Hwa Chong International School
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| Name |
Hwa Chong International School | |
| Abbreviation |
HCIS | |
| School Code |
- | |
| Address |
673, Bukit Timah Road S(269735) | |
| Country |
Singapore | |
| Town |
Bukit Timah | |
| Founded |
2005 | |
| Community |
Urban | |
| Type |
Private Secondary/Junior College | |
| Religion |
Secular | |
| Students |
Mixed (Secondary 1–JC 2) | |
| Levels |
Secondary 1–JC 2 | |
| Colours |
Red, Yellow | |
| Website | ||
Hwa Chong International is an affiliate school of the Hwa Chong Institution based in Singapore, catering to foreign students. Currently, the school campus is located in the Hwa Chong Institution. The school will be moved to a new building when it is completed.
The Principal of Hwa Chong International is Mr Chung Wen Chee, former vice-principal of The Chinese High School, the predecessor of Hwa Chong Institution.
A fully private independent school, HCIS is an extension of the Hwa Chong cluster of schools and colleges, an education powerhouse renowned for producing President’s Scholars in Singapore. Deeply rooted in the founder's vision of pursuing education excellence, HCIS offers the perfect environment for nurturing the best of the breed.
Only in its first year of operation, HCIS has achieved commendable results. HCIS students have been awarded Gold and Silver awards at the Scholastic Environment Fund Oratorical contest, and were ranked 26th out of 102 schools in the Singapore Mathematical Olympiad. The HCIS students of more than 12 different nationalities contributed wholeheartedly to Singapore on the Nation's birthday this year. The students, by their own accord, raised more than $3000 for the Convalescent Home (Singapore Children's Society) by organising a Food Carnival at the home that is situated in one of the most remote areas in Singapore.
Another inherent strength in the model offered by Hwa Chong International School (HCIS) is its curriculum-infused boarding experience, an extraordinary residential experience that fully supports and complements the main curriculum. This concept serves as a primary vehicle for some of the school's character-building programmes. Students will enjoy living, learning and playing as a vibrant community within the Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School, located only a stone's throw from HCIS. Designed by renowned Kenzo Tange, the state-of-the-art complex consists of seven 6-storey blocks providing accommodation for up to 1,000 boarders. Here, a conducive environment exists to cater to the students' emotional and success quotients - two very vital aspects in their learning journey at HCIS.
Here, they receive close pastoral care and supervision from a team of supportive boarding staff, under whose charge students will be given the opportunity to fully develop into effective individuals with social sensibilities.
Similarly, the international character of the school will be a rich lode-mine for students to explore and examine global concerns and issues through numerous specially customised programmes.
The ingenuity of our curriculum lies in a seamless pursuit that opens a pool of learning opportunities, whose desired outcome is to equip students with nothing less than knowledge and skills applicable to the needs of a fast evolving world. It will imbue students with the passion and fervour to pursue learning into their adult years, preparing them for a commitment to a cycle of life-long learning.
Learning-oriented framework
The academic curriculum, over a period of 6 years, will offer students the major academic domains that constitute the basic requirement for the GCE Advanced Level. These will include English Language, Mother Tongue Language, Mathematics and Sciences. A parallel modular system will offer a wide range of elective subjects aimed at encouraging an integrated and dynamic approach to the appreciation, enjoyment, and application of knowledge.
While the through train of 6 years is in place, the school recognises the need of some of its students to gain places in Colleges even beforehand. Thus students may sit for the IGCSE whilst in their Grade 10.
An interesting feature of the academic curriculum will be the special emphasis on decision-making and career-management skills. These skills, together with communication, oral presentation and information-technology, will be infused generally across all the various disciplines and subject domains.
Customised learning
Parents and students will work hand in hand with the faculty team to map out a personalised education plan. A learning partnership will be forged between the student, his parents and teachers to monitor and manage the learning outcomes, where intellectual self-determination and shared accountability will be emphasised.
Students can customise and configure their courses according to their interests and goals. There will be free migration of vocational and academic modules. Close collaboration with local and overseas polytechnics and universities to offer twinning and advancement placement programmes will also be organised. Added to that, they may take a third language if they are found to be able to cope.
Added to that, the wireless IT-enabled environment in the new campus and the boarding facility will support self-directed, interactive and collaborative learning via electronic, digital and virtual platforms.
School campus
The school is currently building a new school campus for the students to move in to. It is said that the main campus for the student to study in will be up in 2006. The new campus will provide students with wireless internet in key locations such as the planned student activity centre and the library. Classrooms are also air-conditioned, as per normal with the international school standards.
Admission
Students who wish to enter the school will be asked to take an entrance exam and an interview, which would be with either with the principal or a key personnel of the school (e.g. HOD) , with the PSLE as a pre-requisite. The tests are set at Secondary-One standard, to ensure that students would be able to cope with the standard at the school.
The interview would be carried out on a one-to-one basis with either a teacher (HOD) or the principal.