cis interview

aidan08

maradona 發表於 12-11-20 21:46
May I know if they interview the kids only or both parent n kids? From their website, it says there  ...

Yes, there is a parents session. Mine is arranged before my son's interview, but my friend's one is arranged after his son's interview.

martie

Any one applied Year 7?

wenwan

My two sons are studying in CIS, year 4 and reception.  We are not alumni, debenture holders, siblings (both my boys were accepted this year) or staff. We have no connection at all.  The school is looking for kids who are tri-lingual and very strong in mother tongue( in my case Cantonese).  And I think they are looking for parents who can commit to school activities (class volunteer, library volunteer , school fair etc). CIS kids have very strong academic background especially English. Chinese and Math might be a bit lag behind but they will catch up eventually.   

My friends who have kids in secondary told me that the MYP & DP materials are really hard, their kids have to study/work till 10-11pm every night. CIS kids are very gentle, polite
and independent. Although most of them are from wealthy family, they don't have the 港孩symptoms at all. I think it's because they have 3-4 days wild camp every year starting year 4, which is good training for the kids.  And the school emphasizes so much in sportsmanship and their ethics 仁，義，禮，智，信.

It is a very good school and most importantly, my boys enjoy their school life.

victoriatio

when will the year 7 result release?

luckyveronique

So surprised just received an email from CIS admission office to request my home address and husband's work address in Chinese, and especially sent the email for two times because I did not receive the first one.

Really appreciate that the school is serious and responsible, no matter the application result...

DonaldTsang

原帖由 wenwan 於 12-11-30 發表
My two sons are studying in CIS, year 4 and reception.  We are not alumni, debenture holders, siblin ...

So does it mean your elder son was studying in other school and has started Y4 at CIS since this September?  Do your kids speak fluent English?

wenwan

原帖由 DonaldTsang 於 12-12-07 發表
So does it mean your elder son was studying in other school and has started Y4 at CIS since this Sep ...

Yes. My older one was studying in VSA for two years. He got a chance to interview in May 2012 and put on waiting list.  In late Aug, school called me and there was one opening and they wouldlike to accept my son.  My boys speak fluently in all three languages. But my younger one has Cantonese accent when speaking English.

DonaldTsang

原帖由 wenwan 於 12-12-08 發表
Yes. My older one was studying in VSA for two years. He got a chance to interview in May 2012 and pu ...

So is there any reason that made you switch from VSA to CIS? Did your younger son go to international nursery?

wenwan

原帖由 DonaldTsang 於 12-12-08 發表
So is there any reason that made you switch from VSA to CIS? Did your younger son go to internationa ...

I switched because CIS has a better MYP and DP program and their university placement is so promising.  CIS students IB scores are really good, one of the best in HK.  And CIS encourages student to do sports and my son loves sport.  I really hope that he can do well in academic as well as in sports.

Both of my boys went to Victoria(Harbour Heights campus) for kinder.

martie

luckyveronique 發表於 12-12-7 22:26
So surprised just received an email from CIS admission office to request my home address and husband ...

What year do you apply?  Suppose you have supplied your address and your husband's work address in English, wonder what are addresses in Chinese for?

martie

回復 victoriatio 的帖子

According to CIS, results of Y7 will be relased 3 weeks after test date.  There are two tests for Y7 this year and the latter one is on 2/12/2012.  Presumably, the result will be released to all Y7 applicants on the same day, I guess applicants will have the results of whether they will have interview with parents before Christmas.  Still two weeks to go!

Any idea if the interview with parents is a competitive interview or it's simply a formality.

wenwan

One of the purpose of the parents' meeting is to let the parents know more about the HangZhou centre. I am not sure if it is compulsory for all new students. But all reception kids who joined CIS in 2012 are mandatory to go to HangZhou in year 10.

keiasahi

Dear mamis, I am looking for IS for my daughter now, who was born in 2011, so for the reception class, when should I start to apply? I have no ideas, thank you all!

lui

原帖由 keiasahi 於 12-12-10 發表
Dear mamis, I am looking for IS for my daughter now, who was born in 2011, so for the reception clas ...

Check out at their website. They list out year by year.

victoriatio

Thanks for your reply. My child attended the year 7 exam on 1 Dec. I thought there is only one test and didnt know there was another one on 2Dec (Sunday)...

What's your child comment on the exam? My child said the exam was not easy... Think the chance to be accepted is slim...

DonaldTsang

原帖由 wenwan 於 12-12-09 發表
I switched because CIS has a better MYP and DP program and their university placement is so promisin ...

I see. Thanks for your helpful information. I did call to the administration and the lady gave me an impression that the application is competitive. Do you speak English to your kids all the time?

shadeslayer

原帖由 DonaldTsang 於 12-12-10 發表
I see. Thanks for your helpful information. I did call to the administration and the lady gave me an ...

You don't need to speak to your child in English all the time to achieve good enough oral English. I have a real case to support this, where one parent speak only several hours a week in English over the weekend. The school is a good local school though.

wenwan

原帖由 DonaldTsang 於 12-12-10 發表
I see. Thanks for your helpful information. I did call to the administration and the lady gave me an ...

I don't speak English nor Putonghua at home. They will speak English at school, with helper and with their English tutor. And they speak Putonghua at school and with Putonghua tutor. We only speak Cantonese at home which is our mother tongue.

martie

victoriatio 發表於 12-12-10 12:04
Thanks for your reply. My child attended the year 7 exam on 1 Dec. I thought there is only one test  ...

My kid attended the test on 23/11 and also found the test difficult.  So, the competition is very keen.