SALESIAN ENGLISH SCHOOL 慈 幼 英 文 學 校 16 Road, 香港柴灣道十六號 Tel.: 2560-2134, 2884-3581 電話：二五六○二一三四，二八八四三五八一 Website: http://www.ssshk.edu.hk 網址: http://www.ssshk.edu.hk

Circular Ref.: 19/20-13 Dear Parents, October School Circular (F.3)

Please take note to the following issues.

(1) Parents’ Evening Gathering (Form 3) Parents’ Evening Gathering will be held on 4th October (Friday). Form 3 Class Teachers will meet with parents in the classroom assigned. Students need not attend the gathering. Parents are welcomed to participate. The details of the meeting are as follows. 1. Talk in School Hall Form Contents Time

F.3 Class structure and electives arrangement 7:00－7:30 p.m. 2. Classroom Meeting Form Class Teachers Venue Time 3 A Ms. Lau Hiu Fung, Mr. Kwan Cheuk Yin Room 501 7:30－8:15 p.m. 3 B Mr. Yeung Ka Hon, Ms. To Tin Yui Room 502 7:30－8:15 p.m. 3 C Mr. Wong Chun Ming, Mr. Leung Tsz Chung Room 503 7:30－8:15 p.m. 3 D Mr. Chan Yu Hong, Mr. Lam Chun Lin Room 504 7:30－8:15 p.m.

(2) Leadership Training Day

To help students build up team spirit, unleash full potential and build up confidence, our school’s ECA group and The Edu cation & Development Center of The Salvation Army hold a Leadership Training Day. This is a regular school activity, students MUST participate in this event. Details are as follows: Date：15/10/2019 (Tue) Meeting Time：7:50am Meeting Place：Indoor Playground of the school Event Location：Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Tai Tong Holiday Camp Dismissal Time：5:00pm Dismissal place：Main Entrance of the school

Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Tai Tong Holiday Camp

Fee: $400 (Training, Lunch Box and Coach Fares) (A subsidy of $140 is offered by the school. Students only have to pay $260. Students with unexplained absence have to pay the total fee $400.) * Will be collected in October as part of the miscellaneous fees

Note: Students are required to wear class T-shirts on that day. When necessary, students can apply for The Student Activities Support Grant (Priority to Comprehensive Social Security Assistance or full grant School Textbook Assistance receivers) For enquiries, please contact Mr. Chiu Kai Tung at 25602134.

(3) School Picnic The school picnic will be held on 18th October(Friday). It aims at providing students with a chance of learning and relaxation outside classrooms. For details, please refer to the notice which will be issued by the school picnic soon.

(4) Sale of Caritas Raffle Tickets Annual fund-raising activities organised by Caritas Hong Kong have been launched. Caritas Hong Kong is one of the charity organisations in the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. The annual cost for recurrent expenditure in offering social services to the community is enormous. Our school will participate in the raffle tickets sale in support of this charitable activity. The event is voluntary-based with no limitation on the amount of the donations. Ten raffle tickets will be delivered to your children on 27th September. Please advise your children to return the unsold raffles together with the donations to their class teachers on 17th October (Thurdsay). Thank you in advance for your great support in this meaningful act for the community. (5) Student Accident Insurance In order to provide a more comprehensive care for students’ safety and needs, school will offer “Group Personal Accident Insurance” free of charge for students in this academic year. Details of the insurance coverage are set out below for your attention. Type of Insurance: Group Personal Accident Insurance Period of Insurance: 2019 to 2020 academic year (1/9/2019-31/8/2020) Coverage: 1. Against Accidental Death or Injury incurred during the normal School Year. 2. Coverage commences everyday while the Insured Person leaves home directly to school during each normal school day and lasts when the Insured Person leaves the school directly to home and ceases until he/she returns home or 2 hours after schooling, whichever first occurs. 3. Coverage also commences when the Insured Person leaves home directly to the place of gathering point to attend any designated activity which is arranged / organised /endorsed by the Insured, and lasts until the Insured Person leaves the place of designated activity directly to home and ceases until he / she returns home or 2 hours after he/she leaves the place of designated activity, whichever first occurs. 4. If the normal place of residence of the Insured Person is outside Hong Kong territory, such coverage ceases until he/she returns home or 4 hours after schooling, or he/she leaves the place of designated activity, whichever first occurs. Benefit (Per Insured Person) : Amount (HK$) Accidental Death 250,000 Permanent Disablement 250,000 Accidental Medical Expenses (per accident) 10,000 Burns Benefits (2nd or 3rd degree) 75,000 Aggregate Limit : HK$40,000,000 Chinese Bonesetters or Acupuncturists subject to maximum limit up to HK$2,000 per accident. Special Feature:  Food & Drink Poisoning  Terrorism Cover  Heat Stroke – 50% of Death Benefit Deductible: NIL Geographical Limit: Hong Kong extended to Worldwide for temporary visits arranged by the Insured in relating to the business of the Insured Annual Premium: HK$18 per student Insured Persons : All registered active students Insurer: Ablemex Financial & Insurance Services Ltd

