Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School

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Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School
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Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School
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TypeAided secondary school
Motto明道律己，忠主善群
Religious affiliation(s) Christianity
Established1987
President徐家賢
AffiliationEvangelical School Development Incorporation
Website cdgfss.edu.hk

Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School is located in Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. It is the first secondary school in the new town of Tseung Kwan O, and the oldest school teaching in English in Sai Kung District.

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History

The school was opened in 1987 by Christian Association Limited. The cost of furnishing and equipping the new school premises was donated by the “Divine Grace Foundation” set up by Presbyter M H Lau. [1]

Medium of instruction

The school is the oldest school teaching in English in Sai Kung District. The school was approved by the Education Department in 1998 to continue to use English as the medium of instruction. The School became one of the 114 EMI secondary schools in the territory and was the only EMI school in the Sai Kung District. [2] [3]

The school is ranked as a Band 1 English secondary school. [4] The students take the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination to graduate. [5] [6]

Houses

Carmel Lord's Grace Middle School is divided into four houses: Matthew (Green), Mark (Blue), Luke (Red), John (Yellow), named after the four authors of the four Gospels in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

Extracurricular Activities

In 2023, the school fielded a team in the Zurich Insurance Hong Kong Schools 3x3 Basketball Challenge. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School". www.cdgfss.edu.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School". www.cdgfss.edu.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  3. ↑ 星島日報. "【教育要聞】新界東多校中一擴班 全英文班學額近千四". std.stheadline.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  4. ↑ 容育仁 (2023-11-30). "升中派位｜整合28間新界東英中自行分配學額收生要求、面試日期". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  5. ↑ "香港學校│迦密主恩中學 全人優質基督教教育 培養品學兼優生". am730 (in Chinese). 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  6. ↑ "校長遇良師傳承教育初心 單親家庭長大欠管教尤如街童". HKET.
  7. ↑ "嚴選最激對決！蘇黎世學界三人籃球賽16強今日爆發". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  8. ↑ "辛亥年撼贏桂華山 闖進蘇黎世16強". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

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