Gifts in Action

GIFTS IN ACTION PROGRAM EXCELLENCE

Gifts to Program Excellence are reflected in the achievements of our students, the development of programs, and the expansion of unique learning opportunities. Last year’s gifts to the Program Excellence fund supported many programs such as: Joanna Nichols Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence

Dr. Jacob Soll, Professor of History and Accounting at the University of Southern California, visited TAS during January 2018 as our Joanna Nicholas Visiting Scholar. At TAS, Dr. Soll taught European History, World History, Principles of Business, Economics, U.S. History, Philosophy, International Relations, and a new Historical Archival Research course at the Imperial Archives at Academia Sinica. Mr. Richard Gill was the Education Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and was the Director of the Victorian Opera and West Australian Conservatorium, as well as the Chorus Master of Opera Australia. He visited TAS as the 2017-2018 Joanna Nichols Artist in Residence, working with the Community Choir, the Upper School Orchestra, and Sun Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra during the Arts Festival. 2017-2018 was Mr. Gill’s fifth and final visit to Taipei American School; sadly, he passed away in October 2018.

The Stanley ‘88 and Annabelle Ko Classics Visiting Scholar

Dr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a professor of classics at Princeton, visited TAS in late January and early February 2018 as our Annabelle Ko Classics Scholar in Residence. At TAS, Dr. Padilla Peralta taught classics classes, spoke at upper school assemblies, and gave a community-wide presentation. Robotics Programs

The robotics program continued to grow this year. Annual giving provided support to both middle school and upper school robotics teams as they traveled to Kentucky for the VEX World Championship in April 2018. TAS relies on gifts to the Annual Giving Program to enhance the educational opportunities for all our students that would otherwise not be possible. In this section, you will learn about how giving has benefited our community in the 2017-18 school year. Your gift can be designated toward one or a combination of five different initiatives: • Program Excellence • Professional Excellence • Building Excellence • Endowment • Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund

Science, Scientific Research, and Artificial Intelligence Program

Many purchases were made this year to support the expanding student interest in science, scientific research, and A.I. The school purchased a high-speed research camera, a high-speed centrifuge machine, autoclave machine, shaking incubator machine, rotary evaporator machine, and an additional 3D printer. Art Program, Music, Theater Program

The school supported the visual arts program by replacing an old kiln with a new, electric and gas hybrid kiln and a laser cutter. In music, the school purchased mobile sound recording and production equipment due to an increase in student interest in music production. Finally, the school invested in arts faculty by continuing to sponsor our Director of Technical Theatre, Mr. Kevin B. Held.

Lower School and Upper School Joanna Nichols Memorial Libraries

The lower school and upper school libraries benefitted from renovations to furniture for students and storage. Athletics Program

Funds supported the TAS athletics program by providing new timers and race clocks for track and field teams.

Additionally, the School brought in Dr. Dianne Murphy from Columbia University and Intercollegiate Athletics Consulting to coach and assist in athletic training on campus during August 2017. Film Studies

The School purchased several new cameras for its awardwinning film program. The School completed these programmatic investments with different lens kits, tripods, mounting equipment, batteries, adapters, headphones, memory cards, and sound and lighting tools. Wellness Convention

TAS hosted its first ever Wellness Convention on campus from November 17-18, 2017. The school supported bringing in health professionals from around the world including Dr. Laurence Steinberg, Dr. Craig Hassed, Dr. Yu-Che Tsai, Dr. Kristen Lee Costa, Tara Conrad, and Vince Papale.

PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

TAS is dedicated to recruiting, developing and retaining engaged and innovative subject matter experts who have a direct impact on exceptional student learning. Contributions support teachers by offering meaningful professional development to keep faculty inspired and at the forefront of their field.

General Professional Excellence

Upper school faculty member, Jaami Franklin, traveled to St. Louis to attend the First Robotics World Championship in April 2018 and film students for TAS. Joanna Nichols Professional Excellence Awards

Principals and the Head of School select two teachers from each division annually who demonstrate a 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. The 2018 recipients are Bob Kowalec, Tim Martin, Chris Hoffman, Joel Jayamohan, Susanna Hartzell, and Teresa Chiang. Recipients of previous Joanna Nichols Professional Development Awards continued to use their funds during the 2017-2018 school year by purchasing school supplies and magazine subscriptions, attending school, conferences, or other learning programs in the US, Cambodia, and Hong Kong.

