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Morrison Academy Kaohsiung
(Kaohsiung Campus)
馬禮遜高雄美國學校
Morrison Academy Kaohsiung ; (Kaohsiung Campus); 馬禮遜高雄美國學校
Address
	42 Chia Cheng Rd.; Dashe Hsiang, Kaohsiung District 81546, Taiwan; Republic of China
Information
Type	Private International School; Christian School
Motto	"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -- John 8:32
Established	1974
Superintendent	Tim McGill
Principal	Joseph Torgerson
Faculty	40
Grades	K-12
Number of students	213
Campus	Suburb
Mascot	Shark
Accreditation	ACSI, WASC
Phone	+886-7-356-1190
Website	kaohsiung.mca.org.tw

Morrison Academy Taipei Campus
(Bethany)
馬禮遜伯大尼美國學校
Morrison Academy Taipei Campus; (Bethany); 馬禮遜伯大尼美國學校
Address
	97, Section 3, Ting Zhou Rd.; Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10090; Republic of China
Information
Type	Private International School; Christian School
Motto	"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -- John 8:32
Established	1961
Superintendent	Tim McGill
Principal	Susanna Myburgh
Faculty	35
Grades	K-9
Number of students	200
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Bronco
Accreditation	ACSI, WASC
Yearbook	Broncollenium
Phone	+886-2-2365-9691
Website	bethany.mca.org.tw

Morrison Academy
(Taichung Campus)
馬禮遜學校 (台中)
Morrison Academy; (Taichung Campus); 馬禮遜學校 (台中)
Address
	216 Siping Rd.; Beitun District, Taichung City 40679, Taiwan; Republic of China
Information
Type	Private International School; Christian School
Motto	"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -- John 8:32
Established	1952
Superintendent	Tim McGill
Chairman	Barry Owen
Principal	Siebert Myburgh (K-8); Douglas Bradburn (9-12)
Chaplain	Jason Roloff
Faculty	95
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	240 high school; 76 middle school; 138 elementary
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Navy Blue and white
Mascot	Mustang
Accreditation	ACSI, WASC
Newspaper	Echo
Yearbook	Morrisonian
Phone	+886-4-2292-1171
Website	www.mca.org.tw

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Morrison Academy (Chinese: 馬禮遜學校; Wade–Giles: Ma-li-hsün Hsüeh-hsiao; Hanyu Pinyin: Mălĭxùn Xuéxiào; literally: Morrison School) is an international Christian school in Taiwan with campuses in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. It was established in 1952 to educate students in a distinctively Christian environment with a quality American education. Instruction is in English and is college preparatory in focus. Morrison Academy was founded in Taichung, where one of the campuses is located, but additional campuses are now located in Taipei (Morrison Academy Taipei) and Kaohsiung (Morrison Academy Kaohsiung). Satellite campuses have also existed island-wide throughout the years.

Established in 1952 to serve the needs of missionary kids, Morrison Academy has attracted a large number of business children. The Taichung campus is currently the largest international school in Taichung and the largest Christian school in the country of Taiwan. The school is recognized by Taiwan as an international school and is restricted from accepting Taiwanese who do not possess a foreign passport.

Graduates from Morrison Academy often attend North American colleges and universities. A wide range of countries is represented in the faculty and the student body. However, the teachers and the students primarily come from the United States and Canada.

Morrison Academy Taichung

Elementary Soccer Field with old basketball field

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The Plaza, Morrison Academy

Morrison Academy Taichung is located in Beitun District, Taichung.

Dorms

Morrison Academy has established boarding homes on the Taichung campus which house 4-12 boys and 4-12 girls in separate wings of three facilities. The students may range in age from students who are in the 7th through the 12th grades. A married couple resides in each unit to serve as boarding home parents.

Student body

Currently, the Taichung campus accommodates about 460 students. The school is subdivided into three schools in accordance to the American school system: elementary school (kindergarten to 5th grade), middle school (6th grade to 8th grade), and high school (9th grade to 12th grade).

High school enrollment for the 2016-2017 school year is 226 from 23 countries, predominantly the U.S. and Canada. Children of missionaries and Christian church workers comprise 47% of the student body and 53% are from business families. Nearly 20% of our students board in campus dorms or with community families. Of the 66 members of the class of 2017, ten nations are represented: the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Australia, Japan, India, New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Ecuador.

Academics

Morrison Academy describes its academics as thus:

"Because Morrison is a Christian school, a Christian worldview is integrated into all areas of the American-based curriculum. Bible class and weekly chapel attendance are required for all students. Instruction is in English and is college preparatory in focus. The school year for students extends from mid-August to the first week of June, for a total of 180 instructional days."

Morrison Academy offers a range of AP courses, including Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, US History, English Literature and Composition, Statistics, and Chinese.

