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Grand opening of LAS in 1989. The school building is a townhouse with two floors. Dr. Esther Hanna (left of the podium) and Ms. Anna Lee are the co-founders of LAS. For over two decades, AST has offered a challenging education for students who must function in a rapidly changing, multi-cultural world. Our graduates are expected to exhibit traits of excellence, integrity, and responsibility as they develop problem-solving skills to meet the needs of the future. AST is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. We offer an American curriculum designed to prepare students for success in US colleges and universities. We accomplish this by attracting a teaching staff of fully qualified and certified teachers who bring experiences from American and International schools to our students. Small class sizes enable our students and teachers to form lasting relationships that enhance the educational atmosphere. As a small school, we can foster a sense of community that further enriches the environment for learning. We realize that parents entrust their greatest treasure to us, their children, and we take that responsibility very seriously. As you learn more about us, I hope the excitement that is at the heart of AST is evident. Our success is found in the lives of our graduates. Our mission is to help them create the future. This website will introduce you to the American School in Taichung. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please contact us through the admission office. We are open to all students with foreign passports and provide special support to English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). American School in Taichung is an international school with a commitment to excellence, integrity, and responsibility that prepares college-bound students for a rapidly changing world. To prepare global citizens who strive for excellence, act with integrity, and value responsibility. American School in Taichung is a one-through-twelve non-profit international school serving expatriate and internationally mobile families in Taichung, Taiwan. The school offers an American-based curriculum that allows for transfer to and from other international schools, and western-style educational systems. The school is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Current enrollment is 233, with 92 students in High School, and 67 in Middle School. Most of the 40 faculty members come from the United States, through Canada, England, Columbia, and Taiwan are also represented. View full school

Education is the basis of Taiwan's progression and teacher cultivation to the priority of it. In 1899, Taiwan elementary education thrived and required Taiwanese teachers as Public School teachers (now called elementary school teachers). Taichung Normal School was established in Changhua Wunwu Temple at the time, Taipei Normal School in Taipei Dadaocheng, and Tainan Normal School in Tainan Sanshang King Temple. In 1943, the School was merged with Hsinchu Normal School to Taichung Teacher School (Junior College) of Taiwan Governor-General Administration. In 1945, the government promoted the School to Taiwan Provincial Taichung Normal School. It came with a governmental movement and at the time from 1946 to 1949. formed a democratic and liberated atmosphere on campus and took the lead in upgrading the School and renamed Taiwan Provincial Junior Teachers College, which then went into the first transformation-Teacher Junior College. The school motto-loyal, firm, diligent and plain-four spirits based on Confucian culture and expected the School formed with loyal responsibility, firm perseverance, diligent conduct, and straightforward attitude. The School was advanced to Taiwan Provincial Taichung Teachers College in 1987. Promoting educational specialized and nourishing intimate and caring teachers. In the year 1991, it had been promoted to National Taichung Teachers College and 1994, in keeping with Taiwan's diverse society. In 2000 aggressively extended the second campus, adjusted the curriculum to cultivate students' multi-capability, and upgraded the School to the National Taichung University of Education. The University aimed at "stepping forward" and went through the next transformation by 2005. Hand in hand, they started the times of Taichung University. Integrating the past social theory with refined ideal and academic professional enabled non-teacher training students of pro-abilities and teacher training students of novel teacher spirits. Both refined specialists would make NTCU a model school of the higher academy and, in the future, the top in the region, the head in Taiwan, and a distinguished liberal arts university in the nations. National Taichung University of Education (NTCU) is a university with a proud legacy. Its guiding principles have been "refinement, creativity, and new prospect." It emphasizes student-centered teaching, stresses both scientific and humanistic education, and advocates professionalism with critical thinking. Pursuing the goal as the locals' best, the nation's leading, and the world's famous University, NTCU expects to be excellent because of its students and expects its students to be excellent because of NTCU. In 2005, the University renamed the National Taichung University of Education, consisting of the College of Education, College of Humanities and Liberal Arts, and College of Mathematics and Information Science. In 2008, management departments were established and would be developed for the future college of management. On the one hand, the University has taken an operational transformation to create new prospects, become competitive, and encourage diversity. On the other hand, it carries on its early mission of educating quality teachers. With such distinctive features, the School is to be an educational university of the new era. The Department of Music and the Department of Fine Arts is planning to incorporate the digital art and creative industry to prepare students for a more challenging job market after graduation. As for providing students with work experience, the University has signed industry-academic cooperation agreements with various corporations and implemented International Part-time Employment Strategies to expand students' employment opportunities. With the advantages in the fields of education and art, NTCU has been a leader in Taiwan's middle area. It will continue to develop features for each academic department, to expand "blue oceans" of uncontested professional areas, to be one of the nation's leading research institutes, and in the rapid process of internalization, to become a renowned world-class university finally. View full university