicia Yeh*Kyle Yu ‘16

Service Organization *E.H. and M.E. Bowerman Advised Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

Friend of TAS (NT$1 - $24,999)Administrator *Carol Chen

*Dr. and Mr. HitemanRebekah J. Klar*THE MORAN FAMILY*Shaun and Katie O’Rourke*Steve Panta*Pettigrew Family*Rick RabonNicholas and Tara Simeonidis

Alumni AnonymousAnonymous*AnonymousAnonymousAnonymousTom Adinaro ‘65Joanne Martindale Allen ‘64Eden Ang ‘06John Ashlock ‘74Mary Allen Austin ‘66Judy Bearman ‘62Frances Burnet ‘78Tanya Stephens Caligiuri ‘61Michael Chai ‘09Brian Challberg ‘04Henry Chan ‘64Wayne Chan ‘94 and Christina Yunmi Kim Chan*Allen Timothy Chang ‘94Caesar Chang ‘95Carmen Chang ‘66Eric Chang ‘04Helen Chang ‘04Jenny Chang ‘04Jon Chang ‘98Rexford Chang ‘14Sue Wong ‘94Victor Chang ‘05 and Maggie Cheung’06Charlie Chao ‘12Royal Chao ‘99Geoffrey Chen ‘98*Heidi Chen ‘95Howard Chen ‘04Jeffrey Chen ‘14Jennifer Chen ‘05Jully Chen ‘09Lawrence Chen ‘12Lin Te Chen ‘04Michael Chen ‘09Moon Chen ‘64Rosa Chen ‘04Scott Chen ‘09Stephanie Chen ‘02Steven Chen ‘05Tricia Chen ‘04

Daniel Cheng ‘68Gordon Cheng ‘95Jefferson Cheng ‘02Jessica Cheng ‘03Sean Cheng ‘02Christie Cheung’95Rick Chien ‘13Tommy Chien ‘04Jason Chin ‘98Eric Chiu ‘04Ping Chiu ‘13Fred Choi ‘11Jay Choi ‘05Henry Chou ‘94Jesse Chu ‘98Kevin Chu ‘13Kenny Chuang ‘94Thomas Chuang ‘08Serena Chung ‘04*Terry Chung ‘01John R. Church ‘65Edward Chyau ‘04Patricia F Cirino ‘64Jonathan Co Ting Keh ‘13John Corbett ‘67Peter L. Cormier ‘66Julie Costerg ‘04Lynn Schulstad Creecy ‘66Mei-Mei Ding ‘94Carolyn Emory ‘78Queenie EscuderoIrene Fan ‘94Laticia Fan ‘09Tammy Fan ‘99Eric Fei ‘94Freda Fung ‘79Paul Geddes ‘72*Thomas Glass ‘76Jeff Goeltz ‘70Sean Goh ‘01Karen Smith Gorman ‘69Likai Gu ‘00Jerry Yen ‘02 and Lillian Gu ‘04Chen-Yu Guo ‘11Rinton Han ‘96*Chris Hansen ‘05Brian P. Hanson ‘60Peter Hastorf ‘01Jo Ann Hathaway ‘65Mariko Higashiyama ‘04Anna Ho ‘63Helen Holst ‘95Jack Hou ‘02Stephen Hou ‘11Steven G Howard ‘61Kevin Hsia ‘04Kenneth Hsiang ‘09Richard Hsieh ‘09Stephanie Hsieh ‘04Jasper Hsu ‘13Kenneth Hsu ‘95Oliver Hsu ‘09Stephanie Hsu ‘09Kevin Hsueh ‘04

