Island School (Chinese: 港島中學) is a co-educational international school in Hong Kong. The campus is situated in the Mid-Levels district of Hong Kong on 20 Borrett Road.
The school opened in 1967 to meet increasing demand for schooling for the children of expatriates living in Hong Kong. As there were no secondary schools for English speaking children on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong government established the English Schools Foundation (ESF) in ...
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Island School (Chinese: 港島中學) is a co-educational international school in Hong Kong. The campus is situated in the Mid-Levels district of Hong Kong on 20 Borrett Road.
The school opened in 1967 to meet increasing demand for schooling for the children of expatriates living in Hong Kong. As there were no secondary schools for English speaking children on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong government established the English Schools Foundation (ESF) in 1965 to provide additional schools for expatriate British children. Island School was the first ESF secondary school, adopting the Chinese name of 英童中學, literally translated as "Secondary School for British Children".
The first Principal of Island School was the Reverend Geoffrey Speak who was appointed from St Paul's School in 1967. The Rev. Speak, an Oxford graduate, combined the principalship with managing the ESF between 1967 and 1971, during a rather inauspicious time.In 1967 the Cultural Revolution was in its throes with bombs detonated...
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