By: Vera Lin (Grade 8) On Monday, the 19th of January, the community came together to celebrate all the 8th-grade students' hard work these past months as they prepared for the annual Community Project Expo. As part of the MYP curriculum, this project allows students to extend the knowledge they have gained across all 8 classes and to identify the community's needs/issues they truly care about. Over the past few months, when students were introduced to this project, they st

By Noah Lindsay (Grade 12) & Jay Cheung (Grade 11) Opening Ceremony: “If we do not want to die together in war, we have to live together in peace,” quotes head of Kaohsiung American School, Jim Laney, during his speech in the opening ceremony of the first ever Kaohsiung Model United Nations conference. The room fills with tension and excitement as hundreds of debaters from Taipei, Hsinchu, Tainan, and Kaohsiung await to engage in debate that is not only riveting, but also un

by Oscar Lin (Grade 12) Amidst the scramble to study for exams, balancing school with life, while building a functioning and intricate machine, the members of the KAS robotics team, Laputa (Team ID: 19908), devoted countless hours every week for several months in preparation for the annual FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), which happened last week. This year, the theme was DECODE, where the robots are to not only score balls in their respective goals, but also sort the colors in t

by Haru Shih (Grade 9) & Geoffrey Wen (Grade 12) Editors Note: This was the 58th Annual THIMUN The Hague in the Netherlands Conference . It is a four-day simulation of the UN and was from January 26 - 30th this year. Our school sent four students (Haru, Ben and Raysen from Grade 9 and Geoffrey from Grade 12) and two teachers ( Ms. Fidalgo and Mr. Q) . Haru: I attended THIMUN The Hague with Ben, Raysen, and Geoffrey. Ben, Raysen, and I participated as delegates representing an

by Matt Bailey Dr. David Butler was announced as the next High School Principal, last week. "As principal, I seek to build conditions that allow each individual learner to learn at their full potential and set them up for success in pursuit of their ambitions and dreams," Dr. Butler said over email. "I want students to feel confident that they are in control of their own learning journey and for teachers to feel fully supported in their work are free to adapt and innovate." H

by Matt Bailey Mr. Patrick Severijns, from the Netherlands, was announced earlier this week as the next Middle School Principal, a role that starts in July. Mr. Severijns emphasized his desire to be an active part of daily campus life. "If you see me learning names in the hallways, cheering at games, attending performances and exhibitions, or asking students what they’re working on, that’s me doing what I love most: being present and part of school life," Mr. Severijns said i

by Alexandra Varemaki (Grade 9) This year, our school will be hosting its first MUN conference, KMUN I , which will take place on February 7-8, 2026. The Secretariats for this conference are 11th graders, Secretary-General Gavin Lo, and Deputy Secretary-Generals Daniel Chen, Jonathan Chen, Alexandra Chuang, and Charles Chung. Along with many other student officers and delegates attending from our school and other international schools. There will be six different committees f

by Emily Liu (Grade 9) The International Exhibition for Young Inventors, known as IEYI, is a national-level invention competition in Taiwan that encourages students to turn creative ideas into real, working projects. Students from across Taiwan compete. The goal is not only to win awards, but to learn how to think like inventors, engineers, and presenters by solving real problems through design, technology, and teamwork. My team competed in the middle school division. There w

by Ryan Hsu (Grade 11) Señora Paloma’s career is best understood geographically, where one might think her goal is to scratch every place off a map instead of staying in one. Her path has carried her through classrooms starting from Spain to Nepal, Goa, Bangalore, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and most recently, Taiwan. And even now, her journey is not stopping here. At the close of this semester, she plans to move to KIS , an international American school in Seoul where she will con

by Matt Bailey Last week the 12th grade advisors hosted an introductory "transition to college" session where each adult had just 60 seconds each to pitch their "Golden Rules" for surviving the big wide world. The main message? You’re about to be on your own. Safety First: Taiwan vs. The World One of the biggest warnings was that the world—specifically the West—is "nothing like" the safety of Kaohsiung. Advisors didn't hold back on the risks of living in an individualistic so

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By Donggeon Kim (Grade 11) About a month ago, eleven students from KAS participated in the annual THIMUN Singapore conference, held from October 27 - October 31 at the International French School Singapore, joining more than 100 other students from across multiple countries to engage in debate on global issues and propose innovative solutions.  THIMUN Singapore 2025, part of the THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations) network, aimed to foster international under