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Dorothy Hsui ‘99Michael Hsieh ‘97 and Jennifer Hsui ‘03Conrad Hu ‘09Eugene Ho ‘77Andrew Huang ‘11Angela Huang ‘00David Huang ‘09Gary Huang ‘13Grace Huang ‘93Henry Huang ‘04Joyleen Huang ‘04Max Huang ‘11Peter Huang ‘98Steven Huang ‘95Timothy Huang ‘98Vinnie Hung ‘04Leo Jeoh ‘96Cynthia Lee Johnson ‘66Jin Jun ‘14Danny Kao MD ‘79Hiko Kawashima ‘89Richard Ko ‘94Albert Ming Ku ‘97Hanry Kuo ‘99Johnny Chun Lin KwokAnney Ku ‘79 and Danny LayAllan J. Lee ‘72Carol Mon Lee ‘65Elliot Lee ‘04Kevin Jae Seung Lee ‘13Kelly Lee ‘04Kevin Lee ‘09Mathew Lee ‘14Perry Lee ‘13Peter Lee ‘09Robert Lee ‘00Wayne Lee ‘04Alex Li ‘10Alice Liao ‘04Charles Liao ‘00*Chris Liao ‘04Debbie Liao ‘96Philip Liao ‘04Freya Lim ‘98Lianne Lim ‘94Carol Lin ‘94*Hannah Lin ‘13Jeffrey Lin ‘98Steve Lin ‘94Victor Lin ‘13Kevin Liou ‘12*Eric Liu ‘94*Jeffrey Liu ‘94Josephine Liu ‘99Lily Liu ‘68Paul ‘81 and Yeou Mei LoPaul Lo ‘94Chris Maa ‘05Camille A. MartinRick McGowan ‘65John McKeon ‘64Roger Mercer ‘63Virginia Bristow Meyer ‘65Veronica Niem ‘95

Kathryn O’Bryan ‘64Vivien Ong ‘04Benjamin Pan ‘02Dr. James H. Payne ‘62*Phil Peach ‘74Hope N.F. Phillips and her 6 TAS kidsMichael Pickles ‘04*Shing Chi Poon ‘92 and E Wen LiaoYun-Ting Poon ‘94Nitin Puri ‘94John Robeson ‘67Terry Schuler ‘66Janet Montanye Seale ‘78Addison Sheu ‘09Jeana Shoji ‘03*Terry Shu ‘68*Jay Shuang ‘02Alice Shyy ‘04William So ‘04Millie Su ‘98Philip Patrick ‘68 and Chen-ju SunStephanie Sun ‘06George Sya ‘93Chie Takehara ‘01Marcia Dutton Talley ‘61*David Tang ‘94 and Rumi TangVincente Tang ‘68*Dr. Winnie Tang ‘65, Vincente Tang ‘68, Nicky Tang ‘77, Eddie Tang ‘80Elaine Tay ‘06Elizabeth Ting ‘94*Maria Ting ‘89 and Michael Fei ‘90Paul Torkehagen ‘04Diana Trubiani ‘69Stella Tsai ‘94Ervin Tsay ‘09David Tu ‘02Michael Tu ‘03Simon Twu ‘04Mike Tzean ‘97Karen Ueng ‘08Becky Lei ‘71Meimei Wawa Multimedia Ltd.Dairian Wan ‘89Andrew Wang ‘12Dorothy Wang ‘08Edward Wang ‘93Edward Wang ‘99Emilyn Wang ‘04Helen Koo ‘78Marina Wang ‘93*Richard Wang ‘94Robert Wang ‘05James Whan ‘97Ingrid Wong ‘14Trini Wong ‘14Hou-Yu Woo ‘01Eric Wu ‘94Jamie Wu ‘02Jason Wu ‘04Joyce Wu ‘08Stephanie Wu ‘09Bernard Yang ‘95 and Jennifer Hsia ‘97Caleb Yang ‘04

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Elvis Yang ‘11Julian Yao ‘09*Johnson Yeh ‘98Jerome Yek ‘04Caroline Yen ‘77Chris Yen ‘04George Yen ‘66*Galex Yen ‘97 and Heather Chen ‘97A Yeung ‘97Christine Yew ‘04Anthony Yu ‘56Francis Yu ‘14Patrick Yu ‘15Vincent Yu ‘03Andrew Yuen ‘94JosephZhang‘00

Board Member *Fred and Lucy Brust*Mia Fong and Katie Fong*Glenn and Pei Wen Leibowitz*Carl and Ann Wegner

Corporate *Microsoft Matching Gifts ProgramSon-Lin Art Gallery

Faculty *Anonymous*AnonymousAnonymous*AnonymousAnonymousAnonymous*Anonymous*Stephen and Leslie Abernethy*Aiani FamilyNikki Allen*John Andersen*Jennifer Anderson and McGill Cheng*Steve Anderson and Lisa SaloPana M. Asavavatana*David BadgleyCarly BargielBrett BarrusZoeBatesAllan Bayntun*Ron Bell*Virginia Blais*Morgan Boepple*Christine Borgen*Sherry Kuei Boyle and Jim Boyle ‘76*David and Cassy Braggett*Tamra and David Brantingham ‘76Anna Brown*Jordan Brown*Robert and Michelle BruceDavid Bullio*Greg and Kim CarterLisa CasarrubiasPatricia ChambersRuu Ki Chang*Liwen Chao*Shirley ChaoAbigail ChenEvelyn Chen ‘03*Helen Chen ‘94*Kai-Ling Chen*Susan Chen*Ying-Chie Chen

