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Re: Hong Kong International School
My son joined HKIS in high school ( Tai Tam campus ), so I am sorry I cannot help you with the reception class application .
There have been much misconception and hearsay about international schools. I'll only concentrate on HKIS.
HKIS is the de facto American International School in HK. Her head of school was once the American Consul General in HK, and one of the American Consul General in HK was once a HKIS student . The school is run by an American Lutheran Church , and follows the American Curriculum with most graduates pursuing further studies in US Universities . Top students are regularly accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT,Columbia etc. Some graduates stay local for Medicine and Law in HKU, while one 2005 graduate was accepted by CU but goes to LSE (London School of Economics) for Actuarial Studies.
If I may give my humble opinion , I think HKIS is among the very best, if not THE best, of any secondary institution iin HK. Its campus is gorgeous, its resources awesome. It has to be seen to be believed . Its staff & student populations are truly international ( US , Japanese , Korean, UK, Russian, Canadian , Indian etc, totalling more than 40 different countries) , unlike many so-called 'international schools' . Its has among its teaching staff some of the most qualified you can find. Where else can you find a Harvard graduate teaching Mandarin in HK ? Mind you, he's a qwai-lo but speaks Mandarin with a flawless native Beijing accent.
Now I know I seem like a promotion officer, but I'm just a parent of a recent graduate , and I have to talk about something PR officers won't touch upon.
No school is perfect . HKIS is like an expensive buffet dinner in a 5-star hotel. If you choose your food carefully, you'll have a wonderful experience. But if you just indulge in the oyster, or the curry, you'll end up with a painful stomach.
The 'curry & oyster' in any international school , HKIS included, is that it's atmosphere is free, thus demands a lot of self-discipline from the students. Eg: HKIS does not require its high school students to wear school uniforms, so a student can spend all day shopping and thinking about which Gucci or Prada he/she should wear to school tomorrow. Well, he's just wasting his precious time and that's his own fault. ( Actually, wealth -flaunting is not a habit of HKIS students ).
Most outsiders think that the school work is lax, and that's another misconception. In high school, the students can choose different courses of the same subject according to their own abilities. Thus the best and most hardworking students can choose the most difficult and advanced courses (= Year I university level ) right from the start, while the average student can work their own way up at a more leisurely pace. Most students workhard, setting their sights on the Ivies, some 'work hard play hard', while a small percentage of students prefer to dance their way into the limelight :
Mention HKIS students,and most people can only think of Nicholas Tse / Edison Chan. In fact they are hardly the archetype . Personally I welcome their likes because they add diversity to the school. That's what make the school so colorful. Just like Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones . He was a LSE graduate too.
Most schools have a drug problem though most prefer not to mention it. With students coming from vastly different countries, HKIS is hardly immune to this plague, though it's limited to within a small circle of students. HKIS takes a very serious stand on drug abuse, to the extent that parents are required to sign a form authorizing the school to cut some bits of your son's hair for random drug tests. Help are offered to the offenders . Repeated offenders are outsed. I admire HKIS's pro-active, pragmatic attitude. It's better to help than to hide.
Parents who take a pro-active attitude towards their children's education, and are willing to instill self-discipline on them, will be greatly rewarded in HKIS. |
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