Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong

Queen Elizabeth School
Chinese: 伊利沙伯中學
Location
152 Sai Yee Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Information
Type Government secondary school
Established 1954
School district Mong Kok
Principal N/A
Number of students about 860
Website qes.edu.hk

Queen Elizabeth School (Chinese: 伊利沙伯中學), or QES and QE (伊中 or 伊利沙伯) for short, was the first English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) (Anglo-Chinese) co-education secondary school founded by the Government of Hong Kong. It is located on a mound at the boundary of Sai Yee Street and Prince Edward Road West in Mong Kok, Kowloon, adjacent to Grand Century Place, CCC Heep Woh Primary School (中華基督教會協和小學) and HK Weaving Mills Association Primary School (香港布廠商會公學).

The school was conceived in 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Later it was run in September 1954 but operated as an after school on the premises in King's College, until October 1955 when it moved to the present location in Mong Kok.

The QES school camp in Cham Chuk Wan, Sai Kung District, the New Territories was opened in 1962. With the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the original school badge with a crown was changed to a new one with the logo of the Education Department. Later, the Education Department was replaced by the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) (now Education Bureau, EDB), and the school badge was changed again.

The school's new annex was opened in September 2004.

School camp

Founded a campsite in Cham Chuk Wan, Sai Kung District, the New Territories in 1962, Queen Elizabeth School is the only school in Hong Kong which owns a school camp.

Camp Warden Association

The Camp Warden Association (CWA) is responsible for organizing camping activities for students and to manage the condition of the campsite.

CWA is composed of three major boards.

Facilities

  • Main Gate
  • Side Gate
  • Classroom
  • Classroom North
  • Teacher's Room(beside classroom)
  • Two store room
    • Store Hut
    • Store Room
  • Kitchen
    • kitchen compound
  • Two bathroom
    • Male's bathroom
    • Female's bathroom
  • Four toilets
  • Well
  • Swing
  • Rope course
  • Campfire Site
  • Barbecue Site
  • Canoe Shied
  • Paradise
  • Jetty Gate
  • Two jetty
    • Old Jetty
    • New Jetty
  • New Dormitory(or called new dorm.)
  • Platform
  • Old Temple

Publications

Achievements

As of 2010, QES counts 5 winners of the prestigious Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards,[1] ranking 16th (tied with La Salle College, Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of MFBM) among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.

Principals

Notable Alumni

Science, culture and art

Politics, economics and law

References

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Coordinates: 22°19′26″N 114°10′17″E / 22.3240°N 114.1713°E