SSP2024/2025 Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)

School Information

District	:	Kowloon City
Other District(s)	:	Wong Tai Sin
Supervisor / Chairman of School Management Committee	:	Ms Ngan Man Fong Ophelia
Principal (with Qualifications / Experiences)	:	Ms Chan Shin Kwan
School Type	:	Aided
Student Gender	:	Girls
Area Occupied by the School	:	About 5600 Sq. M
Name of Sponsoring Body	:	Maryknoll Convent School Foundation
Incorporated Management Committee	:	Established
Percentage of School Supervisor and Managers / Chairperson and Members of School Management Committee (SMC) of Government Schools Fulfilling the Training Targets	:	100%
Religion	:	Catholicism
Year of Commencement of Operation	:	1925
School Motto	:	Sola Nobilitas Virtus
Parent-Teacher Association	:	Yes
Student Union / Association	:	Yes
Past Students’ Association / School Alumni Association	:	Yes
4Rs Mental Health Charter	:	-
Whole School Health Programme	:	-

Chargeable Fees (2024/2025)

	School Fee ($)	Tong Fai ($)
S1	-	$3000
S2	-	$3000
S3	-	$3000
S4	-	$3000
S5	-	$3000
S6	-	$3000
Parent-Teacher Association Fee (Annual) ($)	：	$120
Student Union / Association Fee ($)	：	$20
Approved Charges for Non-standard Items (Annual)($)	：	Fee for non-standard items: $450 (S.1 to S.6)
Other Charges / Fees ($)	：	-

School Facilities

Number of Classroom(s)	:	42
School Facilities	:	The school features an MMLC, a swimming pool, a library, a lecture room, a conference room and a prayer room. The Rogers Annex provides additional classrooms and a number of other rooms for students' use, including student activity centres, a dance room, multi-purpose rooms, a careers room and a room for the Character-Building Committee etc. Two classrooms have been refurbished and converted into 21st Century Classrooms and a STEM Room.
Facility(ies) for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs	:	Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.

Teaching Staff Information (Including School Head) in the 2024/2025 School Year

Number of Teaching Posts in the Approved Establishment	:	65
Total Number of Teachers in the School	:	69
Qualifications and Professional Training	:	Percentage of Teaching Staff (%)
Had Received Teacher Training	:	97%
Bachelor Degree	:	100%
Master / Doctorate Degree or above	:	53%
Special Education Training	:	40%
Years of Experience	:	Percentage of Teaching Staff (%)
0-4 Years	:	18%
5-9 Years	:	14%
10 Years or above	:	68%

2024/2025 Class Structure

		Number of Classes
S1	:	5
S2	:	5
S3	:	5
S4	:	5
S5	:	5
S6	:	5

Subjects Offered

Subjects Offered in the 2024/2025 School Year	:	S.1 - S.3
Chinese as the Medium of Instruction	:	Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua
English as the Medium of Instruction	:	English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics, Citizenship, Economics and Society (S.1), Life and Society (S.2-S.3), Geography, History, Science (S.1-S.2), Biology (S.3), Chemistry (S.3), Physics (S.3), Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Computer Literacy, Technology and Living, Religious Education, School-based Cross-curricular Subjects
Adopt a Different Medium of Instruction by Class or by Group / School-based Curriculum	:	-
Subjects Offered in the 2024/2025 School Year	:	S.4 - S.6
Chinese as the Medium of Instruction	:	Chinese Language and Chinese History
English as the Medium of Instruction	:	Citizenship and Social Development, English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Geography, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Information and Communication Technology, Ethics / Religious Education, School-based Cross-curricular Subjects
Adopt a Different Medium of Instruction by Class or by Group / School-based Curriculum	:	-
Subjects to be Offered in the 2025/2026 School Year	:	S.1 - S.3
Chinese as the Medium of Instruction	:	Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua
English as the Medium of Instruction	:	English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics, Citizenship, Economics and Society (S.1-S.2), Life and Society (S.3), Geography, History, Science (S.1-S.2), Biology (S.3), Chemistry (S.3), Physics (S.3), Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Computer Literacy, Technology and Living, Religious Education, School-based cross-curricular Subjects
Adopt a Different Medium of Instruction by Class or by Group / School-based Curriculum	:	-
Subjects to be Offered in the 2025/2026 School Year	:	S.4 - S.6
Chinese as the Medium of Instruction	:	Chinese Language, Chinese History
English as the Medium of Instruction	:	Citizenship and Social Development, English Language, Literature in English, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Geography, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Information and Communication Technology, Ethics / Religious Education, School-based cross-curricular Subjects
Adopt a Different Medium of Instruction by Class or by Group / School-based Curriculum	:	-

