Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
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| Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School (HPCCSS, 旅港開平商會中學) | |
| School Emblem |  |
| Motto | "Morality, Wisdom, Health and Diligence" ("德智健勤") |
| Founded | 1973 |
| School Supervisor | Kwan Wong Chow |
| School Principal | Wong Kin Chung |
| School type | Co-educational, government-aided |
| Address | 22 Shek Ku Street, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Enrolment | 1147 in 2005 |
| Teachers | 53 in 2005 |
| Medium of Instruction | English |
| Homepage | http://www.hpccss.edu.hk |
| School Magazine | 學林, meaning "Forest of Study" |
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School (旅港開平商會中學, abbr. HPCCSS) is a secondary school in Hong Kong, located at 22 Shek Ku Street, Homantin, Kowloon. Its current principal is Mr. Wong Kin Chung.
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[edit] Mission
The mission of the school is to
"providing an all-round education for the development of high morals and positive values in our students; cultivating among our students kindness, a sense of responsibility, moral integrity and social awareness; providing students with the knowledge and skills to cope with work and study and helping students develop independent thinking skills and become autonomous learners; helping students maintain physical and mental health; and encouraging students to make every endeavour to excel."
The school is committed to providing her students with an all-round whole-person education. In line with the school motto Morality (德, "Tak"), Wisdom (智, "Chi"), Health (健, "Kin") and Diligence (勤, "Kan"), the school emphasizes a balanced devlopment in students' conduct, academic pursuit and extra-curricular activities [1]. The school motto was emphasized using a House system, with Red, Green, Yellow and Blue representing the four virtues, respectively.
[edit] History
[edit] Founding
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School is founded in 1973, as a co-educational aided school. The Alumni Association was established in 1981. The Students' Union and the Parent-Teacher Association were set up in 1987 and 1999 respectively.
In 1998 its use of English as the Medium of Instruction was approved by the Education Department of the HKSAR.
[edit] In recent years
To facilitate progress, the school set up the School Development Team in 2002. Based on the school's "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats" analysis and their teachers' opinions, the team has formulated the School Development Plan 2003-2006. The major concerns are:
- enhancing student personal growth
- enhancing teaching and learning
- improving teaching and learning environment. [2]
True to its plan, HPCCSS has sustained rapid growth and improvement in recent years, including: encouraging and employing the use of IT technology [3], the construction of a New Wing (pictured), which includes classrooms and a new library, and the promotion of a wide variety of new activities, including dancing and drama. It was noted for its excellent athletic achievements, such as in the Boys Inter-school Athletics Championships where it was awarded the fourth position 2004-2005.
[edit] Features and facilities
[edit] Basic facilities
The facilities in the school is rather plain comparatively, and the school is generally considered less spacious than other secondary schools; however, there has been a remarkable improvement in recent years, with the New Wing completed and handovered to the school on August 2005, a new library set up, and the use of new equipment. There are thirty classrooms, two supportive education rooms, four laboratories, two computer rooms, a geography room, a music room, a needlework room, a home economic room, an art room, a multi-media learning center, a language room, a library, a student activity center and a multi-purpose room. All the rooms are air-conditioned and furnished with computer nodes for accessing the Internet.[4]
[edit] The environment
Plants have been allocated throughout the school in an effort to beautify the learning environment. Activities are organized for students to take care of these plants and take part in 'green'-ifying the school. Announcements are often made to remind students on protecting the school environment.
[edit] Activities
There are altogether forty clubs available. Students are encouraged to join extracurricular activities apart from working hard in academic results. The Students' Union also organizes activities for students, ranging from selling cheap stationeries to chess competitions.
[edit] Alumni
- Chiu Lai Yu (Chinese: 趙麗如), a female TVB news reporter, who was considered by the public as one of the most renowned news reporters in Hong Kong.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ HPCCSS External School Review Report, 2006, pg. 1
- ^ HPCCSS External School Review Report, 2006, pg. 2
- ^ 2005-2006 Plan on use of Capacity Enhancement Grant pg.9
- ^ HPCCSS 2004-2005 Annual Report, pg. 18
