Independent Schools Foundation Academy
| Independent Schools Foundation Academy 弘立書院 | |
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1 Kong Sin Wan Road, Cyberport, Pokfulam HK Hong Kong | |
| Information | |
| Motto | Independent · Chinese · Global |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Pokfulam |
| Head of school | Dr. Malcolm Pritchard |
| Staff | 140 |
| Grades | Foundation to Grade 12 |
| Enrollment | 1400 |
| Number of students | 1400 |
| Campus size | 13,152 square metres (141,570 sq ft) |
| Colour(s) | White, navy blue |
| Mascot | Qilin |
| Website |
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The Independent Schools Foundation Academy is a non-profit bilingual (Putonghua and English) private school in Hong Kong. It is also an IBO World School, and offers the IB Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme. The campus is in Cyberport, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
History
The Independent Schools Foundation was established in January 2000 as a registered charitable organisation to provide a choice of education for international students. The school was co-founded by Charles Kao[1] and Frances Wong.[2] In 2003, the Foundation established a profitable, public independent school, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy (The ISF Academy), for Grades 1 to 12 to cater for Putonghua and English education in an inquiry-based learning environment.
In August 2003, the school began its temporary campus in Wanchai, with 56 students in Grades 1 to 4. It set up a second temporary campus in Causeway Bay before moving to a new campus in Pokfulam in July 2007.
In February 2007, the school commenced its Foundation Year program, a preparatory year for students prior to Grade 1. The academic year 2007/08 marked the first full year of its Foundation Year program.
Campus
The campus opened in August 2007, in the Kong Sin Wan Tsuen Valley in Pokfulam, within the Island South District of Hong Kong Island, on a 13,152 sq. meter site. Features include:-
- Flexible learning cluster areas comprising modular teaching spaces formed around a common cluster area; and
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems for a wireless campus
Existing facilities
In addition to classrooms and small-group teaching rooms, students in the Primary Division have a Library and Resource Center, a music room, a dance and drama room, a computer room, an arts and crafts room, a green corner, and a covered play area. Secondary students have access to subject-design (technology, computer, science, home management, dance and drama, music, and art) rooms, a library incorporating a broadcast suite and a function room, small group teaching rooms, counselling center, a multi-purpose area, a covered play area, a DP study center, and a green corner.
Facilities shared between the Primary and the Secondary Divisions include a gymnasium-cum-assembly hall; four basketball courts; a horizontal climbing wall, a rooftop playground with running track and garden; a dining hall; and conference rooms.
Campus development
The ISF Academy completed a new seven-storey building in July 2011, which provides students with an 180-seat black-box theatre and a pre-function area; art rooms; large and small music practice rooms; a junior science laboratory; a second indoor gymnasium with a vertical climbing wall; a 500-seat dining hall; a rooftop playground; a senior study centre; and 20 new group teaching rooms.
The school is currently performing two extension works, a Sporting and Cultural Center and the Secondary School and Administration Block. The Sporting and Cultural Center will contain a six lane indoor swimming pool, an arts center with an 850-seat auditorium, multi-purpose sports courts, a covered play area, a football cum tennis court, a wushu practice room, and lastly the Admissions office. The secondary School and Administration Block will house an administrative center, more Secondary classrooms, art rooms, science and technology classrooms, and laboratories.