BUILDING EXCELLENCE

Gifts to Building Excellence support the development of campus facilities, which enhances programs across the school.

Tech Cube and Equipment

Gifts allowed TAS to enter the final stages of building the Solomon Wong Tech Cube. Completed in November 2018, the Solomon Wong Tech Cube is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to KA-12 STEAM education.

West Campus ACT Testing Center

Gifts to Building Excellence helped the school renovate the West Campus building into a new ACT and SAT Testing Center, which complies with all testing center requirements for both college entrance exams including updated devices and security.

ENDOWMENT

Gifts to Endowment help assure long term financial stability for the School. It ensures that future generations of TAS students enjoy excellence in education. It also serves as an emergency reserve. Twenty percent of all annual gifts made toward Building Excellence, Program Excellence, or Professional Excellence are designated to Endowment, unless otherwise specified by the donor.

HOPE N. F. PHILLIPS SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund provides 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, a 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. The Hope N.F. Phillips Scholarship Fund has had and will have a direct impact on the students of Taipei American School 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 online at https://www.tas.edu.tw/give.

• 2017-2018 - 1 student • 2016-2017 - 6 students • 2015-2016 - 5 students • 2014-2015 - 1 student • 2013-2014 - 3 students • 2012-2013 - 4 students

Gratitude Report

Thank you to the following alumni who have chosen to participate in our Annual Giving Program during the 2018-2019 school year. Your gifts are greatly appreciated. (As of April 23, 2019)

Alumni

• Anonymous • Harry W. Fritz '55 • Jeanne McKim '56 • Elizabeth Swisher

Schumacher '57 • Billy Chang '63 • James Clair '64 • Terry Shu '68 • Karen Cerulla (Martin) '69 • Linda Sheppard '73 • Pamela Jones '74 • Phil Peach '74 • Kim Murray Kelly '75 • Thomas Jee '76 • Janel Wire Pratt '71 and

Stacey Wire Ward '76 • Simon Chang '77 • Mona Lee • TK Chiang '81 • Walter and Shirley Fan '86 Wang • Romy Chen and Family • Cynthia Sin-Yi Chen '88 • Stanley Chung '89 • Hiko Kawashima '89 • James Tsao '89 • Julian Wolhardt '91 and

Ketty Lieu '91 • Michael Liu '91 • Gary Mi '91 and

Janet Chen '92 • Shing Chi Poon '92 and

E-wen Liao • Matt Davies '92 • Deborah Shapiro • Allen Timothy Chang '94 • Olivia Wu and Michael

Hsu • Meetu Naresh Kumar • Eleanor Lan '94 • David Tang '94 • Tiffany Tsai '94 • Sandia Ren '95 • John Bishop • Wendy Kao '97 • Andrea Chiu '97 • Jennifer Hsui '03 and

Michael Hsieh '97 • Walter Shih '97 • Andrew Way '97 • Suzanne Wu '97 • Kai Bublitz '98 • Sophia Liao '98 • Helen Wong '98 • Johnson Yeh '98 • Nicolas Driskill '98 • Herbert Huang '98 • Timothy Weiting

Huang '98 • Kohn Liu '98 • Albert Hsu '99 • David Chang '99 • Hanry Kuo '99 • Shirley Pi '99 • Jeffrey Theobald '99 • Edward Wang '99 • Cedric Chang '00 • Margaret Hao • Joseph Zhang '00 • Nina Shih '01 • Dumile Dlamini • Ashley Hansen '01 • Midori Sakagami • Caroline Chou • Joe Cheng '02 • Sean Cheng '02 • Daniel Chu • Gary Liao '02 • Jennifer Lien • Jay Shuang '02 • Elizabeth Tsai '02 • Anne Van Gessel '02 • Cerise Kao and David

