the right kind of outdoor space that American parents expected. Also, the school was on the campus of a hospital that was growing and needed all their available space. 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. At first, this land was used by many of the Taiwan Adventist Hospital Doctors and other missionary families for housing, as there was a western style compound with six homes and two large grassy areas for play and gardening, but was later abandoned due to the inconvenience of hospital personnel traveling back and forth from the hospital compound. In 1984, the school board voted to build a new school building on this large piece of land on Yangming Shan. This was not without its difficulties, but with God's help in the form of help from the US embassy, TAAS was able to build its own building and become an established government-recognized school. By 1986, a three-level building was constructed with two apartments downstairs and a fenced-in play area on the third floor, with classrooms, a library, offices and bathrooms on the second floor. Unfortunately, during this time, Taiwan changed its rules on foreign doctors practicing medicine in the country and nearly all the foreign doctors at the hospital left the country with their families. Also, about the same time, official US relations ended, meaning that all of the military officer families would also be transferred out. Now there was only a small group of missionary families that were left. In 1991, the school was registered with the Taiwan government as a foreign school for international students. This allowed any student with a foreign passport to attend the school. The growth age of the school happened during Joanne Lefever's duration as principal of TAAS. 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. Over successive remodels during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, the school transformed to three levels of classrooms with grades one to four