On March 22-23, 24 students alongside Ms. Chen and Mr. Lines traveled to Kaohsiung to compete in the regional round of World Scholars Cup. This was the largest event in Taiwanese history with over 410 scholars from 22 different schools. The students competed in team debates, collaborative writing, the Scholar's Challenge and the Scholar's Bowl. Some exciting moments for our students included Steve Loo in sixth grade being selected to participate in the Debate Showcase (with t

On Friday March 16, 2019, Hsinchu American School Sports Council & Student Activities held our annual Sports Day. All of the students had so much fun that day! We began the afternoon with relay races, dodgeball, and team building activities. The students enjoyed popsicles, sports drinks, apple juice and fruit snacks generously provided by the Middle School & HIgh School Student Councils. We ended our day with a HAS version of the Amazing Race where the houses competed a numbe

On February 23, 2019, HIMUN, a local MUN conference, was held at Hsinchu International School. At the beginning of the day, everyone went into the school’s cold auditorium, soaking wet because it was raining, and sat on their chairs waiting for the exciting announcement that would declare the third annual HIMUN officially open. Before that announcement, there was a fun and interesting speech by the keynote speaker. The keynote speaker, Dr. Ching-Ling Hsu, is a dentist. She ta