Taipei American School

Next stop: Grade 9!

This week, we celebrated our Grade 8 students as they marked an important milestone in their TAS journey. 

As part of TAS‘s commitment to creating meaningful milestone celebrations, Grade 8 is recognized as an important moment in a student’s journey and an opportunity to celebrate the learning, friendships, memories, accomplishments, and growth that have shaped these years.

High School is just around the corner, and we couldn‘t be more excited for our rising Grade 9 students. What are you looking forward to most as this new adventure begins?

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It's one thing to learn about supply and demand. It's another to experience it firsthand.

Our Grade 4 students recently turned their Social Studies learning into action at the Goods and Services Fair, welcoming Grade 3 students and some teachers as customers, clients, and curious shoppers.

Behind every booth was a team of students who had spent weeks developing ideas, creating products and services, managing budgets, designing advertisements, and learning what it takes to run a business.

What started as a Social Studies unit became an opportunity to collaborate, solve problems, think creatively, and put classroom learning into action.

Watching students confidently explain their ideas, welcome customers, and celebrate their hard work was a reminder that some of the most meaningful learning happens when students get the chance to experience it for themselves!

Wow...where did the time go?! 🐯

Our Kindergarten team celebrated this special milestone in the cutest and most heartwarming way. Our young Tigers shared poems reflecting on their Kindergarten memories, performed songs with their families in the audience, and even joined together with the Kindergarten and Performing Arts teams for a beautiful group performance.

From learning to read and write, to building friendships, courage, curiosity, and kindness, we were so glad to celebrate this meaningful chapter before our young Tigers take their next big step into Grade 1.

We’re so excited to see where their journeys take them next!

This week, we were so proud to celebrate our Grade 5 students through their Promotion Ceremonies and Performing Arts Recognition Concert, and it was a beautiful reminder of how much these Tigers have grown.
 
This year, TAS began creating more intentional milestone celebrations for students at important stages of their journey, including Grade 5. These moments are meant to help students, families, and teachers celebrate all the growth, friendships, memories, and experiences that shaped this chapter together.
 
We loved seeing this new tradition come to life through student performances, reflections, laughter, proud families, and moments that reminded us our cubs are becoming Tigers! Middle School is waiting, and we know they are ready.
 

Big builders meet little learners!

During the Tech Cube Open House, our Middle School students shared their Simple Machines class creations with our Pre-K Tigers, turning engineering concepts into hands-on moments of curiosity, exploration, and connection!