September 7, 2023

2023-24 School Calendar 學校日曆

MAK Events Calendar 學校活動日曆

9/8-10 VIDA 8 @ MAC

9/19-20 Yearbook Picture Day
學生拍照日

9/28 Half Day (Professional Learning Day)
學生上半天 (教職員訓練)

9/29 No School – Moon Festival Vacation
(學生放假-中秋節假期)

10/4 Q1 Ends
第一季度結束

10/5-6 No School (PL Days)
學生放假 (教職員訓練)

Family Day has been moved to December 2, 2023 (11am-3pm)

2023-24 Yearbook Photos

MAK DADS!

Mothers at Morrison Academy have many wonderful opportunities to get together throughout the school year. This past year, I was longing for the same for the fathers even with the understanding that many of the fathers are busy with work. I wanted to try to create a space for fathers to connect, to talk about their children, and pray for the Morrison community. Dads in Prayer provides opportunities, support, and resources for fathers to develop a heart of prayer for their children and families. It helps those fathers want to pray for their children but may not have much time or may not know how to. If you are a father with a heart for your children and would like to be part of Dads in Prayer at Morrison Academy in the HS Meeting Room right above the office, please join! If you are interested, please email Simon Hsu at makdip2023@gmail.com with your name so that you can be included on our Dads in Prayer LINE group. Please come join us!

Tentative dates: 9/21, 10/26, 11/30, 12/14

Dear Parents, We are so excited for another year of school and all the learning, growth, and fun that will take place in ES Chapel this year! This year, our ES Chapel theme is “Who is God?”. Each week, we’ll be looking at a different attribute, characteristic, or name of God and learning about who He is as revealed in the Bible. We’d love for you to join us as we sing, learn, and grow together in Chapel! 

As usual, ES Chapel will be every Friday from 8:00am-8:40am, and is now in the newly renovated CPA! If you are interested in joining us, please do the following when you come to the school:

1) Park along Jiacheng road

2) Sign in at the office as a guest/visitor

3) Walk over to the Covered Play Area (CPA) and take a seat on the chairs at the back of the room

Hope to see you there! 🙂

Parents:

On September 8th at 2pm in the Band room, I will be presenting on the components of a university application.  We will look at all the different parts that go into a university application and how students can prepare themselves.  These elements include transcript, activities, recommendation letters, personal essays, standardized testing and more.  This presentation will be an overview of the entire application and will give you a good understanding of what your student needs to prepare for during high school.

Please RSVP by replying to this email.

Thank You!

Mr. Newkirk

University Visits Fall 2023

9/11 – Baylor University @ 12:15pm

9/12 – University of Colorado – Boulder @ 9:00am

9/12 – University of Denver @ 9:00am

9/12 – Elon University @ 9:00am

9/13 – Boston University @ 9:30am

9/14 – University of San Diego @ 11:30am

9/21 – University of British Columbia @ 9:00am

Parents:  There are two exciting opportunities coming up to learn more about universities all over the world.  

The Counselor Association of Taiwan (CAT) will be hosting a university fair at Taipei American School on Sept 10 from 10:00-13:00.  (The TAS fair is only open to current G11 and G12 students) This is a very large fair with over 120 universities from all over the USA.  There will be a ticketing system for interested students and one parent to accompany them. CAT anticipates 1200 students attending the fair.   More information about how to reserve your tickets will be coming soon. Here is the current university list.

The Birthday Book Club is a fun way to honor your child’s birthday while supporting the school library! 
生日讀書俱樂部是一種有趣的方式來紀念您孩子的生日，同時支持學校圖書館！
If your child is in elementary school, he or she will receive an envelope for Birthday Book Club. If your child would like to participate, please fill out the form on the envelope and return it to your child’s teacher with 500 nt before September 15.
您的孩子將收到生日讀書俱樂部的信封。如果您的孩子想參加，請填寫信封上的表格，並在 9 月 15 日之前將其連同 500 新台幣一起寄給您孩子的老師。
MS and HS students will not receive an envelope, but they may also participate. If they are interested, they may register with Ms. Shaffner in the library.
國高中生不會收到信封，可是也能參加。如果他們有興趣，可以跟Ms. Shaffner 註冊.

With your 500 NT donation to the library your child will get to…

• choose a NEW book for the library and have a special name plate and picture placed in the front of that book. This book will be located in the library and students love finding their own “Birthday Book Club Book” in the library in the years to come. 
• be the first to check out and enjoy the new book.
• have a special birthday treat as a thank you for participating in the birthday book club!

通過您向圖書館捐款 500 新台幣，您的孩子將獲得...
- 為圖書館選擇一本新書，並在該書的前面放置一個特殊的銘牌和圖片。這本書將位於圖書館，學生們喜歡在未來的幾年裡在圖書館找到自己的“生日讀書俱樂部書籍”。
- 成為第一個查看並享受這本新書的人。
- 享受特別的生日禮物，以感謝您參加生日讀書俱樂部！

If you have questions, please email Mrs. Shaffner or call the library 356-1190 ext. 4
過您有任何問題，請發信給 Mrs. Shaffner 或撥電話給圖書館 356-1190 ext. 4

Dear Parents,

I just wanted to remind you that the MAK library is a resource for you, too! As a parent, you may register for a library account, which allows you to check out books. Don’t have a library account yet? Feel free to come to the library to register.

The library is open to parents during ASA (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 – 4:30) and by appointment. If you’d like to come to the library outside ASA time, please send me an email (kate.shaffner@ma.org.tw) to arrange a time. 

If you have a library account, you can search for books without even coming to the library! Click here to browse and search for books. 

We have thousands of books for K-12 students (picture books, novels, etc.), but we also have a small collection of parenting books in English and Chinese. 

You can even look at our curated lists. Feel free to request a list if you need recommendations!

If you don’t have time to come to the library but you want to borrow books, you can reserve books online by putting them on “hold.” 

Here’s how:

1) Click “Login”

2) Login with your username and password. If you’ve forgotten what they are, send me an email!

3) Find a book you want to read. Click “hold.”

We will be notified of your reservation. We will then find the book and send it home with your child.

9/14 JV Girls Volleyball vs KAS @ KAS 4:00pm

9/16 HS Volleyball/Soccer Exchange @ MAK

9/20 Varsity Boys Soccer vs ICA @ MAK 3:45pm
Varsity Girls Volleyball vs ICA @ MAK 3:45pm

9/22-23 MS/HS TISSA Swimming Invitational @ MAC

10/14 TISSA Tennis Invitational

10/17 G7 & 8 Girls vs KAS @MAK 3:30pm