Tak Nga Secondary School () is a

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aided secondary school founded in 1962, a subsidised Girls' Catholic School sponsored by Sisters Announcers of the Lord. The school is located in 18 Tat Chee Avenue, Yau Yat Chuen, Sham Shui Po of the

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District of

. Founder of school Mr. late rev. Cucchiara.

Motto

*Wisdom (智): to pursue knowledge *Courage (勇): to accept challenges and responsibilities *Diligence (勤): to be a lifelong learner *Perseverance (奮): to achieve targets *:) School Motto
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Founder

Joseph Cucchiara (郭怡雅)
Sisters Announcers of the Lord (顯主女修會). Joseph Cucchiara (郭怡雅) was born on the island of

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in 1889. He joined the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1907. After the outbreak of World War I, he followed the armies and served in hospitals. He was delegated to the diocese of Shiu Chow of Kwangtung (

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) in 1911. He founded many churches and schools in the area. After communists came to the area, most of these structures fell under the control of the communists. He was then sent to work at the Aberdeen Technical School in Hong Kong. In the meantime, he helped the sisters of Sisters Announcers of the Lord from Shiu Chow to

. He dedicated much effort to help the sisters open Tak Nga Primary School and Tak Nga Secondary School. He died in Canossa Hospital on 18 December 1966 and was buried in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. The sisters from Sisters Announcers of the Lord founded a school on Tsing Yi Island and named it Father Cucchiara Memorial School to remember his contribution.

School History

In 1954, the Sisters of the Announcers of the Lord, following the fervent and enthusiastic preaching of St Theresa, formally began their missionary activities in Cheung Sha Wan. Under the leadership of the late Salesian Priest Reverend Father Joseph Cucchiara, the services provided by the Sisters were broadened. On 25 July 1956, which was the feast day of St. Jacob, the Sisters were granted permission by the late Bishop of

, His Excellency Bishop Bianchi, to establish a school in

. The word ‘Tak’ was derived from the Chinese name of St. Theresa to denote the Sisters’ desire to teach youngsters to follow the good example of St. Theresa, so that they would become good children of the Lord and fine citizens of society. The word ‘Nga’ was taken from the Chinese name of St. Jacob because the Sisters wanted to commemorate the spirit of St. Jacob. These were the origins of the name of our school ‘Tak Nga’. The founder of our school, the late Reverend Father Joseph Cucchiara, was determined to surmount all difficulties in establishing the school. On 15 November 1958, a parcel of Crown land of 13755 square feet on Tat Chee Avenue in Yau Yat Chuen was granted by the Hong Kong Government to build Tak Nga Primary School. The construction of Tak Nga was started on 25 February 1960. In order to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop Versiglia, Founder of the Congregation of Sisters ‘Announcers of the Lord’, the school was named ‘Bishop Versiglia Tak Nga School’. The construction of the school building was almost finished in September 1960 when three classrooms were generously offered by the parish priest of St. Teresa’s Parish for the school’s temporary use. Tak Nga was moved to the new school building on 20 February 1961 when the construction was completed. Mr. Corkburn, Assistant Director of Education, and Mrs. Corkburn were the guests of honour in our opening ceremony in September 1961, which signified the beginning of Tak Nga’s contribution to the education in Hong Kong. In its early years, Tak Nga only ran a primary section. Thanks to the insight of Father Joseph Cucchiara, who showed concern about the further education of Tak Nga’s pupils, the building of the secondary section of Tak Nga was then planned. Permission was granted by the Director of Education to build a secondary section on 1 May 1962. Lessons in the secondary section started in the same year. On 9 March 1963, the government granted a site of 19410 square feet adjacent to the primary section for the building of our secondary section, which was completed in 1964 and was blessed by His Excellency II Nuncio monseigneur Caprio on 3 November in the same year. On 11 January 1965, all students started to have their lessons in the new building of the secondary section, and Bishop Bianchi officially blessed the school during a Thanksgiving mass on 3 July 1965. Tak Nga Secondary School first ran both a Chinese middle school and an English Secondary Section to suit the students’ needs. Later in 1976, the English Secondary Section increased her capacity while the Chinese middle school places were reduced due to the changing needs of society and the desires of parents. In the autumn of 1980, Tak Nga became entirely an English Secondary School.

