Creative Secondary School

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Creative Secondary School
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3 Pung Loi Road, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, N.T., Hong Kong
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Type	International School, DSS Secondary school
Motto	"Through this place we thrive, we serve and find our place in the world."[1] "Be Positive, Act Positively.[2]
Principal	Dr
Years offered	F1-F6
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	800 (for the academic year 2015-16)
Campus	8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft)
Website	www.css.edu.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	啟思中學
Simplified Chinese	启思中学
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Creative Secondary School (CSS; simplified Chinese: 启思中学; traditional Chinese: 啟思中學; pinyin: Qǐsī Zhōngxué) is a private school in Hong Kong under the DSS scheme, opened in September 2006. CSS offers both the IB Programme (which consists of the IB Middle Years Program and the IB Diploma) and Hong Kong's standard educational curriculum (Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education)..

Curriculum[]

CSS offers both the IB Programme (which consists of the IB Middle Years Program and the IB Diploma.) and the standard Hong Kong DSE Diploma. The Creative Secondary School was one of the first in Hong Kong to offer a dual curriculum.^[3] In 2009, the school won the Hong Kong Odyssey of the Mind competition and represented Hong Kong at an international level.^[4]

School life[]

CSS offers extracurricular activities. Sports include rugby, badminton, football (soccer), archery and athletics. CSS also have a bunch of academics CCA like debate, mathematics helping class and more after school activities, and also other arts subjects like Visual Arts, Drama, Music.

House system[]

CSS employs a house system in which all of its students and the majority of staff are assigned to one. The six houses are named after trees, Bauhinia, Bombax, Cassia, Delonix, Jacaranda and Juniper. Each house has its own colours, and houses compete against each other at various school events, such as the CSS Sports Day.

Staff[]

Cheung Siu Ming is the founding Principal. He attended St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong, received his degree and teaching qualification at the University of Bristol, and an MA in Education from the Open University (UK.) He taught in UK secondary schools and served as an adviser in Lambeth Education Department in London. He returned to Hong Kong in 1994 to join the English Schools Foundation as Deputy Principal of West Island School. In 2001 the ESF appointed Ming Principal of Phoenix International School. He has been a tutor for the OUHK's MED program.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

• Official website
• Creative Secondary School International Baccalaureate Program School page

References[]

Coordinates: 22°18′27″N 114°16′04″E / 22.30757°N 114.26768°E / 22.30757; 114.26768