Caritas Charles Vath College
School Type
- Area：Island
- School Type: DSS
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 幾？
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of establishment: 2003
- Organization: Caritas Hong Kong
- Mission: In line with the vision and mission of our sponsoring organization, Caritas-Hong Kong, we are especially concerned about the last, the least and the most hopeless in our society. We provide caring and quality education services based on Christianity, lifelong learning, holistic education and equity. Caritas Wardell College will unleash the full potential of our students in order to provide excellent services and develop the whole person throughout their secondary school career.
- School motto: Loyalty, honesty, diligence, respect for the Lord and love for others.
- Management Structure: Establishment of a structured administrative system to professionally lead the organization and enhance the extensive use of resources.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of School Management Committee: Mr. Lee Kim Wah
- Existing Principal: Xiong Xuyi
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 9
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 89%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 56%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 11%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 22%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 33%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 45%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics, Civic and Social Development, Tourism and Hospitality, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Information and Communication Technology, Design and Applied Technology, Ethics and Religion, and Drama.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
As a core subject, schools have actively invested resources and provided support for students to enhance their language proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking through daily learning, co-curricular activities, cross-curricular activities and after-school programs.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- Progressive and summative assessments are used to emphasize students' all-round learning performance in lessons, assignments, tests, examinations and co-curricular activities.
- The assessment system reflects the performance of students in the coursework and tests. Based on the results of the assessment system, teachers can make curriculum adjustments and follow up on students' academic performance accordingly, including organizing pull-out, remedial and co-curricular activities.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 0
- Number of Form 2 classes in this school year:
- Number of Form 3 classes in this school year:
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 2
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 2
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 2
School fees:
- School fees for Secondary 1 (S1) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
- School fees for S2(S2) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
- School fees for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
- Tuition fee for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year: $8400
- Tuition fee for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year: $8400
- Tuition fee for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year: $8400
Tuition Fee Remission: The school provides free or 1/2 tuition fee remission. Needy students (including students from families on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and students receiving financial assistance from the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) of the Working Families and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFA)) may apply for fee remission.
Application for S1 admission:
The school does not accept applications for S1 discretionary places. The school does not participate in the central allocation under the Secondary School Places Allocation System.
Orientation and Healthy Living:
The school does not offer S1 to S3 courses.
How is Caritas Wardega College?
The school group Band is a few:
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School Wind:
To establish a positive school culture and school ethos in order to promote the concept of "whole-person education".
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- To organize student-centered curriculum to provide students with more learning opportunities to develop their strengths.
- Teachers are actively encouraged to utilize a student-centered learning and teaching model so that students are better able to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained in the classroom.
- In response to the needs of the community, we provide recognized qualifications in addition to the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) curriculum, and offer inspiring and interesting subjects outside the regular curriculum to inspire students' talents from different perspectives.
- The school actively promotes a reading culture to enhance students' interest in reading.
Teacher professional training and development:
To assist teachers in understanding the school's objectives and policies, thereby promoting the joint implementation and practice of the school's objectives and policies, as well as strengthening teachers' sense of belonging to the school and enhancing team spirit. To provide support to teachers by organizing "Teacher Development Day", encouraging teachers to participate in various workshops, seminars and symposiums, and to increase the opportunities for teachers to exchange ideas within and outside the school, so as to make reference to each other, cooperate with each other, and to enhance the effectiveness of teachers in learning and teaching, as well as to improve their abilities in classroom management and counseling, and in the spirit and attitude of dedication.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
To provide quality education services to cater for students' individual differences and special educational needs, so as to enable each student to develop his/her potentials, and to promote mutual respect for individual differences among all teachers and students to create an inclusive school environment. Through various campus integration activities, a positive and mutually accepting campus environment is created.
The school has adopted measures for early identification and support of students with SEN to provide more comprehensive care and make appropriate arrangements for students. The school also provides professional training on special education for teachers to enhance their ability to identify and support students' needs at an early stage. Regular meetings are held every week to follow up and review students' learning and support, as well as to examine students' performance in class and their learning situation, so that teachers can understand the needs of students and provide appropriate assistance. The school emphasizes home-school co-operation and has established a regular communication mechanism to understand students' needs and discuss strategies to support them. The school has two registered social workers to provide counseling and support to students and parents in their learning and living needs.
The school also provides special examination arrangements for students with special educational needs (SEN) within the school, such as extended response time, enlarged examination scripts, use of computerized screen-reading and computer-assisted software to read examination scripts, etc. The school also assists in applying for special examination arrangements for the public examinations according to the expert assessment reports.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
To cater for the diversified development of students, the school has different recreational and extra-curricular facilities, such as a dance room, an English activity room, a campus radio station, a chapel, etc. In addition, to cater for the needs of the new senior secondary school and the school-based curriculum, there are a series of special rooms, such as a cosmetology room, a multi-media learning center, an art room, a design room, an animation room, an interactive computer room, and a black-box theatre.
School contact information:
- Tel: 29888821
- Fax: 29888831
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.ccvc.edu.hk
- Address: 4 Chung Yat Street, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
