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ESF The First 50 Years - In the news
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ESF The First 50 Years - In the news
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is the largest provider of English-medium international education in Hong Kong. Our 22 schools and comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities bring out the best in every student through a personalised approach to learning and by inspiring curious minds.
2017 marks 50 years of ESF’s service to Hong Kong. A series of events are organised to celebrate our world-class education, highlighting the achievements of our students, staff and alumni in education, sports, innovation and creativity.
The spirit of Christmas
[First published on 7 December, 2015] Pupils from the English Schools Foundation’s Sha Tin Junior School hand out food to an elderly resident in Sham Shui Po. They were among more than 250 families whose children gave out fruit, rice, canned food, toothbrushes and towels.
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Good news for aspiring performance artists as ESF pushes new programme
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World-beating climber inspired by Sai Kung hike
[First published on 3 January, 2017] Marin Minamiya, 20, is about to become the youngest person to conquer the tallest summits on all seven continents, as well as journey to opposite ends of the globe – but she will never forget her first hike in Hong Kong.
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Predicting the future – with art
[First published on 9 October, 2015] Susan Park is an artist with a unique talent. She can predict the future. The 16-year-old Discovery College student put her talent of foresight to use when she was asked to visualise what classrooms would look like in the year 2030 for a competition for IB World magazine.
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Helping a neighbour in need
[First published on 4 June, 2015] It has been a month since the devastating earthquake in Nepal which claimed thousands of lives and left many more homeless. Since then, many schools in Hong Kong have made efforts to help rebuild their community. Here is a taste of what students have done to help Nepal recover from this disaster.
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Taking the global path to success
Hong Kong’s English Schools Foundation (ESF) has shown an enthusiastic commitment to the IB programmes.
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A creative solution
A new IB programme focusing on the arts will let students further explore a career in the creative industries.
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Pupils convince ESF schools to go green
A group of secondary pupils has convinced 16 principals from the English Schools Foundation to switch to recycled printing paper, despite the fact that the move will cost the schools an additional HK$200,000 a year in total.
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Happiness is key
A top student has turned down law school to pursue music. It’s a gamble but educators find choices based on talent and passion usually pay off.
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Admission: Impossible
Entry into local universities is tougher than ever as more international school students discover the benefits of Hong Kong.
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Whizz-kid just loves to learn
Read outside the syllabus is the advice of one of 17 Hong Kong pupils with top IGCSE scores.
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Students take record bid lying down
School uses 1,500 old chairs to stage what it hopes is the world’s biggest simultaneous planking event.
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City students get perfect marks in 2016 IB exams
Seven pupils from English Schools Foundation schools managed to get the top mark of 45.
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Locals ace exams to outshine peers in global diploma
Six pupils get full marks for IB programme and others score much higher than world average.
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ESF pupils come up with the Baccalaureate goods
Of the few pupils who achieved perfect scores for the International Baccalaureate (IB) exams this year, one in 10 came from Hong Kong.
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