TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL Spring 2011 Volume 12 TAS Alumni News
TAS Alumni Dance Crew Instant Noodles Feature Story on Page 14 Message From the Superintendent Change is in the Air
As we send this 2011 edition of the TAS Alumni News to you, our esteemed alumni, I want to share some of the excitement we feel about the significant changes made at the school over the past four years and going forward. I hope to get a chance to share much more with you in person at school and at alumni gatherings.
All the changes we are making are designed to bring our offerings into alignment with what the TAS community wants: excellence in American-style education with the highest quality faculty, programs, and place to deliver In the upper school, there will be two new departments: education that mirrors the very best of American public and the new Political Science & Forensics department with private schools today. new courses in International Relations, Law & Policy Debate, and Public Speaking, Rhetoric, & Debate; the new You all are aware of the amazing new facilities that are Computer Science department with advanced robotics being built on our campus – the new upper school building courses and more collaboration with National Taiwan with science and technology center, the new gym, and the University of Science and Technology. There will also be art and cafeteria expansion – as well as the renovation and new offerings in science, social studies, world languages, updating of existing facilities. We are working hard to make English, and the performing arts (including Stagecraft and the facilities as green as possible. Advanced Technical Theater) as well as more opportunities for engaging in scientific research. In the lower school: a new schedule with Mandarin nine days out of ten and longer blocks of instructional time; You would be proud to see the way current TAS students drama integration into the music program KA-5; the new are doing science experiments in lower school, feeling Mandarin heritage track curriculum; new social studies increasing confidence in classroom discussions and curriculum for 2011-2012, on the heels of new math as public speakers, studying physics first in grade curriculum in 2010, new science in 2009; and expansion nine, integrating technology so that they develop the of readers and writers workshops with TAS becoming a habits necessary to excel in the digital world they face, Columbia Teachers College project site. representing TAS at robotics competitions and IASAS events, contributing to community service projects, and so In the middle school: a new schedule so that more much more. academically oriented electives are part of all students’ experiences (including critical reading, robotics and Thank you for your continued interest in making TAS the advanced robotics, drama, public speaking, classics, best it can be for our current and future students. We journalism, global issues, expository writing, confidence welcome you back to see for yourself. course, dance, and economics); new history curriculum; new components to our character education program including a “character code” for all students; and new math courses that respond to student performance level, interest, and needs so that more students will be more well prepared to achieve higher levels of success in math. Sharon Hennessy From the Spring 2011 VOL. 12 $GYDQFHPHQW2IÀFH
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(QMR\WKHIROORZLQJSHUNVDQGPRUHDVDPHPEHURI7$6DOXPQL $QDOXPQLJDWHSDVV 8VHRIJ\PDQGVSRUWIDFLOLWLHVGXULQJQRQLQVWUXFWLRQDOKRXUV 8VHRIWKHIRXU7$6OLEUDULHVDQGERRNFKHFNRXWSULYLOHJHV &DPSXVSDUNLQJSHUPLWIRUXVHEHIRUHDQGDIWHUVFKRRODQGRQZHHNHQGV 3ULRULW\DGPLVVLRQIRUVFKRRODJHFKLOGUHQ 7ROHDUQPRUHVLJQLQWRWKH$OXPQL3RUWDODWwww.tas.edu.twDQGFRPSOHWHWKH 22 TAS ALUMNI NEWS 9RO6SULQJ$OXPQL%HQHILWVRQOLQHIRUPRUFDOO H[W 5HXQLRQ5HÁHFWLRQV Class of 2000 Reunion in Taipei 'HFHPEHU 7KLVHYHQWZDVPRUHVXFFHVVIXOWKDQ,KDGRULJLQDOO\LPDJLQHG0RUHWKDQRIRXUFODVVPDWHVDWWHQGHG WKHGLQQHU(YHU\RQHZKRFDPHVWD\HGXQWLOWKHHQGDQGZHZHUHLQWHUHVWHGLQZKDWRWKHUVKDGEHHQGRLQJ DIWHUJUDGXDWLQJIURP7$63HRSOHUHFRQQHFWHGRQDSHUVRQDOOHYHOEXWDOVRRQDSURIHVVLRQDOOHYHODVZHKDYH DOODFFXPXODWHGDOOVRUWVRIGLIIHUHQWVNLOOV7KLVNLQGRIUHXQLRQLVYHU\EHQHILFLDOEHFDXVHZHIRXQGWKHVDPH IDPLOLDULW\LQHDFKRWKHUEXWWKDWVDPHIDPLOLDULW\LVQRZFRXSOHGZLWKPDWXULW\FKDQJHDQGRSSRUWXQLWLHV Edward Liu ’00, Reunion Organizer Shanghai)HEUXDU\ This special alumni gathering was sponsored by Danyue Cheng ’91, the owner of Dakota in Shanghai. Mark Your Calendar! 