The St. Mark's School () is an

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co-educated band 1 school located in the Eastern District of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It was admitted to the Grant School council in 1955 after the school being established in 1948.

History

St. Mark's School was founded at Glenealy in Central in 1949, first known as St. Paul's English PM School. The founding principal was Mr. Leslie Wah-Leung Chung () (1917–2009) . It was renamed St. Mark's School in 1953, and moved to Shaukeiwan Road in 1956. In 2001, it was relocated to its present site, a brand new building in

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. In 2009, St. Mark's celebrated its

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. The

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of this school is the Holy Nativity Church.

School logo and motto

The logo of St. Mark's School is a lion with outstretched wings, a symbol of the undaunted spirit of St. Mark. The ribbon beneath the feet of the winged lion carries the Greek word "''ΕΥΘΥΣ''", which translates as "straightway" in old English. "Straightway" has a two-fold meaning. Character-wise, it means one should be honest, frank, and morally upright. It also means straight-away, doing at once what should be done now and not putting it off. Students of St. Mark's School are reminded to always be truthful to others, as well as be ready to take up responsibilities and act immediately.

Academics

St. Mark's School adopts English as the medium of instruction; with the exception of several subjects, the entire curriculum is taught in English. These exceptions are: Chinese Language, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, and Religious Education. St. Mark's School is one of the 22 members of the Council of Subsidised Schools in Hong Kong.

Extracurricular activities

There are five houses in St. Mark's School, namely Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Mercury. There are various inter-house sports competitions over the academic year as well as the annual Sports Day and Swimming Gala. In addition, students are encouraged to enrol in many different student societies and to take up numerous leadership roles.

References

{{Grant Schools Council Secondary schools in Hong Kong Shau Kei Wan Anglican schools in Hong Kong 1949 establishments in Hong Kong