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作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-7-3 09:12 標題: Anyone heard about Harbour School? Please share if you know it!
Please share if you have any experience about this international school!
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-7-6 12:55 標題: 回覆：OpheliaMama 的帖子
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作者: wadh0988 時間: 15-7-6 19:07 標題: 回覆：OpheliaMama 的帖子
Suggest you to post in Hong Kong Schools FB group. Very small class and probably the majority are not Cantonese speakers. Hard to get a reply here.
作者: Jane1983 時間: 15-7-6 20:20
我吾係用家，不過在興趣班，聽過兩個外籍媽媽交流對Harbour School的意見。學校非常有愛心，小班和優質教學，但學校在商場裡，環境不好，學費亦吾平。
不過學校最近投到建新校舍，情況吾同。
作者: totopi77 時間: 15-10-9 13:46
The school has won a site at Ap Lei Chau and is beginning to use it for their Grade 4 - 8 students this year.
Pre-K to Grade 3 are still at the Kennedy Town commercial building site.
You should book a school tour to visit the school; they are very welcoming and open to answering your questions. You will also be able to get a first hand understanding of the teachers and their principles which is important. You can see they are very passionate about their mission and really take control over the teaching methods/system.
However, the school is quite small and they do not have expansion plans so getting in will also be hard. At least no 'interview' process for the students.
It is an international school and their fees are comparable to some of the big name IS in Hong Kong. Be clear about your financial capacity before applying.
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-10-22 04:43 標題: 回覆：wadh0988 的帖子
Thx wadh0988！
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-10-22 04:43 標題: 回覆：Jane1983 的帖子
Thx Jane1983
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-10-22 04:56 標題: 回覆：totopi77 的帖子
Thx totopi77!
My son was finally started his year 4 this year!
All you told about this school is correct, my son loves it so much though he is still trying hard to get adapted in the English environment coz very rare Cantonese speaking students could be found there. Indeed it's what we are looking for!
Teachers are caring and know my son very well just in a month! Maybe it's because there is maximum 14 students in a class taken care by 2 class teachers. They have relevant experience and academic background.
The Harbour school's new campus has been confirmed to be in use in Sept 2016!
We made the right choice and I won't hesitate to recommend this school yo the others! 😊
作者: nlj1216 時間: 15-10-22 15:23
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Where will their new campus be? And is this school cater for children requiring special needs?
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-11-5 08:58 標題: 回覆：nlj1216 的帖子
The new campus will be located at Ap Lei Chau. They provide very good SNE resources. In their website, the allocation is 50% mainstream, 20-30% gifted, 10-20% minor special needed child.
But all the children I met at THS are happy and normal.
作者: anton 時間: 15-11-10 22:54
Is it very hard to get in ？ Do they have long waitong list ？ Any assessment or interview ？
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-11-12 23:44 標題: 回覆：anton 的帖子
They have interview but don't know what is the acceptance requirement instead of academical assessment. A special and caring IS!
作者: rolandmcdon 時間: 15-11-19 13:34 標題: 回覆：OpheliaMama 的帖子
THS only have class up to Gr 8, which schools do the students normally go after Gr8?
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 15-12-14 20:03 標題: 回覆：anton 的帖子
My friend's daughter was just got into G7, need to ask if still having vacancy for G8. I think now it's not difficult to get in only there is still vacancy but demand is expected to be much higher when it is known new campus and high school will be opened in Sep 2016.
I heard from some people saying that the waiting list starts to be long for kindergarten admission.
作者: ivac 時間: 15-12-19 09:55
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作者: DesperateDad 時間: 15-12-22 11:37
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Never heard of this Harbour School. Where is it? I think lately there are a lot of new not so well known International Schools, International School makes good money. You need to be selective and ask around your friends for more information.
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 16-1-4 22:48 標題: 回覆：DesperateDad 的帖子
This is not a new school but established in 2007. This school has been expanding slowly due to small class size (1:7), no high school and focusing on children development instead of making profit.
You may go to the school's website to know more about the school.
作者: OpheliaMama 時間: 16-1-4 22:50 標題: 回覆：DesperateDad 的帖子
Kindergarten: Kennedy Town
Middle school: Ap Lei Chau
High school: Ap Lei Chau (to be opened in Sep 2016)
作者: Jayelle 時間: 16-5-12 04:05
OpheliaMama 發表於 16-1-4 22:50 
Kindergarten: Kennedy Town
Middle school: Ap Lei Chau
High school: Ap Lei Chau (to be opened in Sep ...
