想請問各位 St. Stephen's College 聖士提反書院是band幾?因為似乎眾說紛紜,有說是band one 中、有說是band one 尾、而更有說是band 2。我曾上網search 但又找不到一個確實答案。又或者有沒有家長的子女在此校就讀,煩請分享一下,這校是否大家眼中的一所好學校。謝謝。
The new information for S.1 parents is released. Please check the school website.
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The school has not announced the summer programs yet. You will be notified of the programs when they are released. In fact in the past few years, the school has organized summer courses held in Cambridge U in UK for two weeks. Students could choose either science or English. My son did join the one on science and he liked it very much. The courses were taught by students from Cambridge U. Other schools from Hong Kong, e.g., St. Paul Co-ed also joined this program. Students from different schools worked together as a team.
In fact the school is offering help to those students who are also doing IGCSE. My son has several classmates (in Form 4) taking HKDSE and IGCSE at the same time. They have to take extra classes run by an organization in Causeway Bay after school. Although they are studying Form 4, they have applied for admission to Form 6 in UK in Sep this year. One of them was accepted by the Cardiff Sixth Form College and the other by the Tonbridge School, one of the most reputable in UK.
The school will introduce IB soon but I think most of the students will opt for HKDSE. IB and IGCSE are just alternatives for those who would like to study abroad.
Hi all SSC parents, my girl studys in SSCPS G4, and we are thinking if it is right to let her go to SSC 2 years later. Because I know that SSC is going to offer IB, IGCSE and local curriculum. It looks a bit confusion and do not know if the school is really prepare for this.
Among six classes in each form, two of them are elite classes. In fact the difference is not the teachers' quality but students's learning attitude. Students from elite classes are more self-motivated. Of course this may be the reason why they are in elite classes.
May be I just mention something about boarding. My daughter is now studying S2. She has been a regular boarder since S1 but she is going to leave the dormitory by the end of this month. Basically, she has become more independent and disciplined, but at the expense of spending less time on staying with us. Above all, I'd say that support for regular boarders in terms of academic, house rules and catering etc. has yet to be improved. It's quite inconvenient for the kids to go to other districts for private tuitions after school though they're allowed to do so. And there are insufficient study rooms for the boarders to study quietly after school (esp. during test & exam periods) or to practise musical instruments etc. Besides, there're inevitable conflicts among the students and sometimes with the wardens too.
But thanks for the present Principal who has spent more than an hour on discussing with me and my daughter about the problems she has been facing during these two years. Hopefully, there're some improvements for the remaining boarders in the future.
Students study most of the subjects in English, including Mathematics and they learn Chinese in putongua. In fact, the mathematics standard is not bad. My son has a classmate who sat for the HKCEE in Form 2 and got As in Mathematics and Additional Mathematics and a credit in Chemistry. Last year about half of their Form 7 students got As in pure mathematics.