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•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••HEAD OF SCHOOL ••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••

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••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Letter to Alumni ••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••• ••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dear Alumni, ••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••• Thank you for your ongoing contributions to Taipei American School in all of the myriad ways that you give. Your time, expertise, and resources provide invaluable tools to usher TAS into the future while honoring the past. We are especially grateful to the many of you who have supported the school through a gift to the annual giving program, where your generosity builds on a foundation of excellence for students to access extraordinary faculty, programs, and facilities. Gifts to the school make a lasting impact in a number of ways. Currently, contributions to Building Excellence support construction of the Tech Cube, a five-story facility dedicated to STEAM education with a focus on design, technology, and robotics, scheduled for completion in early 2019. Gifts to Program Excellence are reflected in the achievements of our students, the development of new programs, and the expansion of unique learning opportunities schoolwide. Contributions to Professional Excellence support TAS’s dedication to recruiting, developing, and retaining engaged and innovative subject matter experts who have a direct impact on exceptional student learning. Our debate, robotics, dance, scientific research, film studies, and journalism programs would not be close to the caliber they are without your support. Gifts to Endowment assure long-term financial stability for the school while ensuring that future generations of TAS students enjoy excellence in education well into the future. The final gift designation, the Hope N. F. Phillips Scholarship Fund, provides partial scholarships to families experiencing financial difficulties and allows students who would otherwise have to leave the school because of financial hardship to continue their education at TAS. All gifts enable TAS students of tomorrow to become leaders in their communities, analytical and creative thinkers, ethical citizens with a global perspective, and life-long learners equipped with the skills to succeed in a rapidly-changing world. Whether you share your enthusiasm by sending us great students, attending events, helping with internships, or supporting our people, programs, and place initiatives, we are all most grateful. Faithfully,

Dr. Sharon D. Hennessy Head of School

from the Advancement Office

Ms. Helen Chen Dear Alumni, As my fourth year at TAS comes to a close, I reflect on the continued engagement of the alumni community and how those unique shared experiences provide a binding kinship throughout your lives. Our global alumni community, many of whom are now second-generation TAS families, remain engaged and devoted to sharing their many talents with our students. We truly value your support, both here in Taiwan and from afar.

I want to take this opportunity to wish Helen Chen ’94, our dedicated Alumni and Community Outreach Officer, all the best as she departs TAS for her next adventure. Since October of 2007, Helen has contributed to the Admissions and Advancement Offices and served as a wealth of historical knowledge about the school. Her enthusiasm for TAS and vast outreach efforts to the alumni community will be greatly missed.

Please join me in welcoming Ms. Connie Ma to the role of Alumni and Community Outreach Officer. Connie earned her bachelor’s in sociology from the University of Chicago, and her master’s in public policy from Duke University. Her experience in education and development started with the University of Chicago Alumni Association, where she helped to build the Public Interest Program, placing young alumni in non-profit fellowships. She continued her work in development and external relations at the Chinese American Service League, fundraising to support Chinese immigrants in the Chicago area. Connie is passionate about the power of alumni networks, and looks forward to engaging with the TAS alumni community. I hope to see you on campus soon to marvel at the soon-tobe-completed Tech Cube, enjoy athletics or performing arts events, attend a reunion, or to take a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. TAS remains your home long after graduation and we look forward to welcoming you back.

Warm regards,

Ms. Connie Ma Kathy Limmer Assistant Head of School for Advancement