ICS Parents

PearPear

Hello 各位 ICS 家長:

ICS一向係我心儀學校, 想同bb出年報他們的kindergarten.   請問, 讀ICS之前, 你們小朋友係讀甚麼2歲斑?  係咪要揀啲全英語2歲斑?

同埋, 你地係咪會比小朋友直上佢地小學? 唔知有冇家長會計劃比小朋友小學轉反其他本地學校?  

請各位分享!

april_bbb

hi hoeve,

好開心個晚見到你, 但同你傾得唔耐, sorry呀, 老公掛住同我影囡囡d作品. 我地下次要再傾過先得.

係呀, 我都覺得ics好好呀, 最好係囡囡好鐘意返學. 係呢, 你check下pm啦.

原帖由 hoeve 於 08-8-28 21:39 發表
Hi 19042002,
我呢幾日都無上來呢，無覆你SORRY。講左咁耐都唔知你仔仔係邊個添（我MISS左嗎？），我女女係ASHLEY呀。我女女TUE著左校服，不過好似個個都著去街衫。明天29／8放假呀，可惜我要返工呢，陪唔到呀女！夜晚得我一個可以都學校 ...

19042002

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[ 本帖最後由 19042002 於 08-9-1 23:11 編輯 ]

Jne_Jne

Hi All, Hoeve & April_bb

My girl also study in R1A too, can share?

Just received the questionnaire last Fri, is compulsory to do volunteer? i want to do it , but i have a little one baby need  to takecare, just afraid no time to do jar

tommyzoe

原帖由 PearPear 於 08-8-29 12:08 發表
Hello 各位 ICS 家長:

ICS一向係我心儀學校, 想同bb出年報他們的kindergarten.   請問, 讀ICS之前, 你們小朋友係讀甚麼2歲斑?  係咪要揀啲全英語2歲斑?

同埋, 你地係咪會比小朋友直上佢地小學? 唔知有冇家長會計劃 ...

During R2, ICS-Kindergarten will inform you that parents can apply for P1 (Pre-grade 1) but this is optional. If you prefer your kids to apply for P1, they need to take an examination as same as those applicants who are not ICS students.

tommyzoe

原帖由 Jne_Jne 於 08-9-2 10:03 發表
Hi All, Hoeve & April_bb

My girl also study in R1A too, can share?

Just received the questionnaire last Fri, is compulsory to do volunteer? i want to do it , but i have a little one baby nee ...

As a tradition of ICS, this is not just a school but also ICS is big family inculding parents. So all parents are welcome to be volunteer for different activities but of course this is not compulsory.

hoeve

hi april_bbb,
我都好鍾意ICS,我從來無諗過學校會用聖經做主題去教學,真係大開眼界,老師同學校都好好,感謝主為我地的女女預備左好學校. 可惜我工作需要唔可以平日來學校, 學校活動都要hubby去呢!

原帖由 april_bbb 於 08-9-1 10:46 發表
hi hoeve,

好開心個晚見到你, 但同你傾得唔耐, sorry呀, 老公掛住同我影囡囡d作品. 我地下次要再傾過先得.

係呀, 我都覺得ics好好呀, 最好係囡囡好鐘意返學. 係呢, 你check下pm啦.



...

hoeve

Jne_Jne ,
Hi, I think you are Jne's mom, is it? I'm Ashley's mom. Ashley have told me about Jne too. She likes to play with girls.
I and my hubby can't do the volunteer work although I hope I could. I've returned the questionair to Ms. Gurung. It should be OK.

原帖由 Jne_Jne 於 08-9-2 10:03 發表
Hi All, Hoeve & April_bb

My girl also study in R1A too, can share?

Just received the questionnaire last Fri, is compulsory to do volunteer? i want to do it , but i have a little one baby nee ...

Jne_Jne

Hi Hoeve,

唔好意思呀, 我好小上嚟, 原來你係ashley媽咪呀 , 我每日揍jne返學都見到你囡囡架(因為mrs gurung第一日就介紹ashley比jne識, 所以我好有印象), 有日見佢用個粉紅色hair band好cute呢, 好開心係度識到你哋呀, 大家要交流交流

cfaye

想了解一下，R1會唔會接受細仔申請(是否要足3歲)？我見ics網好似要夠3歲才可以入讀，對嗎？

hoeve

Hi Jne_Jne,
我都好想看看ASHLEY的同學仔，可惜我要返工呢。你女女同邊個好朋友D呀？

原帖由 Jne_Jne 於 08-9-17 10:03 發表
Hi Hoeve,

唔好意思呀, 我好小上嚟, 原來你係ashley媽咪呀 , 我每日揍jne返學都見到你囡囡架(因為mrs gurung第一日就介紹ashley比jne識, 所以我好有印象), 有日見佢用個粉紅色hair band好cute呢, 好開心係度識到你 ...

hoeve

係呀，要足歲先收，我女女現在讀緊R1，佢係9月出生，星期六就四歲了！

原帖由 cfaye 於 08-9-17 12:02 發表
想了解一下，R1會唔會接受細仔申請(是否要足3歲)？我見ics網好似要夠3歲才可以入讀，對嗎？

gracewkf

May I know if parents need to buy debentures when our kid is admitted to ICS even in the kindergarten level? Thanks a lot!

hoeve

hi gracewkf,
parents need to buy debentures when the child enter elementary. No  need to buy in kinder.

