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Hong Kong Academy

Coordinates: 22°23′09″N 114°16′30″E / 22.38585°N 114.27508°E / 22.38585; 114.27508
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Hong Kong Academy
香港學堂
Address
Map
33 Wai Man Road, Sai Kung, New Territories

Hong Kong
Information
TypePrivate , non-profit, International, Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary, Co-educational
MottoPower to the people
Established2000
Primary School PrincipalVirginia Hunt
Secondary School PrincipalTeresa Tung
Head of schoolStephen Dare
GradesPre-K1 to Grade 12
Enrollment530+
Education systemInternational Baccalaureate (IBO)
Accreditation
Affiliation
Websitewww.hkacademy.edu.hk
Hong Kong Academy
Traditional Chinese香港學堂
Simplified Chinese香港学堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Xuétáng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghoeng1 gong2 hok6 tong4

Hong Kong Academy (HKA, Chinese: 香港學堂國際學校) is a non-profit independent international co-educational day school for students ages 3–18 in Hong Kong. The school was founded in 2000 by Teresa Richman and Ben Frankel.[1] The middle school was added in September 2006 and in 2007 the board approved the inclusion of a high school programme that began in 2008/9 academic year. HKA graduated its first IB Diploma cohort in May 2012.

Campus

The campus was located in Wan Chai and Kennedy Town. In August 2013 the school moved to its new permanent site in Sai Kung. The Sai Kung Campus was awarded the Gold BEAM Plus certificate by Hong Kong Green Building Council for its environmentally friendly design.[2]

Curriculum

Hong Kong Academy is a fully authorised three-programme IB World School, offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "School Profile" (PDF). hkacademy.edu.hk. Hong Kong Academy. 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Academy - New School Campus in Sai Kung N.T. - BEAM Plus Online Exhibition". greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Academy". International Baccalaureate®. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

22°23′09″N 114°16′30″E / 22.38585°N 114.27508°E / 22.38585; 114.27508