St. Paul's Co-educational College
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St. Paul's Co-educational College 聖保羅男女中學 | |
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Type | Grant, DSS, secondary, co-educational, day, boarding. |
Motto | Faith, Hope and Love 信望愛 |
Established | 1915 (as St. Paul's Girls' College) |
Principal | Dr. Anissa Chan |
Enrollment | approx. 1,200 |
Forms Alumni | Form 1 to Form 6 Hong Kong Alumni Website |
Website | http://www.spcc.edu.hk |
St. Paul's Co-educational College (Traditional Chinese: 聖保羅男女中學), (often abbreviated as St. Paul's Co-ed., St. Paul's or SPCC) is a Christian secondary school located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong. It follows the HKDSE and IBDP curriculum, and is one of the Round Square schools in Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1915. It became the first school in Hong Kong to enforce uniform dress code. Until after World War II, it was a girls-only college. It is under the Direct Subsidy Scheme. It is often regarded as one of the top schools, if not the top school, in Hong Kong in terms of its excellent performance in academics, music and sports.
Background information
The college was founded in 1915 as St. Paul's Girls' College by the Anglican church. The school's motto is Faith, Hope and Love, derived from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13.
In 1942, St. Paul's Girls' College was closed down due to Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. In 1945, the school re-opened after Japan surrendered, merging with St. Paul's College to become the first co-educational college in Hong Kong. It was officially renamed "St. Paul's Co-educational College" in 1950 when St. Paul's Boys' College moved to Bonham Road.[1]
Since 2002, the College has been operated under the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS). It was one of the first subsidised schools to join the scheme. In 2011,[2] and it was authorised as an IB World School.[2]
School fees currently stand at HK$55,000 per annum for all F.1-3 students and F.4-6 students taking the local stream, and at HK$82,500 for F.4-6 students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).[3]
Campuses
Located in the Mid-levels, the campus is deprived of space. The school split into two sections after the moving of the affiliated primary school, taking up the space of the ex-Kennedy Road campus of the primary school. The original school building is called MacDonnell Road Campus (MR Campus), while the one at 26 Kennedy Road is named the Kennedy Road Campus (KR Campus).
MacDonnell Road (MR) Campus
The MR Campus consists of the main building and the Li Chong Yuet Ming Building (LCYM, or the East Wing). The main building consists of Dr. Catherine Woo Wing (also known as the red brick building), Dr. BM Kotewall Wing, the Annex building and the School Improvement Programme (SIP, or west wing) Building. It comprises currently 12 floors, including the roof structure, and two "underground" floors, which are only partially underground. Flooring system is based on the American style, similar to the Chinese style, to avoid confusion.
Dr. Catherine Woo Wing was completed in 1927 and accorded Grade 2 historic building by Antiquities Advisory Board in 2010. It is socially, historically and architecturally significant. The building is a seven-storey red brick building of a C-shaped plan. Its design expresses features of Neo-Georgian style with adaptations to local climate. A redevelopment plan is underway to upgrade existing facilities. Alteration projects commenced in 2011, which includes addition of a new library, green roof, music facilities, multipurpose rooms and staff rooms, and refurbishment of all classrooms and special rooms, Sir Robert Kotewall Hall and existing sports facilities. At present, the construction works concerning the library, green roof, Sir Robert Kotewall Hall and sports facilities are yet to be completed.
The LCYM building is a new wing which has been built at the original St. Paul's Co-educational College Primary School (MacDonnell Road) site. The building was completed in 2011 and comprises 12 floors. It includes the indoor games hall (IGH), cafeteria, lecture theatre, laboratories, and other facilities. Floors 9 to 12 houses the Chong Yau Pak Wan Residence Hall, which provides accommodation for foreign students and visitors as well as special student team training events and student preparing for final public exams.
Kennedy Road Campus
The KR Campus is the former school campus of St. Paul's Co-educational College Primary School (Kennedy Road). This temporary campus comprises 4 floors, including the roof structure. It was listed as a Grade 1 historic building by the Antiquities Advisory Board.
From 2006 to 2008, it was used as the junior primary campus when the two affiliated primary schools merged. Between 2008 and 2013, the campus housed F.1 classes. It was planned to be returned to the government in the school year 2013/2014, as the MR Campus renovation works should be completed by then. However, due to poor environmental conditions of higher levels of the MR Campus, F.6 DSE classes were relocated to the KR Campus in late September 2013. Since the 2014 cohort of F.6 students left in March 2014, the KR Campus is closed and not used for teaching purposes. It is now returned to the government.
Calder Path Annex
The Calder Path Annex is located in between the MR Campus and KR Campus. Currently, the College's swimming pool and a few classrooms are located there. The former main library (Calder Path library) was housed there from 2008 to 2012. Currently, some set-teaching lessons are conducted in the classrooms in the Calder Path Annex.