As I observed from their website and FB, it seems that they focus a lot on artistic and scientific learning, right? I see a lot of activities (really a lot, almost all kinds of activities that you can name them). So would that mean they have little time to spend on the textbooks or they integrated most of the knowledge into the activities? How about traditional subjects like language and history, how do they handle them?
Thanks for answering my questions! 
作者: torunpoland 時間: 16-5-12 07:38
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you may consider writing to them and asking for a school tour during which you can raise your concern. an on-site observation may even tell a lot more.
作者: Jayelle 時間: 16-5-12 17:16
torunpoland 發表於 16-5-12 07:38
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you may consider writing to them and asking for a school tour during which you ...
作者: kokchung81 時間: 16-5-12 22:30 標題: 回覆：OpheliaMama 的帖子
Have you been to new zap Lei Chau campus? My daughter will do K class this coming Aug. So looking forward to the new campus.
By the way do u know students mostly live in island side? Any Kowloon or Tung Chung students there?
作者: Jayelle 時間: 16-5-13 02:31
kokchung81 發表於 16-5-12 22:30
Have you been to new zap Lei Chau campus? My daughter will do K class this coming Aug. So looking fo ...
作者: Jayelle 時間: 16-7-9 00:31
kokchung81 發表於 16-5-12 22:30
Have you been to new zap Lei Chau campus? My daughter will do K class this coming Aug. So looking fo ...
作者: totopi77 時間: 17-3-12 03:28
For Harbour School parents, have you bought the family debenture upon admission? Is it pretty much the same as the debenture system of other IS?
作者: pppwong 時間: 17-3-13 10:33
May i know if the school offer any Chinese learning? Thanks much
作者: Jayelle 時間: 17-3-28 05:04
totopi77 發表於 17-3-12 03:28
For Harbour School parents, have you bought the family debenture upon admission? Is it pretty much t ...
Compulsory debenture, 400k
作者: Jayelle 時間: 17-3-28 05:10
pppwong 發表於 17-3-13 10:33
May i know if the school offer any Chinese learning? Thanks much
Mandarin with simplified Chinese
作者: bananalai 時間: 17-4-1 22:02
My child got offer for both KIS and the Harbour School. Any opinion? KIS much cheaper. But I'm so impressed with the vision of the Harbour School!
作者: poly1220 時間: 17-4-2 10:10
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KIS got more Asian students, Habour school got more westerners. KIS has good ESL Program and Harbour school got better literacy & numeracy and marine studies.
作者: LauCF 時間: 17-4-6 17:39
I came across THS while I am looking for an IS support SEN student. My daughter has mild speech delay and most school declined her because they do not have resources to support children with SEN. Im attracted to THS because of its small class size and support to SEN student.
My daughter used to go to an international kindergarten which advocates learn through play. Her kindergarten years were just about playing, no homework/ reading/ writing. It may be fit if it was not in HK. But for us, when we started to apply an IS primary I realize she was obviously lag behind academically as compared to her same age peers, who had been learning writing and reading. And it was extremely difficult for her to get a primary IS spot. We subsequently repeated K3 at another kindergarten and with adequate stimulation, she was learning fast to pick up Maths/ phonics.
My concern now is, I know THS is a school not chasing after academic achievement. And Im also not chasing after academic achievement too. But at least, her years in THS should equip her with necessary academic skills/ exam results for her to further her education in a school/ field that she likes to.
It would be dreadful for me if she finishes her school years in THS happily and then realize that she does not have the necessary exam results/ academic skills for her to continue her education in a school / field that she likes.
Would any current THS parents share with me if they have this concern too? Im aware that THS does not have high school yet until coming 1-2 years so one cannot see any objective results.
作者: Koala0000 時間: 17-4-14 02:48
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I'm not an existing parent but I have made an application already. No school is perfect and as my child has been assessed to have SEN my priority for choosing a school is its support for SEN students. If you are worried about its academic level, you may send an email to their admission officer. They have been very helpful during my application process. In addition, if money is not a big concern you can always get after-school tutorials to supplement her curriculum.
作者: poly1220 時間: 17-4-16 21:53
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THS will be a through-train school in Sept. They have secondary school up to Grade 11 now and will have Grade 12 in Sept 2017.
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