Taiwan Adventist International School (TAIS; ) is a
secondary boarding school operated by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is situated in the midst of rural
Nantou County,
Taiwan
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It is a part of the
Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
History
Taiwan Adventist International School is a boarding school operated in North Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists to fill the need of its constituents, missionaries' children, and local, Taiwanese who are looking for Adventist education at the junior high and high school level.
It was established in 2008 by the Adventist Educational Holdings Company to serve the whole of its constituents, and named Taiwan Adventist International School. It opened in August 2008 with eleven (11) teachers and has since grown to 24 faculty and staff. The first 12th grade graduation was in 2010.
TAIS is located on a 50-hectare (123 acre) campus in central Taiwan.
Curriculum
The schools curriculum consists primarily of the standard courses taught at
college preparatory schools across the world. All students are required to take classes in the
core
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Science and technology
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areas of English, basic sciences, mathematics, a foreign language, and social sciences.
Spiritual aspects
All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in
biblical history and
Christian and
denominational doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought, many which encourage student input. Weekly, the entire student body gathers together in the auditorium for an hour-long chapel service.
Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.
See also
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Seventh-day Adventist education
The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is overseen by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists located in Silver Spring, Maryland. The educational system is a Christian school-based syst ...
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Seventh-day Adventist theology
The theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church resembles that of Protestant Christianity, combining elements from Lutheran, Wesleyan-Arminian, and Anabaptist branches of Protestantism. Adventists believe in the infallibility of Scripture and t ...
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History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s to the 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, ...
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Taipei Adventist American School
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The Primacy Collegiate Academy
The Primacy Collegiate Academy (TPCA; ), formerly Taipei Adventist Preparatory Academy (TAPA), is a private international high school located in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan.
In 2002, Adventist College Preparatory Center (ACPC) was founded b ...
References
External links
Official TAIS website
{{International schools in Taiwan
2008 establishments in Taiwan
Educational institutions established in 2008
High schools in Taiwan
International schools in Taiwan
Secondary schools affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church