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Well, it's pretty interesting to read Sharpen's post but I'm afraid I cannot agree with her.
The Japanese section and the English section share the facilities of the campus and I haven't found that any one section has a higher priority than the other one. And because of the difference in schedules, the two sections seldom have conflicts.
Let's count what we have. An indoor swimming pool, a grass pitch, a covered playground, an indoor gym, an English library, a Japanese library, a computer lab, a food and textiles room, a spacious multi-purpose room, and some more rooms for other purposes that I haven't been. Are they old? Well, at most eleven years old. But what's wrong? The maintenance is excellent.
Small class size? Yes, it is exactly what I want and I do not see why small class sizes will lead to a poor staff to student ratio. In addition to class teachers and assistants in the lowest two years, there are an IB coordinator, an ESL support teacher, a music teacher, and a team of professional PE teachers, including a world champion in rope skipping. Every week students have one swimming, one indoor gym and one grass pitch PE lesson. The soccer team and the hockey team are well-trained and strong. Four mandarin/japanese classes (with a class assistant in each class) per week. I would be terribly surprised if such an environment were the poorest among all HK schools.
Except one, all teachers are new this year? Jesus! Either you are kidding or you are talking about another school . At JIS, only three teachers are new this year. Yes, teachers are leaving and coming. It is true in all international schools, especially nowadays the middle east countries are very hungry for international school teachers. So, what's wrong? Whether a teacher is good or bad does not depend on how long he or she stays at a particular school.
High attrition rate? 30% per class every year? Again, either you are kidding or you are talking about another school. Students do leave, because JIS does not have a secondary school. It is really her major weakness. Thus, there may be 4 to 5 students leaving in reception and P1 every year. In older classes students usually leave due to relocation. Anyway where these students go if they are going to other HK schools? CIS, ESF, GSIS, HKIS, etc. So, if, as you claimed, JIS were a school for children who could not be admitted to any other schools, then we should congratulate her on the great success in offering quality education, leading to an extraordinarily high value-added. Otherwise, how come they could be admitted to the best high schools in HK?
I really cannot understand why you made up figures and stories to bad-mouth the school in this forum. Didn't you notice that in each class only a quarter to one third are local chinese. The majority of JIS families, current or future, will never read anything here.
Come back to the original question. Is JIS a good school? Well, if I were you and if I were looking for a school for my children, I simply would not trust any hearsay. I would simply call the schools of interest to make an appointment to visit in order to see what's actually going on in those schools, to talk to real students and real parents there if possible. That's how I chose JIS. |
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發表於 09-3-17 22:59
There are some parents looking for a suitable primany school for their kids, please stop your unfounded and untrue comments! Finally, thank you for leaving our school!