Academics
SPCC offers its introductory sequence of education for students in F.1-3, including subjects such as Chinese, English, Mathematics, Liberal Studies, Integrated Science, Chinese History, Geography, History, Music and Physical Education. Design and Technology are offered to F.1 students by Prof. Ng Yiu Kuen, while Aesthetic & Creativity Education is offered to F.2 students[4] In F.3, students study a total of 10 subjects: Chinese, English, Mathematics, Liberal Studies, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, and Geography. F.3 students would then decide to enroll in either the local DSE curriculum or the IBDP Program with a preparatory year in F.4.[4] As of 2014, subject choices available to students taking the IB program include English A Literature, Chinese A Language and Literature, English B, Chinese B, Spanish ab initio, History, Chemistry, ESS, Mathematics and Music.[4][5]
SPCC is known for its rigorous academics and excellent academic results. In 2014, 66% of students taking the DSE achieved level 5 or above in 5 or more of their subjects;[6] students taking the IB achieved an average score of 40 out of 45, with 2 students achieving a full score of 45, 4 achieving 44, and 2 achieving 43. The average subject grade was 6.33 out of 7.[7] In 2015, a total of 10 Oxbridge offers were made to students in F.6. In 2014, 8 Oxbridge offers were made, along with 30 offers from UCL and 19 from Imperial College London.[8]
Student Activities
One of the annual highlights of student activities is the Student Activities Week in November, during which students take part in service, experience and exploration programs, sometimes travelling out of Hong Kong.[9] A four-week program in Australia, known as Rites of Passage, is arranged for F.3 students in the summer.[10]
Clubs, Societies, Groups and Teams
The College has its annually elected Student Union, plus a Prefect Board.[11] Other student groups include Stage Management Team, The Scholars, St. John Ambulance, Girl Guides, and Scouts.[12] Dance teams, sports teams and other teams are also present.[12] SPCC also features many clubs and societies for students to lead or join.[12]
The club and society promotion which was an intriguing part of assembly yearly in Mr. Henry Poon's era has taken on a different form under Dr. Anissa Chan; it still involves an opportunity for students to act, give presentation and promote the clubs during the assembly. Clubs and societies also conduct other morning presentations when relevant.
Music
SPCC has a prominent musical culture. Music teams in SPCC include two choirs (Treble Choir and Senior Mixed Voice Choir), School Orchestra, String Orchestra, Wind Band, Harmonica Orchestra, etc. The music teams have won numerous awards in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, with the School Orchestra and Harmonica Orchestra winning prizes every year. The Treble Choir became the Most Outstanding Choir in the year 2011-12. In the academic year 2014-15, a Treble Girls' Choir was added.
Annual Summer Music Event
As a tradition since 1967, the music department organizes a Summer Concert every year. The concerts have only been suspended four times in history (1973, 2008, 2010 and 2011). The most recent Summer Concert was held on 3–4 July 2014, and took place at the HKAPA.
In 2008 and 2010, the concert was not held as the school choirs took part in the 5th and 6th World Choir Games in Graz, Austria and Shaoxing, China respectively. In 2011, the College celebrated its 95th anniversary and the Summer Concert was replaced by performances in the celebratory summer Bazaar in early July.
In 2006, the Summer Concert was held in the form of a variety show, named The Extravaganza, to celebrate the College's 90th anniversary. It took place in the AsiaWorld-Arena, and this act set a record of being the first school holding an event that involves all students, and the first school to use the AsiaWorld-Arena.
Uniform
In 1918, the College was the first school in Hong Kong to require school uniforms. In summer, boys wear white shirts with deep-blue trousers, and girls wear blue Cheongsams; in winter, boys wear white shirts and grey trousers with the red school tie, and girls wear deep-blue Cheongsams.
Primary school
The College has an affiliated primary school: St. Paul's Co-educational College Primary School, once divided into two half-day schools: St. Paul's Co-educational (Kennedy Road) Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational (Macdonnell Road) Primary School to cope with the demand for places, they resumed full-day education in 1999. In 2006, the two schools merged again, then the Primary School moved to the new campus in Wong Chuk Hang in 2008.
