St. Teresa Secondary School

St. Teresa Secondary School
Location
21 Sheung Shing Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Information
Type Public
Motto Age quod agis Chinese: 慎思明辨
Established 1978
Affiliation Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Website www.stteresa.edu.hk

St. Teresa Secondary School (Chinese: 德蘭中學; pinyin: Délán Zhōng Xué; Jyutping: dak1 laan4 zung1 hok6) is a Roman Catholic girls secondary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.[1] It is directly governed by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. The school's patroness is St. Teresa of Lisieux, since the school is located at the same district, Kowloon City District, as St. Teresa's Church in Hong Kong[2].

History

The school's indirect predecessor is Precious Blood Golden Jubilee Secondary School, which was administered by the Sisters of the Precious Blood. In 1977, due to misusage of school funds and suspected corruption, some teachers contacted the ICAC and informed the students. It was followed by the diocese's take-over and suppression, a series of student protests and sit-ins, and eventually the closure of the school on 14 May 1978. St. Teresa Secondary School was opened on its former site, with the protestors initiated the secular Ng Yuk Secondary School.[3][4][5]

During the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong in 2003, because students suspected of infection, the school arranged education psychologists in schools to provide psychological counselling for affected teachers and students.[6]

In 2011, Ms. Teresa Tam took over as principal.

In 2017, for the 40th anniversary of the school, the school held the main protection ceremony thanksgiving festival, and set up the career planning room at the school.[7]

School badge

The shield symbolizes courage and fortitude, the cross symbolizes the teaching of Jesus Christ, the book symbolizes self-filling to practice the motto Age quod agis, the symbol of the rose symbolizes the virtues of St. Teresa of Lisieux, the pigeon symbolizes the presence of the Holy Spirit, and the ribbon symbolizes tenderness and beauty.

Campus environment

Campus view

St. Teresa Secondary School is located on a section of Sheung Shing Street between Pui Ching Road and Shek Ku Street in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon. It is adjacent to the Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School and is adjacent to Ho Man Tin Plaza, the Open University of Hong Kong and a luxury mansion.

The school consists of four buildings. The southwest is a teaching building. It contains a school office, a teacher's office, a library, and six standard classrooms on each floor. Each classroom has an interactive projector and electronic white board; the southeast is a special room building, including the Creative Media Lab, Maker Space, Technology and Living Room and four laboratories. The northeastern side is a new wing, which contains a student activity room, an indoor rowing hall and a computer room, is connected to the two old wings, and consists of an elevator; the northwest is an independent auditorium with a lecture hall. There is a farmhouse next to the auditorium for students to plant. Four buildings surround a playground with two basketball courts. In the campus, the statue of St. Teresa of Lisieux was erected.

The school laid a wireless network and promoted e-learning.[7] The school's creative media lab is built entirely with Apple Inc.'s iMac, 3D food printers, and has established Maker Space, allowing students to conduct interdisciplinary scientific inquiry activities more effectively.[8] Electronic technology is found everywhere on the campus, especially the equipment developed by some schools, such as the on-campus examination notification system, which is made up of LEDs and linked with a PHP website.

School characteristics

School spirit

St. Teresa Secondary School is a traditional girls school. Families who wish to attend the school believe that their school's spirit is calm and honest.[9]

The school promotes appreciation of culture. It rarely punishes students. Instead, it is to care for them, hoping that students will use logical behaviour to change themselves as a process of growth.

The school also promotes the Praise Cheque Scheme to foster a caring and positive environment and to encourage students to perform better with the use of praise cheques. A student will receive a praise cheque if she meets one of the following criteria: getting five or more marks in a test compared to the previous one, being one of the top 3 students in a test; or thinking critically, being responsible, having charisma, being neat and tidy, showing improved behaviour, being honest by returning any lost item found, being helpful, being righteous, being active in services, or having active participation in activities.[10]

Multiple areas of learning

St. Teresa Secondary School organizes a sports day at the Wan Chai Sports Ground on Hong Kong Island every autumn. In the sports competition, the school teaches students to use multiple electronic devices such as iPads equipped with a telecommunications reception function to improve efficiency and accuracy of measurement and recording in the competitions, as well as using the school's self-developed Sports Games system to score and display the schedule.

The students of the school have outstanding achievements in physical and artistic activities. They have won many awards in fine arts, track and field, basketball, dance, diving and flower arrangement. The school's track and field team won the Bishop's Cup with four consecutive championships in the Parish League. The school's dance group, choir, and orchestra have been invited by different agencies to perform outside the school and even abroad.[7]

The school also provides students with a lot of learning opportunities. It organizes overseas study each year. Students travelled to the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, France, the Czech Republic[7], Singapore[11][12][13], Taiwan, mainland China[14] and other places, broadening their horizons. There is also a leadership training and business practice program that prepares students for career advancement.