Co-curricular Activities

Morrison provides a wide array of co-curricular and extracurricular activities to develop individual student interest and abilities. At Morrison, students can choose to participate in music, drama, art, yearbook, MUN, student government, and various clubs.

Athletics

Morrison's athletic program is well established with over 55 years of experience. Morrison offers its students the opportunity to play in many sports at both middle school and high school levels.

Men

Women

All Morrison varsity athletic teams compete internationally at Asian Christian Schools Conference (ACSC) tournaments against other Christian schools in East Asia. They also compete in tournaments hosted by the Taiwan International Schools Sports Association (TISSA) against various other international schools in Taiwan. The track team competes annually in the Mike Petty Memorial Track & Field Meet in Okinawa, Japan.

Middle school students at Morrison Academy are divided into three teams (A,B, and C division) according to grade level. At the conclusion of each season, middle school students at Morrison Academy compete in tournaments against other teams in TISSA.

Morrison Academy Taipei (Bethany)

The Taipei Campus of Morrison Academy was founded in 1961 under the name of Bethany Christian School. When the school joined the Morrison Christian Association in 1967, it was incorporated into the Morrison System. Morrison Academy Bethany offers expatriates residing in Taipei a quality Morrison education from Kindergarten to Ninth Grade, and is currently accredited through two internationally recognized accreditation associations - The Association of Christian Schools International (ASCI) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Campus

Located in Downtown Taipei, situated right next to the China Evangelical Seminary, the campus is at the heart of Taipei City. Morrison Taipei (Bethany) is right next to the MRT Taipower Building Station of the Xindian Line of the Taipei Metro. National Taiwan University, the most prestigious center of higher learning in Taiwan, is 5 minutes away by foot from Bethany.

Student body

The K-9 enrollment at Morrison Academy Taipei (Bethany) is about 200. The faculty to student ratio is about 1:7.

Extracurricular activities

Sports

Middle School teams compete in island-wide TISSA tournaments in the following sports:

Music

The music program consisting of:

Morrison Academy Kaohsiung

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Front façade at Morrison Academy Kaohsiung

Morrison Academy Kaohsiung (MAK) is an American International School that was founded in 1974 to serve missionary and business families working in the southern part of Taiwan. As of August 2015, Morrison Academy Kaohsiung offers children with foreign passports residing in Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Pingtung a quality academic education from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. MAK is currently accredited through two internationally recognized accreditation associations - The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Campus

Following its establishment, the campus has 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. It is also strategically located to serve students in Tainan and Pingtung. The campus was built in 2000 on land leased from the Taiwan Sugar Corporation.

MAK facilities include:

20 classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards and LCD projectors
a music room ready for band and choir
a library with a full complement of English books
a computer lab and multi-media lab
a science lab
an air-conditioned, indoor gymnasium
an outdoor basketball/tennis court
two soccer fields
a 300-meter rubber-surfaced track
a weight-room
a covered play area
dedicated high school building

Student body

The 2015-16 school year K-12 enrollment at MAK is about 252. The faculty to student ratio is about 1:7.

Extracurricular activities

Sports

MAK students participates in island-wide tournaments of the following sports:

Music

MAK has a music program consisting of:

