Country:
Hong Kong
Address:
250 Victoria Road,Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Phone:
(852) 2819 1962
Email: wis@wis.edu.hk
West Island School is a private secondary school that is a member of English
School Foundation (ESF). It was established in 1991 and located in Hong Kong
Island area. The school has 1200 students from over 40 countries that ages from
11 to 19. The official teaching language in school is English. The school uses
laptops as a primary medium in teaching for its curriculum.
West Island School offers four programs in total:
- GCSE
- Middle Years Programme ( IB)
- Diploma Programme ( IB)
- Applied Learning Courses
- Business and Technology Education Council - Career-related Programme (IB)
The school believes students work best with a diverse community, thus it mainly
focuses on international and its community aspects of the school. Students are
inspired to be great world citizens. It offers leadership training when
students get to upper levels of education. School offers a variety of
activities for students to join and focuses on creative action service projects
in Asia. To enhance student learning and their academic excellence, the school
pairs each student with a tutor that allow students to keep track of their
learning progress and improve.
The school motivates and pay attention to:
- Students’ hard work, aspiration and accomplishment
- Student talents & potential in academic
- Art and sport interests
- Teamwork
- Responsibility
- Communication
- Leadership
- Service to the community
The school has accomplished some great achievements and
awards. Students have better results for IB diploma and most students from the
school get to continue their education in different international
colleges. The school was awarded Outstanding School Award from Hong Kong
SAR Government back in 2001 and received CIS / WASC status in 2012. It proves
West Island School has passion and great efforts to offer the best education to
its students.