有仔女在耀中讀緊的媽咪不如交流下意見啦

monkeyhill

我有1仔1女現在於耀中讀緊小學, 佢地由2歲讀到依家。 而我本身成日不在香港, 所以都無參加家長會, 只有盡量於出外活動時幚吓手, 唔係咁清楚間學校裹面的事!

剛剛讀完有關耀中的話題, 有的擔心。可能我遺漏咗睇好多有關這間學校的評語, 請大家不如在這裡交流吓意見與睇法嗱。

jjjmama

My son has been studying in YC since 2 years old. I chose Yew Chung for my son because I want him to be able to communicate in Chinese (spoken and written) when he grows up. Just in case he cannot find work in HK, he has a choice of going to China to work in the future. I have no worry about his English, since he is a bookworm, and he is learning a lot of English from his books and English speaking friends.

Anyway, I am writing here because I feel so disappointed by something that happened this week. My son’s class is going for a day trip this Thursday (today). I know about the trip since a few weeks ago, by checking the online school calendar, which is updated every now and then. But the school did not send any notice about it until last Thursday (i.e., one week’s notice), and asked for parents to help at the trip. I signed the reply slip immediately (after begging my boss to let me have a half day off at one week’s notice) and ask my son to return it to the class teacher the next day (Friday).

Strangely, my son brought back two more notices (with exactly the same content) from school on Monday. He said one was from class teacher, and one was from Chinese teacher. That made three notices for the same event. Thinking that they did not receive the first reply, I signed another reply slip, and asked my son to bring it back again.

On Tuesday, my son came home with a paper about what to wear and what to bring for the trip on Thursday. There is no reply about whether they accepted my offer to help, or where/ when to go for the parents who got accepted for helping at the trip. So, I called the school office on Wednesday, am and pm, to find out what is really happening. The class teacher never returned my call.

After I came home after work last night, I found a notice in my son’s school bag that said, ‘Thank you very much for you offer to support this trip. We are only able to take three helpers on the bus and so we had to take the first three replies. We will have trips later in the school year and would appreciate your help at a later date.’

So I have taken the ‘urgent leave’ for nothing! Now my son is off to the trip without me, and he looked so disappointed when I see him off to the school bus this morning. And because they refused me at such late notice, I could not even make any other plans for today.


I am not happy about this because I have expectations for this school. During his kindergarten days, and earlier primary school. The notice about a trip will come about two to three weeks before it, and the working parents can plan according to our schedule.

Not to say about the way of choosing which parent to help. ‘First three replies’? Does that mean my son have to run to the teacher and hand in the reply first thing in the morning in order to earn a place? It would be more fair if they say they choose by drawing lots. Anyway, I wouldn’t know even if they just choose whoever they like.

Second point is, why did they limit the number of parents by the available seats on the bus? In year one, I have joined a trip that asked the parents to wait at the site (not a remote site at the New Territories). Then, more parents can join, and the number of student to adult ratio will be smaller and thus more safe for our kids. I sure would not mind going there to wait for them. Seriously, I even considered going there today and meet them there. But I don’t want to seem like working against the school. So instead, I am sitting at home, feeling angry and typing this.


After this long account of why I am so disappointed with the school, the main point I want to say is: This school is not as parent-oriented as other IS, and there is no ‘parent-teacher association’ to express your views. Anyway, I will still let my son study here because I want to make sure his Chinese is OK.

史路比

聽一些資深的耀中家長講..... 耀中小學已於2003年sars後, 因某事件廢除了"家長會"

而其他有關耀中的意見, 你可以參考一下這條link

http://forum.baby-kingdom.com/vi ... page%3D1&page=1

acdad

Hi jjjmama and Monkeyhill,

I have 2  daughters and they  used to study in YC for years.  I don't know how old are  your kids but I do strongly recommend that U should try to accompany your children personally if U would ever decide to let them participating in any outdoor trips organised by the school.

I did participate  most if not all the outdoor trips including trips to the Clear Waters Bay in Sai Kung , the peak, the park in Tai Po and the recent trip to Shatin Museum.

From my observations, do not rely on the teachers or  other parents  when there is an outdoor trip. If U do not drive, join other parents  with  cars  and follow the school bus, or simply wait at the destinations and watch your own child from a distance, if you don't want to bother him/her socializing with their classmates. This would be the safest way I would recommend. Most outdoor destinations they go do not require entry tkts or capacity  limitations, so anyone may go.


BTW, they limit the # of parent helpers probably because of the capacity of the coach bus.

I beleive many YC parents would agree that YC is very  poor in  admin. and departmental co-ordinations, especially when organizing extra-curriculum activities and paperworks. Their most efficient department is probably the accounts receivable dept. :tongue:

No, they don't have PTA but they have coffee mornings where  U may  listen and ask questions but you should  not try to change anything. YC mgt  probably  knows what went wrong   but they really don't care why  your child would leave the school .  

Yes, 100% guranteed, no questons asked!

原文章由 jjjmama 於 07-12-6 09:09 發表
My son has been studying in YC since 2 years old. I chose Yew Chung for my son because I want him to be able to communicate in Chinese (spoken and written) when he grows up. Just in case he cannot fin ...