Secondary One Admission, Orientation Activities & Healthy School Life

Secondary One Admission	:	Our school will accept discretionary places. Our school will participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation System through central allocation stage (Applicable for admission to S.1 in September 2025 ).The admission criteria and weightings are as follows: Academic Performance 35%, Conduct 10%, Extra-curricular Activities & Services 25%, Performance in Interview 30%. Please refer to the school website for details.
Orientation Activities and Healthy Life	:	Form One Orientation Programme is held in late August for new students and their parents. Through activities such as talks, group activities and meeting with homeroom teachers, it is hoped that the Form One students will know the school better and settle into the school life as soon as possible. Besides, various committees under the Student Support and Pastoral Care Team run the Peer Mentorship Programme, Peer Tutoring Programme, etc. to assist students to adapt to secondary school life quickly. At MCS we set great store by our students’ physical and mental health. Besides exploring in class the importance of eating right to stay fit, we also offer a wide range of intra-curricular and extracurricular sporting activities, and events on healthy eating such as ‘Fruit Day’, to practise our belief in a healthy lifestyle. To ensure that our students follow a balanced diet and sound eating habits, the lunch and snacks provided by our school canteen are vetted by dietitians.

School Characteristics

School Management
(1)School's Major Concerns	:	1. To facilitate the implementation of the 4 Strategic Pillars identified by the Sponsoring Body for the enhancement of: • Campus Infrastructure • Student Experience • Teacher Growth • The Maryknoll Community 2. To promote character education and live out our school motto (SOLA NOBILITAS VIRTUS) by: a) Cultivating the following virtues that ennoble the character: • Hope • Fortitude • Justice Building on and deepening the practice of the following virtues: • Faith • Prudence • Temperance b) Bringing out unique character core to the Maryknoll spirit
(2) School Management Organisation	:	We follow the school-based style of management with the sponsoring body exercising the highest authority. The school administration is made up of the Curriculum and Academic Affairs Team, the Resources Management Team, the Student Support and Pastoral Care Team and the School Development Team. They are in charge of the Key Learning Areas, pastoral care, character-building, counseling, ECA, global, national, citizenship & civic education, green education, community service, religious activities, IT etc. There are also the School Advisory Committee and the General Staff Assembly to serve as liaisons between staff and the school administration, and take part in the decision-making of the school.
(3) Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee	:	Incorporated Management Committee
(4) School Green Policy	:	Students share the responsibility for conserving their environment. They have the opportunity to practise recycling at school through the use of class paper recycling boxes and school-wide recycling containers. There is the Science Club to arouse students' knowledge of environmental issues. Amongst the club's various activities are class visits to discuss means of environmental conservation, recycling campaigns, planting programmes organized by the LCSD and video shows related to environmental issues. In addition, students can join the Green Ambassador Scheme to help implement our School Green Policy.
Learning and Teaching Plan
(1) Whole-school Language Policy	:	All subjects apart from Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua are conducted in English.
(2) Learning and Teaching Strategies	:	We have clear-cut objectives and policies for fashioning a curriculum in line with the school's vision and mission, and with the intellectual, spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical needs of our students. We provide our students with different learning experiences as an integral part of whole person education and development. Our curriculum is balanced, comprehensive and multi-faceted and caters for a broad range of abilities and needs. We have different timetables to accommodate our diverse, cross-curricular and extended learning activities, particularly those designed to promote civic and moral education.
(3) School-based Curriculum	:	1. Electives: 2X, 3X and 4X. Economics, Geography, History, Chinese History, Literature in English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Information and Communication Technology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Visual Arts, and Music 2. Curriculum highlights: Extended Learning Programme in S.1 & S.4, STEAM Education Programme in S.1 & S.2 and Project-Based Learning Programme in S.1.
