HKA Mission Statement
 
    Hong Kong Academy is a dynamic learning community that provides a rigorous international education characterised by mutual benefit and support. As an educational leader, HKA empowers learners to pursue pathways to individual excellence by fostering creativity, communication and problem-solving skills. HKA learners develop an evolving understanding of our changing world, leading them to engage in responsible action motivated by their interests, strengths and ongoing reflection. HKA is committed to maintaining a diverse, collaborative and captivating learning environment in which students become adaptable, confident and tolerant, equipping them for the future.

Vision Statements
 
Pathways to Individual Excellence
    HKA believes that a diverse community, grounded in mutual respect, enhances learning for all members of the community. Learning with friends who come from different parts of the world, speak different languages at home, identify with different religions and belief systems and possess different skills, talents and interests develops open-mindedness, an important component of our students’ future success.
 
    At HKA, diversity includes learning styles and abilities. HKA’s student body is rich in individuals who reflect the world at large and who possess an array of talents across multiple pathways to individual excellence: intellectual, physical, social and emotional.
 
    Diversity on its own is static and value neutral. To make diversity dynamic and positive requires the intentional inclusion of all students in every aspect of the life of the school. Hong Kong Academy is committed to a practice of inclusion based on three fundamental beliefs that all children:
    Have gifts to be nurtured and celebrated.
    Can learn in one environment, collectively, collaboratively and to their mutual benefit.
    Deserve the opportunity to fulfill their greatest potential.
    HKA implements these beliefs through:
    Admissions and hiring policies that promote intentional diversity.
    Differentiated teaching methods and internationally-sourced best practices that engage and respect diverse learners.
    Inclusive classrooms and practices.
    Pathways to individual excellence that facilitate personal definitions of success that culminate in three paths to graduation.
    Pathways to Individual Excellence and Global Citizenship
    HKA is actively committed to promoting internationalism and interculturalism
through pathways to individual excellence that nurture:
 
    “Global citizens who are self-managing, self-monitoring and self-modifying; constantly seeking to identify personal strengths and challenges; committed to recognising and valuing the contributions and capacities of the people around them; and developing interdependence through tolerance and understanding.”
 
HKA as an Educational Leader
    As HKA further develops its unique curriculum, programmes and learning culture, the school has a responsibility to share its best practices and success stories with the larger educational community. The school’s faculty and administration continually converse and collaborate with leading educational institutions and organisations as well as with colleagues in international schools regionally and globally.
 
    HKA is especially committed to engaging in professional dialogue with other leaders in education who promote innovative and creative ways of supporting students and who seek to improve instructional practices through prototyping and feedback. Teachers are encouraged to pursue further professional development and share their day-to-day experiences at HKA with the wider educational community. In doing so, they become ambassadors for the school through experiences such as acting as workshop leaders and presenters, accreditation team visitors and as writers for journals or other publications.
 
    HKA students also have tremendous capacity to provide leadership and engage in meaningful action and service culminating in the Global Citizenship Diploma. We believe that our students have an individual and a collective responsibility to the neighbourhood around them, Hong Kong, China and the wider world. Our community is committed to service learning that goes beyond simply learning about problems “over there” and supports hands-on responses to address particular needs and challenges. Students, parents and faculty work together to:
    Tackle challenges that students identify as significant.
    Provide leadership on campus for issues affecting the HKA community.
    Mobilise their peers and others to tackle tough problems such as environmental sustainability, social justice and economic viability.
    Develop and implement service programmes to address identified needs.
    Engage in ongoing and open dialogue about the gap between personal interest and organisational goals in order to optimise institutional potential.
    Educational Leadership and Global Citizenship
    HKA is actively committed to promoting internationalism and interculturalism through educational leadership that nurtures:
 
    “Global citizens who recognise and want to develop their capacity to lead, who care about significant issues, act with empathy, take responsibility for their actions and respond in age-appropriate ways.”
 
