Taipei Adventist American School of

Taipei

Taipei Adventist American School (TAAS) is located in the beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods of Yang Ming Shan.  Our campus is surrounded by trees and quiet roads, in fact even our campus itself is full of trees and gardens and outdoor play area for our students.  Many parents have told us that they had heard from others that we are known as a school in the trees (森林小學). TAAS specializes in an individualized holistic American-style instruction in a way not possible in a larger school setting. Not only is learning benefited, but social development is also enhanced in a smaller, family-type setting. Children in small school situations become more independent and do better academically because of a lower student/teacher ratio. Because of the western-style education, students are encouraged to take responsibilities for their own learning apart from the pressures of the teacher or other authorities. Students learn how to act independently, act cooperatively, and love learning. We are part of the largest Protestant educational system in the world, and our faculty and staff continue the system-wide educational tradition of encouraging and nurturing children to develop and perform at their highest potential. Christian morals and values are another integral part of our education system. Integrity, honesty, respect for others, and responsibility are cultivated.  We believe that all people have the ability to grow in character.  Our system is developed to produce highly intelligent children with traits such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. TAAS also offers English as a Second Language classes.  There are two different levels of instruction, ESL pull-out and ESL homeroom.  ESL pull-out is for students who need mild English support outside the classroom to develop and focus on their academic English needs.  ESL homeroom is designed for international and internationally minded students who would not otherwise be accepted into a normal grade level homeroom.  These students will focus full time on their academic English in all subjects in order to meet the needs of an American curriculum classroom.  There is very limited space for our ESL homeroom class.