Which international schools have less than 50% Chinese?

hkparent

Are expats moving away from HK? From recent forum discussions, many international schools are dominated by local HK Chinese and Mainland Chinese.

MewB

Whats wrong with the rising Chinese mix of student population?

hkparent

原帖由 MewB 於 15-02-27 發表
Whats wrong with the rising Chinese mix of student population?

There is no right or wrong. It's a neutral question. Yes, some people might prefer an international school with higher proportion of Chinese students, to learn Mandarin etc.

nintendo

You will be disappointed. Not all chinese speak good mandarin.

cowmoon

You may consider Kellett, Hong Kong Academy, Peak school, Carmel School...
However, if you are Chinese, there may be some people who do not welcome you to apply, as you will affect the student mix of the school. Sorry to be a bit sarcastic...I do not know whether the expats are moving away. But I am quite sure that more Chinese students are choosing the IS stream.

jolalee

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l'd also add DBIS to the list. (Discovery Bay International School)

Including all oriental looking kids, i only counted about 2 per class of 20 when i did the school visit (kindergarten section). The same goes with Kellett. I didn't choose either in the end although my son got a spot at DBIS (and i never applied to Kellett).

When i went to primary school myself in Canada there were only 1-2 Chinese in the school. I was badly teased and at times it wasn't a good experience (until the "immagration frenzy" hit and then the schools were flooded with Chinese, at least 30-40%; the other kids then learn to shut their flaps).

My good friend (who speaks perfect Auzzie English) still has her daughters in the kindergarten both our kids attended before we moved to a through-train IS. That kindie is in Discovery Bay and yes there weren't many Chinese there either. The girls are learning through their friends racists jokes now (at the ripe young age of 5) and they didn't know better and repeated the jokes to the mom. It was hard for her to explain that they are Chinese themselves and should not spread the jokes...

In an ideal world I'd like my child to go to a school with 30-40% Chinese (which i thought i found it, but it turned out to be 50-60% Chinese, which is fine). Many schools are either 10-20% with very little Chinese learning, and those with good Chinese learning it's 70-80%. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too :)

Jane1983

吾要香港和國內小朋友，亦吾慌要韓國、印度、南亞...只要Caucasian!?

hkparent

原帖由 cowmoon 於 15-02-27 發表
本帖最後由 cowmoon 於 15-2-27 08:09 編輯

You may consider Kellett, Hong Kong Academy, Peak school ...

I think HKIS has more expats.

hkparent

原帖由 Jane1983 於 15-02-27 發表
吾要香港和國內小朋友，亦吾慌要韓國、印度、南亞...只要Caucasian!?

All are fine if not dominated by one particular ethnic group.

Radiomama

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您是為孩子搵學校而煩惱中?

Mighty

好奇怪、一問如楼主ＮＥＥ類問題、好多人就会馬上扣帽子説：「（你自己不是中国人/香港人嗎？）、多中国人/香港人学生有何不妥？」。　讀得国際学校、硬係想Ｄ学生ＭＩＸ可以国際化Ｄ、正常過不正常啦！！　但現実帰現実、現在中国人/香港人讀国際学校是越来越多、無可避免。　但相信港島区暫時都係ＲＥＬＡＴＩＶＥＬＹ 　ＢＥＴＴＥＲ 　ＭＩＸ。　

Jane1983

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Australian IS會多d外國小朋友，以及吾識中文的亞裔學生，講流利中文的佔少數。
AIS則很多韓裔。

紅紅

I have done a bit of a head count on my daughter's school (I looked up a few class profiles of defferent years on the school website for parents access only), I found on each class, over 50% are expats and mixed race.

minirat

hkparent 發表於 15-2-27 00:41
There is no right or wrong. It's a neutral question. Yes, some people might prefer an international  ...

I agree.  For me, I do mind if local kids form the majority.  This has nothing to do with the kids, just that the kids will tend to speak in Cantonese among themselves.  Nothing right or wrong, just preference.

torunpoland

I think my son's school has a student population whose 50% is not of Chinese ethnicity. The school is quite remotely located on Lantau Island.

紅紅

個人認為本地生人數不重要，IS對我的吸引力在於教育方式和理念，而並非英文語境。

Shummamapapa

原帖由 紅紅 於 15-02-27 發表
個人認為本地生人數不重要，IS對我的吸引力在於教育方式和理念，而並非英文語境。



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好認同

hkparent

原帖由 紅紅 於 15-02-27 發表
個人認為本地生人數不重要，IS對我的吸引力在於教育方式和理念，而並非英文語境。



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Many local new schools are adopting a curriculum or teaching method similar to IS, but at much lower fees. So, English speaking environment at IS is very important to me given the difference in costs. As a parent said in another thread, the social or casual spoken English can only be learnt from Caucasians or similar.

jolalee

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What about non-Caucasian with English as their core language within the family?  ie. overseas born Chinese, Korean, Indians etc? Also there's a growing population of French in HK. Their English is terrible but they are Caucasian. Would you consider FIS -French stream as a viable option if caucasian is what you're looking for?

I agree with the parent who said the key is not having a dominant Ethnic group within an International school; but then, in the end I think the quality of the school surpass the ethnic mix. Ie. I certainly wouldn't mind CIS even when most of the kids there are Chinese :) I guess both balance and academic strengths are important.