Rigorous International Education
    HKA provides a rigorous international education for early childhood, primary school and secondary school students. Working within its framework of Learning, Growing and Understanding and authorised as an International Baccalaureate World School offering all three programmes (Primary Years, Middle Years and the Diploma), HKA provides a rigorous curriculum that promotes depth and breadth of understanding and challenges students to reach their full potential.
 
    The idea of educational “rigour” can mean different things to different audiences. HKA has adapted the definition of “rigour” put forward in Strong, Silver and Perini’s (2001) Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement:
 
    “Rigour is the goal of helping students develop their individual capacity to understand content and approach dilemmas that are complex, ambiguous, provocative and personally, physically or emotionally challenging.”
 
    This understanding of rigour underscores every aspect of the HKA experience, both in the classroom and through extracurricular activities. As the HKA community learns, grows and furthers its understanding together, students engage in a world – and in a world of knowledge – that is complex, ambiguous, provocative and challenging. HKA prepares students for a future where what they know and what they need to know, is in unprecedented flux. It is a cliché to note that today’s concrete knowledge will be outdated within a few years, but that reality is clear. Students therefore must be taught how to learn and how to continue to learn while also gaining fundamental skills.
 
    Rigorously educated students are resilient and demonstrate a strong sense of self-management, self-awareness and self-advocacy, evidenced by their ability to:
Communicate
Think
Collaborate
Self-manage
Research
Rigorous International Education and Global Citizenship
HKA is actively committed to promoting internationalism and interculturalism through a rigorous international education that nurtures:
 
    “Global citizens with the capacity and inclination to apply facts, concepts and skills in new situations and in ways that demonstrate that they are empathetic, ethical, aware, committed and perserverant.”
 
    Dynamic Community of Learners
    Everyone at Hong Kong Academy - past, present and future - is a part of the school’s dynamic community of learners. Whether on campus every day, occasionally, or even only once, all students, teachers, staff, parents, former parents, alumni, visitors, specialists and consultants impact the school’s learning environment. Not everyone has the same type of impact and some contributions may be more visible or tangible than others. But everyone has an impact.
 
    HKA’s culture of philanthropy statement recognises that the school is shaped by all of the gifts, talents and contributions of the many, diverse people who take part or have taken part in the life of the school. Because HKA is a dynamic community, it is more than the sum total of its parts. The community’s energy, dedication and collaborative approaches to action organically lead to a high level of connectivity with and service to others, whether within the school, within the local community, or beyond Hong Kong to the world.
 
    HKA supports a dynamic community of learners in several ways. Beginning with the admissions process, the school clearly articulate the school’s mission in an effort to attract and enrol mission-aligned families. For currently enrolled families, HKA keeps the connectivity to parents strong through high rates of volunteerism, effective communications and a culturally-sensitive advancement programme. When families and students move from HKA, the school stays in touch with regular updates and events in key cities around the world.

    A Dynamic Learning Community and Global Citizenship
    HKA is actively committed to promoting internationalism and interculturalism
through a dynamic learning community that nurture:
 
    “Global citizens who appreciate their ability to impact the world around them by choosing to value diverse communities, to act responsibly in co-ordination with others and to support meaningful philanthropic endeavours.”
 
Captivating Learning Environment
    Faculty and staff are our most valuable resource and have the greatest impact on the quality of learning experiences for students. HKA is committed to finding the best teachers from around the world and nurturing their talents by providing access to high quality professional development. To promote continuity and sustainable change, teachers are encouraged to seek personal growth opportunities within school, locally, regionally and internationally that align with the mission and priorities of the school.
 
    The school offers competitive salaries and benefits in order to attract and retain an international faculty with a broad range of experience. Similarly, the school seeks professionals who can develop inspiring learning cultures by implementing HKA’s teaching and learning standards and are willing to make contributions to the school community beyond the classroom. Small class sizes and high teacher-to-student ratios ensure that all students are able to fully engage the facilities and curriculum in ways that are creative and safe.
 
