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.

Morrison Academy Kaohsiung
馬禮遜學校高雄分校
Entrance to Morrison Academy Kaohsiung
Address
42 Chia Cheng Rd.

Dashe District
,
Kaohsiung 81546

Taiwan
Information
TypePrivate International School
Christian School
Motto"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -- John 8:32
Established1974
SuperintendentTim McGill
PrincipalJoe Torgerson
Faculty40
GradesK-11, 12th starting in August 2016
Number of students213
CampusSuburb
Color(s)Red and black
MascotShark
AccreditationACSI, WASC
Phone+886-7-356-1190
Websitekaohsiung.mca.org.tw

The school is jointly accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Christian Schools International.[1][2]

MAK's library

Campus

Following its establishment, the campus moved twice. The current MAK campus is located in Dashe District, a suburban district of Kaohsiung City, about a 20-minute drive from downtown Kaohsiung. The campus was built in 2000 on land leased from the Taiwan Sugar Corporation.

MAK facilities include:

  • 20 classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards, LCD Projectors, and Apple TV's
  • a music room ready for band and choir
  • a library
  • a computer lab and multi-media lab
  • two science labs
  • an air-conditioned, indoor gymnasium
  • an outdoor basketball/tennis court
  • two soccer fields
  • a 300-meter sand-and-concrete track
  • a weight/fitness room
  • an outdoor covered play area

Student Body

The K-12 enrollment at MAK is about 380 (as of 2019). The faculty to student ratio is about 1:7.

Extracurricular Activities

Middle School

While Middle Schoolers are not required, they are highly encouraged to participate in MS sports. Middle Schoolers have the opportunity to learn the basics of each sport, as well as participate in on island tournaments in the TISSA league.

  • Softball
  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
  • Soccer

High School

MAK possesses both Middle School and Junior Varsity teams that compete in island-wide and international tournaments in the following sports:

  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
  • Soccer
  • Robotics

Music

MAK has a music program consisting of:

  • Beginning band
  • Symphonic band
  • Strings
  • Orchestra
  • Private lessons
  • Choir

History

Morrison Christian Academy started over 50 years ago in Taichung in a bamboo hut with six children. Soon after its inception missionary groups quickly got organized and expanded this school to a whopping thirty-five students, and named their creation after Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to Mainland China.

In Kaohsiung, many missionary kids went to the U.S. Department of Defense School, but when it closed in 1974, they were without a school. Morrison Academy stepped in to fill that need and opened a K-8 school (called Morrison Academy Kaohsiung) near Cheng Ching Lake. In two years, it grew from three teachers and thirty-three students to four teachers and forty-five students. Missionary kids kept coming, and they built a six-classroom school at Kao Tan to hold them all. Even this school, however, could not hold the growing enrollment, so they moved again in 1996, back to Cheng Ching Lake and shared a campus with the Da Hua Elementary School in Fengshan. In 2000, they opened the current MAK campus.

See also

References
  1. "WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. "ACSI Home Page". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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