Class structure

The school has four classes from S1 (Secondary One) to S3 (Secondary Three), each form consisting of 160 students; four classes in S4 to S5, each form consisting 160 students having 1

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classes, 1 Arts and 2 Arts and Commerce classes; two classes in Form 6 and 7, each form 1 science class consisting 28 students and 1 Arts class consisting 32 students.

Curriculum

The school uses

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

as the medium of instruction. The policy is implemented through tri-lingual assemblies, English and

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

extensive reading schemes, activities in English Corner, Society of

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, English Week and

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Club. Curriculum reform and planning are carried out by the Academic Committee. Some subject panels participate in pilot schemes run by the Curriculum Development Institute of EDB. Selected subjects under planning for the New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum in the 2009/10 s.y.:

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

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Chinese History The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...

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, Ethics & Religious Studies,

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Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

, Combined

Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

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and

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Studies, Information and Communication Technology,

Visual Arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...

Facilities

There are 26 classrooms, 16 special rooms, an assembly hall, a basketball court, a multi-media learning centre, language room, dancing room and a library. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with multi-media teaching facilities. To help students learn through the Internet, the school has installed 1G Fiber Optics network and 54M wireless LAN network. Students can use any computer to access Internet through our 30M broadband. There are computers and projectors in every classroom and a special room to assist teachers in using IT in their teaching.

Club and Societies

*　Community Youth Club *　Art Club *　Badminton Club *　Basketball Club *　Cookery Club *　Dance Club *　Drama Club *　

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Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps The Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps () is a voluntary uniformed group (although employees working at headquarters are paid) subsidised by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong government and is registered under the Societies Ordinance as a non-pro ...

*　Library Society *　Pop Dance Club *　

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*　Latin Dance Club *　Society of

*　Table-Tennis Club *　Volleyball Club *　Catholic Society

School Administration Team

Supervisor: * Sr Chan Wai Fan Mabel Principal: * Ms Cheung Ka Wai Winnie Vice-principals: * Ms Lo Yin Tao (in charge of learning and teaching) * Mrs Wong Wu Kwan Fong (in charge of student formation) Assistant Principal: * Ms Chang Ka Man School Council: * Sr Chan Wai Fan Mabel (Supervisor) * Ms Cheung Ka Wai Winnie (Chairperson) * Ms Lo Yin Tao (Vice-principals – Learning and Teaching) * * Mrs Wong Wu Kwan Fong (Vice Principal-Student formation) * Mr Hung Chi Leung (Elected teacher representative 2015-2017) * Mr Wong Ka Lun (Elected teacher representative 2014-2016) * Ms Chang Ka Man (Religious Affairs Committee) * Ms Kwong Siu Po (Moral and Civic Education Committee) * Mr Chow Kin Fai (Extra-curricular Activities Committee) * Ms Lee Miu Kuen (Discipline Committee) * Ms Leung Wing Yee (Student Counselling Committee) * Ms Wong Ka Wai (Careers Guidance Committee) * Mr Chan Kong Chuen (Resource Management Committee) * Mr. Kam Chun Yu (Secretary)

Teaching staff

* Number of teaching staff in approved establishment:47 * Number of teaching staff not included in approved establishment: 8 * Highest qualifications (As a percentage of all teaching staff) * Certificated master/mistress : 4% * Bachelor's degree : 67% * Master's degree : 29%

School song

O dear Shepherd E'er so loving, so kind so pious Bishop Versiglia. On the fold on the flock of Tak Nga obtain Jesus' and Mary's blessing. (x 2) (Chorus:) Tak Nga School, O happy family, in flamed by our Martyr's deeds. To God, our Father, give honour, glory and thanks for gifts so blessed as these. To be Christians, strong & gay, and to our Baptism always true. That's our aim for ev'ry day. O God, our Father, help us too. (Repeat chorus once)

External links

Tak Nga Secondary School official website

References

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