*Amy ChengTeresa Chiang ‘02Georgina Christou*Laura Cipriano*Jude Clapper and Andrea BloughNick Coburn-Palo*Laura Walter and Steve Collins*Nyoli Connor*Annemarie Costello*James CouchAnnie Cowley*Donna Lee Crewe*Kathy Cutler, Greg and Matthew Hodges*Carlos DelgadoAlex Dezieck*Kim Dickson*Michael and Kerith Donnay*Corwin Edwards*Stella Ellis*The Fagen FamilyIrene Fang ‘01William Fillbach*Kenneth R. and Deborah Flemming*Chris and Suzanne Fox*Jaami Franklin*Peter GiordanoBarbara Golub*Michael and Sherri Grande *Moises GutierrezBrook HallSong Eun HanT. Russell Hanes*Peter and Jean Yen HastorfEmily Haug*Mei Hwa and Ray Heberer IIICindy Ho*Molly HobbsChris HoffmanLarissa Hsia-Wong*Caroline Hsu*Shannon Hsu*Wei-Lun Hua*Rock Hudson and Michelle Lawgun*Dave and BB Iverson*Andreas Ives, Anthony Ives*Jacob FamilyJoel Suganth Jaymohan*Erik W. Johnsen*Stacey L. JohnsenZacharyJonesYick-Wah Kan*Shih-Han Kao*Kaity Kao*Yi-Wen KaoErin Keane*Kathy KeenanJason Kiang*Peter Kimball*Bob and Carlee Kowalec*Stephen Kuhlke and Family*Miki Chen-Chi KuoCarrie LamaMr. Shane Lawson*Andy Lee

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*Isabel Lee*Chu Chu LiangClarabelle Lin*Nick and Fenny LinPhil Lindert*Wendy Linett*Hua Mei Liu*Carl Lochrin*Dawn LooLeo Lopez*Andrew and Kristen Lowman*Angela Mackenzie*Brandon, Becky, and Tyger MaguireTimothy MartinJuliana Martinez and Manuel Cerpa*Scott and Barb Middleton*Pearl MorrisTim MulliganPeggy Murray*Kazuyo Noda and Tai-Li Chen*Michael D. O’Neill*Jennifer Paradis and Brian Chiu*Nathan Paxton and Carrie LinKaren E. PearsonAdam McMillan and Shirley PengMaria Peters ‘89Rhonda Pottorf*Terry and Cheryl Lagerquist ‘98*Suzanne Reeves and Ken Gentry*Dustin and Verna RhoadesLori Richardson*Dan and Nicky Robinson*Martin Robinson*Su Jen Rocovits*Kristin Rowe*Naden RoweKinari SakamotoLaura Sanchez Murillo*Kathryn Sandler*Tim SheuErika Soublet*Peter Stanley and Leanne Rainbow FamilyNick Steckler and Ann HoMichael StorchCrystal Sullivan*Huy Hoang and Jeannie Tarr*Shirley Taylor*The Kaplan Family*Jason ThornbergThornbury family*Brian and Yi-Ling Tobey*Teddy Tu ‘04*Melissa and Andrew VicarsKatherine Wang*Joyce and Ralph Whalen*Susan Winter*Esther and Andrew Wong*Alice WuCathy WuLi-wen YenMegan YonkeyRamses and Carol Youssif

Former Administrator Anonymous*Paige Summers

Former Faculty Annie Cheatham and Ann GibsonJohn DankowskiSandra KuMark Lewis

Former Parent AnonymousCindy ChanJanet ChenAnnie ChungAmy and Patrice DelmotteMichelle DingJohn A. GrammerJeongeui Hong and Jiyoun Kim*Jim and Kimberly HowardLandy Jung and Hyesuk KimJin Sup Kim and Jeongok KimLing Ying KuoKaty LeeLawrence Lee and Kelly MengLisa LiaoIvy Lin*Chih-Ming Ouyang and Jui-Ling HuangJohn Park ‘20Ingrid PerngJin Seok Seo and Susan JiSu Ann Sng*Haidi Tang*The Tenny FamilyNancy Tomita*Catherine TungMarinus and Paula van Gessel

