• American School of Taichung Handbook
• Morrison Academy Kaohsiung Handbook
• Kaohsiung American School Handbook

My research is focusing on the international schools from Taiwan and I have researched about three of the international school which is KAS(Kaohsiung American School), MAK (Morrison Academy Kaohsiung), and AST(American School of Taichung). Based on my research, MAK is a Christian school which is a most likely a religious school. They have a special section for the Bibles in their handbook. Their students are required to have Bible classes during the semester and each one of the students will get a personal Bible from the school. However, KAS and AST are a non-religious school so both schools had not required classes about religious or having religious items.  Also, only MAK had required uniforms for students, both KAS and AST had not required uniforms for students, but all school had required students to wear proper clothing such as KAS handbook page, 24  “Wear shoes that are appropriate for school”. AST handbook page. 10 “Clothing, hair styles, and color, or jewelry that detract from the learning environment are not in the spirit of the dress code.”

I think the most similar thing in all three handbooks is the safety section. All three school take the safety of students and faculties no matter on or off-campus in a very serious position. Especially students, all three school have mentioned about supervision and had clearly explained the location that has been supervised.  KAS has even more information about safety than the other 2 schools, included the emergency procedures, fire or emergency evacuation plan, earthquake emergency plan, and school cancellation.  The other similarities that  All three schools are all taking English as the first priority. It’s the another most common rules in all three schools. English will be the first language to speak in all the three school that I had researched.

Based on my research, the most special thing about KAS handbook was that KAS was the only school that has mentioned about recycling. It makes KAS become more environmentally friendly than other schools. MAK is a religious school which makes them special by believing God and having related things about Bible. AST handbook is the only handbook that has 2 versions of languages I had researched. After the original English version handbook, it had added Mandarin version.

For conclusion, every school has written rules they think is beneficial for their own in the handbook and expect students to follow them. I believe those rules can be helpful and useful. If students do follow those rules, the school can be a very safe place to learn.