    A school’s physical plant is perhaps a silent partner in the learning experience, but it is nonetheless a powerful, dynamic and even determining factor in the overall quality of the daily experience for students, faculty and staff. Up to date technology is embedded in the building and integrated fully into the curriculum, including a one-to-one laptop programme in the Secondary School. The use of environmentally-friendly and sustainable materials and construction practices have earned the school a BEAM+ Platinum rating, making it the only campus in Hong Kong to have achieved the highest rating of environmental friendliness possible. This attention to the building’s contribution to the learning environment has provided the school with the entry point for establishing operational and maintenance practices that are both ethical and sustainable.

    Captivating Learning Environment and Global Citizenship
    HKA is actively committed to promoting internationalism and interculturalism through a captivating learning environment that nurtures:
 
    “Global citizens through best practice in the classroom and with a physical environment that promotes sustainability and that encourages international-mindedness in its use of visual media and signage.”
 
Core Values
Five core values support the the implementation of HKA’s mission statement on a daily basis:
Rigorous and Inclusive International Education
Captivating Learning Environment
Pathways to Individual Excellence
Dynamic Community of Learners
Educational Leadership
    These five mutually supportive and reinforcing concepts form the foundation for learning and service at HKA and underscore all activity and outreach to further the school’s mission of maintaining a diverse, collaborative and captivating learning environment in which students become adaptable, confident and tolerant, equipping them for the future.

    Our website includes lots of information and reflection about these core values. In addition, you can visit our Profiles page to view our School Profile and, for more specific information about our Secondary School, our Academic Profile.
 
HKA使命宣言
 
    香港學院 是一個 動態(tài)學習社區(qū) 這提供了一個 嚴格的國際教育 以互利和支持。 作為一個 教育領導者 ,HKA賦予學習者追求 通路個人卓越 通過培養(yǎng)創(chuàng)造力、溝通和解決問題的能力。 HKA學習者發(fā)展變化的世界的理解,導致他們采取負責任的行動出于自己的利益,優(yōu)勢和持續(xù)的反思。 HKA致力于保持多樣化,協(xié)作和 迷人的學習環(huán)境 中,學生成為適應性強,對未來的自信和寬容,裝備他們。
愿景聲明
 
通路個人卓越
    HKA相信一個多元化的社區(qū),建立在互相尊重的基礎上,提高學習社區(qū)的所有成員。 學習與朋友來自世界不同的地方,說著不同的語言在家里,認同不同宗教和信仰體系,擁有不同的技能,天賦和興趣發(fā)展開放,我們的學生未來成功的一個重要組成部分。
 
    在HKA,多樣性包括學習方式和能力。 HKA的學生有豐富的個人誰反映世界,誰擁有一批人才跨多個途徑個人卓越:知識、生理、社會和情感。
 
    多樣性本身是靜態(tài)的,價值中立。 讓多樣性動態(tài)和積極的需要故意 包容 所有的學生在學校的生活的方方面面。 香港學院致力于實踐包含基于三個基本信仰,所有的孩子們:

有禮物要培育和慶祝。
可以在一個環(huán)境學習,共同合作和互利共贏。
應該有機會實現(xiàn)他們的較大潛力。
HKA實現(xiàn)這些信念:
招生和就業(yè)政策,促進有意的多樣性。
差異化教學方法和國際采購的較佳實踐,參與并尊重不同的學習者。
包容性的課堂和實踐。
通路個人卓越,促進個人的定義成功的畢業(yè)三個路徑。
途徑個人卓越和全球公民
HKA積極致力于促進國際主義和文化交互

通過個人卓越培養(yǎng)途徑:
 
    “全球公民自我管理、自我監(jiān)控和變?yōu)闊o效來;不斷尋求識別個人的優(yōu)勢和挑戰(zhàn),致力于識別和評估周圍的人的貢獻和能力;通過寬容和理解和發(fā)展相互依存。”
 
