Island School

ESF makes public plea for Island School site

1 Feb 2013

The English Schools Foundation has made a public appeal for a "solution" to redevelop its ageing Island School after the board decided to drop a plan to rebuild it in Quarry Bay amid opposition...

Summerbridge Hong Kong marks 20th anniversary

19 Oct 2012

Summerbridge Hong Kong celebrated its 20th anniversary on Sunday at Island School in Central. Over 600 patrons - students who had benefited from the non-profit organisation, as well as their...

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8 Apr 2012

18 Spoonfuls of art

Spoon Art Fair HK 12 is a new style of exhibition, promoting young artists and their works in an unconventional setting. It will be held at the same time as Art...

ESF seeks top teachers for long haul

24 Feb 2012

Secondary school teachers are being sought by the English Schools Foundation (ESF) for the beginning of the new school year in September 2012. At ESF secondary schools, 43 positions are open, with...

Relegated boys and girls bounce back

16 Feb 2012

Kowloon True Light Middle School had a happier Valentine's Day than usual after their girls' team won the Division Three overall athletics title.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

What would your personal mascot be?

Minal Daswani, 16, Island School

Students' creative works are published

Twenty-three students from the English Schools Foundation have put together a book of articles, creative writing, poems and artwork to help promote family literacy.

ESF lessons on nurturing staff

New arrivals in Hong Kong usually find the city an exciting - if occasionally overwhelming - place. This is equally true of international recruits to the teaching staff of the English School...

Government should improve local schools instead of giving ESF a subsidy

I refer to the ongoing debate about the English Schools Foundation (ESF) subsidy.

It seems a number of your correspondents have used this as an excuse to make bigoted remarks...

ESF prodigies ace tough exam

It took an hour and a half for some to get their results, but it was worth the wait. English Schools Foundation students continued to perform superbly in their International Baccalaureate exams...

Mum takes dim view of teachers

It's usually students who find themselves in hot water when they get up to mischief outside school gates and have the rotten luck to get spotted by a teacher.