Friend AnonymousR T BundorfGeorge ChowMary A. DeanClare HarringtonDoris HoAmy H HuangJulie Kaufman PrenticeJanet KuhnertMeng-Chih LeeMrs. Sally LilleyAllison NewmanTHL

Parent AnonymousAnonymous*AnonymousAnonymous*AnonymousAnonymous*AnonymousMeeyoung An*Ryan An ‘20Amanda and Michael AngClaudia A. Arango LopezThe Awad FamilyEric and Laura Barboriak*Stephanie Bih*Ning ChaiGenevieve Chan ‘20Cheng Ming ChangChien-Wen ChangChing-Ho Chang and Liling Wu*Christine ChangEdson Chang ‘92 and Lussa Chang

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Ethan Chang ‘20Heather ChangJames Chang and Yi-Ting YuJeng-Daw Chang*Lawrence Chang and Mandy ChenLilian ChangMu-Te ChangShanju Chang*Tony and Tiffany ChangVictor ChangVivian ChangSheauchun ChaoHagar ChasonChauhanAlex Chen and Sherry ChenAndy and Marian ChenAndy Chen and Shimi SunBryan J. Chen ‘17Caroline ChenChi Hsien ChenChristine ChenDarren Chen ‘22David and Lisa ChenDonna ChenEdward Chen and Claudia Huang*Fang-Hwa Chen*Frank Chen and Julie LanHsiang Lung ChenHuei-Chao ChenJanet Chen*Jane-Wen ChenJanice ChenJason Chen and Michelle ChengJennifer ChenJim Chen and Cecilia YouLeonardo Chen ‘16*Maggie ChenMark Chen ‘20 and Rachel Chen ‘23Mei Li Chen*Nedy Chen*Nicholas Chen ‘14 and Kayleigh Chen ‘18*Peng Chen and Daisy YenRose Chen*Sean Chen and Rachel WuShiou Jiuan ChenShu-Chen ChenTiffany Chen ‘22 and Alan Chen ‘24Tina Chen*Tseng-Yuan Chen and Josie Wu*Yihua ChenYvette ChenBen ChengChiahui ChengIman Cheng*Jennifer and Jack Cheng*Juliana Cheng*Lee Wei ChengLinda Cheng and Howard ChengShu-Pin ChengSonia ChengWeber Cheng ‘16*Wei Ming Cheng and Belinda Lee*Yawen Cheng*Frances Cheung

*Michelle CheungAlice ChiAndrew Chiang ‘19 and Allie Chiang ‘20Caesar and Shirley ChiangEdward Chiang ‘16Jenny ChiangTracy ChiangMeng Shih ChienPeter Chien*Vincy Chik*Hsiao Fen ChiuHsiu-Hui Chiu*Judy ChiuPatrick Chiu*Annie Cho ‘20 and Tommy Cho ‘21Caroline HoHo Jun Cho and Kyeongha ShinSi Hyung Cho and Jeehee HanDon Sam Choi and Hea Lan LeeJohnny Choi ‘25Michael Choi and Yanghee ChungMyoung Ju Choi*Olivia Choi ‘20Seong Mi ChoiHyun Choo and Joy JoungMisha ChouSteven Chou and Vivien KuanMr. and Mrs. Kyle Chow*Pearl and George ChowNadine ChristensenBrian Chu ‘16Christopher Chu ‘15James Shaw and Julie ChuMichelle ChuVivian Chu*Cathleen ChuaNancy Chua ‘89David ChuangHank Chuang and Katy TsaoSteve Chuang and Gloria Lee*Connie Chung*Fion ChungSonic Chung and Hyang Mi KimYuki ChungRebecca ComptonRichard Correa*Audrey Cui*Jeffrey Dawn ‘89 and Grace Tsai ‘89*Lynn DengWilliam and Laura DongErin DonovanEric Chang and Wennie Wei*Eric Lei ‘15*Lily Fan*Tina FanJiangwei FengJenny FeuerhahnRick France and Tammy LinIvy FuJack Fu ‘00 and Emily FuDavid Geddes ‘78Ebru GencogluKerwin and Samantha GoMark Go