原帖由 gracewkf 於 08-10-15 13:32 發表
May I know if parents need to buy debentures when our kid is admitted to ICS even in the kindergarten level? Thanks a lot!

moominchan

想請問各位 , 小兒在另一間幼稚園讀國際班 , 想在小學時入讀ICS 的P1 , 不知外校生考進ICS的成功率高嗎?

calmami

It seems that there are lots of good comments and recommendations for ICS. Most people I have talked to speak very highly of ICS as well.

My girl is 2 years old now and we are considering her K1 options. ICS is on our list. Like many other parents, we are also weighing between ICS vs. other Band 1 local/DSS schools, e.g. DGS, HYS, etc. I am not quite sure how to choose between them.  For example, what are the chances of getting into DGS if my girl ends up in ICS R1, R2 and Pre-Grade 1? Alternatively, what are the chances if my girl goes to St. Cat/CCKG and then try Pre-Grade 1 at ICS?

In addition, I have the following reservations for ICS:

- Many parents praise ICS' academic standard, however, when I look at where (which college) their G12 kids end up, I realize that very few of them end up at the top tier colleges in the US (e.g. Ivy Leagues). Based on the feedback I heard, I was expecting that there should be a lot of them ended up in renowned schools, but that's not the case. I personally know many graduates from Band 1 local schools (e.g. DGS, DBS, QC, etc) who end up in the top schools in UK and US. (Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Penn, Columbia, etc...)

- I like ICS' arts program, but I am concerned about ICS' math and science standards. It seems that it would be much worse compared to the local Band 1 schools. For example, when I was in the US for my undergraduate studies, I found that I have learnt most of the first year Calculus during HKCEE (not even HKALE). If ICS is like a US high school, then its math and science academic standard would be much lower compare to the local Band 1 schools.

Any insights/comments?

We are a christian family and we like ICS as well. We like the christian element a lot. On the other hand, both my husband and I are very concerned about academics. We have very high expectations for academic rigor - not in terms of exam results - but in terms of ability for analytical thinking, and quantitative analysis and ability for independent problem solving. Both my husband and I grew up in local Band 1 school and end up in Ivy League schools for our undergraduate and graduate studies, we hated many things about the local system and yet we found that the local system provided an rigorous opportunity to develop very high analytical skills especially during secondary education. I am not quite sure if ICS would provide something better or at least similar.

Would appreciate any insights/comments especially from ICS parents who have college bound kids in ICS.

Thanks.

calmami

It seems that there are lots of good comments and recommendations for ICS. Most people I have talked to speak very highly of ICS as well.

My girl is 2 years old now and we are considering her K1 options. ICS is on our list. Like many other parents, we are also weighing between ICS vs. other Band 1 local/DSS schools, e.g. DGS, HYS, etc. I am not quite sure how to choose between them.  For example, what are the chances of getting into DGS if my girl ends up in ICS R1, R2 and Pre-Grade 1? Alternatively, what are the chances if my girl goes to St. Cat/CCKG and then try Pre-Grade 1 at ICS?

In addition, I have the following reservations for ICS:

- Many parents praise ICS' academic standard, however, when I look at where (which college) their G12 kids end up, I realize that very few of them end up at the top tier colleges in the US (e.g. Ivy Leagues). Based on the feedback I heard, I was expecting that there should be a lot of them ended up in renowned schools, but that's not the case. I personally know many graduates from Band 1 local schools (e.g. DGS, DBS, QC, etc) who end up in the top schools in UK and US. (Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Penn, Columbia, etc...)

- I like ICS' arts program, but I am concerned about ICS' math and science standards. It seems that it would be much worse compared to the local Band 1 schools. For example, when I was in the US for my undergraduate studies, I found that I have learnt most of the first year Calculus during HKCEE (not even HKALE). If ICS is like a US high school, then its math and science academic standard would be much lower compare to the local Band 1 schools.

Any insights/comments?

We are a christian family and we like ICS as well. We like the christian element a lot. On the other hand, both my husband and I are very concerned about academics. We have very high expectations for academic rigor - not in terms of exam results - but in terms of ability for analytical thinking, and quantitative analysis and ability for independent problem solving. Both my husband and I grew up in local Band 1 school and end up in Ivy League schools for our undergraduate and graduate studies, we hated many things about the local system and yet we found that the local system provided an rigorous opportunity to develop very high analytical skills especially during secondary education. I am not quite sure if ICS would provide something better or at least similar.

Would appreciate any insights/comments especially from ICS parents who have college bound kids in ICS.

Thanks.

原帖由 tommyzoe 於 06-5-9 10:43 發表
I would like to invite all ICS parents to share anything about the school life of our kids here.

hoeve

I've asked the office before, the lady told me that every year, ICS elementary will receive around 70 P1 students and more than 50 of them are come from ICS R2. That's why I let my girl go to ICS kinder now (I'd like her to go to ICS from elementary since she was studying in another kinder and we live in HK island)

原帖由 moominchan 於 08-10-25 22:46 發表
想請問各位 , 小兒在另一間幼稚園讀國際班 , 想在小學時入讀ICS 的P1 , 不知外校生考進ICS的成功率高嗎?

moominchan

原帖由 hoeve 於 08-11-6 13:00 發表
I've asked the office before, the lady told me that every year, ICS elementary will receive around 70 P1 students and more than 50 of them are come from ICS R2. That's why I let my girl go to ICS kind ...

非常多謝你的分享。我和先生會好好考慮一下是否先讓孩子轉入ICS讀幼兒班吧。

lalasmile

May I know whether ICS provides Nursery class for 2 year old kids ?

thanks