Renaissance College Hong Kong

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Renaissance College Hong Kong

Established	2006
School type	Private Secondary and Primary School, co-educational
Principal	Mr. Peter Kenny
Students	900+
Location	Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
Website	http://www.renaissance.edu.hk/

Renaissance College Hong Kong (Chinese: 啓新書院 Abbreviated: RCHK) is a newly opened school in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong. It is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF) and is the first school, in Hong Kong, offering the IB Primary Years Programme, the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme to all students according to their year levels. Experienced IB teachers have been recruited from many countries to teach students from Year 1 to Year 13. Many of the students and teachers came from Phoenix International School after it closed on July 07, 2006.

Students come from different countries such as United Kingdom, the United States, India, Singapore, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and a couple of African countries. As well, local Hong kong students make up a majority of the population in the school. All the students in the school speak fluent English and can read and write English. The school offers English, Mandarin(or Putonghua), Humanities, Art, Music, Drama, P.E., Science, Mathematics and Technology.

Contents 1 School Hours 2 Uniform 3 Facilities 4 Houses 4.1 Song House 4.1.1 Song House Infomation 4.1.2 Song House Leadership 4.2 Ming House 4.2.1 Ming House Infomation 4.3 Tang House 4.3.1 Tang House Infomation 4.4 Qing House 4.4.1 Qing House Infomation 5 External Link(s)

[edit] School Hours

For Year 1 to 6, the school starts at 9:00am and end at 3:15pm. For Year 7 to 13, the school starts at 9:15am and end at 4:00pm. Students that are involved in CAS after school, which stands for Creativity, Action and Service, may end their school day at 5:15pm or 4:15 (for secondary students, most the CAS starts at 4:15 and ends at 5:15pm and for primary students, most of the CASs starts at 3:15 to 4:15pm).

[edit] Uniform

For boys (Year 1 to 13): Stripe polo shirt (either khaki shirt with horizontal black stripes or black shirt with horizontal khaki stripes), cargo shorts, cargo pants, sweater, P.E. shirt and P.E. shorts.

For girls (Year 1 to 6): Stripe polo shirt (either khaki shirt with horizontal black stripes or black shirt with horizontal khaki stripes), cargo pants, sweater, a skort, P.E. shirt and P.E. shorts.

For girls (Year 7 to 13): Stripe polo shirt (either khaki shirt with horizontal black stripes or black shirt with horizontal khaki stripes), cargo pants, sweater, a skirt, P.E. shirt and P.E. shorts.

[edit] Facilities

• Swimming Pool (25m long and 1.40m deep)
  

  

  The swimming pool in RCHK on July 6th.
• Library
• Cafeteria
• Performing Art Center (Hall)
• Gym
• Soccer pitch
• Basketball court

[edit] Houses

The four houses in Renaissance are named after the 4 major dynasties in ancient China. They are Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. All dynasties have 6-8 groups of 13-15 students for each advisory teacher. Dynasty activities include sports and other competitions, community service and charitable activities, assemblies and meetings with elected student council representatives, it enables senior and junior students to interact together, and provides many opportunities for students to exercise team working and leadership skills.

[edit] Song House

[edit] Song House Infomation

House Name	House Colour	House Animal	House Cheer(s)
Song House	Amber and Yellow	Dragon	"Go Song! Beat the gong! We're the best, in Hong Kong!"
NIL	NIL	NIL	「岳飛金龍，精忠報宋！」

[edit] Song House Leadership

Senior Captain: Garrick
Senior Vice Captain: Sophie
Junior Captain: Yeon Hee
Junior Vice Captain: Justin

[edit] Ming House

[edit] Ming House Infomation

House Name	House Colour	House Animal	House Cheer(s)
Ming House	Blue	Tiger	"What house? Ming house!x3 Ming, Ming, Ming..."
NIL	NIL	NIL	"Ming will ROCK YOU!"

[edit] Tang House

[edit] Tang House Infomation

House Name	House Colour	House Animal	House Cheer(s)
Tang House	Red	Phoenix	Information Needed
NIL	NIL	NIL	Information Needed

[edit] Qing House

[edit] Qing House Infomation

House Name	House Colour	House Animal	House Cheer(s)
Qing House	Jade and Green	Qilin	Information Needed
NIL	NIL	NIL	Information Needed

[edit] External Link(s)

• Official Website
• RCHK Staffs