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Week Without Walls (WWW) WWW is a week-long off-campus learning experience designed to challenge students physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually to produce a greater awareness of the outside world, their place in it, and the challenge that Christ brings to us to change it. Many students stay in Hong Kong to for their experience, but other have groups have previously gone to Thailand, Cambodia, China, Israel, Japan, Philippines and Spain. For more details, please see ‘Service to the Community’. Student Council The purpose of the Student Council is to represent, lead and serve the students of ICS, to enrich the academic, social and Christian life of the school, to promote outreach to the community, and to seek to foster communication between students and teachers/administrators. Representatives are elected by their peers to represent grade levels in the Student Council meetings. Sports Program For more details, please see the ICS Sports Blog.
Students participate in activities such as Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Ball Hockey
ICS students compete in the International School Sports Federation of Hong Kong (ISSFHK), a league comprised of various international schools in Hong Kong. Sports offered are: Cross country, volleyball, swimming, soccer, basketball, tennis, ball hockey, badminton, track & field and softball. Each sport features exciting league competition that culminates with playoffs and a championship tournament event held at the end of each respective sports season. ICS also competes in the HKSSF in a single Championship held annually for Girls and Boys Swimming.
ICS hosts annual tournaments and large tournaments throughout the year. Music Groups
This audition-only extra-curricular ensemble provides students with opportunities to sing in a smaller ensemble of select musicians who perform a more advanced and varied repertoire of music spanning styles from the Renaissance to Jazz. These singers are often invited to participate in community and service activities and can expect to perform between 12 and 15 times during the year.
This extra-curricular ensemble provides students the opportunity to play fun and exciting music in a smaller ensemble. We play advanced and varied repertoire and styles, including Jazz, Latin, Funk, Fusion, Rock, Pop, and Show Tunes. It is open to anyone playing a traditional jazz band instrument (saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, percussion) or anyone willing to learn one of these as a second instrument. Students wanting to join with a non-traditional jazz band instrument (flute, clarinet, French horn, baritone, tuba, or others) are welcome with director’s approval.
In this activity we will devote ourselves to all the wonderful aspects of music that we usually neglect in our performance ensembles; you will be immersed in the study of music history, music theory and music composition. There will be no emphasis on performance. The culmination of the year’s work will be a student recital in the spring with other students performing the compositions you write. Along the journey, you will: study music history of important Western composers, attend professional concerts (optional), have an introduction to World (non-Western) music, study introductory music theory, learn music composition, use music notation software, discuss different university music majors and have an introduction into popular music and the music business. We will additionally take other non-traditional class explorations based on your interests and will have many “outside the box” classroom experiences. There may be some evening and weekend meetings for professional concerts when announced ahead of time. Also, our normal class meeting time may often take place off campus. All these opportunities will be flexible based on student interest and availability. Global Concern & Citizenship
Students in NHS sponsor service activities within the school community and outside it. They set and encourage a culture of scholarship, leadership, service and strong character within the student body.
This group will meet and discuss global issues and learn about the GIN methodology for solving these problems. The beginning of the year will center around a book study of High Noon—Twenty Global Issues & Twenty Years to Solve Them by J.F. Rischard. Student delegates will also attend the GIN Conference (March 19-21, 2010) at Chinese International School, Hong Kong.
Students will participate in a simulation of the US government, discussing issues, drafting policy, reporting news stories and deciding court cases.
All may participate in research and ICS activities, but only 10 will be selected to participate in the HK conference. Selections will be based on short writing responses analyzing a current news article. Students research the positions of a nation on various issues, formulate ideas, gather evidence and support their ideas in debate.
This is an environmental club which is part of an international organization started by Jane Goodall. Academic Interest
Christian Interest
Students will plan, prepare and lead students and faculty in HS Chapel.
This activity is designed with the intent of presenting a platform for student community and ministry. We will start the year by doing some fun activities that bring students together. As the year progresses, we hope that this group will spawn some discipleship opportunities with teachers and students. Creative Arts
Each day, students will be given 45 minutes to one hour to complete a drawing based on observation (in general of the human figure of a student model).
Different instructors will teach dance so participants will learn technique and about the different forms (modern, hip hop, jazz, ballet, modern, Chinese dance (sword) break dancing). Throughout the year, students will have opportunities to perform in front of the group and in other performances.
Students write and produce a magazine containing news, opinions, features, etc.
Students film and produce videos for the ICS TV show ‘The Reel’ and also represent the school in community in film competitions.
Students will be exposed to a variety of Papercraft techniques to inspire them before they consider a project they would like to pursue. Projects can be a reflection on life (Scrapbooking), creating a gift for another person or creating cards so they can bless others through encouragement. With the approval of the Advancement Office, the club will sell some of the cards to raise funds to support Ms. Neevel in Ghana, working with ‘Haven of Hope Academy’. Special Interest
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