St. Joan Of Arc Secondary School
School Type
- Region: Hong Kong East
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1955
- Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
- Objective: To realize the spirit of the Gospel, to establish a caring culture, and to achieve whole-person education, with student formation and school-based management as the main focus, and adhering to the goals of Catholic education, so as to enable students to achieve balanced development in morality, intellectuality, physical fitness, social skills, aesthetics, and spirituality.
- School Motto: Civic Responsibility
- (b) Management structure: The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) coordinates and determines school policies. The organization of the school is divided into three main areas, namely, Academic, Student Development and School Management, with ten Ad Hoc Committees. The Principal, together with the Heads of the Ad Hoc Committees, the Heads of Chinese and English and the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, form the School Administration Committee which meets regularly.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the SMC: Kwok Wai Chuen
- Existing Principal: YUEN CHEUNG HOI
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 50
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 94%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 56%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 35%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 25%
- Teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience Percentage: 0%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 75%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is both English and Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, History, Geography, Life and Society, Putonghua, Putonghua Computer, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Music, Ethics and Religion, Life-wide Learning Programs
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
1. English
2. Applicable to NCS classes only: Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, General Computer Studies, Physical Education, Music, Life and Society, Life-wide Learning Programmes
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
1. Compulsory Subjects: Chinese Language, Ethics & Religious Studies, Physical Education
2. Elective subjects: Chinese History, Geography, Ethics and Religion (Diploma Examination), Physical Education (Diploma Examination), Tourism and Hospitality
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Compulsory Subject: English Language
School-wide language policy:
1. The medium of instruction is both Chinese and English, with emphasis on biliteracy and trilingualism: except for English, Mathematics and Science are taught in English at the junior high school level, and the rest of the subjects are taught in the mother tongue, with Putonghua as the medium of instruction at the junior high school level. The rest of the subjects are taught in the mother tongue, and there is a Putonghua subject in the junior high school. In the senior high school, Mathematics and some elective subjects are taught in Chinese or English according to the group.
2. Teaching in English, tailored to the needs of the students: The school uses English diagnostic tests to identify the English learning needs of junior high school students, so as to group the students into different classes. The school has set up an after-school English enrichment class for newly arrived junior high school students or junior high school students who are not as proficient in English.
3. Enriching the English language environment: English corners are set up in classrooms, diversified English activities are arranged at lunchtime, hosted by foreign English teachers and student English ambassadors to enhance students' interest in learning English, and summer overseas exchange activities are organized every year.
School-based programs:
1. Elective subjects: 2X and 3X. 12 elective subjects with a mix of Arts, Science and Commerce. Students are arranged to take DSE Visual Arts, Category C (Other Languages) and Applied Learning courses.
2. curriculum focus:
(1) Strengthen the curriculum of core subjects and make good use of the e-learning platform to enhance students' independent learning ability.
(2) Developing STEAM education in junior secondary schools and formulating school-based curricula to give full play to students' creativity.
(3) Chinese and English reading classes are offered at all levels of the junior high school to broaden the field of knowledge.
(4) Provide Putonghua lessons in junior high schools to strengthen students' biliteracy and trilingualism.
(5) Senior secondary core subjects are grouped into classes according to ability to cater for the learning needs of students by teaching them according to their aptitude and by pulling them up to the top and keeping them at the bottom.
(6) The senior secondary curriculum consists of 12 elective subjects with a wide range of subject combinations to meet the different needs of students.
(7) Provide school-based adapted Chinese Language curriculum for NCS students.
(8) To provide a life-wide learning program for students to develop their interests and potentials.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Three examinations are organized throughout the school year and regular tests are arranged for each subject according to the progress of teaching. Students are assessed on their multiple abilities through summative and progressive assessments. Classes at all levels are organized according to ability, and the curriculum and assignments are designed to meet the learning needs of students. The English Department conducts regular diagnostic tests to assess the English proficiency of junior secondary school students, who are then divided into small classes according to their English proficiency, so as to cater for their learning differences more effectively and to enhance their English proficiency. After-school English enrichment classes are also available at junior secondary levels. For NCS students, the project-based learning mode of Chinese History at junior secondary level replaces the written examination.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 3
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 3
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Admission criteria:
Grades 40%, Conduct 20%, Religion 10%, Brother/Sister attends the school 20%, Extracurricular Activities 10%.
Orientation and Healthy Living:
In order to help new S1 students and their parents to get acquainted with the school environment and various activities, the school organizes the Parents' Day and various orientation activities for new students in July and August, which include Orientation Week, English Bridging Program, Homework Tutorial Classes and Interest Classes.
In terms of diet, the lunch box supplier provides a nutritious menu for all students every day, and students stay in school for lunch from S1 to S3. In terms of physical education, the school's Physical Education Department emphasizes the development of students' physical fitness. In addition, the school emphasizes on discipline training and has three uniformed teams for students to join.
How is St. Joan of Arc Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2C
School Wind:
The school has a simple and unadorned culture. It actively promotes the culture of care and positive education, encourages students to participate in community services, and recognizes students' good behaviors through different award schemes. The school has established a culture of chastity, cultivating students with good qualities of faith, hope, love, righteousness, wisdom and courage. The school also emphasizes the formation of student growth through the core values of Catholic education.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. Clear teaching objectives: Teachers adopt diversified teaching strategies and appropriate teaching materials to enrich students' learning experience. Establishing effective learning routines: Teachers guide students in learning and revision skills to establish learning routines.
