Thought Leadership

How do we foster our students’ sense of altruism, and care for the wider community, for our planet? What started as Project Hope in early 2019 by three THS teachers to improve the lives of others has grown into the Social Impact and Sustainability Program (SISP), a three-stage plan to grow awareness and opportunities for more students and teachers to volunteer and act for the future they want. 

When school feels like home, wonderful things happen.

This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival was quietly celebrated in Hong Kong on September 21 without the usual traditional celebratory fire dragon dances due to Covid-19 restrictions. For thousands of years, it has been an important occasion for Chinese families and communities to come together and feast.

With content just an easy Google search away, the requirement for schools today to drill content into students is as obsolete as the chalkboard. Instead, a new rigour is required in education and that is to teach our students to think. How do we do that? How do we create opportunities for our students to engage in deeper thinking, and grow to become flexible, critical thinkers?

When students make the transition to high school, many typically struggle to juggle everything from new academic expectations to social identities to developmental changes - all at once. At THS High School, advisory groups, peer mentoring programs, weekly health workshops and college counselling all help our students with social and emotional challenges.

Did you know that this year’s two Grade Four class names are Pixelpets and Inter Pet Gamers instead of 4A and 4B?

One of the first ways we express autonomy and assert control is over what we eat.

Social action and environmental awareness have always been important at THS: “Community Oriented” is one of our five basic values.