Lo '03 • Frank Kuo '03 • Michael Tu '03 • Jeffrey D. Wang '03 • Dallas Yew '03 • Marissa Hou • Alison Huang • Howard Chen '04 • Samuel Heagney '04 • Alison Jen' 04 • Tiffany Liu '04 • Michael Pickles '04 • Tami Wang • Caleb Michael Yang '04 • Christine Yew '04 • Liann Yim '05 • Peter Khiew '05 • Rachel Ling'05 • Robert Wang • Calvin Chen '05 • Sheng Jiun Chou '05 • Miles Hang '05 • Nancy Niu '05 • Yejay Ying '05 • Steven Chen '05 • Randy Lee '06 • Catherine Yeh '06 • Tim Wu '07 • Noel Hardesty '07 • Hide Kurokawa '07 • Cindi Yim '08 • Jessica Chang '08 • Jonathan Chen '08 • Kevin Wang '08 • Cleo Yeh '08 • Yuka Tomita '09 • Jennifer Meng '09 • Scott Chen '09 • Katie Hardesty '09 • Peter Lee '09 • Ervin Tsay '09 • Edward Yew '09 • Derek Ma '10 • Johnna Sheu (Blossom) and Addison Sheu • Vincent Wang '10 • Jocelyn Bohn Guthrie '11 • Teresa Chen '11 • Jessica Damiani '12 • Paul Yim '12 • Sara Lin '12 • Ting Wei '12 • Amy Chiang '12 • Eileen Hou '12 • Monica Shih '12 • Derrick Moore '13 • Gillian Bjork '13 • Peter Khiew '13 • Ping Chiu '13 • Raymond Heberer '13 • Ann Lin '13 • Nicholas Yeh • Anne Roffler '14 • Rexford Chang '14 • Anthony Lin '14 • Jin-Tai Teng '14 • Duanduan Hsieh '15 • Michael Ang '15 • Antonio Chan '15 • Jonathan Chen '15 • Harrison Huang '15 • Anthony Tu '15 • Eashawn Luo '16 • Neha Purswaney '16 • Christopher Sung '16 • Rebecca Tseng '16 • Curtis Kao '16 • Victoria Yeh '16 • Andrew Chow '16 • Kevin Hsu '16 • Jeremy Shih '16 • Leon Yim '16 • Allen Yin Jr. '16 • Riley Chang '16 • Zurone Chen '16 • Michael Chou '16 • Travis Huang '16 • Eric Lin '16 • Derek Wang '16 • Seamus Boyle '17 • Brandon Lee '17

• Jun Yang Koh '17 • Tiffany Chen '17 • Collin Chen '18 • Joseph Pogue '18 • Brandon Kao '18 • Victor Chang '18 • Edward Ang '18 • Kyle Huang '18 • Lin Nicholas Lin '18 • Kevin Yu '18 • Class of 2018

Current Board Members who are Alumni

• Joseph '87 and Katherine

Hwang • Ferdinand P. Tsien and

Family • Vera Wu and Harry

Spiegle • David Ko '92 and

Elizabeth Wang '91 • Paul Hsu '94

Current Faculty who are Alumni

• Anonymous • Betty Sun '72 • Maria Peters '89 • Betty Chang • Terry and Cheryl

Lagerquist '98 • Nicky Yeung • Irene Fang • Teresa Chiang '02 • Evelyn Chen '03 • Michelle Kao '03 • Stephanie Chih-Yang

Hsieh '04 • Teddy Tu '04 • Stephanie Lee '04 • Weston Wang Cooper • Jessica Huang • Henry Chuang • Shirley Peng and Sanders

McMillan

Former Faculty

• Charlie Chen • John Dankowski • Helen Chen '94 • Linda Soo '97 • Anonymous • Erwin Shyu '76 and Tina