While the College is an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) school, most of the primary school curriculum is taught in Cantonese, with some lessons taught by native English teachers. From Primary 3 onward, Chinese language is taught in Putonghua progressively. In Primary 6, all subjects (excluding Chinese language) are taught in English.[13]
Notable alumni
Academics
- Roland T. Chin - President of the Hong Kong Baptist University; former Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of the University of Hong Kong; former Chairman, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
- Lawrence J. Lau - former Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- Arthur Li - member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong; member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong; former Secretary for Education and Manpower of Hong Kong; former Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Chung-Kwong Poon - former President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Shew-Ping Chow - former Vice President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (University Relations) of the University of Hong Kong; former Dean of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine; Chair Professor and Chief of Hand and Foot surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Hong Kong
- Kenneth Young - Theoretical physicist; Professor of Physics and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Grace Wai-King Tang - former President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; former Dean of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine
- Daniel Tak-mao Chan - Chair Professor and Chief of Service, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital
- Andy Loo - Mathematician currently studying in Princeton University
Public services / professionals
- Vivienne Poy - the first Senator of Canada of Asian descent; former Chancellor of the University of Toronto (the first of Chinese descent)
- Rebecca Chan - Decorated U.S. World War II veteran who served as a Nurse with the Flying Tigers (China), the U.S. Army (China) and the China National Aviation Corporation (China and India), with work including flying over the Hump (1942-1948); the first Head (Sister-Tutor-in-Charge) of the Nursing School of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong, 1964-1975; 1933 graduate of St. Paul's Girls School (the forerunner of St. Paul's Co-educational College)[14][15]
- Andrew Kwok-Nang Li - former Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong; Also Vice Chairman of the School Council
- Audrey Eu - former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, party leader of the Hong Kong Civic Party, former Chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association
- Marvin Cheung Kin-tung - member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong
- Moses Cheng - Chairman of the Hong Kong Education Commission, former Chairman of the Council and Court of the Hong Kong Baptist University, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Selina Chow - former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Priscilla Leung - Kowloon City District Councilor (Elected)
- Maria Wai-Chu Tam - former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Eric Ka-Cheung Li - former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former President of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants
- Herbert H K Tsoi - former President of the Law Society of Hong Kong
- Kin-Hung Lee - former Chairman of the Medical Council of Hong Kong; former President of the Hong Kong Medical Association
- David Ka-Yan Lee - pediatrician; former Hong Kong Medical Association Council Member
- Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping - wife of former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa
Business
- Victor Li - Managing Director of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited; elder son of Li Ka-Shing
- Richard Li - Chairman of PCCW; younger son of Li Ka-Shing
- Ronnie Chan Chi-Chung - Chairman of Hang Lung Properties Limited
Artists
- Warren Lee - Artist, concert pianist; Music Director of St. Paul's Co-educational College
- Kai-Tai Chan - Hong Kong actor
- Danny Pak-Keung Chan - the late popular Hong Kong singer
- Michael Ching-Kit Kwan - Hong Kong singer
- Justin Lo - Hong Kong singer-songwriter
- Samuel Wong - Conductor
- Mark Lui - Songwriter
- Ted Lo - Respected arranger, producer, Jazz pianist
- Eugene Pao - Asian top Jazz guitarist
- Roger Chung - Singer-songwriter, producer and lead vocalist of award-winning group "The Chung Brothers"
Others
- Sham Yen Yi - 2014 Miss Earth China
International liaison
Exchange Programme Partners
- High School attached to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Beijing No. 4 High School, Beijing, China
- Shanghai High School, Shanghai, China
- High School Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Nankai High School, Tianjin, China
- Anania Shirakatsy Lyceum, Yerevan, Armenia
- CheongShim International Academy, Gyenggi-do, South Korea
- Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Toa Payoh), Singapore
- St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore
- School of the Arts, Singapore
- Lycée Saint-Vincent, Senlis, France
- Westville Boys' High School, Westville, South Africa
- Herschel Girls School, Cape Town, South Africa
- Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- St Andrew's Cathedral School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Deerfield Academy, Massachusetts, USA
Student Science Conference Partners
- Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
- Nankai High School, Tianjin, China
- Stella Matutina Girls’ High School Taichung, Taiwan
- The Hutchins School, Tasmania, Australia
See also
- Education in Hong Kong
- List of schools in Hong Kong
- St. Paul's Co-educational (Kennedy Road) Primary School
- St. Paul's Co-educational (Macdonnell Road) Primary School
References
- ^ According to the school website http://spcc.edu.hk/
- ^ a b "International Admissions". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Fee remission and financial aid". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Subjects offered". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "SPCC Application Form for IBDP 2014-2015" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Congratulations to our Form 6 graduates for their outstanding results in HKDSE Examination 2014". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Congratulations to our second IB cohort on their excellent results and university offers". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "University offers to class of 2015". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "Student Activities Week". St. Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Rites of Passage". St. Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Student Organizations". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "Extra-Curricular Activities". St. Paul's Co-educational College. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.spcc.edu.hk/attachments/2072_PROSPECTUS_2013-14_FINAL.pdf
- ^ Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah D.L. Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2011.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe
External links
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