Island School

Island School is a co-educational international school located on in Hong Kong. It is the founding school of the English Schools Foundation, and is still a member. The school has been accredited by international organisations such as the Council of International Schools[1] and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[2]

Island School (港島中學)
Location
Campus A(ISSTW): Pok Hong Estate, Sha Tin Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Campus B(ISTW): Sun Chui Estate, Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Information
TypePrivate, secondary, co-educational, comprehensive
Established1967
PrincipalStephen Loggie
Facultyapprox. 100, including English (Head: Beth Hall), Science (Head: Joanne Burgon), Individuals & Societies (Head: Stephen Budd) etc.
Enrollmentapprox. 1,200
Colour(s)Red, white and blue
YearsYear 7–13
AlumniOld Islanders
Websitehttp://www.island.edu.hk/
Island School
Traditional Chinese港島中學
Simplified Chinese港岛中学

The school was originally located in the Hong Kong Mid-Levels district (the site of a former British military hospital) until the school moved to two campuses in Sha Tin District (known as Campus A (ISSTW): Pok Hong Estate, Sha Tin Wai) and Tai Wai (Campus B (ISTW): Sun Chui Estate, Tai Wai) in December 2017, due to renovations to the former campus. It currently houses around 1,200 students across 33 nationalities.[3][4] Island School is a registered IB World School and offers the IB diploma program along with an alternative BTEC program in the senior years.

House System

There are 6 houses in the school, each named after famous people, including Fleming (red), Da Vinci (orange), Wilberforce (yellow), Rutherford (green), Nansen (blue) and Einstein (purple). Students in the same house are also in the same form, which they remain in for their 7 years in the school.

Students in each house compete for their house in various activities and competitions, including sporting tournaments, and debate competitions etc.

As of 2019 December, Wilberforce & Fleming are winning the Inter-House Competitions.

History

Island School is home to children from a large number of countries.[5]

Stephen Loggie is the current principal of Island School. The previous principal was Christopher Binge, who had been secondary principal at the La Châtaigneraie campus of the International School of Geneva. Binge studied mathematics at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, was head until June 2009. Binge left to become the head of Markham College[6].

Campus
The previous campus of Island School in 2016

The former campus consisted of seven blocks ranging from five to seven floors high, with blocks 1 to 6 arranged in a rectangular fashion. Students could travel to adjacent blocks by linked walkways or footbridges. As the campus was situated on mountainous terrain, blocks located close to the mountain were placed at a higher altitude than their counterparts, and as such the floors between different blocks were often not correlated. The former campus was then demolished and all learning was diverted to the two replacement campuses.[3][4]

The two replacement campuses, Sha Tin Wai and Tai Wai, house two different sets of levels. Sha Tin Wai houses grades 7, 8, 12 and 13, while Tai Wai houses grades 9, 10 and 11.[7]

Notable alumni and staff

Alumni

Staff

See also

References
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  2. "WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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  8. "Prince Joachim". www.danmarkskonger.dk. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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  10. Bloom, Adi (21 June 2019). "Harry Hill: 'Mr Gillingham's words always stayed with me'".
  11. https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarie-munk-86b95951/
  12. "Laura's straw hat puts Patten in the shade". The Independent. 26 July 1992. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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  14. "Melanie Wilson". British Rowing.
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