Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo No. 2 College)
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School Type
- District: Kwun Tong
- School Type: DSS
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1984
- Sponsoring Body: DMSHW2 Edu. Foundation Ltd.
- Aims: The school emphasizes on moral education and cultivates students' independence and autonomy so that they are brave enough to face challenges and strive for self-improvement. Through whole-person education, the school hopes to cultivate them to become polite, responsible, proactive and compassionate individuals who are willing to lend a helping hand to the needy in the society.
- School Motto: Positive and Striving, Harmonious and Different
- Management structure: The school adopts a "school-based management" model and emphasizes teamwork. The school has set up specialized departments, such as the Academic Affairs Section, the Discipline and Guidance Section, the School Affairs Section, the Curriculum Development Section, the Information Technology Education Section, the STEM Activities Section, the Extra-curricular Activities Section, the Student Welfare Committee, the Parent-Teacher Association and the Alumni Association, etc., to flexibly formulate curricular and school affairs plans to cater for the needs of the students.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Zuo Xiaoxia
- Current Principal: Mr. Tse Chun-yin
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 27
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 40%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 20%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 20%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 75%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 5%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 20%
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 Language (Non-Chinese Speaking Students), Chinese History, Chinese History (Non-Chinese Speaking Students), Putonghua
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese Language (Non-Chinese Speaking Students)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
The Chinese Department uses Cantonese as the main medium of instruction and emphasizes the development of biliteracy and trilingualism. The English Department uses English as the main medium of instruction and emphasizes the development of Chinese language skills of NCS students.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Diversified assessment modes are adopted to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. In addition to the standardized tests and examinations held once in each semester, teachers of all KLAs are encouraged to develop diversified assessment of learning experiences and continuous progress assessment for the characteristics of the subject, which will be counted as part of the academic results.
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:
- 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: $3000
- Tuition fee for S5 (S5) in 2022-2023: $3000
- Tuition fee for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year: $3000
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.
How is Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo No.2 Secondary School)?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3C
School Wind:
The school has a pure and simple school culture and implements a policy of "one discipline and one counseling", in which all school staff and school social workers participate in counseling students, so as to enable them to distinguish right from wrong, abide by the discipline, be positive and enterprising, and to become a good citizen.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school adopts a school-based curriculum to cater for the different learning needs of students; actively encourages students to engage in cross-curricular thematic studies to cultivate the spirit of active learning; employs expatriate English teachers to help students improve their English proficiency; and regularly reviews the school curriculum to cope with the development of the society and to enhance students' interest in and ability to learn, so as to achieve improvement in their academic performance. The school actively promotes the reading scheme and multiple assessments, and formulates the sustainable development direction of each learning area to cope with the new direction of education reform. The school emphasizes the diversified learning experiences of students, and endeavors to implement life-wide learning, so that students can go out of the classroom and acquire knowledge and experience from different channels, thus nurturing diversified and high-quality students.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school actively encourages teachers to pursue further studies and enroll in courses related to their teaching profession in order to enhance their teaching effectiveness. In order to promote the professional development of teachers, senior teachers will share their teaching experience with new teachers and exchange their teaching experience with each other to optimize the quality of education through lesson observation. Section meetings are held every two weeks for teachers to share their pedagogical approaches and experiences in teaching to enhance teaching effectiveness.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
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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; 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; organizing cultural integration activities; and employing additional staff and/or purchasing additional translation/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents. To facilitate communication with parents, the school will also be required to provide additional staff and/or purchase additional translation/interpretation services.
School facilities:
All classrooms and special rooms are equipped with multimedia projectors, computers and projection screens, and tablet computers are also available for loan to students. In addition, the school has a well-equipped Multimedia Learning Center, computer-assisted learning room and IT teaching room to support teachers in using IT in teaching. In order to enhance the communication between teachers and students, the school has installed an intranet system and a wireless network system, so that students can learn and communicate with teachers through the Internet, whether at home or at school.
School contact information:
- Tel: 23896299
- Fax: 27973618
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.deliahw2.edu.hk
- Address: 223 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kln.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
