Student Grant (2022/23 School Year)

Dear Parents,

We have received the EDB's circular that a further one-off student grant of HK$2,500 will be given for each Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary student for the 2022-23 school year. All GSIS students will be eligible.

Same as last year, all forms will have to be collected from and submitted to the EDB via the school. The school will not be given much time to verify data and complete submission for the entire school, therefore your full collaboration to adhere to the deadline given will be needed.

A separate email will be sent to all parents including detailed information on how to complete and submit the form to the school.

Thank you

Jaspal Singh Chief Administrative Officer Email

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Election of KPR Secretaries and Deputies on 27 September

Dear KPRs,

Thank you again for volunteering to support our school community in your role as Class Parent Representatives. As the Senior Management Team, we very much look forward to working with you this academic year.

On Tuesday this week you should have received the meeting invite for the election of the KPR Secretaries and Deputies on Tuesday, 27 September 2022. If you have not received the email, please make sure to check your school-issued @learning KPR email account as all KPR-related communication will be solely run via this account. Early next week you will receive the Google Meet links to the two meeting parts on Tuesday, 27 September:

1) Overview session at 6:00 pm and
2) Departmental election sessions at approx. 6:30 pm.

Please be aware that no private email account logins will be accepted and you will only be able to attend the meeting with your @learning KPR account.

Nominations

If you are interested in representing the KPRs in your department as KPR Secretary, you are welcome to either

• contact your respective Head of Department to let them know beforehand or
• express your interest for this role directly at the election session.

At the beginning of the election session, the respective Head of Department will ask all participants in the department if they would like to nominate themselves, which will be possible up to the point of voting. If you have any questions about the election process, please contact your Head of Department.

For information on the KPR and KPR Secretary role, please also see the KPR section (p. 45–46) of our House Rules. Thank you very much for your time and I wish you a productive meeting and a successful election on Tuesday.

Best regards,

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Cafeteria - Lunch Menu / Lunch Order for October 2022

Dear Students and Parents,

Please find attached the October 2022 lunch menus for our Secondary and Primary Students. Alternatively you can also find further information on our website.

Currently hot lunches will be provided in take-away boxes.  Each day Secondary students can choose between four different hot dishes, including a vegetarian option. The prices per each meal remain at HK$35 , HK$37 and HK$39 respectively for this academic year 2022/2023 and are payable by Octopus card only when lunch is collected. No cash payment will be accepted.

In addition to hot lunches Secondary students can also choose from a wide range of ciabattas, croissants and other snacks including smoothies at our coffee corner.

Primary parents are welcome to pre-order hot lunches for their child/children who are participating in courses in lesson 9 and 10. Pre-ordered lunches for Primary Students will be delivered to the Upper Building each day at 1:15 pm.

Please click on the link below for your respective pre-order:

Primary Pre-Order Lunch Form October 2022

Social distancing rules while eating and drinking still apply and need to be obeyed at all times.

For further questions please feel free to contact directly Mr Ariel CHAN, Operations Manager, Compass Group Hong Kong Limited, or Mr Baric SO, Unit Manager Chartwells / Compass Group Hong Kong Limited under the following email address: gsis@compass-hk.com .

With kind regards,

Attachments

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University Guidance: Upcoming Events (External)

The following events are suitable and available to all students and parents of students in Y10-Y13 and K09-K12:

CANADA: BRITISH COLUMBIA, MCMASTER, TORONTO

Information Session on further studies in Canada
Thursday 29 September 6:00pm-7:30pm HKT, Platform: Zoom

Register
Registration deadline: Tuesday 27 September

HK: CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

Healthcare Innovation and Technology Summit 2022
Friday, 14 October, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm HKT
Venue: Charles K. Kao Auditorium, Hong Kong Science Park
Format: Hybrid (Physical & Online Streaming)
Language: English

For more details and registration, please click here.

2022 Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions
Saturday 15 October
Venue: University campus in Sha Tin

Please visit www.cuhk.edu.hk/infoday to gain access to news and announcements about this event.

HK: HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

PolyU Undergraduate Info Day 2022 

Saturday 8 October 9:30am-5:30pm HKT
On Campus and Online

Register

INTERNATIONAL: THE STUDENT WORLD

International University Fair
Wednesday 28 September, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm UTC (6:00 pm-9:30 pm HKT)

Register

Claire Wilkins Head of University Guidance Email

Beatrice Ugolini University Guidance Counsellor Email

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Learning Beyond the Curriculum

It is great to see students back on campus during the past month and to hear of their summer escapades. What I didn’t expect was the extent to which the learning inside the classroom had such an impact on activities outside the classroom, as some current IB students used their set texts in IB English Language and Literature to inform their summer thoughts and adventures.

One student, who has covered the work of multimodal artist Barbara Kruger, voyaged to the Big Apple and managed to go to an exhibition at MOMA. My jaw dropped when I was sent a picture of Kruger’s exhibition. It was great to see subjects covered in class motivating a student to visit the artist's live show.

More hard-hitting was another integration of set text and life decisions. One student used the summer to visit possible universities in the U.S. When I was sent this Liza Donnelly cartoon by the student, it made me realise the shocking context of deliberations that students have to make. Much of the IB English Language and Literature course discusses feminism. It was eye-opening for me to think of the considerations of our senior students and their destinations for tertiary study.

Hong Kong is, comparably, a safe place for females. As our students think of where they might study, having an awareness of personal safety showed the level of their thought and maturity in planning for the future, and that our world has much we need to collectively keep on fixing.

Brendan Ghazavi-Gill

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