In the early 1950's, due to China's changing political climate, missionaries for the church were forced to locate outside of the country.

This led to an influx of foreign Adventist doctors with families who wanted to serve the needs of the church in Taiwan.

The school was located in the basement of the dormitory building on the hospital compound with a small playground and lots of room for kids to run around and play in the gardens outside.

By the early 80's, the school, needing more room for the modest increase in the number of students that were desiring an American Education, again decided it was best to move to a larger location.

Meanwhile, in the late 1970's, some land on Yangming Shan had been donated to the Adventist church in Taiwan by a generous family that wanted to see the school expand and provide more room for students.

As she grew the population of the school from 15 children of missionaries to over 120 students, renovations took place to accommodate the growing size.

[3] The current 4-acre (16,000 m2) campus consists of: TAAS specializes in holistic individualized American-style instruction in a way not possible in a larger school setting.

TAAS believes that in a smaller family-type setting with a lower student/teacher ratio that not only is learning benefited, but social development is also enhanced.

[4] Children that are part of the SDA education system become more independent and do better academically because the “teachers have higher expectations of students and encourage them to take hard classes.

The student body is made up of 17 different nationalities with the majority being American, Canadian, Korean, Japanese, and Philippine, respectively.