8SFRPLQJDOXPQLHYHQWVDW 7DLSHL$PHULFDQ6FKRRODQGLQ FLWLHVDURXQGWKHZRUOG )RUPRUHGHWDLOVSOHDVHYLVLWWKH DOXPQLSRUWDODWwww.tas.edu.tw. 9RO6SULQJ TAS ALUMNI NEWS 5HXQLRQ5HÁHFWLRQV Hong Kong,-DQXDU\ Alumni gathered for bubble tea at the Goldman Sachs Philia Home provided a cozy atmosphere for the alumni office. Special thanks to Tanya Lee ’97. event in Hong Kong. Singapore -DQXDU\ Alan Hsu ’93 coordinated dinner for those living in Singapore. San Francisco)HEUXDU\ TAS Assistant Superintendent for Learning Karen Moreau met a group of alumni in the San Francisco area over lunch. Special thanks to Jan Watten ’74 (middle) for serving as the local liasison & taking the photos. TAS ALUMNI NEWS 9RO6SULQJ 5HXQLRQ5HÁHFWLRQV Washington, D.C.2FWREHU TAS Superintendent Dr. Sharon Hennessy shared updates from TAS with alumni in the D.C. area over dinner. Special thanks to Sandy Mabry ’60 for her assistance as the local liaison. 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From left to right: Carol Chadwick, Jan Clark, Susan Rinker, Cathy Funk, Charlene Schneiter. Update your contact information :H¶GUHDOO\OLNHWRUHDFKDOO7$6DOXPQLDQGWRKDYHFRQWDFW GHWDLOVIRUHYHU\RQH 28 TAS ALUMNI NEWS 9RO6SULQJ Former Faculty Visits The Svobodas and Mr. Richard Arnold, upper school Taiwan and TAS 2011 U.S. history teacher By Laurence S. Svoboda (TAS faculty member 1973-1976) HDUHVWLOOGUHDPLQJDERXW7DLZDQDQG SUREDEO\DOZD\VZLOO6KDURQDQG,MXVW WUHWXUQHGIURPDYLVLWWR7DLSHL$PHULFDQ 6FKRROWKLUW\ILYH\HDUVDIWHUOHDYLQJ(YHQDIWHUPRUH WKDQWKUHHGHFDGHVZHDUHVWLOOHQFKDQWHGE\WKHZKROH 7DLZDQH[SHULHQFH )RUPHU7$6)DFXOW\PHPEHU*O\QQ &RQGLW DQGKLVZLIH+HOHQDW WKH)ORUD([SRLQ7DLSHLLQ$SULO 9RO6SULQJ TAS ALUMNI NEWS Friends of TAS Annual Giving Program John Church '65 recently made a gift in memory of former faculty member, Mrs. Mimi McGrath. He wrote, Mrs. McGrath was my English Teacher in 1964-1965, my senior year at TAS. Her enthusiasm for life and love of English literature was infectious. 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thirteenth year as an IB English teacher. When I started working at Antwerp International School five years ago, someone organized a party at the start of the academic year for new staff members. That is when I saw Hubert Jacobs Timo and Hubert NOW again—he is taller than I and hard to miss. It was a pretty surreal moment. He was my Dutch teacher at TAS (IB A1). He has taught middle school math and social studies at AIS and recently picked up Dutch A1 again as well. Sad News Col. Daniel Edward Cushing (retired) ’73 attended TAS from grade 9-12. His sister, Catherine Cushing ’72 shared that he passed away on 10 October 2010. Former TAS Administrator, Elizabeth Bowden-Smith ’63 (1945-2010) David A. Fyock, 80, of Evans was a person of many talents. An educator City, Pennsylvania, passed with Hidden Villa, an environmental center away on February 22, 2011. in Los Altos Hills, she also served clients He had worked at TAS as the as a counselor and contributed to her elementary principal 1969-1971. church as a designer of decorations for He also worked at international various holidays. She was a committed schools in Bangkok, Thailand, alumna of TAS and participated in the From left to right: Andrew Cushing and Esfahan, Iran and served organization of the California reunion for (son), Colleen Cushing (daughter), as dean of men at Davis & 1960s alumni at Asilomar several years Daniel E. Cushing, and Samuel Elkins College in Elkins, West ago. Elizabeth worked in the Environmental Cushing (son). Virginia. Most recently he owned Education Program at Hidden Villa for 25 and operated a consulting firm, years, and it was her true heart’s work; the China Consultants, Inc. Mr. program works with local schools to teach For alumni contact Fyock is survived by his wife, environmental themes that are integrated information, please visit the Kim Chen Fyock, his children: into the classroom science curriculum. Debra Fyock ’70, Darcy Zotter The Elizabeth Bowden-Smith Memorial TAS website and log in to the ’72, Sulan Peebles ’75, Shawn Endowment Fund at Hidden Villa is a Alumni Portal. The “Alumni Fyock, eight grandchildren, protected account whose earnings sponsor Online Directory” contains the and two great-grandchildren. one day of classroom field trips at Hidden Memorial donations may be Villa each year. The goal is to create an email addresses and mailing made in his memory to the East “Elizabeth Day” in which all visiting students addresses of TAS alumni. Asian Library of the University of are sponsored by the endowment. http:// Pittsburgh. elizabethbowdensmith.wordpress.com/ TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL 800 Chung Shan N. Road, Section 6 Taipei, Taiwan, ROC 11152 Telephone +886-2-2873-9900 www.tas.edu.tw The Official Taipei American School Alumni Association Facebook Group: We have 2,395 members at the moment and it continues to increase. Join our group and stay in touch with your TAS friends through Facebook. We send messages and post TAS alumni events on Facebook, too.