St. Mark's School St Marks
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Self-allocation and central allocation (Part A and Part B) places in 2024
| Form 1 | Secondary One places | Self-supporting places | Part A places | Part B places | Knock-in Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 165 | 50 | 11 | 96 | 8 |
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- 50% Academic Performance (includes the student's in-school grades in elementary school and rank on the Applicant Student Achievement Sub-List provided by the Department of Education);
- 50% Interview Performance (priority will be given to the student's ability to express himself/herself in English; other considerations will include conduct, awards received, and participation in extracurricular activities and community service).
School Type
- Region: Hong Kong East
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of establishment: 1949
- Sponsor: Sheng Kung Tsung Tsung (Hong Kong) Secondary School Council Ltd.
- Mission: We aspire to be an excellent Christian school. Based on the concept of whole-person Christian education put forward by the Anglican Communion, the school nurtures each student and provides them with an environment that emphasizes the pursuit of knowledge, active inquiry, social and cultural awareness, interpersonal relationships, and physical fitness.
- School Motto: Sensitive and Righteous
- Management structure: School-based management is practiced and a number of teams are set up to coordinate school affairs and development. Stakeholders in the school exchange their views effectively through different channels.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Yuen Hoi Kau
- Current Principal: Chan Sze-yin
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 63
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 92%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 51%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 32%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 32%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 60%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Religious Education, Putonghua, Physical Education*
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Art (S1 & S2), English Literature (S3), Mathematics, Life and Society, Integrated Science (S1 & S2), Physics (S3), Chemistry (S3), Biology (S3), History, Geography, Business Fundamentals (S3), Computing, Home Economics (S1 & S2), Music, Visual Art
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, Christianity and Ethics, Physical Education
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Compulsory Mathematics, Extended Mathematics Module 1, Extended Mathematics Module 2, Civic and Social Development, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Literature, Geography, History, Economics, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Music (S4 and S5)
School-wide language policy:
English is the main language of instruction at the school.
School-based programs:
1. Elective subjects: 3X. Students will take three elective subjects according to their interests and abilities.
2. Curriculum focus: In order to implement the concept of "teaching students according to their abilities", the school has designed a "school-based curriculum" that takes into account the learning differences and career development needs of junior secondary students. The school has also recruited additional teachers to implement small class teaching in some classes, providing special counseling and close monitoring, so as to enhance learning effectiveness and help students who are less able to learn to build up a solid foundation in the language.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
In addition to examinations, the school also includes continuous assessment programs, such as daily assignments, tests, reading activities and project studies, etc., so that students can give full play to their strengths in various aspects, and teachers can also follow up closely to assess students' performance and give feedback.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of Form 5 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
How is St. Mark's Middle School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1B-1A
School Wind:
The school's ethos is simple, students are well-behaved and courteous, and teachers and students work together to build a harmonious atmosphere for learning and teaching. The school has a school social worker provided by the YMCA and a part-time educational psychologist to provide professional counseling services to students and parents. The school has a number of senior teachers who form a special student support team to carry out a number of counseling programs to help students integrate into school life and self-improvement. Intermediate 1 students stay at school for lunch and participate in counseling activities so as to take better care of their needs. Enrichment courses and remedial classes are organized to cater for students' individual differences. Various interest groups and uniformed groups are set up to cultivate students' team spirit and cooperation.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
We are committed to creating a harmonious and conducive learning environment, and to cultivating in our students a sense of concern for the community, a sense of responsibility and a spirit of service. Teachers emphasize student-centered teaching, training students to think critically, providing them with space to develop their thinking and creativity, and enabling them to ultimately "learn to learn". In order to realize the goal of "teaching students according to their abilities", the school designs a "school-based curriculum" according to students' abilities and needs, and sets out clear teaching objectives, pedagogies, teaching activities, and homework and assessment policies. The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum covering eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) for Secondary 1 to 3 students, while Secondary 4 to 6 students take four core subjects and three elective subjects under the Senior Secondary Academic Structure (SSAS). The curriculum is designed to cater for learner diversity. The school emphasizes the cultivation of students' independent and critical thinking skills, and the inclusion of small-group project work and attendance of off-site visits in the various curricula helps students to consolidate what they have learned from their teachers and textbooks. The school also encourages students to read different types of books to broaden their reading horizon and enhance their reading skills.
