International Christian School

International Christian School is a Christian school in Hong Kong. It is located in Shek Mun. International Christian School was founded in 1992. English is used as the medium of instruction.

Curriculum

International Christian School is based on an American curriculum. Students up to Grade 9 take the Standford Achievement Tests yearly, and high schools students take the SATs.

All classes until High School are mandatory. In high school, students will then start to have gradually increasing freedom in choosing their courses. However, like all high schools, students must still have the required number of credits every year and also in high school in general in each area of study to graduate.

Music classes are taken up to Grade 5 , where they are replaced with band and choir. They are then compulsory until high school, where students can then choose to take both on alternating days, take either band or choir every day, or only take one class of either band or choir every other day or not to take band at all. http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/High%20School%20Course%20Catalog.pdf pages 20-23 ]

Until Grade 9, classes in Mandarin are mandatory. Upon entering high school, students can either continue taking courses in Putonghua or take classes in French.

Bible classes are compulsory in all grade levels. http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/about_IL_curriculum.aspx?id=9 ]

Campuses

International Christian School used to be on two campuses-- Lai Yiu and Kowloon City. In the 2001-2002 school year, all elementary grade levels moved to a new campus in Fotan, which is in Shatin, 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 campuses were in Fotan.

Kindergarten: Fotan Campus, located in the 7th floor of Jubilee Court http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/contact_info.aspx?id=79 ]

P1s: Shek Mun Campus

Elementary: Grade 1-5, Shek Mun Campus

Middle School: Grade 6-8, Shek Mun Campus

High School: Grade 9-12, Shek Mun Campus.

The Principals & Headmaster

Kindergarten: Berverly Van Hoy http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/schools_kindergarten.aspx?id=30 ]

Lower Elementary (Grade 1-2):Tim Wong http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/schools_elementary.aspx?id=37 ]

Upper Elementary (Grade 3-5): Keith Welch

Middle School: Bryan Thompson http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/schools_MiddleSchool.aspx?id=44 ]

High School: Brian Van Tassel http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/schools_HighSchool.aspx?id=53]

Headmaster: Ben Norton http://www.ics.edu.hk/En/Pub/aboutICS.aspx?id=81 ]

hek Mun School Building

The Shek Mun Campus, was constructed to represent God's hands spread out. There building is divided into two wings. The Elementary Wing (P1- Grade 5) is on the left side of the photograph, and the Secondary Wing, which consists of Middle and High school, is on the right side of the photograph.

Controversy

There has been some controversy, not just over International Christian School but also Christian schools in Hong Kong general, over the teaching of children, which would include ones at more gullible stages of the Bible as the one true source of information. [ http://www.ics.edu.hk/Admin/ICS_NEWS/20031101.pdf ] There has also been some questioning about the school's employment policies. [ http://www.ics.edu.hk/Admin/ICS_NEWS/20031101.pdf ]

There has also been an increasing number of concerns over the tuition, which has risen over the years. [ http://www.ics.edu.hk/Admin/ICS_NEWS/20070127SCMPEducation.pdf ] [ http://www.ics.edu.hk/Admin/ICS_NEWS/moretuitionnews.pdf ]

References

External links

* http://www.ics.edu.hk - the official site of the school