September 20,
2005 Report
Incorporated
Management Committee
Elegantia
College
recently applied to the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) to set up
the
Incorporated Management Committee to manage our own school affairs, and
got the
approval from the Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower
(PSEM), in
August, 2005. Thus Elegantia
College
became one of Hong
Kong¡¦s first schools
to be
managed by
the IMC. At the same time, the school has the authorization in
formulating
education policies of the school in accordance with the vision and
mission set
by the sponsoring body; planning and managing financial and human
resources
available to the school. Therefore, we are pleased to share our
experience of
this establishment process with you.
School-based
After-school Learning and Support Programmes
Our school also applied for the
cash grant for the
School-based After-school
Learning and Support Programmes and got the approval in July, 2005. The
school
received the funding of $264,000 from the PSEM. This program commenced
in
August of this year, with the activity slogan ¡§Enhancement of students'
self-concept through developing their potentials¡¨. With two major
concepts in
mind:
- To develop
a student's
learning capability and to promote a student's discipline level
(English, mathematics);
- To provide comprehensive
development programs for students, for example, interpersonal skills,
creativity, physical skills, etc.
Study
groups in the Mainland and Abroad
So far this year our school
organized three groups to
study away from home;
the objective was to broaden students' horizons as well as provide in
depth
studies of the Chinese or western culture, including:
- Guizhou
(Guiyang, Anshun) ― our
cultural exchange group expenses were subsidized by the Permanent
Secretary for Education and Manpower "Understanding Our Motherland
Program" plan.
- Yunnan
(Lijiang, Dali) ― the national minority cultural study group,
subsidized by the Youth Office [Social Welfare Department].
- Australia
(Brisbane, Gold Coast) ―
the group studies English away from home; the school funded the cost of
travel insurance.
Effective
Studying Tools
In order to motivate our
students to study on their own
initiatives, and
study furthermore outside of their school, we provide the following
effective
studying tools to them:
- Greater
China¡¦s on-line
news provider (Wisenews) ―
the student are able to access the net to search for news information
on Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world, ICAC Moral
Education Web, the ICAC Education Unit produces moral education
materials for use by teachers in schools, ranging from kindergartens to
universities. As the population in Hong Kong is
predominantly Chinese, these materials are produced in Chinese.
- Knowledge
Forum/Community
network ― Knowledge Community
allows our students and teachers to collaborate internationally with
students and teachers from other schools/countries to Solve Problems,
Construct Knowledge, Explore Idea and Build Project.
- Multimedia
language study
network (Discovery
Online) ― student in accordance to their individual progress by
studying English on-line.
- Scholastic Book Club plan
― the student are invited to join the Scholastic Book Club, paying a
preferential price for subscribing high quality English reading books,
and to exchange the books among themselves after reading them, hence by
further reading they will gain more knowledge.
Recent
Visits by the Media
- Our school was invited to
participate in the filming of HK ATV¡¦s program series of "New Thoughts of
Teaching" part-four sponsored by the PSEM, the subject was
"Promoting the moral and civil education in schools ¡V The basis of
education of mankind will cultivate their virtues", introduces our
school in the moral education and the civil education experience
aspect. This program was televised on November 26 (Sunday) at 7 PM on Hong Kong ATV.
- Ming Pao Daily will
publish at the end of November a "2006-2007 High Schools Selection
Guide", introducing some of the high schools preferred by parents, our
school being one. This guide describes characteristics of each school
with strong emphasis on our adaptation and arrangement for the students
and so on.
- Ming Pao Daily on
September 20 reported this school joined the Knowledge Community
development network, expanding the education and knowledge system.
January 20, 2006
Report
Olympic
Gymnastic Champion Liu Xuan Visits Our School
"In
gymnastics, the most formidable adversary is yourself. If you aren't
confident, you can't triumph over others"
says Olympic gymnastics champion Liu Xuan. She participated in a
discussion
forum with our youth groups on January
23, 2006. This activity
was co-sponsored by the Hexie (Harmony) Hong Kong Foundation and our school, this forum
was held at our school
auditorium. Our school arranged the students
and members of various sport teams to attend. Students from the North
District
and various media were present in this event. Olympic Games Ambassador
Mr. Fong
Lik Sun (Alex Fong) also took part in this discussion forum.
Outstanding
ICAC Moral Education Award
The
Community Relations Department of ICAC is responsible for educating the
public
against the evils of corruption and enlisting public support for ICAC.
The
moral education materials are mostly thematic based, focusing on ICAC
core
values like Honesty, Fairness, Justice, Self-discipline,
Responsibility,
Keeping rules and Abiding by the law. The outstanding collegiate ICAC
Moral
Education Award has 34 schools participants, our school won an award
for ¡§The Mountain
Child¡¨, and this article was published in the Sing Tao Daily Education
columns.
Close
Encounters with the "Shenzhou
6 Astronauts"
Our
4E student Liang Hao Ch'iang was among the lucky 20 student delegates
selected to
represent Hong Kong traveling to Tianjin
to attend "The National Young People Study on Man-in-Space Flight
Spirit Congress"
on Christmas Day. He had the opportunity
to associate with nearly 600 outstanding students of various provinces
and
cities from the mainland, he visited the Beijing Aerospace Command and
Control
Center, and there he saw with his own eyes the Shenzhou 5 re-entry
space capsule,
the outer space suits and the Chinese satellites. More importantly he
met with the Shenzhou 6 Commander Fei Junlong and Operator
Nie Haisheng, Liang Hao Ch'iang listened attentively as they gave an
account of
their "Space Adventure". As a
result of this encounter, he felt that he has learned a lot regarding
space
travel.
The
United
Nations Children's Fund youth
messenger plans 2006 (UNICEF Young Envoys Programme)
Our
F2E student Chan Wa Chan was recently selected as one of the 60
potential
UNICEF Young Enjoys in 2006. His outstanding performance impressed the
panel of
judges of UNICEF.
The ¡§UNICEF Young Envoy
Program 2006¡¨ is an annually organized youth program
initiated by the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF since 1996. The
Programme aims
to enhance and develop the Hong Kong youth¡¦s leadership
and communication skills. In addition, they would be able to cultural
exchange
with youngsters in developing countries.
Sports
Training Scholarship
Our
school Fencing team was formed only six months ago, but has attained
some
amazing results, our team recently placed second in the boy¡¦s Saber
category in
the Hong Kong Island
and Kowloon Region Inter-School Fencing (Individual) Competition.
At
the Second Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Oregon Scientific
sports
training project, five members of the Fencing team won award of $4,000
each,
these student may use their scholarship award to pursue further
training in
Fencing. In addition, 2D student Lu Yongyi was chosen as the all round
athlete
and she received the Second ¡uWatsons¡vSports Athlete Award.
Media
report
At
present our school got plenty of coverages from different medias,
including the
three major daily newspapers that have published ¡§Guide to Colleges¡¨
articles in
detail introducing our school:
Apple Daily
paper: "2006 Guide to Colleges"
(November 2005)
Ming
Pao Daily: "06-07 Selecting colleges Guide"
(December 2005)
ELEGANTIA
COLLEGE (SPONSORED BY
EDUCATION CONVERGENCE) | Secondary School Profile 2006-2007
Mission
Statement: We aspire to
bring together both parental and social strength and support through
professionalism and innovation in hopes of establishing a progressive
school in which our new generation can be brought up to become active
learners and responsible citizen.