Teacher professional training and development:
Teachers of the school do not spare any time to enhance their professional knowledge to keep pace with the development of education. Peer learning among teachers takes place in an interactive and positive atmosphere. Collegial learning activities range from lesson observations, collaborative teaching, small group teaching to interdisciplinary curriculum planning. The school also conducts peer-to-peer exchanges to learn and share with other schools.
Life-wide Learning:
In order to realize the spirit of "Life-wide Learning", the school organizes a wide range of extra-curricular activities to cultivate students' hobbies and interests, to enjoy the fun of school life and to build up a strong sense of belonging. The school's Star Club has a long history of training students in leadership skills and providing opportunities for senior students to learn to care for junior students. The school's clubs are designed to stimulate thinking, explore knowledge beyond the secondary school curriculum, and develop a philosophy of lifelong learning. The school's students regularly participate in inter-school competitions in writing, music, speech, mathematics and physical education, winning numerous prizes each year. The Uniformed Services Team and the Community Services Team are actively involved in school and community services. The school also arranges cultural exchanges and language immersion programs at home and abroad for students to broaden their horizons.
The development of the four key projects:
1. to cultivate students' values and attitudes, such as "perseverance", "respect for others", "national identity", "law-abiding", etc., through morning assemblies, weekly assemblies, and classroom lessons;
2. The whole school will work together to promote a reading culture by setting up morning reading programs, reading periods and other extracurricular activities so that all teachers and students can read together and cultivate students' reading habits and interests;
3. to train students to master learning strategies and enhance their collaborative skills through project-based learning;
4. to utilize information technology to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning and to promote interaction between teachers and students.
Career Planning Education :
The school is committed to promoting students' awareness of their personal strengths and interests in order to set career and vocational planning goals. Through the career planning program and career-related activities on and off campus, students acquire important knowledge and attitudes about self-awareness, career exploration, and career planning and management. Students' individual requirements and developmental needs are taken care of through group and individual career counseling.
Whole school participation in caring for student diversity:
In line with the concept of "teaching students according to their aptitude", the School has designed a "school-based curriculum" to cater for the learning diversity and career development needs of junior secondary students. The school has also recruited additional teachers to implement small class teaching in some classes to enhance learning effectiveness and help students who are less able to learn to build up a solid foundation in the language.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Co-ordinator leads the Student Support Team to formulate policies with social workers, educational psychologists, speech therapists and relevant teachers to identify and take care of students with special learning needs, arrange appropriate support, provide test and adjustment, and help students learn effectively and grow healthily.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to the 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; and organizing cultural integration activities. School-based support programs are provided to help NCS students adapt to the local curriculum.
Facilities to support students with special educational needs (SEN):
Ramps, accessible lifts and accessible toilets.
Home school cooperation:
The PTA organizes different parent-child activities every year, such as parent-child barbecue evenings, parent-child trips, resale of used books, and parent seminars. Through different activities, such as Parents' Evening and Parents' Day, the school maintains close contact with parents and cooperates in nurturing students to grow up healthily.
Environmental Policy:
1. Air-conditioning shall only be used at 26 degrees Celsius or above;
2. LED lighting system is used in schools;
3. Most of the windows have been coated with heat-insulating film;
4. Placement of recycling bins on campus.
Other:
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School facilities:
The school has an air-conditioned auditorium, three basketball courts, and a covered playground to provide students with a venue for a variety of academic and athletic activities. In addition, there are 33 classrooms and 5 laboratories, a library, a computer room, a STEM classroom, a geography room, an art and design room, a home economics room, a music room, and a campus TV production room. The school also has two activity rooms for rehearsal of performances and an ideal venue for student activities. Students can also pray and worship in the quiet chapel. The school has installed computers and projectors in classrooms and special rooms, and has a computerized local area network and a wireless network connecting all computers and mobile devices in the school, enabling teachers and students to make use of information technology in teaching and learning.
School contact information:
- Tel: 25601262
- Fax: 25675809
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.stmarks.edu.hk
- Address: 18 Oi Yin Street, Aldrich Bay, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
- St. Mark's High School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
