Question about kindergartens
- 11-25-2008, 10:44 PM #9Registered User
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It really depends on your budget. A lot of good international kg in KLN Tong area.
For Keenmind, please check the news for this school recently. The school has accepted too many pre-nursery school students in AM class and have to move some of them to PM class.
- 11-26-2008, 11:03 AM #10Registered User
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Gabriel Ma,
Can you direct me to where this 'news' came from? Is it in the SCMP OR local chinese newspapers? Please pm with info as I would like to read the article on this news. Thanks.
- 11-27-2008, 11:13 PM #11Registered User
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From local chinese newspaper. Fortunately, I have chosen aother pre-nursery school for my kid.
劍鳴幼園超額收生遭警告
劍鳴幼園超額收生遭警告
【本報訊】位於九龍塘區的劍鳴幼稚園上午校涉超額收生,引起不少家長擔心學童未能獲得適切的照顧。育局證 實,九月中旬接獲投訴後,已即時向該校發警告信,並重申學校超收學生屬違法行為,要求學校在一個月內處理有 關情況。校方回應稱,其中一個活動課室曾超額容納一至兩名學生,但接獲警告信後,已安排有關超額學生轉讀下 午校。
有家長指出,得悉該校本學年於部分班級超收學生,不但擔心學童未能獲得適切照顧,更擔心因幼兒班學生太多, 未能確保他們能原校升讀幼稚園低班。
家長擔心影響原校升讀
劍鳴幼稚園姓朱校長解釋,本學年九月該幼稚園上午校高班的其中一個活動課室,曾出現超額容納一至兩名學生的 情況,校方接獲育局發出的警告信後,已即時跟進,並安排有關超額學生轉讀下午校。至於被指幼兒班的學生未 能原校直升幼稚園低班,朱校長解釋,每年均會為幼兒班學生設評估作篩選之用,約有七成學生可原校升讀幼稚園 ,校方將於明年一月通知有關家長。 育局發言人表示,當局於九月中旬接獲投訴,指有關學校出現超收學生的情況後,隨即派員到校進行調查,並於 個別上午班級發現超收情況,故即時向該校發出警告信,要求學校在一個月內處理有關情況。
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Gabriel Ma,
Thanks for the article. I have sent you a pm. Pls check.
- 12-02-2008, 11:16 PM #13Registered User
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- 12-10-2008, 12:33 PM #14Registered User
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Kentville, St. Catherine, Yorks and St. Nicolas use Cantonese??
- 12-10-2008, 10:29 PM #15Registered User
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Kentville - very strong at Chinese and Maths. Traditional teaching methods, a lot of homework (Mainly in Cantonese)
St. Catherine - English. Activities base + traditional (Class in English + Cantonese / Mardarin)
Yorks - English (English + Cantonese)
St. Nicolas - ???
- 12-12-2008, 10:58 AM #16Registered User
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It is really so difficult to find a good school...
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