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As far as I know, there are quite a lot of AP choices in year 12 and "year 13". By the way, they have just initiated some changes to their senior year curriculum which would allow more flexibilities and more AP choices. You should make an appointment to talk to the school (I think the person in charge is called Mr Khiatani??) if this is your concern. I'm not the best person to answer this question.
As far as I know, CAIS graduates have no problems applying to US universities.
My daugher is in Grade 7. The core subjects are: Maths, Science, Chinese (using PTH and simplified characters), English, Social Studies, Christian Ethics. They have four terms in a year, meaning you'll receive report cards four times. In my opinion, the amount of homework and tests are quite reasonable, which seem to be quite appropriate formative and summative assessments. PE is every other day. Other elective subjects are: Band / something computer (they choose one of the two). Then there are four rotational subjects in which they take one per term: Home Economics, Art, Drama (lots of fun), and Health Education.
So far, my daughter is happy, I am happy, my husband is happy. The whole family is happy.
My daughter studied in a local primary school and switched this year. Her English was above average amongst her peers in primary school and she seemed to fit in just fine. She was able to make good friends quite fast. Students generally are quite friendly and fun-loving - ordinary teenagers, that's what they are. You wouldn't sense the kind of cut-throat competitiveness as in the case of some elite local secondary schools.
The thing I like most is the good balance of workload. In a typical local secondary school, in Secondary 1, there are easily some 15-20 subjects in their timetable: Chinese, English, Maths, Science (Physics, Biology, Chemistry), Liberal Studies, Geography, History, Chinese History, PE, Art, Home Economics including Cookery and Needlework, PTH, English Literature, Religious Studies, Music, Imagine each subject gives just one piece of homework, one test, one group project... to me it seems quite difficult to have to master so many subjects at one time, sleeping time and opportunities to develop other potential and interests will have to be sacrificed. But in CAIS, they only have to manage 7-8 subjects at one time. She has time to do good reading, join community services, take music lessons, cycling on weekends...
This is just my humble opinions based on my observation. Other people of course will have other opinions of the school.
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發表於 13-4-20 22:05