2. Advanced Placement and Enrichment: To arrange advanced placement and enrichment classes according to students' abilities.
3. Diversified award schemes: The school has set up diversified academic award schemes to encourage students to make continuous progress.
4. Enrichment of learning experience: Students are encouraged to participate in different academic activities and competitions to develop their strengths and potentials.
5. Diversified outdoor activities: The school arranges diversified outdoor study tours, visits, forum activities and cultural and academic exchange activities outside the country to broaden students' horizons.
6. Diversify teaching strategies and optimize classroom design to enhance teaching effectiveness.
Teacher professional training and development:
Encourage teachers to pursue further education and work with the Teacher Appraisal System so that teachers can continue to develop professionally and ensure the quality of learning and teaching. The "Teacher Professional Development Committee" organizes different kinds of activities according to the concerns of schools, including:
1. Learning area development activities;
2. Teaching skills sharing sessions;
3. training programs to promote student learning effectiveness.
Life-wide Learning:
There are 17 co-curricular activity groups, including academic, hobby, sports, service, uniformed services and religious.
We hold annual trips, music competitions, social services, casual wear days, land and water sports, cross-country runs, etc., as well as regular academic and religious weeks in various fields of study.
The development of the four key projects:
In the development of the four key projects:
1. The school actively promotes e-learning and implements the policy of portable devices to enhance interactive learning through the use of flat-panel computers and wireless networks to improve teaching and learning.
2. The school has set up an Ethics and Religious Studies Section to promote moral and spiritual education in conjunction with diversified formation activities; and has gradually incorporated the core values of Catholic education into the formal curriculum.
3. We are committed to building a reading culture on campus, with a rich library collection, "Reading Classes" and "Extracurricular Reading Incentive Program", as well as e-reading opportunities for students.
4. provide life-wide learning programs, and actively provide life-wide learning activities and overseas exchange activities for all disciplines.
Career Planning Education :
The school implements career planning activities in a holistic manner, and designs and implements a series of systematic training to enable students to learn about career planning step by step, so that they can appropriately choose their own development paths after leaving school.
Whole school participation in caring for student diversity:
The "Walking with You" program was set up to help Secondary 1 students adapt to school life. A leadership training camp is organized for Secondary 2 students to cultivate self-discipline and team spirit. The school also caters to the needs of non-Chinese speaking and newly arrived students by providing them with various activities to help them adapt to school life as soon as possible. The School's Student Support Team, comprising an Educational Psychologist, two dedicated Social Workers and an Integrated Education Assistant, assists students in need.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Student Support Team comprises educational psychologists, social workers, Integrated Education Co-ordinators, remedial teachers and Integrated Teaching Assistants, and arranges for teachers to enroll in relevant courses to enhance their professional capacity. The Learning Support Grant and other resources of the school are flexibly utilized to provide diversified support for students with special educational needs, including outsourced speech therapy, occupational therapy, art therapy, after-school homework guidance classes, lunchtime chess journey, career planning guidance and inclusive activities. The learning effectiveness of students with SEN is also enhanced through curriculum design, diversified teaching strategies, optimized tiered assignments, homework and test accommodations to cater for learner diversity. The school also works closely with the Education Bureau and educational psychologists to conduct regular individual meetings and student assessments, and invites parents to participate in meetings and workshops so that they can work together to formulate individual learning plans for their students and review their effectiveness on a regular basis.
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, small group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities. The HKDSE subject is mainly taught in English.
Facilities to support students with special educational needs (SEN):
Ramps, accessible lifts, accessible toilets and tactile braille and tactile floor maps.
Home school cooperation:
In 1970, the Parent-Teacher Association was established and parent representatives joined the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC). Every year, newsletters are published, parent seminars, workshops, parent-child trips, and volunteer service teams are set up, etc., so that home and school work closely together in nurturing students.
Environmental Policy:
Set up the Environmental Education Committee and the Environmental Protection Society to actively promote various environmental protection activities, including solar panels for electricity supply, student environmental protection ambassadors, green campus and waste recycling programs, to encourage students to take concrete actions to protect the environment.
Other:
"Other Learning Experiences (OLE) covers the five major areas of the Education Bureau (EDB) and includes a wide range of interest classes, inter-grade competitions, skills certification classes and activities related to career planning.
School facilities:
School Facilities: There are 28 standard classrooms and 26 special classrooms (including Religion Room, English Room, Chinese Room, STEAM Teaching Center, E-Learning Center, Multi-Media Learning Center, Multi-Purpose Learning Room, Music Room, Art Room, and Lecture Hall), as well as a Chapel, an Auditorium, a Library, a Fitness Room, an Archery Range, an Athletic Field, a Basketball Court, and a Student Counseling Office.
School contact information:
- Tel: 25785984
- Fax: 25785725
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.sja.edu.hk
- Address: 55 Braemar Hill Road, North Point, Hong Kong
- St. Joan of Arc High School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
