[cyndilek]

I would like to know which secondary school does the singaporean
in hk send their children to?Looking for a sch for my daughter
who is 11 years old.

[stanleystanley]

Does your daughter has any religion belief? Like Baptist, Christian. Singapore student does not have huge difficulty in joining HK local school (can read and write Chinese). Most religious local schools will take your daughter if she emphasis that she need a studing place same as her own religious belief. Even your daughter is the only singaporean in class, most of the classmate will love to play with her. Try to find some band 1 to band 2 local schools.

Or try to find some international schools (heard that pretty difficult to get in and pretty expensive but they do have better attention to each student bacause local one has around 40 students per class). I seldom heard that there is any specific school for Singaporean.

[cyndilek]

thanks, and sorry I forgot to mention "international" sec sch.

[timklip]

Have you checked out this site?

http://www.singapore.edu.hk/

[cyndilek]

Yes, we will be in hk in Jan'06, by then she will be in P6 and we don't really want to put her there and then switch her to another sch next academic yr as they don't hv the sec sch

[PettsWood]

The Singapore International School in Hong Kong only operates in the capacity of a primary school.

I've heard that a lot of Singaporean, after SIS, go to the Chinese International School http://www.cis.edu.hk. CIS is very good and very expensive. Singaporeans go to CIS because, like SIS, it is bilingual all the way up. I also heard that CIS expands its secondary school (classes per year) by one class just to accommondate the SIS leavers.

Hope this helps.

[cyndilek]

yes, she actually took the admission test
there 3 wks ago, but didn't manage to get
in. Kind of demoralizing for her. Meanwhile put
her on waitlist with ESF.

[PettsWood]

Sorry to hear about that. It must be hard for the little one.

I assume you know about all the other alternatives such as CAIS, ICS (just put www and edu.hk around these two to visit them), the Renaissance (http://renaissance.esf.edu.hk/ - this one is a funny one, an international school aiming primarily at the locals - read the admission policy)

Apart from that, I am afraid I cannot be of much use then.

All the best.

[benjaminlo]

how bout the international schools like KG5 (King George V). Yew Chung International School. Canadian International School. Hong Kong International School. Chinese International School. I have no knowledge of any of the schools in much depth except for Chinese International School but that because i'm a graduate of the school. We operate in the british school system, so we go through IGSCE and IB, but tons of people graduate and go to the US (like me), as well as all over the world. Mandarin is a required language thoughout all years in the school, so that is definately a plus.

[smabs]

Cyn, perhaps you could do a check. I heard that Singapore International School (SIS) just annouced sometime last month that it is building its new Secondary School, however, i doubt it will be ready for your kid.

check out http://www.singapore.edu.hk/principal.htm
Go to "Principcal to Parents 02/05/06"

Best to call them.