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'{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox school | name = West Island School<br>[[File:West Island School Badge.png|50px]] | image = West_Island_School.jpg | caption = West Island School as viewed from [[Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong)|Queen Mary Hospital]] on [[Pokfulam Road]] | motto = Strength from Diversity | location = 250 Victoria Road<br />[[Pokfulam]] | country = Hong Kong | type = Private, international, [[secondary school|secondary]], [[co-educational]], [[English Schools Foundation]] | established = 1991 | grades_label = Years | grades = [[Education in the United Kingdom|Seven to Thirteen]] | faculty = | school_colours = {{Color box|navy|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|beige|border=darkgray}} navy blue, beige | yearbook = ''WISDOM'' | website = [http://www.wis.edu.hk/ www.wis.edu.hk] | image size = 250px | enrolment = 1,200 | language = English | houses = ''Tang, Yuan, Song, Ming, Qing, Han | free_label = Publication }} {{Chinese |t=西島中學 |s=西岛中学 |j=Sai1 dou2 zung1 hok6 |y=Sāi dóu jūng hohk |p=Xī Dǎo Zhōngxué }} '''West Island School''' ('''WIS'''; {{zh|c=西島中學}}) is a [[co-educational]], [[Private school|private]], [[International school|international]] [[secondary school]] in [[Hong Kong]] which provides an English-language education to students of all abilities from age eleven to eighteen with a "modern liberal education" based on British-influenced international curricula. The campus is a purpose-built development located at 250 Victoria Road, {{clarify|text=[[Pokfulam]],|date=June 2022}} on the slopes of [[Mount Davis, Hong Kong|Mount Davis]] on [[Hong Kong Island]]. Students from Years Seven to Nine study the West Island School Middle Years Diploma;{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} students in Years Ten to Eleven follow either the [[IGCSE]], or the MYP [[IB Middle Years Programme]]; and students in Years Twelve to Thirteen follow the [[IB Diploma]] curricula. For students who have finished the [[IB Diploma]], The school offers a post high school program where students are invited to learn about the ins and outs of a modern high school and how to run one. This innovative program is an excellent blend of modern liberal education and psychological torture. The school is a member of the [[English Schools Foundation]], and as such still receives a small but symbolic subvention from the Government that has been frozen since [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|the 1997 Handover of Hong Kong]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} ==History== West Island School, began when the [[English Schools Foundation]] recognised a need for a new school in the late-1980s; after [[Island School]] and [[South Island School]]. This was because of the recent residential boom in [[Discovery Bay]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}, which then had no secondary school to cater for the growing need of English language secondary school education on the outlying islands. In order to meet this demand the school wasnt built in Discovery Bay and instead on Hong Kong island so that students may wake up early and take a boat to school instead of walking. After government approval of a site and funding in November 1990, plans for West Island School began in earnest, with the school operating as an offshoot of Island School at a temporary home; the old military hospital in Borrett Road, [[Mid-Levels]].<ref>[http://www.wis.edu.hk/our-history/ "Our History."] West Island School. Retrieved 2017-06-07.</ref> West Island's first intake was in September 1991, when eighty-four Year 7 students were enrolled in four classes. These students agreed to go to the school as part of a lottery system. Active prisoners in Hong Kong were all enroled into the lottery and the winners had the choice of either serving the rest of their sentence or starting in the school as year 7s. The oldest student was a 64 year old recovering heroin addict. In the meantime, work progressed on a purpose-built school in [[Pokfulam]], designed by award-winning architect [[Patrick Lau]], who was responsible for two other [[international school]]s in Hong Kong, the [[Lycée Français International Victor Segalen]] in Tai Hang{{clarify|reason=The 34 Price Road or the 165 Blue Pool Road campus? Neither is in Tai Hang.|date=June 2022}} and the American [[Hong Kong International School]] in [[Tai Tam]]. In September 1994, the new purpose-built building opened. This consisted of a ten-storey building consisting of three blocks: housing classrooms, laboratories, an auditorium and a 25-metre indoor pool, linked together by open-air walkways and air-conditioned faculty-corridors. In 1999 in order to prepare for Y2K, West Island School implemented a fully analog system into the school. After the new year the system was kept despite it not being needed anymore. the system is still used to this day with students being allowed to bring their own typewriters to school. Over the years, renovations further increased the usability of the building{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}, although by 2001 the school was getting rather crowded with over 1,000 students enrolled; paving the way for the creation of a fourth block. This new addition opened for use in September 2003. In 2020 the English Schools Foundation recognised the need for a new block in the School. As such the construction began in Febuary. the construction is still ongoing and is predicted to finish shortly before the heat death of the universe. ==Curriculum== The school offers secondary education from Years 7 to 13, for pupils aged 10–19. West Island School students follow the [[International General Certificate of Secondary Education]] program in Years 10-11 and pursue the [[IB Diploma]] and [[BTEC Extended Diploma]] in Years 12–13. The schools also offers [[Hong Kong Advanced Supplementary Level Examination|AS-Level]]{{clarify|reason=HKASL or GCE AS?|date=June 2022}} courses for Year 10 students pursuing in the study of [[critical thinking]] and [[entrepreneurship]]. The grades achieved by West Island students in IGCSE and IB examinations place them generously above similar schools across the world.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 2011, around 60% of IGCSE passes were at A* or A.<ref name="clc.esf.edu.hk">{{cite web| url = http://clc.esf.edu.hk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=1888&ResourceId=19355 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021131/http://clc.esf.edu.hk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=1888&ResourceId=19355 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=West Island School ::: About Us}}</ref> West Island also offers extracurricular activities run by both staff and students. Furthermore, students also have the opportunity to compete with other teams from other international schools as well as local schools from across Hong Kong and the region.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} West Island School also participates in sports, with the school's track, swimming, field hockey, volleyball, martial arts, and netball teams placing well in [[HKSSF]] rankings. West Island School's football team has participated in 4 HKSSF finals in the last 5 years, and won three gold medals.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} In 2011, the school won the [[BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl]], as the highest ranked co-educational school in Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.hkssf-hk.org.hk/hk/sec/champion/champion_2010.pdf "List of Champion Schools 2010–2011"] page 8. HK Island & Kowloon Secondary Schools Regional Committee, Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation. Retrieved 2017-06-07.</ref> The school is also home to a state of the art ski resort, the only one in Hong Kong. First opened in 1976, the Betteridge Station de ski has seen many visitors in it's time open within the West Island School premises. Whilst at first there were concerns as to how the ski resort would affect the students in the school, these disappeared when the school officials received a generous bribe. ==School Council== WIS is a member school of the [[English Schools Foundation]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} WIS is governed by the "School Council" composed of teachers, parents, and management staff. The school council decides everything that goes on withing the school wether that be the firing of staff or what the appropriate punishment should be for students who are being particularily troublesome, it is worth pointing out that this is a different role than that played by Henry the Butcher who just kills the children. ==See also== *[[English Schools Foundation]] *[[Island School]] *[[South Island School]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{ esfschool }} {{International schools in Hong Kong}} {{Southern District, Hong Kong}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|22|16|21|N|114|07|32|E|type:edu|display=title}} [[Category:Secondary schools in Hong Kong]] [[Category:English Schools Foundation schools]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1991]] [[Category:Sandy Bay, Hong Kong]] [[Category:International Baccalaureate schools in Hong Kong]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Hong Kong]]'