Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School is a secondary school in Hong Kong established in 1982.
History
Founded in 1982, the educational institution is a
Christian school
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. The Evangelical School Development Incorporation is the school's sponsor.
The school ran a "flipped classroom" day in 2024 in which 28 students acted as teachers who instructed teachers about how activities like
chess
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, the
culture of Japan
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Since the Jomon period, ancestral ...
, and creating
butter cookies.
School Management Committee
The School Management Committee is the top management of the school.
Staff and students
The school had about 1200 students in 30 classes and had 70 staff in 2007.
Projects
A Reading Award Scheme is launched to establish a reading culture among students, with the aim of enhancing students' language proficiency.
Starting from the academic year 2004–05, online learning through the eClass platform was introduced to the school. An individual account is allocated to every teacher and student, so that students can continue their online learning after school and during holidays. Through the platform, teachers and students can carry out online discussions as well as obtain the latest information.
In 1992, the school introduced "ASL Liberal Studies" to the curriculum.
In the 2004
Advanced Level Examinations, students achieved a 100% passing rate in
Liberal Studies
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.
Beginning in 2005, Liberal Studies were introduced to the Form One curriculum, so that students are familiarized with the subject that will be implemented under a new academic structure. Liberal Studies equips students to understand today's social, national and global issues.
Academic and extracurricular performance
In the past three years, thirteen subjects obtained 90% or above passing rate in the HKCE and HKAL
examinations
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(100% passed in seven of
the subjects), 80% in ten other subjects, and the distinction and credit rate of 16 subjects has been above the average rate in Hong Kong. In respect of
extra-curricular
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performances, students have won awards in the following competitions:
*Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival and Music Festival
*Hong Kong Multiple Intelligence Competition
*Hong Kong New Generation IQ Contest
*Statistical Project Competition for Secondary School Students,
*Hong Kong Schools Drama Festival,
*
Chinese chess and
Go competition,
*International and district sand sculpturing competitions,
*
New Territories
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and
Kwai Tsing district
Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated resi ...
competitions:
**handball
**swimming
**athletics
**cross country running
**basketball
**volleyball
**badminton
**Association football
**table-tennis
*All Hong Kong Schools and Asian bowling and squash competition,
*Hong Kong Reading Carnival Booth Design Competition
References
External links
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School campus 25th anniversary
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Protestant secondary schools in Hong Kong
Nondenominational Christian schools in Hong Kong
Lai King
1982 establishments in Hong Kong