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*Qi Chen Goh ‘15 and Yi Qian Goh ‘21Colleen GordonGrace LeiSusan and Sujoy GuhaRonald Guo and Lesley Ho*Lucy Hai*Thomas and Lan-Pin HallTakahito and Miki HamajimaYoungshin HanTiffany HanTina Hayashi and Raymond ChenNyong Kyun Heo and Jennifer LeeJosephine Hew Mee HoeNeil HickeyVivian Hir ‘21 and Stanley Hir ‘23*Jack and Ann Hsiao*Felicia Ho*Felix Ho ‘93 and Sylvia Chao ‘94Patrick HoDennis Hong ‘87Eun Sook HongStephanie Hong ‘92Jeffrey HsiAndy Hsiao and Joyce HuangChi-Huang Hsiao and Ya-Hui KuoNita Hsiao ‘28Jessica HsiehPeter Hsieh and Joy LinVickie Hsieh ‘21Amy HsuChia-Chen HsuChia-Yu HsuEmily HsuJanine Hsu ‘20Jennifer HsuKevin Hsu ‘16*Marilu HsuNancy Hsu*Nina Hsu ‘15Rossana Hsu ‘78*Andrew Hu and Josephine Hu ‘17Dolly HuJerry HuKaitlyn Hu ‘22Portia HuAlex Huang and Patty LinAmanda Huang*Angelina Huang ‘26 and Tiffany Huang ‘21Catherine HuangCheng-Lung Huang and Hui-Chuan FengChing-Tai Huang and Jen-Chi Chang*Chiun Sheng HuangGeorge and Sherry HuangHsu-Fang HuangJennifer HuangJill Huang*Pei-Pei Huang*Pi Shia HuangSharlin HuangTammy HuangYan Hong Huang*Wai-Choong & Phyllis Hui Frances Hung and Hui-Te LiKuo-Sheng Hung and Yi-Ling Liang

Lauren Hung and Yasmin HungPatricia Hung and Ray Hwang John HwangLili HwuIris Shu and family*Ella and Mia IrwinYoko ItoShirley JanHellen Jang ‘16 and Jenny Jang ‘17Hyunseok Jang and Julie AhnJaewon Jang and Soonja LeeYoung Su Jang and Jee Seon YoumAlex JarzJiyoung JeanStephen Jen and Jenny LinYoung JeonDaljoong Jeong and Chuljae YouJinhee JeongTae Sang Jeong and Eun Jung ParkYeongha Jeong and Heangjin LeeJordan Jonqliang JiangHyang Sook JinHyungkyung JooJae Hun Jung and Eun Kyung YunRandy JusufJuwir Venny NgDr. Billy K. and Lydia YehOsamu KagawaIndra Kalwani*Aoi KaneiJae Hyoung Park and Hyun Ju KangDaria Kang*Gina KangEugene Kao ‘18 and Ryan Kao ‘19*Johnny and Christina KaoTC KaoTheresa KaoJennifer KarrChiaki Kato*Katy YuanWan-Yi KiangDennis Kim and Jini LeeEun Sung KimHans Kim and Kelly ParkHyang Sue KimJeoung Hi KimJong Hun Kim and Daesook SonJung Hwan Kim and Mi Jung HwangKate KimKeunho KimKyoung Suk KimKyungjin KimLeo Kim and Mee Young CheMinjoo KimNeil Kim and Yun Ryeong ChoiRosa KimRoy Kim and Myung Soon HwangSeung Jun Kim and Hae Jin KimSoo Hyun Kim and Yong Hyun KimSujeoung KimSun Sook Kim*Tae Hyun Kim ‘20 and Tae Jeong Kim ‘17*Wayne Kim ‘20Yeonsu Kim

