Morrison Academy () is an international

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school founded 1952 in

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. It primarily caters to the children of missionaries. Beyond the original Taichung location it also maintains a campus in

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and

Morrison Academy Kaohsiung Morrison Academy Kaohsiung (MAK) is a K–12 Christian International school in Dashe District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the southern satellite school of the Morrison Academy school system. The school is jointly accredited by the Western Assoc ...

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; other satellite campuses have existed in the past. The school claims to teach from a "Christian perspective" and to use an "American-based" curriculum. The medium of instruction is English. Dorm Entrance

Curriculum

Morrison Academy's approach to education integrates "Biblical truth with educational knowledge". The academy teaches a Bible curriculum; other subject areas, including science and social studies, are taught to be used from a Christian perspective. Morrison Academy teaches Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science, and Engineering and Design in elementary middle school. In high school, the scope and sequence are Biology, Chemistry, Human Anatomy, Physical Science, Physics, AP Biology, and AP Chemistry. Morrison Academy has a "Biblical worldview." The school's science curriculum guide states that, "Morrison Academy insists that God made the universe... Science, as exemplified in the scientific method, is a process that enables all mankind to gain knowledge about creation, the laws that govern it, and the character of God."

Views on marriage

Morrison Academy actively promotes the biblical belief that marriage is "the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union" as per Genesis 2:18-25 and that sexual intimacy is "only between a man and a woman who are married to each other" as per Matthew 19:4-6. Although Morrison Academy emphasizes marriage, divorce is not automatic grounds for job termination.

Sports

Morrison Academy's sports teams compete in the Asian Christian Schools Conference in basketball, in the Far East High School Girls Division II Volleyball Tournament which they won in 2011 and 2012, and in the TAS Tigersharks Invitational Swim.

Notable alumni

Joy Burke Joy Marie Burke (born November 7, 1990), also known by her Chinese name Bao Hsi-le (), is a Taiwanese-American collegiate and professional basketball player. Burke played college basketball for the Arizona State University. Following graduation ...

(born 1990), professional basketball player *

Katharine Gun Katharine Teresa Gun (''née'' Harwood) (born 1974) is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to ''The Observer'', concerning a request by ...

(born 1974), former translator for British intelligence and whistleblower. *

Freya Lim Freya Lim (; born 20 November 1979), also known as Freya Lin, is a Malaysian Mandopop singer and radio deejay based in Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese PR. Her father is a Chinese Malaysian and her mother is a Taiwanese. In 2002, Lim graduated from ...

(born 1979), singer. *

David Tao David Tao (), born Tao Xuzhong () (born 11 July 1969), is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for hav ...

(born 1969), singer-songwriter.

References

External links

Morrison Academy (Official Site)
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