| St. Stephen's Girl's College Chinese: 聖士提反女子中學 |
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| Location | |
| 2 Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong |
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| School type | Secondary Primary |
| Established | 1906 |
| School district | Central and Western District |
| President | Ms. WONG Fung Yi Fonnie (Chairman & Supervisor) |
| Principal | Mrs. Christine Shain |
| Staff | 89 |
| Grades | F.1 - F.7 (Equivalent of Grades 7-13) |
| Gender | Female |
| Number of students | approx 1100 |
| Classes offered | 33 |
| Area | approx 10,000 square feet |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Red and Cobalt Blue
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| Newspaper | "Vortex" Chinese: 漩思 |
| Yearbook | "News Echo" Chinese: 珏聲 |
| Affiliation | Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui |
| Website | www.ssgc.edu.hk |
St Stephen's Girls' College (Chinese: 聖士提反女子中學), known as SSGC, which is one of the grant schools under Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church), is a girls' schools in Hong Kong. Originally on Caine Road, the school moved to its current location at Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels, in 1923. The main building is listed as one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong. The school which first opened in 1906 is managed by the St. Stephen's Girls' College School Council. Remarkably, SSGC counts 9 winners of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards[1], ranking eighth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
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St. Stephen's Girls' College is a Christian school whose primary aim is to provide good education in a Christian spirit. It strives to educate the 'whole person' by emphasizing the moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic, as well as spiritual development of every student. It aims to help students to achieve academic excellence, to develop their own potential, to become responsible citizens and future leaders, and to serve the community.
St Stephen's Girls' College came under criticism in May 2011 when the school severely pruned and seriously damaged a protected candlenut tree on the college's campus. The severe pruning was undertaken by the school without obtaining proper government approvals and in violation of certain terms of the school's tenancy agreement. As a result, the government fined the school HK$200,000. A local arborist who saw the work on the tree said the pruning was "unprofessional", and Professor Jim Chi-yung, a tree scientist at the University of Hong Kong, said the size of the fine was reasonable given the damage to the tree.[2]