For enquiries / claim, please contact Mr. Liu of our school office (Tel: 28843581).

(6) AFS Free Information Seminar 2020/21

AFS Hong Kong Office is organizing a one-year overseas exchange program for local secondary school students aged 15 to 18.5. The programme provides local youth complete and in-depth international cultural exchange opportunities in order to promote overseas exchanges and enhance students’ qualities as global citizens by exposing them to languages, daily lives and cultures overseas. Details of the information seminar are as follows: Activity AFS Free Information Seminar 2020/21 Venue AFS office, 8/F, Shun Feng International Centre, 182 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai Date Choose a convenient date and time via the website. Time Enrollment Interested participants may enroll online via the website Method (https://www.afs.hk/zh-hant/). Seats are limited and will be reserved upon enrollment on a first-come-first-served basis.

(7) Taiwan Higher Education Exhibition 2019

Taiwan Higher Education Exhibition 2019 will be held soon, details of the exhibition are as follows: Date 18,19 October 2019 Time 18 October: 10am to 7pm 19 October: 10am to 5pm Venue Rotunda 2, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (3/F, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon) Event Aside from the exhibition, seminars about higher education in Taiwan Details will also be hosted by the Taiwan University Entrance Committee For Overseas Chinese Students. For more details, please visit https://cmn-hant.overseas.ncnu.edu.tw/fair2019hk /info

81 national, private, comprehensive and vocational universities from Taiwan will take part in the Taiwan Higher Education Exhibition 2019 and give an introduction about higher education in Taiwan to guests. The procedures for overseas entrance will be explained in the exhibition. Students interested in studying in Taiwan and parents may attend the exhibition.

(8) Higher Education Institutions Info Days

Annual higher education institution Info Days will be held soon. Each institution would set up booths and host talks explaining the admission requirements for different higher education programmes. Details of the Info Days are as follows:

Institutions Dates Institutions Dates

Hong Kong 27th October 2019 2nd November 2019 University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong 5th October 2019 Tung Wah College 9th November 2019 Polytechnic University

Chinese 12th October 2019 Caritas Institute of Higher 15-16th November University of Education/ Caritas Bianchi 2019 Hong Kong College of Careers

City University 19th October 2019 Hang Seng University of Hong 16th November 2019 of Hong Kong Kong

Hong Kong 19th October 2019 Chu Hai College of Higher 23rd November 2019 Baptist Education University

Education 26th October 2019 THEi(Tsing Yi, Chai Wan), 22nd – 23rd November University of HKDI/IVE (Lee Wai Lee), 2019 Hong Kong IVE(Tsing Yi, Haking Wong, Chai Wan), Hotel and Tourism Institute, Chinese Culinary Institute, International Culinary Institute Lingnan 26th October 2019 IVE (Morrison Hill, Kwai Chung, 29-30th November University Tuen Mun, Sha Tin, Kwun 2019 Tong)

Yours sincerely,

Ms. To Yuk Yin Principal 25th September 2019

Circular Ref.: 19/20-13

October School Circular (F3) 【Reply Slip】

To: Principal To Yuk Yin

The October School Circular is noted.

Parents’ Evening Talks

I will attend. Class structure and electives arrangement(7：00 p.m. -7:30 p.m).

not attend.

Parents’ Evening Gathering

I will attend. (7：30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.)

not attend.

【Please  in an appropriate bracket】

Parent’s signature: ______Name of Parent：______Name of Student： Form： Class No.:

______of October,2019

* Please sign and reply this notice on eClass platform on or before 27 September (Friday).