November 11, 2021

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“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love.  With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.”

Jeremiah 31:3

School Calendar

MAK Events Calendar

11/13 MS Soccer Tournaments
6th grade boys- TES
6th grade girls- MAT
7th boys and girls will be at MAK.
8th boys and girls will be at MAC.

11/15-19 Impact Trips
9th Grade: Choose Responsibility- Taitung & Green Island
10th Grade: Lead with Character- Mountain Trek along the Xiakelo Historic Trail
11th Grade: Serve Others- Hengchun and Pingtung County (returning SATURDAY, 11/20)
12th Grade: Leave a Legacy- Seniors help lead all Impact trips!

11/16-19
8th Grade: Do Hard Things- Taoyuan & Hsinchu

11/17-19
6th Grade: Cross Over- Kenting
7th Grade: Build Bridges- Pingtung County

11/17: 4th Grade Field Trip

11/24 Half day (PL) 學生上半天

11/25-26 No School (Thanksgiving Vacation) 美國感恩節假期

12/2 ES Christmas Concert 小學聖誕音樂會

12/9 MS & HS Christmas Concert 中學/高中聖誕音樂會

Dear Parents,

A paper and electronic copy of the Spring 2021-22 semester tuition statement was mailed to you on November 10th. Please complete the payment by Dec. 1st, 2021.

If you have not received the Spring 2021-22 semester tuition statement by next week, please email changco@ma.org.tw

親愛的家長,

我們在11月10日已經寄出了紙本以及電子2021-22春季學費帳單給您。2021-22春季學費帳單截止日為2021年12月01日。

如果您於下週還未收到2021-22春季學費帳單,請寫信給changco@ma.org.tw

Elementary 

Dear Elementary Parents and Guardians,

Students are excitedly preparing for the Christmas concert coming up on Thursday, December 2nd.  The concert performance time will be from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm in MPR.  School buses will be departing at 4:30 pm. Students will be singing and playing various instruments on the concert day. Please mark your calendar for this special event!

Here are a few announcements:

  1. Please plan on preparing concert clothing for your children to change into before the concert. For the Christmas Concert Dress Code, plan on wearing Red, Green, Black or White. 
  2. Please remind your children to bring their instruments to school.
  3. After the concert, please remember to sign out at the front office if your children will not be riding the bus. School buses will depart at 4:30 pm.
  4. Parents attending the concert must follow all Covid-19 government regulations:
  • Wear a mask at all times
  • Send a text message to 1922 by scanning the QR code upon arrival
  • Conduct a temperature check
  • Sanitize hands
  1. Parents attending the concert must park along Jiacheng Road and enter the school using the elementary entrance

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Miss Mai (maij@ma.org.tw) or Miss Pan (panch@ma.org.tw). We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

Ms. Mai and Ms. Pan

Middle School & High School

Dear Middle School and High School Parents and Guardians,

Students are excitedly preparing for the Christmas concert coming up on Thursday, December 9nd.  The concert performance time will be from 3:20 pm to 4:20 pm in MPR.  School buses will be departing at 4:30 pm. Please mark your calendar for this special event!

Here are a few announcements:

  1. Please prepare formal concert clothing for your children to change into just before the concert begins. Please wear formal concert attire in Black or White.

Students should avoid wearing jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, or sneakers. 

  1. Please remind your children to bring their instruments to school.
  2. After the concert, please remember to sign out at the front office if your children will not be riding the bus. School buses will depart at 4:30 pm.
  3. Parents attending the concert must follow all Covid-19 government regulations:
  • Wear a mask at all times
  • Send a text message to 1922 by scanning the QR code upon arrival
  • Conduct a temperature check
  • Sanitize hands
  1. Parents attending the concert must park along Jiacheng Road and enter the school using the elementary entrance

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Mai (maij@ma.org.tw), Ms. Pan (panch@ma.org.tw) and Mr. Taylor (taylorvj@ma.org.tw). We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

Ms. Mai, Ms. Pan and Mr. Taylor

Middle School

MS Soccer Tournaments this weekend:

  • 6th grade going to Taipei.
  • 7th grade playing at MAK
  • 8th grade going to MAC

Please be sure to read Mr. Gregg’s email which contains more detailed information. 

MS Impact week next week:

Monday – Full CSL day (regular bus schedule).

