| St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School Chinese: 聖瑪加利男女英文中小學 |
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Pursuit of virtues to perfection with self-renewal spirit
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| 33 Sham Mong Road, West Kowloon Hong Kong |
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| School type | Direct Subsidy Scheme, Secondary Primary |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | Kowloon |
| Principal | Mrs. Grace Tam |
| Faculty | 85 teachers |
| Grades | P.1-S.7 |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Silver and Red
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| Newspaper | St. Margaret's News |
| Affiliations | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.smcesps.edu.hk |
St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School (Chinese: 聖瑪加利男女英文中小學) is a co-educational secondary and primary school in Hong Kong. It was established by the St. Margaret's Educational Organization, a Catholic religious-teaching educational organization.
St. Margaret's Co-edu is one of the limited number of schools in Hong Kong that teach in English. The school curriculum uses English as medium of instruction in all subjects with the exception of Chinese-related subjects and French.
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St. Margaret's was founded in 1965. Based on the traditions of Catholic Schools. At the beginning, the school was named as St. Margaret's Girls College Kowloon. The school formerly only accepted girls. In 2001, the School joined the Direct Subsidy Scheme and started to accept boys to study. In September 2003, St. Margaret's made history as the first school in Hong Kong adopting a through-train mode from Primary One to Secondary Seven in the same school premises. It will also be a co-educational, English-medium school.
80% of St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School of total secondary one students intake is from its primary section, with 20% from other primary schools. Applicants would attend interviews in English which are conducted by the Principal and the Vice-Principal (Academic). Other criteria include applicants' performance in extracurricular activities, awards and certificates, and academic excellence. In addition, St. Margaret's applicants may apply for French as an alternative to Chinese. The majority of applicants choosing to study the French language are French, Filipino, Indian and other races. St. Margaret's welcomes different races to apply, a diversity of different nationalities can be found in the school.
The School badge are composed of three elements: the cross, the fleur-de-lis and the grain stalks.
The cross at the lower right corner denotes the management of the School is based upon the spirit of Christ, the three fleur-de-lis at the upper left corner symbolize the three great virtues: wisdom, humanity and courage, as depicted in The Doctrine of the Mean and The Analects and the grain stalks at the bottom signify the good harvest after the strenuous cultivation.
The overall meaning of the badge is that the management of the School is based upon the spirit of Christ, heading towards the three great Confucian virtues: wisdom, humanity and courage, with the enthusiasm in learning to seek wisdom, the perseverance to perform humanity and the awareness of shame to impel the courage to progress. Having these three virtues to cultivate oneself, with the determination to proceed and the persistence to learn, one can accumulate very rich knowledge and experience so as to reach the Confucian state, an ideal state of life, that wise men are never confused, kind-hearted people are never worried and courageous men are never perturbed.
Pursuit of virtues to perfection with self-renewal spirit is meant to inspire students, to enable them to develop their inborn integrity, to renovate their rectitude, to rectify their conduct and act vigorously as well as to increase their knowledge as treasure. With all these values in mind, students can contribute a lot to the continuous advancement of the world so that many things can come to the realm of greatest excellence and perfection.
明德新民，止於至善is a quote from Classic of Rites Daxue: 大學之道，在明明德，在新民，在止於至善.
by Sister Carmela Santos
Verse 1: All hail to thee St. Margaret's Hail to thee our mother school. Light of all our youthful dreams, Ever guiding one and all. Fount of Knowledge, truth and wisdom true, To thee we raise our heart and soul, Our loyalty we pledge to you, Hail to thee our mother school.
Verse 2: Shining heaven of our hopes and dreams Home of our tender years, With deepest affection, Thy memory we'll treasure as we journey t'wards our goal, Brilliant star of our firmament Leading us on to God. May your children be worthy of thee. True to the end we will always be.
Verse 3: All hail to thee St. Margaret's Hail to thee our mother school. Light of all our youthful dreams, Ever guiding one and all. Fount of Knowledge, truth and wisdom true, To thee we raise our heart and soul, Our loyalty we pledge to you, Hail to thee our mother school.
There are four houses in St. Margaret's. The four houses was named as the first four words of the school Chinese motto. They are Wise House(明社), Moral House(德社), New House(新社) and Civic House(民社).
The new design of St. Margaret's school "Y2K" campus is fully equipped for primary through secondary school education. There is a wide range of modern facilities and specialized activity spaces.
School web site: http://www.smcesps.edu.hk