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Welcome Back to the Hong Kong Academy Middle and High School! Academic Year 2012-2013

Welcome Back to the Hong Kong Academy Middle and High School! Academic Year 2012-2013. Summer Holidays… Family Friends Reading Adventures Reflections Goals…. Welcome to all of our new Middle/High School STUDENTS!.

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Welcome Back to the Hong Kong Academy Middle and High School! Academic Year 2012-2013

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  1. Welcome Back to the Hong Kong Academy Middle and High School! Academic Year 2012-2013

  2. Summer Holidays… • Family • Friends • Reading • Adventures • Reflections • Goals…

  3. Welcome to all of our new Middle/High School STUDENTS!

  4. Let’s meet our new teachers with the help of the Graduating Class of 2013…

  5. A warm welcome to our fine new staff… • Ms. Harvey: MYP Science and DP Biology • Mr. O’Connor: MYP Science and DP Chemistry • Ms. Muller: MYP Visual Arts and DP Art • Ms. Friesen: MYP Music and Instrumental Music • Ms. Escansay: MYP and DP Spanish • Ms. Cowan: Counsellor (Social-Emotional & University) • Ms. Yong: Inclusion Support Teacher • Ms. Huang: MYP Mandarin and DP Mandarin

  6. Our excellent returning Teachers… A warm welcome back to our outstanding returning teachers who are ready to start school, engage you, and ensure that this is a rewarding, challenging, and successful year for each and every one of you.

  7. What’s new, and what’s happening today?

  8. Looking ahead in 2012-2013 Campus maintenance and construction Daily schedule (Assemblies) New classes/new philosophies MS/HS Parent-Student Guidelines (Handbook) New expectations Advisory Service Learning

  9. The plan for today Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

  10. The rest of this week Thursday and Friday will be regular, full academic days… Thursday, August 16th: Day 1/HL 1 Friday, August 7th: Day 2/HL 2

  11. Last year’s graduates and life after HKA… • University/College • Military Service • Gap Year

  12. Contributing positively in 2012-2013 “Everything we do and say either contributes to, or diminishes from the common good.” Dr. Dennis Larkin Head of School Lincoln Community School Accra, Ghana- west Africa

  13. Leadership opportunities Student Representative Council (SRC) Fine and Performing Arts ACAMIS, ISAT, TAPS Athletics ACAMIS/ local competitions Service Learning

  14. Pathways to individual excellence Metacognitive strategies How do you learn best? What do you need from us to be your best? Goal setting and Individual Challenges Try something new and take a risk

  15. What’s important for learning at HKA this year? Academic, Emotional, and Moral Intelligence Books yes…but alsoempathy, respect, tolerance, and conscience

  16. Piaget “Learning with our heads, our hearts and our hands” Jean Piaget… 20th C. Swiss Developmental Psychologist focused on studying children’s cognitive development

  17. A new year in 2012-2013… Tabula rasa (Latin) A clean (scratched) slate Good old fashioned blackboard with chalk! Aristotle….Jean-Jaque Rousseau….Thomas Hobbes…Sigmund Freud

  18. Our Class of 2013! Imogen Miranda Suhail Sierra Hanne Peter Luca Mirko Judge Wakako Max Sheldon Sumayyah Steve Kenichi Juri Cynthia Arielle Tyler Have a great Senior Year…

  19. Misc. items! Computers Busses and Walkers at dismissal

  20. A great year ahead in 2012-2013… Welcome (back) to school & have a wonderful year of learning, fun, and adventure this year in 2012-2013

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