Reunion Pictures

CLASS OF 1989 30-YEAR REUNION

The Class of 1989 had a wild 30-Year Reunion weekend in August 2019! Despite a typhoon, ’89ers enjoyed happy hour at the ACC, took in a tour of TAS, dined at the Grand Hotel, visited the National Palace Museum, and enjoyed a party at Triangle.

ALUMNI PROSPECTIVE PARENTS

More than 20 alumni attended our annual Alumni Prospective Parents event in November 2019 to learn about the TAS admissions process from Michael O’Neill, Director of Admissions, and to hear about the Mandarin program from Caroline Hsu, K-8 Mandarin Coordinator.

ALUMNI VS. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL GAMES

Our alumni teams played against the TAS boys and girls varsity volleyball teams to provide competition for their first games of the season in August 2019. Congratulations to all the players, and thanks to TAS Athletics for supporting!

TAS CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

On September 26, 2020, the TAS community came together to celebrate its 70th Anniversary. Current and past Board members, administration, parents, faculty, staff, as well as students and alumni were welcomed by dancing and singing performances as well as an exciting lion dance. A video looking back at TAS’s seven decades of history premiered at the event. Director of AIT W. Brent Christensen, former TAS parent, spoke, as did Board Chair Tina Koo and Head of School Dr. Sharon Hennessy. Donors came together to donate USD $1 million in order to rename D-Block as the Dr. Sharon DiBartolomeo Hennessy Upper School.

TAS 70TH BIRTHDAY ALUMNI AFTER-PARTY

Following the celebrations on campus, alumni celebrated TAS’s 70th Anniversary at Little Creatures in downtown Taipei. Over 80 alumni from the Classes of 1970 to 2013 came out to enjoy the event and catch up with each other.

26 REUNION PICTURES CELEBRATING 70 YEARS COAST TO COAST

Head of School Dr. Sharon Hennessy celebrated TAS’s 70th Anniversary this fall with alumni on the East Coast. Dr. Hennessy met TAS graduates currently attending college in the Boston and New York City areas, and heard about this next chapter in their lives. Dr. Hennessy also hosted an all-decades alumni event gathering in NYC.

NYC, BOSTON, SF, LA WITH HEAD OF SCHOOL

In January 2020, Dr. Hennessy visited the West Coast to celebrate Chinese New Year with many TAS alumni from the Classes of 1968 to 2019 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Irvine, and Los Angeles. Thank you to our generous sponsors: Mr. Stanley Ko ’88 and Mrs. Annabelle Ko, Mr. Bobby Sheng and Ms. Charlotte Kuo ’86, and Mr. Erwin Shyu ’76 and Ms. Tina Fan (Diamond Jamboree Development).

Our San Francisco alumni came out in October 2019 to SPIN SF. More than 40 alumni attended from college-age students to alumni from the Class of 1981. Alumni enjoyed playing pingpong together and watching the “Celebrating 70 Years” video, created specifically for TAS’s 70th Anniversary.

TAS ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD

SEOUL

At our first Seoul event at Dinette in Itaewon in November 2019, 18 alumni from the Class of 1994 to 2016 gathered with current TAS faculty Darby Sinclair and former lower school counselor Lisa Adams to share updates about the school, life after TAS, and how things are going in Seoul.

PORTLAND

Former faculty who live in the state of Oregon enjoyed dim sum at lunch with each other at Wong’s King in November 2019. Attendees included Henry Schwarz (front left) and continuing clockwise, Charlene Schneiter, Fred Schneiter, Jeff Fischmann, Kay Haberlach, Jan Clark, Susan Rinker, Carol Chadwick, John Chadwick, and Bill Funk.

NEW YORK CITY

Over 30 college freshmen from the Class of 2019 gathered in New York City’s Chinatown in November 2019 and bonded over their different yet similar college experiences around the world. It was a night of reminiscing and chattering as if they were still in the TAS cafeteria.

