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International Christian School is an English language, Christian independent school 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 ...
near Shek Mun station. Opened on 1 September 1992, it provides education at all grades from kindergarten to the senior secondary levels.


Admissions

ICS admits about 20% of its applicant pool annually. Both local and international admissions are based on a two-to-three-hour-long exam that assesses applicants' verbal, math, and problem-solving skills, and an interview. The Dean of Admissions manages the competitive admissions every year.


Curriculum

International Christian School (ICS) is based on an American curriculum. ICS students are evaluated through MAP testing during elementary, and PSAT and SAT in high school. In
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
, students have gradually increasing freedom in choosing their courses. However, students must obtain a required number of credits each year, as well as a minimum number of credits in certain core disciplines in order to graduate. International Christian School offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in art, various areas of science, mathematics, English language and literature, and Chinese.


Fine and performing arts

Music and art classes are taught to elementary students. Additionally, sports, art, and drama classes are offered throughout middle and high school. General music classes are taken up to Grade 4, whereas in Grade 5 they are replaced with
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, and strings. Both are then compulsory until high school, where students may choose to continue taking one or both. All middle school students are required to take art and drama classes in alternating semesters. In high school, students can choose to take art or drama.


Languages

Until Grade 7, classes in Mandarin are mandatory. Upon entering Grade 8, students can either continue taking courses in Mandarin or take classes in
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. However, the vast majority of students take Chinese in high school. Starting in middle school, ICS offers a wide variety of Mandarin classes to cater to the wide variety of student language proficiencies.


Bible classes

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classes at ICS are compulsory in all grade levels. Grade 6-7 students study the Old Testament in their Bible classes and Grade 8 students study the Gospels. Grade 9 students study the New Testament, Grade 10 students study Biblical Ethics and World Religions. Grade 11 students study Life Calling and Grade 12 students take a course on Christ and Culture for Semester 1 and Doctrine and Apologetics for Semester 2. Bible class grades count toward a student's GPA in high school and is based on the Wheaton publications.


Chapel

Student attendance at weekly chapels is mandatory. All-school assemblies occur a few times every academic year. In middle and high school, worship services are led by students worship teams.


Campuses

International Christian School was originally located at 45-47 Grampian Road in Kowloon City. After a few years, a new campus was opened in Lai Yiu. In the 2001–2002 school year, all elementary grade levels moved to a new campus in
Fo Tan Fo Tan is an area of Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in the ...
, which is in
Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...
, and the secondary grade levels moved entirely to the
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campus. Until the 2007-2008 academic year, the secondary campus, which consists of middle and high school, was in Kowloon City, and the kindergarten and elementary campuses were in Fotan. In the 2007–2008 school year, the elementary and secondary campuses moved into a new building in
Shek Mun Shek Mun () is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City, New Territories of Hong Kong. Shek Mun lies just east of the Shing Mun River, and northeast of the City One apartment and shopping complex. Housing Shek Mun Estate is a publi ...
, which is located near
Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...
.


Ma On Shan Campus

Beginning in the 2012–2013 school year, the
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campus is located at Chung On Estate ( Heng On station of
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) on the ground floor of Kam Fung Court. The P1 grade, which serves as the final year of kindergarten, is located in Shek Mun, as well as the
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school, which contains grades 1–5, the
middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
, which consists of grades 6–8, and finally, the
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
, which consists of grades 9-12.


Shek Mun Campus

The
Shek Mun Shek Mun () is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City, New Territories of Hong Kong. Shek Mun lies just east of the Shing Mun River, and northeast of the City One apartment and shopping complex. Housing Shek Mun Estate is a publi ...
campus was constructed to represent God's hands spread out. The building is divided into two wings. The first three floors of the building are shared by both the elementary and the secondary. These floors contain most of the music rooms, the two gymnasiums, and various rooms used by the administration. The next four floors consist of general classrooms, computer labs, labs, libraries, and art rooms. Finally, the seventh floor is used to house new teachers and their families for their first year at the school. The building's floor numbers start at the ground floor, following the British system commonly used in Hong Kong.


Notable alumni

*
Elliot Leung Elliot Ho Yat Leung () is the first and only composer from Hong Kong to break into Hollywood. He is best known for his work on Operation Red Sea, The Battle at Lake Changjin and The Rescue. He has composed the score for 3 of the top 10 highest-g ...
, 梁皓一, blockbuster film composer,
Operation Red Sea ''Operation Red Sea'' () is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing and Du Jiang. The film is loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citi ...
* Eudice Chong - Professional tennis player


References


External links

* {{International schools in Hong Kong International schools in Hong Kong 1992 establishments in Hong Kong