STREAM teaching and promotion of scientific research

The teaching philosophy of St. Teresa Secondary School attaches great importance to the development of students' diverse talents. Therefore, students are encouraged to study science, technology and mathematics, and cultivate the students' spirit of scientific inquiry. The implementation of STEM education requires the adjustment of curriculum, the use of resources from the Education Bureau, and the enhancement of science, technology and mathematics curriculum activities, such as programming in junior high school computer lessons, allowing students to learn basic STEM knowledge and interest in those subjects. The school forms an interdisciplinary teaching team to guide students through the professional knowledge of different disciplines to help them learn across the curriculum, for example, through STEM inquiry learning and map analysis to propose new ideas to discuss issues such as climate change.[1]

The school has created a curriculum with school-based features. In response to the characteristics of girls who love art creation, they have merged visual arts and optimized school-based curriculum, and further expanded STEM to STEAM to develop a set of curriculum design, planning and practice suitable for girls. With the integration of reading and religious elements In the STEAM education, a set of STREAM courses with school-based features suitable for girls was developed, giving them the opportunity to learn analytical skills from reading literature reports and increase their interest in mathematics and science.[1][7] The school promoted STREAM education, and became a pilot school selected by the Education Bureau, and conducted video recordings for future sharing.

In 2016, awards won in large-scale STEM events including: Champion of secondary school level for the Smart Hong Kong - Challenge of the City hosted by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks[15][16][17][18], Gold and Bronze Awards for the Primary and Secondary School Data Science Competition jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Innovation Summit-Smart City and Hong Kong Science Park Big Data Studio[19], and First runner-up in junior high school level for the Creative Co-Programming Competition co-organized by Hong Kong Education City and Microsoft[1]; awards obtained in 2017 include: the Best vehicle body design award in the open group and First runner-up award of I am the driver scheme for of the Maker Faire HK2017 × Made the World hosted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University[1][7], Champion Inventions (Low Carbon Diet GO! App) in the junior high school level for the Inter-School Inter-Civil Change Cross-curriculum Contest 2016-17 organized by the Education Bureau[20][21], Champion of My Favorite Seismic Detector Award in the high school level for the Seismic Detector Design Contest co-organized by the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory and the Hong Kong Meteorological Society[22], the Gold, Silver Awards and merit awards for the Earing Technology Shows Love contest hosted by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department[23][24][25][26][27] and the Highest Number of Participation Award in the Cyber Security Competition 2017 jointly organized by the Hong Kong Police Force, Junior Police Call and the University of Hong Kong[28] et al.

Language policy

Most subjects in St. Teresa Secondary School are taught in English. In addition to the sports, music, visual arts, and religious education subjects taught in Chinese, junior high school mathematics and science subjects are taught in English. Other subjects are taught with English content being assessed. Most subjects in high school are taught in English, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, business, etc., to meet the actual needs of students in college. The school’s teaching staffs and supporting measures are getting enough for the preparations for promoting into an English school. The school plan to establish complete English classes depending on the students’ learning needs and English proficiency.

The school’s Chinese and English subjects promote drama education to train students in their logical thinking, creativity and oral expression skills. After the classes, they organized English speaking training for students who finally participated and won awards. Some awards include Champion for the Hong Kong Theatre Festival and the Bureau of Education English Competition[29], Champion for the English poetry in the Intercollegiate festival[7] and Hong Kong Champion in the Joint school Chinese debating champion[30].

The school also has courses teaching French, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.

Enhancement and remedial classes

For enhancing the top students in St. Teresa Secondary School, some students were nominated to attend the gifted courses organized by the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education. The school also offers different scholarships, rewards students with outstanding performance in different areas, encourages them to work harder, and has different scholarships for students to enter university. Some students graduated from Secondary 6 in the school had once obtained the Home Affairs Bureau's multiple merit scholarships, free of four-year university tuition fees.[31]

In terms of academics, the school holds S1 study skills workshops and summer bridging courses to establish students' habits of preparatory studies and autonomous learning. After the school year starts, there are several extension classes on Saturdays to cater for the students with different learning needs to enhance their effectiveness of learning.

Teaching team

The teaching skills of teachers at St. Teresa Secondary School were previously appreciated by the EDB's ESR (external school review) and key inspectors; the EDB (Education Bureau) staff went to the school to take recording of the lesson in classrooms for the professional training of teachers in Hong Kong. The English, Mathematics, Science, Career Planning, School Ethos and Student Support teachers were also invited to share teaching experience, school-based textbook design and curriculum planning at the EDB seminar.[7] There is also teacher of the Hong Kong FlippEducators Association who serve as teacher in the school to help the school implement Flipped classroom.[32]

The teaching team also organized competitions on different subjects and invited primary schools in Kowloon City District and Yau Tsim Mong District to participate.[33] [34]

Class structure

In St. Teresa Secondary School, there are four classes in F.1 through F.6, some of which are split into smaller groups.

All classes are named after Confucian or Christian virtues, which are: Love (愛), Filial Devotion (孝), Respect for elder brothers (悌) and Loyalty (忠). Before 2015, there were six classes in each form, and thus Honesty (信) and Ritual (禮) were also used.

House system

Recently the four houses in St. Teresa Secondary School are named after Catholic saints. From 2016 to present, the houses are St. Agnes House, St. Cecilia House, St. Catherine House and St. Faustina House.

Famous / Outstanding alumni

Transportation

See also

References

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