SHANGHAI

Over 40 alumni showed up at Pistacchio in Shanghai for a Thanksgiving-themed buffet feast in November 2019. We had representatives from the Class of 1970 to the Class of 2012. A big thank you to coordinator Irene Chang ’95 and Pistacchio owner Bonnie Chen ’03 for organizing the event.

Over 170 alumni and family came out to give thanks with us and to enjoy a Thanksgiving buffet of turkey with all the trimmings as well as the perennial favorite Chinese chicken leg! Alumni enjoyed a tour of the new Solomon Wong Tech Cube, courtesy of TAS faculty Matt Fagen, and also heard from Board member Joe Hei ’93 and Assistant Head of School for Advancement Dr. Kathy Limmer.

CLASS OF 2009 10-YEAR REUNION

More than 60 alumni from the Class of 2009 met up in December 2019 at the Ambassador Hotel followed by a night out at KOR. Thanks to organizers Shuping Liu ’09 and See Lim ’09.

CLASS OF 1994 25-YEAR REUNIONS

The Class of 1994 celebrated their 25th year since graduation on December 28, 2019 in Taipei at Chili’s Neihu with an after party at the rooftop of the Marriott nearby. Twenty-seven members of the class attended the party. An earlier class reunion was held in August 2019 in New York City. Thanks to event organizers

Stella Tsai ’94, Lalta Keswani ’94, Becky Yuan ’94, and David Tang ’94!

CLASS OF 1999 20-YEAR REUNION

The Class of 1999 took a trip down memory lane on December 21, 2019. The ’99ers basketball team competed proudly together in the Clash of the Classes Basketball Games and bonded at Mary’s Hamburgers. Later that evening, Class of 1999 had their 20-Year reunion dinner at Wildwood Live Fire Cuisine, owned by Ben Ng ’99. Over 40 alumni from around the world attended and enjoyed seeing Mr. Castelaz and Mr. Arnold. Big thanks to Class Agents Edward Wang ’99 and Lien Chu ’99, Nickey Yeung ’99, Dorothy Hsui ’99, Grace Chu ’99, and Lisa Hinat ’99.

2019 CLASH OF THE CLASSES BASKETBALL GAMES

More than 60 alumni came back to compete in the annual Clash of the Classes Basketball Games. Kevin Lee ’09 captained his team to an overall victory over second place finishers led by Sean Cheng ’02, while Michael Chou ’16’s team captured third place over the team led by Collin Chen ’18. The TAS girls varsity basketball team also enjoyed a scrimmage with alumnae during the winter break.

ALUMNI HOMECOMING TEA AND LUNCH

During winter break, more than 150 collegeage alumni from the Classes of 2016-2019 returned to TAS for the Alumni Homecoming Tea and the traditional chicken leg lunch with the current senior class. An alumni panel also spoke to upper school parents about their college experiences.

ALUMNI VS. VARSITY BOYS SOCCER GAME

Fifteen alumni came out during winter break to play a scrimmage against the TAS varsity boys soccer team.

ALUMNI FACULTY AND STAFF

Front row (left to right): Weston Cooper ’08, Michael Leu ’03, Sanders McMillan ’13; second row (left to right): Maria Peters ’89, Betty Sun ’72, Stephanie Lee ’04, Samantha Lee ’12; third row (left to right): Jenn Huang ’04, Cheryl Lagerquist ’98, Jessica Huang ’11, Nicky Yeung ’99; top row (left to right): Sarah Peters ’95, Michelle Kao ’03, Irene Fang ’01

Not pictured: Betty Chang ’92, Stephanie Chiang ’09, Evelyn Chen ’03, Joan Ho ’08, Stephanie Hsieh ’04, Brenda Lin ’94, Adrian Town ’13, Karen Wang ’04

ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS 2019-2020

Elizabeth Wang ’91 Paul Hsu ’94 Joseph Hwang ’87 Gayle Tsien ’87 Vera Wu ’87 Joseph Hei ’93