Tuesday- 8th graders, depart on their trip (regular bus schedule coming to school).
7th graders, trip preparation day at MAK (regular bus schedule).
                 6th graders, regular classes in the morning, and trip preparation in the afternoon (regular bus schedule).

Wednesday-Friday- 6th and 7th grade depart for their trips from MAK (regular bus schedule coming to school). Will return before 3:25 pm on Friday for regular pick-up arrangements. 8th grade will arrive later in the day on Friday and parents will have to coordinate pick-up times. 

Please be sure to read the impact trip leaders’ parent letters for each grade that have been sent out for more details. 

6th grade-Mr. Gregg

7th grade-Mr. Taylor

8th grade-Mr. Chan

High School

Nov 8th- 13th 

This past weekend our Girls Varsity Volleyball and Boys Varsity Soccer teams competed in their season ending TISSA tournaments. 

The Varsity Girls Volleyball traveled to Morrison Academy Taipei in pursuit of a championship.  Thanks to their hard work the previous year they were able to secure a high seed in the tournament.  On Saturday morning, they had convincing wins over ICA and the tournament host team MAT. These wins set up a rematch of the final from last year against MAC.  The girls played an excellent final and with much determination and strength were able to beat the Mustangs 3 – 0.  The coaches were so proud of the girls and were so thankful to all the support the MAK community showed them this season and at the tournament.  We are so blessed to be able to experience this moment and to enjoy the sport of volleyball.

The Varsity Boys Soccer traveled to Morrison Academy Taichung and  took on familiar opposition in round one of their tournament in the form of KAS and, despite missing key players through injury, there was confidence that the boys could get the result they needed.  After controlling large portions of the game a free kick goal was conceded in the first half.  However the varsity boys battled back and despite going on to lose the game 2-1 should be proud of their efforts against the eventual tournament champions.  In the afternoon the varsity boys took on ICA for 5th place in the tournament.  After a scrappy game riddled with errors due to tired legs, the varsity boys came away as 1-0 winners compliments of a James Andrews goal in the second half sealing a 5th place finish overall. 

The Winter Season of MAK High School sports kicked off this week with boys and girls basketball, and cross country officially starting practices.

The HS Art Club is proud to present the first-ever MAK Coloring Book! To us, art plays a large role in channeling our stress and expressing ourselves, especially as our lives grow busier. Featuring over 50 designs from various artists in both middle and high school, we hope that this coloring book finds you well, whether as a pastime, outlet for pressures, or a gift of art. 

The price for each coloring book will be 300 NTD. 

If you wish to purchase a coloring book, please order using this link. Contact us or  makartclub@ma.org.tw if you have any questions.

Have fun coloring!

高中部美術社將發行創校以來第一版著色本。藝術是我們忙碌的人生中最好的舒壓方式。這本著色本裡包含50張由國中部及高中部的學生所設計的著色頁面,一本售價300元。

如果您有意購買請用這個超連結。如果您有任何問題,請發信給makartclub@ma.org.tw

希望這本著色本能為您來寧靜與快樂。

Message from the Junior Class

[LAST CHANCE!] USED AND NEW BOOK DRIVE!  

This year, our Junior class will be utilizing our God given skills to set up a library for children in a small village in Pingtung County as a part of our Impact Program trip to serve others. By donating any used or new books to the community, it will represent a great act of service to help these villages by providing various genres of books that are suitable for ages 6-15. We hope to receive both English and Chinese books, but mainly Chinese books. There will be a box in the library and in the office between now and November 12 into which you can deposit books. Thank you so much for your generosity!  If you have any questions about this please contact Wade West westw@ma.org.tw.

書籍募捐

今年,我們的十一年級的學生將在他們的修業旅行期間到屏東縣恆春鎮附近的一個小村落打造一間兒童圖書館。為了豐富這間圖書館的館藏,我們接受舊書或新書的捐贈。我們希望募得書況良好,適合大約6-15歲的小學和中學生閱讀的中英文書籍。從現在到11月12日,我們將會在圖書館擺放一個箱子,您可以將欲捐贈的書籍放置其中。非常感謝您的慷慨捐書!如果對此活動有任何疑問,請聯繫Mr. Wade West (westw@ma.org.tw)。

Congrats to our MAK Robotics team! They won first place at a tournament in Yun Lin on October 31.  We took four teams to compete and one of them won the entire event!  Pretty awesome!  Here are some pics:


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