anyone heard of Adventist Academy? any comments?

meowji

the school just started their primary section this year, wondering if anyone heard anything about the school.

meowji

thanks i will go and make a visit. However do you or anyone know if it can connect back to normal IS or IB?

meowji

i checked and they are a new primary school . below is what listed on their website:

Adventist Education

1. Second largest private education network in the world. 2. Over 1.5 million students in the Adventist Education global network. 3. About 8000 schools and over 65,000 teachers worldwide. 4. Our Adventist teachers are certified and more than half hold advanced degrees. 5. More than 85% of Adventist academy graduates attend college. 6. More than 80% of Adventist academy graduates successfully complete college degrees. 7. Students and Faculty at Adventist Schools frequently participate in community service projects. I called the admission officer and she said it is a local scheme school but taught in American method. 60% of students are foreigners this year. I am going to pay a school visit this week and find out more.

JTmom

Regarding point 5 and 6 below, you may want to clarify during your visit why only 80% complete college. Nowadays, it is easier to get into university, so I expect a higher number. Also, you may want to ask for any rankings or accreditations available for universities that their network students study in.

原帖由 meowji 於 11-11-29 15:34 發表
i checked and they are a new primary school . below is what listed on their website: Adventist Educationhttp://www.hkaa.edu.hk/templates/ ...

meowji

I went to both AA and NIS today. I really like the environment at AA, beautiful and huge campus. Also, I found out they this campus for primary is totally a private school unlike the two others in Kowloon. Also, they will fade out the existing high school in this campus and turn into a private school with same methodology, approach and curriculum.
I watched the current primary classes a bit and similar to some IS, small class size, with a homeroom teacher and a TA. Everything in English except one Chinese Language subject taught in mandarin. Even Chinese classes have one for non-locals and the other for local Chinese if they want their children to move on to local secondary. The teachers are mostly Americans and i saw a variety of students with Caucasians, Korean, Malaysian, Chinese etc. I especially like the Mandarin teacher who graduated from Beijing University which the class seems fun from just observation.

I don't really care about secondary or University by now because I believe if they are being inspired and taught with a creative mind and able to pick up two languages in their primary, it is not difficult for them to get in school or college of their choice.

although this school is new, but after the visit, I will apply and put this on one of my top priority list other than ESF.

kakadaddy

i've been there in Oct 2010, when they were still called 三育, the campus was really big and artistic, now it has become a IS, i guess it maybe the best campus among the IS in Hk.....

The school fee is certainly not high among the IS. it's not far from Hang Hau MTR.