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-==LGBT and Sex Ed==
-By forbidding its employees to engage in homosexual acts as well as listing homosexuality among [[Paraphilia|paraphilias]] such as incest and bestiality, Morrison Academy endorses policies that conflict with information cited in the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)]], which has, since 1987, repudiated the suggestion that homosexuality is abnormal. <ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201509/when-homosexuality-stopped-being-mental-disorder</ref> Morrison Academy's school policies suggest that gay marriage is inappropriate or "unbiblical."
-The academy advocates [[sexual abstinence]], and thus bans the use of contraceptives. Abstinence-only education in the United States has been shown to be ineffective for delaying sexual activity.<ref>https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2003/12/understanding-abstinence-implications-individuals-programs-and-policies</ref>
-Morrison Academy also condemns premarital sex as well as divorce and separation. Teachers who violate any of these restrictions on sexual orientation and sex education are subject to termination of employment. The aforementioned policies are as follows:
-{{Quote|text=Based upon the teaching of the Bible that marriage between husband and wife is a sacred institution, and sexual conduct is to be within the context of marriage alone, Morrison Academy believes that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union. (Gen 2:18-25) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (Mt 19:4-6) We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe abstinence from other sexual conduct to be required by the Bible. Employees are expected not only to abstain from premarital, extra-marital, bisexual, bestial, incestuous and homosexual forms of sexual conduct, but also from provocative sexual behavior that falls short of biblical purity. The school holds to a standard that marriage is a covenant and that divorce should not be condoned. In the case of an employee who divorces or separates while employed by Morrison Academy, continuing employment will be considered on the basis of the circumstances of the divorce or separation.
-Based upon the teaching of the Bible, Morrison Academy believes that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male and female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen 1:26-27) Acceptance of one’s biological sex is an affirmation of the image of God within that person; therefore employees will live in accordance with the gender that God has assigned to them.
-Based upon the teaching of the Bible, Morrison Academy believes that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed towards any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with the Bible nor Morrison Academy’s Statement of Faith.
-When a violation of this policy is suspected, the Superintendent, at his discretion, may place the employee on a leave of absence. If an investigation confirms that a violation has taken place, the Superintendent may discipline the employee by placing a letter of reprimand in the employee's file, or other action deemed appropriate. In cases of a confirmed violation of a serious nature, the Superintendent, in consultation with the Board of Trustees and the employee's supporting mission (if applicable), may require counseling, probation, or the termination of employment.<ref>http://wiki.mca.org.tw/doku.php?id=policy_manual:3000_personnel</ref>}}
-==Creationism==
-Morrison Academy incorporates religious teachings in its science curriculum, listing as the "science goals" of its students to "recognize God as the creator" and to "become good stewards of God's creation." Its webpage states:
-{{Quote|text=Morrison Academy recognizes the universe as God’s special creation. Science is a process that enables us to understand and appreciate this creation and the laws that govern it. Through science we understand more about the character of God—His creativity, His power, and His desire for order. Science education at Morrison seeks to help students gain knowledge of God and His creation.<ref>http://taipei.mca.org.tw/academics/middle-school/curriculum/science/</ref>}}
-The overwhelming [[scientific consensus|consensus]] of the [[scientific community]] is that creation science is a religious, not a scientific, view. It fails to qualify as a science because it lacks [[empirical]] support, supplies no tentative [[Hypothesis#Scientific hypothesis|hypotheses]], and resolves to describe natural history in terms of scientifically untestable [[Supernatural#Naturalization vs. supernaturalization|supernatural]] causes.<ref>[[#NAS 1999|NAS 1999]], [http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6024&page=R9 p. R9]</ref><ref name="Edwards_v_Aguillard_amicus">{{cite web |url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/edwards-v-aguillard/amicus1.html |title=Edwards v. Aguillard: U.S. Supreme Court Decision |website=[[TalkOrigins Archive]] |publisher=The TalkOrigins Foundation, Inc. |location=Houston, TX |accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref> Creation science is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] attempt to map the Bible into scientific facts.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Creation Science Is Not Science |year=1982 |first=Michael |last=Ruse |journal=Science, Technology, & Human Values |volume=7 |number=40 |pages=72–78 |url=http://joelvelasco.net/teaching/3330/ruseandlaudan-demarcation.pdf}}</ref><ref name="philofscience">{{harvnb|Sarkar|Pfeifer|2006|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=od68ge7aF6wC&pg=PA194 194]}}</ref><ref name="skepticencyclopedia">{{harvnb|Shermer|2002|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr4snwg7iaEC&pg=PA436 436]}}</ref> It is viewed by professional biologists as unscholarly,<ref>{{cite journal |title=The elusive basis of creation "science" |first1=Eugenie C. |last1=Scott |first2=Henry P. |last2=Cole |year=1985 |journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology |volume=60 |number=1 |pages=21–30 |doi=10.1086/414171}}</ref> and even as a dishonest and misguided sham, with extremely harmful educational consequences.<ref>[[#Okasha 2002|Okasha 2002]], p. 127, Okasha's full statement is that "virtually all professional biologists regard creation science as a sham – a dishonest and misguided attempt to promote religious beliefs under the guise of science, with extremely harmful educational consequences."</ref><ref>Okasha, Samir (2002). Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. 67. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-280283-6}}. LCCN 2002510456. OCLC 48932644</ref>
 ==See also==
-* [[Pseudoscience]]
-* [[Pseudoskepticism]]
-* [[Evangelicalism]]
-* [[Fundamentalism]]
-* [[Creation science]]
 * [[Taipei American School]]
 * [[Hsinchu American School]]

v t e International schools in Taiwan
Taipei area	Taipei European School Taipei Japanese School Taipei American School Taipei Adventist American School The Primacy Collegiate Academy Taipei International Christian Academy Morrison Academy Taipei Campus (Bethany) Dominican International School Kang Chiao International School
Taoyuan	Taoyuan American School
Hsinchu	Hsinchu American School Hsinchu International School Pacific American School
Taichung	Taichung Japanese School American School in Taichung Morrison Academy Ivy Collegiate Academy
Nantou	Taiwan Adventist International School
Kaohsiung	Kaohsiung Japanese School Kaohsiung American School Morrison Academy Kaohsiung