Fan • Sherry Kuei and Jim

Boyle '76 • Bryan Kang '19 and

Vivian Shen • George Koo and Joy

Tsien • H. Lee and J. Lin • Helen Elena Tsung '84 and Sofia C.H. Liu

Tsung '21 • David Wu and Karen

Chyan • Betty Yu and Mark Hsu • Simon Chen '86 and

Daisy Chan • Bobby Sheng and

Charlotte Kuo '86 • Dennis Hong '87 • Royce Hong and Grace

Cheung • Steven Y.K. Gee '89 and

Lily Choi • Cynthia Hsu '91 and

Alfred Woo '89 • Tracy Hsu • Phillip Chen and Irene

Chen '90 • Michael Fei '90 and

Maria Ting '89 • Krista Lee and Paul Hu • Bonnie Su • Kailynne Chiu '20 and

Kerrianne Chiu '23 • Judy Young and Tom

Soong • Randy Chen '91 and

Cindy Teeters • Jireel Wei and Danny

Chow • Austin Lee '91 • Richard '91 and Ting

Ting Yang '93 • Andrew and Alexandra

Chiang • Christopher Ling '91 and

Cathy Chen • Anthony Wong '92 and

Grace Kuo '92 • Cheng Family • Johnny Liao and Judy

Chen • Stephanie Hong '92 • Ikyo Asanaka • Richard Moh '93 and

Shao-Yun Yang • Brian Hsieh and Tina

Wu '93 • Michael Chu '93 and

Fantine Wang • Chris Liu and

Conny Lin '93 • Peggy Liao • Gloria Tsai '94 and family • Tony Chow and

Michelle Sung • Janice Su and John Lin • David Chuang • Darren Huang and

Shirley Wei • Michelle Chen and

Joseph Shu • Robert Lee and Teresa

Hsu '95 • Hiromitsu Katsuyama and Lisa Wang '95 • Rinton Han '96 • Ting-Ying Angie Chueh • Tzu Yin Chen • Imie Liu '96 • The Ting Family • Amy Hsi and Frank Day • Edward Deng '96 and

Lydia Lim '97 • Jimmy Chen and Juling

Wang • Cindy Yeung and Albert

Ku • Fong-Ming Nyeu and

Jeffrey Su • Charles and Katharine

Lin • Louis Liu and Amy Su • Sue Jung Lee • Joanna Wang and Jerry

Chiu • Daisy Lin and George

Jeng '99 • Monica Yen '00 and

Louis Wu • Elin Hsu and Ryan Yeh

Matching Gifts

• Google Inc. • Microsoft Matching Gifts

In Honor of Richard Arnold

• Shing Chi Poon '92 and

E-wen Liao

In memory of deceased teachers, faculty, and classmates

• Jim Clair '64

In Memory of Doug Bishop

• Michelle Kao '03

In Memory of David Blowers

• Caleb Michael Yang '04

In Memory of Paul Fredette

• Anonymous

In Memory of Steve Lane

• John Dankowski

In Memory of Timothy Jee '73

• Thomas Jee '76

In Memory of Jerry and Carolyn Martin

• Karen Cerulla (Martin) '69

In Memory of Jan McDowell

• Stephanie Chih-Yang

Hsieh '04

In Memory of Mrs. Hope N.F. Phillips

• Anonymous • Kim Murray Kelly '75

In Memory of Yu Seng Ting

• Anonymous

As part of our “Please Have a Seat” campaign, members of the TAS community have the opportunity to name a seat in the Guy Lott, Jr. Auditorium. For NT$90,000, you can have a plaque inscribed for permanent display on a chair in the Guy Lott, Jr. Auditorium. Your gift to this Building Excellence initiative funds renovations to the Guy Lott, Jr. Auditorium including seats, carpeting, cabling works, LED lighting, and more. Your gift ensures students continue to have a world-class performing arts space for drama, dance, music, and assemblies. This year, Janel Wire Pratt ‘71 and Stacey Wire Ward ‘76 honored their father Dr. Howard Wire with Chair #55. In 2017-2018, the Class of 1992 named Chair #92 in celebration of their 25-year reunion, and the Class of 1996 named Chair #96. Chair numbers matching class years have been reserved for alumni. Contact the Development Office at development@tas.tw to name a chair in honor of your class, family, or former teacher.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT

TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL WORLDWIDE REUNION 3

MARCH 11-19, 2020

TAS is excited to see alumni from around the world return to Taipei next March 11-19, 2020 to help us celebrate our 70th anniversary (1949 - 2019)! Enjoy a week in Taipei while staying at the Yuanshan Grand Hotel. Activities will include a day at TAS while school is in session, delicious Taiwanese cuisine, visits to landmarks new and old around Taipei, and a special dinner at the American Club in Taipei. There is an optional trip to the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands. For the detailed itinerary and registration forms, visit the TAS Alumni website at www.tas.edu.tw/alumni/! You can also find the information on the Taipei American School Alumni Facebook group. Thank you to Lloyd Coleman ‘73 for organizing!