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The school operates under a house system where each student is assigned to a House. The Houses compete against each other each year in competitions to win points. At the end of the school year, the House with the most points is awarded the House Cup. The Houses are named after Australian plants:
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who had lived in Hong Kong since 1986, was approached by members of the Australian Association of Hong Kong to create an Australian school. Additionally, local Hong Kong businessmen suggested to Davies to create a for profit school to prepare their children for the possibility of studying in
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The campus building was the winner of the 2001 HKIA Medal of the Year, Hong Kong's foremost architectural award. Unfortunately, the building has suffered from multiple structural defects in recent years, calling into question its safety.
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The school follows a southern hemisphere calendar where the school year starts in February and ends in mid-December. The school year is broken up into four terms, with breaks usually in April, July, October, and December.
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that has been adapted to suit the international setting. Students in Year 7-10 follow the NSW Stage 4 & 5 Syllabus developed by the New South Wales
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sports field, a gymnasium, a small multi-purpose hall, a library, an auditorium, an aquatic centre with a 25-metre swimming pool, and a green roof.
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Australian universities upon graduation. The school opened on 6 February 1995 and in 1999 the first group Year 10 students were awarded their
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The school's permanent campus in Kowloon Tong was opened on 4 September 2001, with student numbers growing to over 500 students that year.
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Mark Hemphill served as principal until his 2020 resignation. Dr Bill McKeith, who recruited Hemphill, attributed the resignation to the
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is taught as part of Chinese Studies to Primary students, as part of a language in Year 7–8, and as an elective in Year 8–12.
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As of an unspecified year, the IB diploma programme track has about 33% of senior level pupils.
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The school offers education from Reception to Year 12. The primary curriculum is based on the
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The school was founded to fulfill the growing demand for an
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institution in Hong Kong. Brian Davies, a teacher at the
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Private international school in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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As of 1996, the school uses Australian school holidays.
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Association of China and Mongolia International Schools
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Kowloon Tong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates
22°20′8″N 114°10′42″E / 22.33556°N 114.17833°E / 22.33556; 114.17833
Private
international school
Boys
www.aishk.edu.hk
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
Chinese
private
co-educational
international school
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Australian educational
Canadian International School
NSW School Certificate
COVID-19 pandemic
Hong Kong national security law
Australian National Curriculum
Board of Studies
Higher School Certificate

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