Back to School Letter from Superintendent

Dear Parents and Students of HAS,

I want to welcome everyone to the 2019-2020 school year, our 15th year. We at HAS are very excited about the start of this fall semester. We have a number of very qualified returning and new teachers ready to launch us into a great year. I am very excited about the opening of the lower elementary grades; and with all of the renovations over the summer, the school is in excellent shape.

Student orientation is on Monday, August 12, with students getting their textbooks, lockers and classroom assignments. They will get the opportunity to catch up with old friends or to meet new friends in their advising groups. In the afternoon, they will go around to all of their classes to meet the teachers and get a brief description of their various courses. The first day of full instruction will be on August 13.

Let’s start fall semester off with a bang and make this one of the best years in the school’s history.

Sincerely,

Darin Murphy

Head of School/Principal

Hsinchu American School

親愛的新竹美國學校家長、學生 您好：

首先我要歡迎各位一同來到2019~2020學年度，這是我們創校的第十五年，新竹美國學校的每位成員都熱切期盼新學期的到來。在此同時也有許多優秀的老師繼續與我們朝向未來努力著，更有許多新進教師加入我們的大家庭。這學期開始，學校很高興開始招收國小低年級的學生，另外伴隨著新校舍的修繕完畢，整個校園得以用最美好的一面呈現在大家的眼前。

學校迎新將於8月12日(一)舉行，學生這時候會拿到教科書、個人置物櫃及班級配置，同時也藉此機會與同學聊聊近況並認識指導課程中的新朋友。當天下午他們也會到各個教室去認識老師以及簡單地了解各科內容，因此8月13日將會是正式上課的第一天。

那麼，就讓我們一起以萬分的喜悅迎接未來，共創學校新氣象！

謹祝 如意

Darin Murphy

新竹美國學校 總校長