Hong Kong Academy (HKA, ) is a non-profit independent international co-educational day school for students ages 3–18 in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. The school was founded in 2000 by Teresa Richman and Ben Frankel.
The middle school was added in September 2006 and in 2007 the board approved the inclusion of a high school programme that began in 2008/9 academic year. HKA graduated its first IB Diploma cohort in May 2012.
Campus
The campus was located in
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area n ...
and
Kennedy Town. In August 2013 the school moved to its new permanent site in
Sai Kung
Sai Kung may refer to:
* Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
* Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong
* Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...
. The Sai Kung Campus was awarded the Gold BEAM Plus certificate by Hong Kong
Green Building Council
A green building council (GBC) is any national non-profit, non-government organization that is part of a global network recognized by the World Green Building Council. A green building council's goal is to promote a transformation of the built ...
for its environmentally friendly design.
Curriculum
Hong Kong Academy is a fully authorised three-programme IB World School, offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP).
See also
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List of schools in Sai Kung District
This is a list of schools in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
Secondary schools
; Government
* (將軍澳官立中學)
; Aided
* C&MA Sun Kei Secondary School (基督教宣道會宣基中學)
* Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School ( ...
References
External links
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Schools in Hong Kong
International schools in Hong Kong
International Baccalaureate schools in Hong Kong
Sai Kung Town
Kennedy Town
Association of China and Mongolia International Schools
Educational institutions established in 2000
2000 establishments in Hong Kong