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Youn Jin KimJuei-Yau KingImam KisowoEdward Ko ‘20Kazumi Ko and Edward Ko ‘89*Meng Tzu Ko*Harry Kondo and Yawen YangYuan-Wen KuKaren Kuan ‘17 and Victor Kuan ‘20Jerry KuoLeah Kuo ‘15 and Tasha Kuo ‘15*Dohyeon Kwak ‘20Gilbert Kwak and Jeannie YooHong Shin Kwak and Sang Hee Lee*Vicky KwanHuie Lee Lai*Jaclyn LaiRita LaiSteven Lai, Winnie Lai ‘16, Iris Lai ‘19Ted Lai*Esther LamRick and Sophia Langford*Kenneth Lau*Lily Lau*Jim Tseng and Mei LawnPaulina LeAiden Lee and Songyi BaeAlice LeeAngeline LeeChong Hwa LeeSungeun MinChristine Lee and Lin Yun ChangChung Yu LeeHui Hua LeeHwajin Lee and Sunju ChoiHyun Kyoung LeeJae Cheon Lee and Mi Kyoung Park*James Lee ‘20 and Julia Lee ‘21Jedy Lee and Sung Hye BangJenny LeeJoanne LeeJohn Lee and Eunsuk JungJolene LeeJri lee and Eva ChenJung Soo LeeJung Yun Lee and Kyoung Hee LeeKe Sui LeeKevin Lee and Lucy ChiangMayLing LeeMin Hyung Lee ‘20Mindy LeeRobert Lee and Teresa Hsu ‘95*Rochelle LeeSeung Joo LeeShannon LeeShih-Ying Lee*Tom Lee and Jenny Chang*Vian LeeYoung Yun Lee*Eric and Susan Li*James LiMarvin Li ‘23Michelle LiSarah Li

*Shannon and Charlotte Li*Susan LiBrian Liang ‘16Darren LiangChien Ying LiaoJeffrey Liao ‘16*Tammy and Aki Liao ‘85*Christopher Liaw ‘18Bon Lim and Miran KimStephenie LimAlen C Lin and Iling HsuAnn Lin*Cameron Lin 2021 and Ryan Lin 2023*Christina LinChung Chih LinEric LinEric Lin ‘16Hsin-Wei LinHu-Ching LinHung Lin*Jackie LinJeffrey and Christy LinJoe Lin and Jennifer Chen*John and Yurie LinKuang-Hsin Lin and Yoshie OmiLin Lin ChangLinda LinMichelle LinKirk and Christine LingDaphne LiouEmily LiouLisa HsuChris Liu and Conny Lin ‘93*Grace LiuHsi Hui LiuJiun-You LiuJollene Liu ‘18*Ju Ling Liu*Karen Liu and Chien Hung Liu*Lanford and Kathy Liu*Wen Wei Liu and Chao Wen Liu*Chiu-Hua Lo and Chung-Chuan Teng*Linda Lo*Dr. Lo Skin ClinicTed and Ellie Lo*Janice Lu*Jennifer Lu and Szu Wen TsengJenny LuMei-Fang LuRupert LuRuth and James Lu*William Lu and Lesley YangRebecca LungEmy MachidaJennifer MargolisAmy Markham*Lauren Mc Nabb ‘16Kevin Mdlankomo and Pumla Mdlankomo*Margaret Mendoza and Damon BroderChristine LeeJoseph Meng ‘15Michelle ChenShunichi Minezaki*Fumi Misaki

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Chiyuki MizuguchiRichard Moh ‘93 and Shao-Yun YangManisha Mohapatra*Kenny Mok and Ikuko Adachi*Sung Hyun Moon and Kyeonghee Ji*Edlyn Moy and Michael JenkinsToshiu Nakama ‘92Navi Nam and Sunny YooAlan Ng ‘97*Tze Mau Ng and Meng Choo ChuaRyder NiuChangho Oh and Soonok ParkEun Sung Oh*Julie Oh ‘20 and Daniel Oh ‘25Paul Oh and Won Hye LeeShane Oh and Tiffany LeeWilliam Seung Woo Ok ‘19Jim PaiMiki PanWey Jin PanEdward ParkHyun Yul Park and Jee Sook LeeBrian Chan and Alice KaoJuwon ParkKyung Ok ParkSang Youl Park and Eun Kyung TakSun Ny ParkYungsuk Park and Seung Ha ChunPayal ParyaniDuo-Lin Peng and Linglin PengErika PengMr. Min-Yuan Peng*Kelly Phil ‘20Mr. and Mrs. Phukan*PurswaneyJoo Hee PyoLei Rong*Columbia Roy ‘16Boh Ruffin and Millicent RuffinTae and Kazuhiko RyokiGordon (Sung Yun) Ryoo ‘16 and Do Kyong Ryoo ‘21Jungok RyuKatie Sae-KoeHunter Scheidel and Lillian YarngMatt and Catherine SchwabTim ScovellYuri SeoChinami Sera*Sandy ShaNoa and Gal ShahamLi-Feng Shao and Han LeeMr. A. and Mrs. P. SharmaChia Ying ShenVivian Shen ‘81*Chin-Yun ShihMing-Guey Shih and Lin-Chuan TingVictoria ShihYuan-Cheng ShuChu Ding-Shuen and Naomi WatanabeShu-Jiuan ChenCinthia ShyuYoungsu Son and Jongbun NohKatty Soong

