Maryknoll Secondary School
School Type
- District: Kwun Tong
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of establishment: 1966
- School Sponsor: Maryknoll School Limited
- Objective: To develop students' potential through public education, to cultivate students' thinking ability, knowledge and skills, and good character, to establish correct values and a positive outlook on life, and to achieve a balanced development of spirituality, morality, intellectuality, physical fitness, social skills, and aesthetics.
- School Motto: Love, Diligence
- Management structure: In the spirit of school-based management, supervisors, managers and teachers are involved in the setting of targets, self-evaluation mechanisms and decision-making. A comprehensive self-evaluation mechanism is in place to monitor and review the effectiveness of each subject group. Subject teams submit their plans, interim and annual reports in time for the next school year. The school actively promotes self-evaluation and improvement to facilitate the development of excellence in learning and teaching.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tam Yiu Pui
- Current Principal: Lai Wing Chun
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 64
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 92%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 47%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 52%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 21%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 26%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 12%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 62%
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:
Chinese Language, Mathematics, Science (F.1 and F.2), Science (F.3 Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Accounting (F.3)*, Basic Business (F.2), Chinese History, Visual Arts*, Computer Cognition, Design & Technology, Music*, Physical Education, Home Economics, Putonghua, Ethics & Religion*, Geography, Life & Society
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, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics (Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance), Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Information and Communication Technology, Design and Applied Technology, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Mathematics Extended Module 2, Ethics and Religion.
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 school emphasizes the development of students' biliteracy and trilingualism, and organizes different types of English language extension activities in line with the language fine-tuning policy. In addition, the school employs expatriate English teachers and frequently organizes language activities, such as speech contests, two-day English morning assemblies, one-day Putonghua morning assemblies, "Chinese Week", "English Week", and "Campus TV Broadcasts", to enhance students' biliteracy and trilingualism.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
At the junior secondary level, group teaching is practiced for the major subjects of Chinese, English and Mathematics. Through curriculum design, diversified teaching strategies, adaptation of homework and tests, etc., the school has covered different levels of difficulty and scope of contents to cater for students' learning differences and enhance learning effectiveness.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4
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:-
School fees for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Tuition fees for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
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 for Discretionary Places: 30% in school, 30% in interview, 20% in conduct, 10% in extra-curricular activities and awards, 5% from primary school principals and teachers, 5% for children of staff or their relatives, and 5% for children of staff who attend the school. Students with outstanding athletic performance are also eligible for admission through the Athletic Talent Scheme.
How is Maryknoll Middle School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
Teachers and students witness the Gospel based on charity and love, and have fun and energy to live out the meaning of life on campus.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
In junior secondary schools, group teaching is provided for the main subjects and teaching assistants are employed to enhance learning effectiveness. In senior secondary schools, students can choose the subjects they want to study according to their academic results, and more channels are provided for them to further their studies. A student assessment system for subject teachers is in place from S1 to S6 to enhance teaching effectiveness. In junior secondary schools, the school-based curriculum is adapted to suit the needs of students to achieve the best learning outcomes. In addition, a system of remedial lessons and examinations is in place to enable students to achieve a certain level of proficiency in the major subjects of Chinese, English and Mathematics.
Teacher professional training and development:
Teacher development days are held regularly every year, which include lectures, workshops, visits and other activities to enhance the standard of teachers. The school also encourages teachers to pursue continuous learning through the provision of information on continuing education to promote their professional development. The school has established a well-established peer and cross-curricular lesson observation culture, which provides our teachers with more opportunities for professional exchange.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The School has set up a Student Support Unit to support students with special educational needs and arranged teachers to enroll in courses related to integrated education to enhance their professional capacity. The school utilizes the Learning Support Grant to procure career-oriented services, occupational therapy services and clinical psychology services, etc. to provide appropriate support to students. The school also works closely with professionals such as the Education Bureau and school-based educational psychologists to conduct regular individual meetings and student assessments. The school also emphasizes home-school cooperation. Members of the Student Support Team, the School-based Speech Therapist and the Counselor communicate with parents on Parents' Day, so that parents can understand their children's learning situation and work together to support their learning and growth needs.
School facilities:
A standard 30-classroom school building. Lecture rooms and small group teaching rooms are provided to meet the needs of lecture and small group teaching. The classrooms are equipped with an intelligent management system to control all environmental factors. The double-storey, floor-to-ceiling glass library on the ground floor has self-study rooms and study rooms for students to cultivate the spirit of independent learning, as well as subject teaching and research rooms.
The new school building provides a wealth of facilities for students' development, such as an 80-meter sprint track, a 400-meter jogging track around the school, a long-distance jumping pool, a throwing range, a fitness room, two standard basketball courts, a 7-a-side soccer court, an indoor badminton court, an indoor volleyball court, and a rock-climbing wall, among others.
The new campus emphasizes on campus greening, with more than 20% of greening area, which has attained the gold level of green building assessment. The school has set up an environmental education pathway to inculcate the message of environmental protection in clothing, food, housing and transportation through various green facilities and attractions in conjunction with the curriculum. The school has set up a chapel.
School contact information:
- Phone: 27583102
- Fax: 27557634
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.maryknoll.edu.hk
- Address: 27 On Sau Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
