http://pacificamerican.org/pas American based international school in Hsinchu, Taiwan Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:23:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two G11 students, Alex Hsu and Patricia Chang, from PAS were selected by Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation to attend the Science Camp in August, 2008. The Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation was established in 1995 by the four Chinese-ancestry Nobel laureates Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee, Samuel Chao-Chung Ting, and Yuan-Tseh Lee, in ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/08/pas-students-to-join-wu-chien-shiung-science-camp/ In PAS graduation ceremony on June 16th, Erica Jang received the Harvard Prize Book published by Harvard College and a winning Certificate by the Harvard Club from the Chairman of the PAS School Board, Dr. Chung Laung Liu. Since 1910, the Harvard Prize Book has been an important way for Harvard Club members to help ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/06/harvard-prize-book-winner/ The Academic Decathlon was first created by Dr. Robert Peterson, former Superintendent of Schools in Orange County, California in 1981. Dr. Peterson firmly believed that everyone's learning potential can be maximized through competitive challenge and so he began the Academic Decathlon. Now the Academic Decathlon has become one of the ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/05/champion-team-in-international-academic-decathlon/ During the first week of May at PAS, there is a flurry of activity centered on a mathematics competition, the Math Olympiad. Nearly all elementary and upper school students on campus participated in one of student groupings in order to crown this year's math champions. Students are very excited on ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/05/math-olympiad-2/ Pacific American School allies itself with St. Joseph's Center for Special Education. All the high school students volunteer to serve the students from St. Joseph's Center for Special Education and fund raising for the center is also part of PAS student commitment. From the involvement of this community service, PAS ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/05/pas-at-st-josephs-charity-fair/ In April the Grade 5s went to Yo Ho Resort in Kenting National Park. Mrs. Chang and Mr. Ward were our teachers. The trip was to celebrate our graduation and have fun with friends. When we got there, we saw they had a big buffet restaurant where we would eat all ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/05/grade-5-graduation-trip/ It was an overcast, rainy morning as P.A.S. Elementary students from grades 3, 4 and 5 along with Mr. Hunter, Mr. Ward, and Mrs. Chang took the High Speed Rail system south to spend the next two days getting a unique perspective on how marine life has evolved and continued ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/05/the-national-museum-of-marine-biology-and-aquarium/ G9 Allen Chien, G5 Eddy Tsao, and G4 Daniel Liu from PAS were selected by National Science Council, Taiwan, to SciFest® 2008 in Finland to present their talent in interactive robotics and to instruct other students from 47 countries worldwide in robot design. SciFest® 2008 is a Festival of science and technology, and ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/04/scifest%c2%ae-2008/ On March 29th, in the early morning, twenty-two members of PAS arrived at Taoyuan Airport. These twenty-two people included 8th graduates and also Ms. Tiffany, the only adult. We were headed to Club Med in Phuket, Thailand. After four hours of flight, we arrived in Phuket. They all greeted us with ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/04/grade-8-graduation-trip-to-phuket/ Not everyday here in PAS you see high school students wearing glamorous prom dresses and suits. Taking this great opportunity, they all dressed up to look their finest on their Prom “Enchanted” held once a year. This year’s Prom was held in Ambassador Hotel, Hsinchu on March 27, 2008. It was ... http://pacificamerican.org/pas/news/2008/04/enchanted-2008/