John Stevens and Ing-Nan Shen*Bryan Alexander Stovicek ‘16Ian Su and Yvonne ChangMichelle Chow Su ‘94*Natasha Su*Vanessa Su ‘19Jin Suh and Jin Hyun ParkJung Sub Suh and Annie Soun*Ashley Yuei-Sheng SunCarol and David SunKathy SunShanmei SunWei-Nan SunIsabelle and Christopher SungHsun-Ju TaiChizuko TakahamaHwee Phing TanJoanne TanJohn TanMegan Tang ‘22 and Tyler Tang ‘24Peng Seng TangWei-Hsiang TangLeon Tan*Kwang Tao Chang and Mary TongLina and Dan TattersfieldThe Tei familyClass of Mr. ThompsonSheena ToderEldom Toh*Tommy’s BakingTokiko TongWilliam and Agnes TongArthur Truman*Anita TsaiAudrey Tsai ‘27Isabelle TsaiTiffany TsanAndrew Hsueh-Chien TsangEvelyn Tsao and Ryan LinMei Y. TsaoTina TsaoHaven TsengKaty TsengSusan TsengGeorge Tsung ‘16Mao-Chi Tuan and cindy WengAthena Pei Tung*Sheng Tung and Alison HuangCarrie TzuMasashi UkaiScott Urbom*Vanessa ‘16, Whitney ‘18, Tiffany ‘21Govardhan Vanjani*ZacharyVerneandJoshuaVerneGary Walker and Catherine RaperJ. Mark Wallace*Bonnie Wang*Carita Wang*Cathy Wang*Erik Wang and Kate HuangGrace Wang*Hsin-Fang WangJackson WangJohnny Teh-Sheng Wang ‘90

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Josie WangLeo Wang ‘91*Mona WangPeggy P. WangPhyllis WangRita WangShu-Chang WangTeresa Wang*Tony Wang and Alice LinVivian Wang and Clay HuangWillin Wang and Yi-Jiuan Janet ChenYing-Chi Wang*Gery Wei and Tina LinGavin Weinstein ‘22 and Joshua Weinstein ‘25Joseph and Stephanie WelshKuo Pao Wen and Ping ChuLydia Wheeler*Agnes WongAlyssa and Lang WongAnthony Wong ‘92 and Grace Kuo ‘92*Wong Fuk Wing and Anita Ho*Shirley Wong and Richard L. Hsiung*Annie WuAshley WuChia-Li WuHo-Ting WuHsiu Che WuPeggy WuTina WuCharlesandJoannaXu*GuanghuiXuandYongWangChinami Yamashita*Alicia YangBrenda YangHenry Yang*Hsiu-Pi YangJangsuk Yang and Jungsoo LeeJennifer Yang*Jenny YangJester Yang ‘16Linda YangShawn Yang*Su-Ya Yang*Vincent Yang and Emily Yang*Cindy Yao*Tsz Wing Yau and Ellen Lo

Albert Yeh*Bernice YehFrances YehIrene YehKung Chia YehTerence YehVictoria Yeh ‘16David YenMike Yeo and Julia ParkLillian YiinRebecca YimAllen Yin*Amy Yin and Darwin TuPamela YipJeong Hun Yoon and Youngmi LeeYue Shil Yoon*Angel Yu and Jeff HungEmily and Gary Yu*Fion Yu ‘15Ashley ‘16 and Natalie ‘18 YuanJaden Yuen ‘20*MeredithZhou‘15*StefanZimmermann,DamienZimmermannandJasmineZimmermann

Service Organization *GE FoundationStaff Rachel Chiu

Jung-Lung HsiehLaura HsuJennifer HungBenny LinBrenda LinMaple SunKiku Wang

Student *Aidan Boyle ‘21 and Seamus Boyle ‘17Serena Shih Hsien Chen*Winnifer Chen ‘19Eric Lim ‘20Hannah Wood ‘16Duke Donghee Yi ‘23

*Donors who have supported the Friends of TAS for three or more consecutive years are marked with an *.

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