HKA作為教育的領導者
    隨著HKA進一步發(fā)展其獨特的課程,課程和學習文化,學校有責任分享較佳實踐和成功的故事與更大的教育社區(qū)。 學校的教師和管理不斷交談和與領先的教育機構和合作組織以及與同事在國際學校區(qū)域和全球。
 
    HKA尤其致力于從事職業(yè)教育與其他領導人對話促進創(chuàng)新和創(chuàng)造性的方式支持學生和尋求通過原型和反饋改進教學實踐。 鼓勵教師追求進一步的專業(yè)發(fā)展和分享他們的日常經(jīng)驗HKA與更廣泛的社區(qū)教育。 在這一過程中,他們成為大使等學校通過經(jīng)驗作為車間領導和主持人,認證團隊游客,作為期刊或其他出版物的作家。
 
    HKA學生也有巨大的能力提供領導和參與有意義的行動和服務的 全球公民文憑 。 我們相信,我們的學生有一個個人和集體責任周圍的地區(qū),香港,中國和更廣闊的世界。 我們社區(qū)致力于服務學習,超越了簡單的學習問題“那邊”,支持實際響應滿足特定的需求和挑戰(zhàn)。 學生、家長和教師共同努力:
應對挑戰(zhàn),學生識別意義重大。

提供校園領導問題影響HKA社區(qū)。
動員同行和其他應對艱難的環(huán)境可持續(xù)性等問題,社會正義和經(jīng)濟可行性。
制定和實施服務項目地址確認需求。
參與正在進行的和開放的對話關于個人利益和組織目標之間的差距,以優(yōu)化機構的潛力。
教育領導和全球公民
HKA正積極致力于推動國際主義和文化交互通過培養(yǎng)教育領導:
 
    “全球公民承認,想發(fā)展他們的領導能力,他關心的重大問題,行為與同理心,為自己的行為承擔責任,在適齡的方式回應。”
 
嚴格的國際教育
    HKA為幼兒提供了一個嚴格的國際教育,小學和中學的學生。 在其框架內的工作 學習、成長和理解 和授權 國際學士學位 世界學校提供所有三個項目(小學、中年和文憑),HKA提供了一個嚴格的課程,促進學生理解的深度和廣度和挑戰(zhàn),充分發(fā)揮他們的潛力。
 
    教育“嚴謹”的想法可能意味著不同的事情不同的觀眾。 HKA已經(jīng)適應了“嚴謹”的定義提出了強,銀和Perini(2001) 教學較重要的:標準和提升學生成就的教學策略 :
 
    “嚴謹?shù)哪繕耸菐椭鷮W生發(fā)展個人的能力來理解內容和方法復雜的困境,模棱兩可,挑釁和個人身體上的還是情感上的挑戰(zhàn)。 ”
 
    這種理解的嚴格強調HKA體驗的方方面面,無論是在課堂和課外活動。 隨著HKA社區(qū)學習,并進一步理解在一起,學生參與知識的世界,在這樣一個世界——這是復雜的,模棱兩可,挑釁和挑戰(zhàn)性。 HKA準備學生的未來,他們所知道的,他們需要知道什么,是前所未有的通量。 是一種陳詞濫調,今天的具體知識將在幾年內過時,但現(xiàn)實是明確的。 因此,學生必須學會如何學習和如何繼續(xù)學習同時獲得基本技能。
 
嚴格教育學生是有彈性和展示強烈的自我管理,自我意識和維護自己的權利,就是他們的能力:
溝通
認為
合作
自己管理
研究
嚴格的國際教育和全球公民
HKA積極致力于促進國際主義和文化交互通過嚴格的國際教育,培育:
 
    “全球公民有能力也有意愿申請的事實、概念和技能的方式在新形勢和證明他們是善解人意,倫理、意識,堅定和頑強。”
 
動態(tài)學習者共同體
    每個人都在香港學院——過去、現(xiàn)在和未來,是一個學校的動態(tài)學習者共同體的一部分。 是否在校園每一天,有時,甚至只有一次,所有學生、教師、員工、父母、前家長、校友、訪客、專家和顧問影響學校的學習環(huán)境。 不是每個人都有同樣的影響和一些貢獻可能比其他人更可見的或有形的。 但是每個人都有影響。
 
