請教Cais家長

andersmama

原帖由 CaCa800 於 15-01-14 發表
40萬debenture係咪退學或畢業時可以攞番？

只可以轉讓

andersmama

原帖由 careysum 於 15-01-13 發表
我女在3月份正式插讀Cais嘅prep喇！好開心呀！

你女女入左邊班Prep? 我仔仔都係上年9月考Prep插班，幾日後call我比offer我仔。本來1月頭開學，但我從國外回港，延遲到1月尾開學！

careysum

我又係上年9月考，我要求遲一年入學，佢地話ok, 到左今個月又話唔ok, 話改就改，攪到我臨時臨急插返入泥。
我未知邊班啊！

我鍾意Cais嘅校風，小班教學，中文程度好，同埋學校願意同家長溝通。

Ruth0329

Thx for your information, I think we really need to clarity on the fees and debentures before enrolment. 60% increase is unacceptable, we cannot afford anymore. 400,000 ！it's approaches Harrows level. Haha

careysum

今日我去埋中學部參觀，只見到一個染哂紫色頭髮，整體形態好似飛女，我嚇左一跳，但大部分嘅學生都幾乖，幾純撲，聽埋個talk後，更加放心比個女喺尼度讀。

readymama

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近呢幾年多左學生由傳統中學轉入小學，同學校揸緊了discipline, 就算係外藉，小朋太hyper 或wild 都唔會收。所以係discipline上CAIS 真係下了不少功夫。佢都加強了很多在academic的train up 上，雖多了點抄寫practice 但就個量同形式都唔係好似傳統咁多同係train up 係writing passage 上不是只抄。學校會越來越competitive 同可以有更佳的入大學result.

PiyoC

今日同囝囝去interview，發覺除了一組既老師係外國人，其他幾組都係中國人老師，我哋其實都有比較佢哋同其他學校，cais 比我哋既感覺和其他國際學校有點不同，除了外藉老師比例我哋有疑問，學校背後既辦學團體係咪都係中國人? 囝囝今日見完一出黎就話好好玩，但似乎老師真係好攰，感覺無咁有朝氣，但係問佢同其他is老師比較，邊度感覺好啲，佢又話呢度好啲，所以我相信老師質素並不能單純從大人角度去量度，小朋友既感覺都好重要。

老公就擔心cais其實係咪半國際學校而已，究竟老師既要求會唔會變得偏向本地教學模式? 尤其是校長就快離開，新校長會用咩方針?

tiffany168168

我尋日打去問過admission 職員，嚟緊debenture 有機會加到40 萬，冇錢退只可轉讓。
另外想問cais 家長如果我grade 1 (小一) 才考cais 會比較k3時讀preparatory class 困難嗎？ 現在我小朋友是k1 咋。
多謝指教！

readymama

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Hi hi 好耐無見！ 我上一個星期in. 我係覺得校長超攰，d 老師表情是真的沒有太多，唔知係唔係太多人病，我女in 個日佢都病。CAIS 係無ICS 係academic咁pushy. ICS 其實更大academic上的壓力不過CAIS 都追得緊。我有朋友帶佢細個個來interview, 佢comments CAIS 老師好好好，好有愛心，家校關係是好好的。老師係asian 同外藉(白人)  比例，同半國際，看你想要什麼，但不用擔心，discipline, academic, 語境，我相信CAIS 是做得不錯，因朋友都是由ESF 轉過去的。

readymama

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prep 是最易的了，你小朋友現是K1 ,即2011 年出生，小學都多人競爭。當然明白慳得一年得一年

siuap

原帖由 readymama 於 15-01-17 發表
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prep 是最易的了，你小朋友現是K1 ,即2011 年出生，小學都多人競爭。當然明白 ...

今日忘記了問Christian 同non-Christian 係preparatory 嘅收生比例？請問學校對考生有宗教嘅preference 嗎？

PCMW

原帖由 PiyoC 於 15-01-17 發表
今日同囝囝去interview，發覺除了一組既老師係外國人，其他幾組都係中國人老師，我哋其實都有比較佢哋同其 ...

咩叫半國際學校？

PiyoC

原帖由 PCMW 於 15-01-17 發表
咩叫半國際學校？

純是個人感覺，還在了解中，不會想莽下定論。

random_dad

Ruth0329 發表於 15-1-16 08:14
Thx for your information, I think we really need to clarity on the fees and debentures before enrolm ...

Still less than Harrow ($600k), but more than ICS ($200k).  But CAIS tuition is lower than both.
Unfortunately, cost of building a school is huge, and the money has to come from somewhere.  When you have small class sizes, you have less pockets to dig into for the money, and the cost of everything has gone up in the last several years.

The administration has a choice to make; they can build a mediocre facility and have a lower debenture, or they can build a great facility with a higher debenture.  This is true for any school.  And it looks like we know what they are choosing based on the increase in the debenture.

random_dad

PiyoC 發表於 15-1-17 14:34
今日同囝囝去interview，發覺除了一組既老師係外國人，其他幾組都係中國人老師，我哋其實都有比較佢哋同其 ...

Here is a link to the staff list, you can judge for yourself how many teachers are or are not "locals": http://www.cais.edu.hk/community/faculty-staff/

But don't judge a book by its cover.  Of the staff that are Chinese (apart from the Chinese teachers), almost all are expats, and all the teachers and have a teaching style that is definitely unlike the local teaching style in Hong Kong.  From a teaching style perspective, CAIS is very much an IS.

random_dad

siuap 發表於 15-1-17 16:06
今日忘記了問Christian 同non-Christian 係preparatory 嘅收生比例？請問學校對考生有宗教嘅preference 嗎 ...

I can't say for certain whether there is a preference or not, but many of the students are not from Christian family, so even if it is a factor, I don't believe it is a significant factor in the admission process.

esther.cy

Agreed.  There are a few Asian faces in CAIS but most of them speak native English and brought up overseas, so don't think it is really a matter.

Also, I would say most teachers are very friendly and caring. My daughter was sick the whole week and her class teacher kept writing to me and asking about her situation. But I have to admit that I am a parent like to have communications with the school. At least until this moment I am happy with it.

PiyoC

原帖由 random_dad 於 15-01-20 發表
本帖最後由 random_dad 於 15-1-20 13:29 編輯

謝謝你解釋，我明白不能單睇外表，極其量我哋只能在school visit時看到，但不能真正感受到前線老師既真誠和對學生既關懷，有你們第一身分亨絕對可以幫到我哋。

ritz_ng

any priority for sibling? it is a critical question as I have two.... thanks a lot

random_dad

ritz_ng 發表於 15-1-21 10:38
any priority for sibling? it is a critical question as I have two.... thanks a lot

As far as I know, yes.  There seems to be lots of brothers/sisters on campus.  Also, discounted debenture for siblings as well, so there should be a priority for sibling.