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Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is a co-educational private international school in Hong Kong with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, serving students from Reception 1 to Grade 12. The Repulse Bay campus houses the Lower and Upper Primary Divisions, while Tai Tam houses the Middle and High School Divisions.
Throughout the academic year, teachers award points to students for effort, good behavior, school representation, and sports achievement. These points are tallied up each month to determine the "House of the Month" reward. At the end of the year, there is a final competition to announce the "Winning House" [12]
Teachers focus on helping students getting high scores in the major exams and heavily rely on textbook knowledge rather than exchanging ideas and essence of the subjects. [ 49 ] With the advent of education reform there is a greater emphasis on group projects, open-ended assignments on top of traditional homework.
There are Form 1 to 6 in the school, referring to grade 7 to grade 12 of international schools. There are six classes in every form. The classes are named as Y, M, C, A, H, and K. For examples, there exist 1A and 2K etc. [96] The class sizes of Form 1 to 4 are about 24–29, whereas that of Form 5 to 6 are 17–26. [97]
In the 2001–2002 school year, all elementary grade levels moved to a new campus in Fo Tan, which is in Sha Tin, and the secondary grade levels moved entirely to the Kowloon City campus. Until the 2007-2008 academic year , the secondary campus, which consists of middle and high school, was in Kowloon City, and the kindergarten and elementary ...
The school adopts the International Baccalaureate curriculum, with classes starting from K1 (Nursery) up to Primary 6. [2] As the first school to provide the IBPYP programme in Hong Kong, [7] [8] it has been offering this child-centred inquiry approach for more than 20 years. [8]
Former NHL player Paul Bissonnette is fine after getting into an altercation with six men at a local Scottsdale restaurant. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images for The Match) (Cliff Hawkins via ...
The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE, 香港中學會考, Hong Kong School Certificate Examination, HKSCE) was a standardised examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students' five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), awarding the Hong Kong Certificate of Education secondary school leaving qualification.