Our school is one of the four schools founded by Kiangsu Chekiang and Shanghai Residents (Hong Kong) Association. Upholding the school motto, “Be Orderly and Respectful” and abiding by the education philosophy of attaching equal importance to both Chinese and English languages, arts and science subjects, and both further education and career pursuits, our school has been committed to the provision of quality whole-person education to students ever since the establishment of the school 46 years ago.
Resuming the normalcy of campus life, the school proactively promoted e-learning and teaching, Language across the Curriculum (LaC), digital reading, values education and national education in the 2023-24 school year. The school also introduced “Applied Learning” into our senior secondary curriculum, launched the “STREAM Project Learning Programme” funded by the Quality Education Fund and sponsored by our school sponsoring body with the setting up of the “InnoTech Education Centre”, and established the “Healing Space” in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with a view to catering for students’ growth and health needs, enhancing teaching effectiveness and keeping abreast of the curriculum and education development.
In order to enrich students’ Other Learning Experiences and further broaden their horizons, the school organized and joined various cross-border learning and exchange activities. These included visiting Nansha and Qianhai for on-site study of economic development, experiencing cultural immersion and exchange in Singapore, participating in the Dance World Cup Final in Czech, joining the Affiliated Schools Teacher-Student Summer Camps in Kiangsu and Chekiang Provinces and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Student Exchange Summer Camp, as well as organizing the Summer English Camp in Australia.
In September 2023, civic education professionals from Japan including a scholar, a university professor and a secondary school teacher visited our school to have discussions and interflows on the educational trends and implementation of civic and social education in Hong Kong and Japan. In April 2024, nearly 100 members of Alice Fong Yu Alternate School including the Principal, school staff, parents and students visited our school for cultural exchange and expedition. In addition, we paired up with Shenzhen Daltonxinhua School and No. 22 Middle School of Zhanjiang City in the 2023-24 school year and conducted professional exchange activities, while our teachers and students visited another sister school―Tongxiang High School in Chekiang Province in late June, so as to deepen the understanding of our motherland and home town, as well as strengthen the mutual bonding.
It is worth mentioning that adapting to the new learning normalcy after the pandemic, our students have performed excellently in both academic and non-academic aspects, fully demonstrating the spirit of “Be a Person of Integrity and Always be Eager to Learn” and “Never Give Up” as stated in the school’s student code of behaviour.
In the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) 2024, our students’ results were far better than the Hong Kong averages. On the whole, 90% of our F.6 students attained “332A” or better in the four core subjects (English Language, Chinese Language, Mathematics and Citizenship and Social Development) while the Hong Kong average was 39% only. A total of eight students attained 32 marks or higher for their best six subjects. The highest scorer attained 32 marks in his best five subjects and there were no more than 1.2% of all candidates in the territory attaining this or better results this year. With outstanding HKDSE results, 89% of our F.6 graduates were offered bachelor’s degree programmes of universities. Among those pursuing bachelor’s degree programmes through the ‘Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS)’, 41% were admitted to The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
In regard to Other Learning Experiences, our students actively engaged in various local and international open competitions, as well as student award schemes, obtaining a record-high of 854 awards and scholarships, including 220 individual, team and overall championships, gold, grand, excellent, first-class, outstanding and best performance awards in the 2023-24 school year, winning glory for the school and Hong Kong. The brilliant attainments of our students are a perfect reflection of the concerted effort of all the school stakeholders.
Regarding the F.1 intake in 2024, over 98% of our Pre-F.1 students belong to the first allocation band and over 55% of them are among the top 20% of Primary 6 students in Hong Kong in terms of academic ability, which is a clear indication of parents’ recognition of the school’s education philosophy and quality.
Stepping into the school year of 2024-25, the school has drawn up major concerns to align with the trend of education and development of society, as well as cater for the needs of our students. In response to the major concerns, our school formulates and implements an array of measures to achieve the goals set so as to foster students’ wellbeing and unleash their potential. The major concerns for the current school year are as follows:
In the post-pandemic era, all our school staff will continue to strive for extending diversified and inspiring learning opportunities for students, caring for students’ needs of growth and promoting the whole-person development of students so as to lead our students to achieve fruitful learning results continuously.
Chan Nga Lai
Principal