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United States Invitational Education Study Tour. 9 Oct to 20 Oct 2005. International Alliance for Invitational Education (Hong Kong). RESPECT :People are able, valuable, and responsible and should be treated accordingly .
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United StatesInvitational EducationStudy Tour 9 Oct to 20 Oct 2005
International Alliance for Invitational Education (Hong Kong)
RESPECT:People are able, valuable, and responsible and should be treated accordingly. • TRUST:Education should be a cooperative, collaborative activity. Process is as important as product. • OPTIMISM:People possess untapped potential in all areas of worthwhile human endeavor. • INTENTIONALITY:Human potential can best be realized by creating and maintaining places, policies, processes and programs specifically designed to invite development, and by people who are intentionally inviting with themselves and others, personally and professionally ("The Five P's").
Good practices of the school • Positive slogans and decoration • Rules are posted • Birthday cards of teachers and students • Kind and friendly teachers • Hospitality
Good practices of the school • Only for ninth grade students • With discipline problems but the Principal worked hard to make a change in the school • Aim to decrease the drop-out rate and increase the rate of attendance • Good system of having peer-mediators • Students run their own grocery store and mini-bank
Grocery Store – chocolate cookie is the favourite of the students
Good practices of the school • Excellent school facilities • Recognitions for students • Good discipline • Rotunda for special lessons • Take care of students with special needs • Training for staff including teachers, janitors and school drivers
Scott County High School • The only high school in Scott County • School population is 1300, from 10th to 12th grade • Rank of the school is not high in Kentucky State, beyond 100 out of several hundred schools • Principal is a strong figure in the school
School Principal - Mr.Chip Southworth, once History teacher, Football coach
Hong Kong students studying in Scott County High (left, right)
Chorus Lesson - elective for different grades • Mr. Merritt is the music teacher • nearly 120 students in the chorus theatre • students enjoy this lesson very much
Pep Rally in Gymnasium • Jazz Band performance in the Pep Rally • Pep Rally is to boost school morale before the Football Match that night • Recognize students’ achievements in all aspects