    HKA的 慈善文化的聲明 認識到這所學校是由所有的禮物,才能和貢獻很多,不同的人參加或參加了學校的生活。 因為HKA是一個動態(tài)的社區(qū),它大于各部分的總和。 社區(qū)的能源、奉獻、協(xié)作行動有機方法導致高水平的連接和為他人服務,在學校,是否在當?shù)厣鐓^(qū),或超越香港。
 
    HKA支持動態(tài)社區(qū)學習者在幾個方面。 從錄取過程開始,學校明確學校的使命,以吸引和注冊mission-aligned家庭。 目前登記的家庭,HKA保持連通性的父母強烈通過高水平的志愿服務,有效的溝通和文化敏感發(fā)展計劃。 當家庭和學生從HKA,學校保持聯(lián)系,定期更新和事件在世界各地的主要城市。

一個動態(tài)的學習社區(qū)和全球公民
HKA積極致力于促進國際主義和文化交互
通過一個動態(tài)的學習社區(qū),培養(yǎng):
 
    “全球公民欣賞能力影響周圍的世界通過選擇價值多元化的社區(qū),在與他人協(xié)調采取負責任的行動,以支持有意義的慈善事業(yè)。”
 
迷人的學習環(huán)境
    教職員工是我們較寶貴的資源,產(chǎn)生較大的影響在學生學習經(jīng)驗的質量。 HKA致力于尋找來自世界各地的較好的老師,培養(yǎng)人才,提供高質量的專業(yè)發(fā)展。 促進連續(xù)性和可持續(xù)變化,鼓勵教師在學校追求個人成長的機會,在本地,區(qū)域和國際結合的任務和重點學校。
 
    學校提供有競爭力的薪水和福利,以吸引和留住國際教師有廣泛的經(jīng)驗。 同樣,學校尋求專業(yè)人士可以開發(fā)激勵學習文化通過實現(xiàn)HKA的教學標準和愿意為學校課堂以外的社區(qū)作出貢獻。 班級規(guī)模小,teacher-to-student比率高確保所有學生都能充分參與設施和課程的方式創(chuàng)造性的和安全的。
 
    學校的物理設施可能是沉默的伙伴學習經(jīng)驗,但它仍然是一個強大的、動態(tài)的、甚至是決定性因素的整體質量日常經(jīng)驗的學生,教師和工作人員。 較新的技術是嵌入在構建和集成完全進入課程,包括一對一的筆記本電腦計劃的中學。 環(huán)保和可持續(xù)的使用材料和建筑實踐贏得了學校 梁+鉑 評級,這唯一的校園在香港取得了環(huán)境友好的較高評級。 這種關注建筑的貢獻的學校學習環(huán)境提供了切入點建立運營和維護實踐,都是倫理和可持續(xù)。

迷人的學習環(huán)境和全球公民
    HKA積極致力于促進國際主義和文化交互通過迷人的學習環(huán)境,培育:
 
    “全球公民通過較佳實踐在課堂上和物理環(huán)境,促進可持續(xù)發(fā)展,鼓勵國際化思維的視覺媒體的使用和標志”。
 
核心價值觀
五個核心價值支持的實現(xiàn)HKA每天的使命聲明:
嚴格的和包容的國際教育
迷人的學習環(huán)境
通路個人卓越
動態(tài)學習者共同體

教育領導
    這五個相互支持和加強概念形成的基礎學習和服務在HKA和強調所有的活動和宣傳,進一步維護不同的學校的任務,協(xié)作和迷人的學習環(huán)境中,學生成為適應性強,對未來的自信和寬容,裝備他們。

    我們的網(wǎng)站包含了大量的信息對這些核心價值觀和反思。 此外,您可以訪問我們 簡介頁面 查看我們的學校形象和對我們中學的更具體的信息,我們的學術形象。