(4) Major Renewed Emphases in the School Curriculum	:	Students' critical thinking skills and creativity are improved through classroom cooperative learning and project work. BYOD is adopted in all forms to facilitate self-directed learning. A reading session is built into our Monday to Thursday regular timetable. The school also runs an on-line reading programme for Chinese and English books. Each student also keeps a reading profile for the books she has read. There is also a Reading Ambassador Scheme.
(5) Life Planning Education	:	We use a whole-school approach in offering Careers and Life Planning.
Student Support
(1) Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity	:	To help our students with character formation, we adopt a whole school approach involving religious and moral education, the homeroom period, guidance provided by a full-time social worker, in-house educational and clinical psychological services, the careers committee and the pastoral care core group (members include representatives from the Homeroom Teachers' Committee, Counselling Committee, Character Building Committee and the Prefect Board).
(2) Whole School Approach to Integrated Education	:	The Student Support Team in our school provides support to both gifted students, and students identified with special educational needs (SEN). It seeks to nurture everyone’s talents in different disciplines. This is achieved through collaboration with different parties, including teachers, parents, the Counselling Committee, school social workers, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists and speech therapists. Some other specific school-based measures in supporting everyone’s learning are: early identification of students with SEN, examination accommodation, assignment adjustment, and individual education plan. These are partly funded by the Learning Support Grant, and Diversity Learning Grant. In particular, each student identified with SEN is assigned to the SENCO, who meets regularly with both the learner and their parents to consider the effectiveness of teaching and learning.
(3) Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students	:	Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning Chinese; appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students’ learning of Chinese; arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc.; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting learning and teaching materials; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents.
(4) Measures to Provide Adaptation for Learning and Assessment	:	We administer a midyear and a final examination every school year, supplemented by tests and quizzes. Our method of assessment takes into consideration both a student's written assignments and her performance in class.
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos
(1) Home-School Co-operation	:	Our PTA aims to safeguard the school's mission and vision and our students' best interests through close cooperation and communication between the school management and parents. Thanks to the dedication of PTA officials past and present, the generous support and participation of parent volunteers and PTA members, the annual general meeting, the annual dinner and forums for parents have always gone well.
(2) School Ethos	:	We believe in education for the whole person with special emphasis on the cultivation of nobility of character. This is consistent with our motto: Sola Nobilitas Virtus.
Future Development
(1) School Development Plan	:	Please refer to our school website http://www.mcs.edu.hk/
(2) Teacher Professional Training and Development	:	Besides the annual staff development days, staff members attend courses and seminars organised by the EDB, the universities and other organisations. The School Social Workers, Education Psychologist and Speech Therapist will also organize workshops for teachers.
Life-wide Learning (Including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be Provided through Key Learning Areas, Extra-curricular Activities, Co-curricular Activities, etc.)	:	More than 40 extra-curricular activities groups have been set up and coordinated by the Student Association. These include academic, interests, performing arts, sports, religious and service groups. Inter-house activities are held with the cooperation of the 4 houses in school. It is believed that through participating and taking the leadership roles in extra-curricular activities, students' potential could be developed to the fullest.
Others	:	-
Direct Public Transportation to School	:	Bus Route: 1, 1A, 3C, 81C, 87D, 281A; MTR: Kowloon Tong Station; Mini-bus: Special routes passing by our school.
Remarks	:	-

School Map

School Building
School Life Photo 1
Dance Performance

Last revision date: 12/12/2024

Address:	5 Ho Tung Road Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone:	23362378	Email:	info@mcs.edu.hk
Fax:	23387943	Website:	http://www.mcs.edu.hk