SIS vs CIS,兩間學校分别大嗎？

yemarose

謝謝各位的資訊, 很有用呢!
小兒現就讀sis, p6; 剛收到cis, grade 8 的 接訥信, 現在正為他煩惱應否在明年轉校?
他是一個理科小子，英文寫作亦不錯, 只是對中文提不起興趣來。怎樣好呢？
cis 在grade 10時要到杭洲campus上學,這是否為考IB chi lang A 打好基礎呢?

foolish.mom

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The CIS Hangzhou for year 10 students has 2 main objectives:
1. provide boarding school experience, especially after school and weekend activities for a full year. The administration said it is a life changing experience for teenagers
2. Chinese language immersion

I personally don't quite agree with the Hangzhou initiative. But it is compulsory for newly admitted students.

Regarding Chinese, the atmosphere of CIS (mainly student themselves) doesn't support the "pursue of excellence" in Chinese.  Some students have excellent Chinese throughout the school years. But as I see they all like reading Chinese books. So your boy needs to have some driving force, either from an inspiring teacher, or from himself to excel, to push himself to read Chinese books.

If your boy is admitted to year 8, he must be academically talented. So he should be able to perform at the top levels regardless of which school he is in. As kids need time to adjust themselves when changing schools, you should think twice before making any decision.

If your main concern is whether he can achieve top grades in DP exam, you may analyse the IB DP grades of each subject obtained by SIS students, in order to predict your son's grades. How is the study atmosphere at senior years of SIS? At CIS, the academic pressure is high, and the pressure is mainly created by peer students. Anxiety is not uncommon.

If the boy's target is to study medicine in HK, achieving top DP grade is the prime objective. However, if you target US top universities, a shining and broad based activity resume is a must. CIS may be more appropriate, as the school encourages and supports students to take part in many activities, many of which build leadership skills.

yemarose

Thanks for the valuable advise.
請教：SIS 的IB課程年歷不多, 這是否也需考慮在內？
而CIS的老師富有對IB的要求的經驗, 這定能有助學生的成績, 這說法是對嗎？

foolish.mom

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Yes, your points are very valid.
The most difficult area should be how to teach TOK, and give advice.  Besides, marking scheme in IB is really quite different from other traditional syllabus. Experienced IB teachers know whether a particular Extended Essay can get a high mark, Marks of internal assessment will not deviate much after external moderation.

If your boy considers overseas universities, an experienced university counselling team will help a lot during the application process.

112200

Hi yemarose,   I always have a questionnin mind , I think you can helpme . Sis teaches in simplified Chinese But CIS teaches in traditional Chinese.  do you know How CIS looks at this gap when considering student transfer from a simplified Chinese background ?

foolish.mom

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In CIS, students can write essay or answer questions in simplified Chinese. The teaching materials are all in traditional Chinese, though.

112200

Oh,  really! it's a common arrangement or special arrangement by request? Do u know?