ISF 和 SIS 大家会怎么考虑？

Wallaby

Mafoonfoonyan, I agree with you. In fact if any family cannot cope with Chinese, it is not going to be happy or do well at ISF.  Things may turn upside down and you will find all things against you like the earlier case of Riesling.

Noticed some Hong Kong families who insists to talk to their children in English since birth, their kids will find it particularly difficult. Probably the parents should admit that English is not their first language, the kids' English is no way close to the native English speaker. While admission at ISF preschool may have the impression that the kid is ok with Chinese given they are from Hong Kong families, yet it is not the case. And obviously the child cannot compete with the native Mandarin speakers as well. That's why some kids got accepted into K2 at ISF preschool but then can't even get the acceptance to the Academy despite the fact that there is near 90percent acceptance rate this year.

Really need to understand the school before joining. It's not easy to be a parent these days as you never know which school is good for the child. However I really think it should be fair to the school that sometimes it is a two ways commitment. The school and the teachers are very good and they are working very hard to get the families involved in the school activities and to understand their thinking and philosophy.

My kid has been enjoying at the ISF preschool and sorry for Riesling for the bad impression. And hope Riesling can able to find the right school for the son soon given there is a huge competition for school hunting nowadays especially either to find a space at K3 in a good local school or a spot in foundation year in other international school.

In relation to not sharing the video links at the social media at ISF, to be honest this is to protect one's privacy. I would think this is the right thing to do though.

Wallaby

Iyyshore, Understand the result is not out yet but good luck and all the best to your admission decision. It would always be good to have the happy problem if you were able to choose the school you want.

Wallaby

Noticed that an particular ISF parent here had bad experience. They just do not like the school and need to hunt for the right school.

Just wonder if the boy has actually been given an offer by the preschool to the Academy? Or actually being rejected?

Just thought it is a very bold decision to make.

Wallaby

From the website

Each new student is required to join the Scheme and pay a capital contribution within the deadline stipulated on the Acceptance Letter in one of the three ways described below.

1.The General Capital Levy
The General Capital Levy for the 2015-16 academic year is a one-off lump sum of HK$200,000. It is non-interest bearing, non-transferable and HK$100,000 of it is refundable (less any outstanding fees or costs incurred by the student) to the Contributor six years after the commencement date of the student’s first academic year in the school, or three months after the date on which the Nominee ceases to be a student of any school operated by the Foundation, whichever date is the later. The remaining HK$100,000 is non-refundable.

2.The Annual Capital Levy
The Annual Capital Levy for 2015-16 is HK$45,000 for the first year and HK$30,000 per year for second and subsequent years. It is non-interest bearing, non-transferable and non-refundable and subject to annual adjustment at the discretion of the Foundation.

3. The Capital Note
A Capital Note is non-interest bearing, non-refundable and fully transferable one year after the date of issuance of the Capital Note Certificate or three months after the date on which the Nominee ceases to be a student of The ISF Academy, whichever is later. The most recent tranche of Capital Notes, with a face value of HK$6,500,000, was launched in March 2015. The face value is subject to change for further launches.
The transfer price of the Capital Note will be determined by the Noteholder and the transferee of the Capital Note, subject to the approval of The Independent Schools Foundation Limited and upon payment of a transfer fee to the Foundation. In addition, any profit derived from the transfer of the Capital Note will be shared between the Noteholder and the Foundation on an equal basis.

Wallaby

The 6.5million is the capital note (similar to debenture). And I believe only a very small number of people are using this option. And in fact there is very limited capital note in the market right now. You may not be able to buy one even if you wanted to.

Majority are taking the General Capital Levy option.

The General Capital Levy for the 2015-16 academic year is a one-off lump sum of HK$200,000. It is non-interest bearing, non-transferable and HK$100,000 of it is refundable (less any outstanding fees or costs incurred by the student) to the Contributor six years after the commencement date of the student’s first academic year in the school, or three months after the date on which the Nominee ceases to be a student of any school operated by the Foundation, whichever date is the later. The remaining HK$100,000 is non-refundable.