By Jennifer Swinehart, Research & Development Director Since 2012, HKA has been offering Cognitive Coaching Seminars to any interested faculty and staff members. The most recent cohort of 19 faculty and staff completed the multi-day training programme, learning how to…
By Sophie Oxford, Design & Visual Arts Teacher and Zoe A, Grade 8 Student ‘A Dragonfly’s Journey’ is the latest community mural at Hong Kong Academy and is the culmination of two years of creativity and dedication from a range…
By Joanna Crimmins, IB Diploma Coordinator and Grade 11 & 12 Assistant Principal and Kris Bumpus, Secondary School Counsellor Each September, once the IB Diploma May examination session officially ends, we have an opportunity to share an overview of our…
By Joanna Crimmins, Secondary School Assistant Principal and IB Diploma Coordinator Since 2019, Hong Kong Academy has celebrated the journey our students take as global citizens through the awarding of the Global Citizen Diploma (GCD) credential. Now a graduation requirement,…
By Teresa Tung, Secondary School Principal As Grade 12 students graduate next month they are already looking forward to their next steps and have been offered places at universities and colleges across Europe, North America and here in Hong Kong.…
By Simon Roberts, Athletics Director and Personal Project Coordinator As an IB World School, we recognise the important progression of learning that takes place from the PYP to the MYP to the DP. Throughout their education at HKA, students are…
By Anne Drouet, Performing Arts Director HKA Class of 2018 graduate and published musician Dylan Halbroth has been working with our IB DP Music students this month. Background After HKA, Dylan graduated with flying colours from DBs Catalyst, Institute for…
By Dave Feren, Language & Literature Teacher HKA’s Grade 11 IB Literature students were fortunate to have best-selling Vietnamese author and poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai visit their class last Thursday, 3 March for a 40-minute question-and-answer session via Google…
By Charles Bedford, Grade 12 Parent and HKA Board Member HKA Theatre Teacher Darren Scully’s scholastic production of Kindertransport by the playwright Diane Samuels must be seen as a capstone achievement in a storied career. At HKA’s spectacular theatre this…
By Anne Drouet, Performing Arts Director Hong Kong Academy students have been busy presenting the culminating products of their learning for the past few weeks. Through the arts, the students have explored identity, observation and imagination, artistic expression and the…
