看了前面一个上传的包玉刚学校的VIDO,觉得和香港的汉基学校(CIS)很象.无论是教室的环境设置还是学生的校服.仔细看了一下关于这个学校的贴子,觉得它的教学理念也和CIS一样.香港的CIS经过20几年发展,已经是一所很有名的学校了.从该校毕业的学生遍布世界各地,并且创造了很多社会精英.我想包玉刚学校假以时日,也会和CIS一样的.
我们当初由于工作关系从上海迁移到香港生活,从大概一年多前,我们就开始为孩子留意CIS,听了很多学校说明会,参观学校和旁听课程.并且孩子于去年12月参加面试,我和我先生也参加了1月的家长单独面试.无论是孩子的面试和家长的面试都是非常得严格和讲究.说起来,我们夫妻两觉得比国内的高考还紧张,招收的名额更是有限,几百人参加的面试,最重只会被录取88名学生(面试结果将在09年3月底公布),可能机会很渺茫,但是觉得参与过这个过程也很开心,很荣幸.所以我想在上海就读包玉刚的孩子要享受这个快乐的教育,其实并不仅仅是快乐,我觉得关键的是素质教育.一个好的人才不光是读书课业好,更应该是全面发展的.CIS注重培养的就是这方面,我想包玉刚也是如此吧.在我的电脑里保留了当初CIS给我们这些面试家长的设计了一套笔试题,我想把它给大家一起分享一下,因为我和我先生觉得这些问题很好,
1.PLEASE DESCRIBLE YOUR CHILD

2.WHAT DOES YOUR CHILD LIKE TO DO MOST?

3.WHAT DOES YOUR CHILD LIKE TO DO LEAST?

4.DOES YOUR CHLID BECOME UPSET EASILY?(PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS)

5.IN WHICH AREA(S) WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR CHILD?

6.IS THERE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CHILD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?

7.PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHINESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL（CIS） MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.

8.PLEASE TELL US WHY YOU THINK CHINESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL（CIS） IS THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD.

9.PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW YOU ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING YOUR COMMUNITY.HOW WILL YOU HELP SUPPORT THE CIS PROGRAM?.

在我上面的贴子中有关当时我和我先生去面试的题目中,我觉得问题7和8,是很重要的一点,我想其实这些问题也是套用于包玉刚学校的.既然了解包玉刚学校的教学理念,于CIS是这么的相似,所以我把我们当初如何来回答这两道题来给大家分享一下,希望我们的理解和选择也会同样适用于你和你的孩子.

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHINESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL（CIS） MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
“Live and Learn” is a proverb both in English and in Chinese(活到老,学到老). It is especially true with our present world, which is changing fast and becoming smaller. As it is changing fast, we must keep up with the changes by learning; as it is becoming smaller, we are in constant contact with different people from different places with different beliefs and cultures. It is our, as well as our children’s, duty to live peacefully in this world by respecting and understanding the other people. To do that, we should have the basic personal characters like compassion, ethics and responsibility. Then you can contribute to your community and the world.
CIS, from the very beginning when children enter the school, creates for them a mimic world with students and teachers from different backgrounds, but all the students learn to communicate with both English and Chinese. While they live, study and play together, they will understand their cultural differences, by reflection and guidance of teachers, they will learn to respect the differences. We especially appreciate the bilingual program and learning the Chinese characters from complicated to simplified, and the IB diploma, which prepares our child for university education. Beside academic learning, sports, arts, community services, pastoral care are important to make our children healthy, multi-talented, compassionate, ethical and responsible.
CIS is surely the most forward-looking and innovative school in Hong Kong. We believe its students will be able to play important roles in the future world.

PLEASE TELL US WHY YOU THINK CHINESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL（CIS） IS THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD.
We think CIS is the right school for Pete(我孩子的名字)r. He has already traveled a lot between mainland China (Shanghai, Beijing) and Hong Kong and noticed the differences between the cities. He speaks Mandarin with parents, Cantonese with his classmates in Victoria Kindergarten(上午就读的幼儿园), English with our helper and his classmates in Woodland Pre-schoo(下午就读的幼儿园)(注明:香港的幼儿园都是半日制,没有全日制)l, and Shanghai Dialect with grandparents. And he is already curious why he and his friends and relatives have different nationalities.
From the parents’ viewpoint, we think that mainland China is now starting to open to the outside world, by the time Peter grows up, China will be merged much more into international society. As a Chinese, wherever he is as a grown-up, his future will be a link between China and the international world. That’s why we bring him to Hong Kong , an international city, for education. To our disappointment, in Hong Kong, we find no school to offer the education we desired until we are told by friends to visit CIS..