📚 Secondary ・ Sai Kung
Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
70
High
Secondary：10 indicators apply, 7 matched
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Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School
Sai Kung ・
Secondary ・ Est. 1950
📍 Address
Hau Tak Estate Tseung Kwan O
📞 Phone
27027102
📠 Fax
27027370
✉️ Email
info@mingyuen.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Chau Lai Ming
📅 Founded
1950
🏷️ School Type
Aided
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🎯 Mission
Based on the Christian faith and love, students from different walks of life are taught to gain more exposure to many aspects of life through a better understanding of themselves. In this way, students receive a balanced education including all the essential elements such as moral education, intellectual growth, physical education, social development, aesthetic education and spiritual education.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Adopt adaptive teaching strategies to cater for students with different abilities; Teach learning skills, such as IEP, time management, and test-taking skills, and cultivate students' abilities in inquiry learning and independent learning; Promote diversified teaching models, including e-learning, cooperative learning, mixed-mode learning and strive to improve students' learning motivation: Organise enrichment courses for students with different abilities, including the “I Can Fly” Scheme for S.5 and S.6 students, elite and remedial classes, English and Cantonese classes for newly arrived students; Participate in external services, such as the School-based Services provided by the Education Bureau, the Jockey Club School-based Diversity Plan and invite experts to schools to help improve l…
💛 SEN Support
Our school adopts a "whole-school approach" model to support students with different needs, providing appropriate and diversified support services, including special examination accommodation, to enhance students' learning effectiveness and help them integrate into campus life. Our school has specially set up a "Caring Week", inviting organizations outside the school to hold activities and strive to develop and promote a caring and inclusive culture on campus. Home-school cooperation and a regular communication mechanism to discuss relevant student support strategies with parents are school’s focuses. The Student Support Team is led by the Vice-Principal, panel heads of the Student Support Team, the Dean of Academic Affairs, two SENSTs, one educational psychologist and two social workers.…
🎨 Whole-person Learning
推行三多策略：多體驗，多挑戰，多快樂，配合自主、自律、自信的學習環境，從而強化學生核心價值觀及培養堅毅精神。於其他學習經歷及課後時段設立約30多項課外活動小組及學會，重點發展項目包括STEAM科技（機甲大師、電競隊）、綠色科技（魚菜共生、太陽能發電）、體藝（籃球、羽毛球、乒乓球、滑板、爵士舞、戲劇、藝術創作、中西樂）、中國文化（雜耍、夜光龍隊、旗隊、中國鼓隊、中國書法、中華文化藝術）及宗教（天主教同學會）等，藉此啟發潛能，學習與人相處，培養堅毅不屈的精神。本校學生會、四社或學會幹事亦經常舉辦多元化活動或比賽，讓學生從經歷中學習不同的共通能力。學校又積極鼓勵學生參加「香港青年獎勵計劃」及「香港紅十字會青年團」等服務團隊，本校更在初中推行「一人一崗位」計劃，從而培養學生的服務精神，親身感受「助人為快樂之本」的真正意義。
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Fr. |
|---|---|
| title_of_principal | Dr. |
| principal_qualifications_experiences | (EdD, M. Edu, M.A., B. S.Sc, PGDE) |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chair_members | 100 |
| school_size | 4628 |
| sponsoring_body | Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| school_motto | Propriety, Righteousness, Integrity, Honour |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| student_union_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 36 |
| tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 90 |
| tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 54 |
| tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 66 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 28 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 7 |
| tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 65 |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language, Mathematics, I.S., Citizenship, Economics and Society (S.1 & S.2), Life and Society (S.3), Chinese History, Geography, Religious and Ethics Studies, Home Economics, Computer Literacy, Fundamental Design, P.T.H., V.A., Music, P.E. |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | - |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Economics, Geography, Chinese History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information Communication Technology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Tourism and Hospitality Studies, V.A. (HKDSE), Mathematics Extended Part Module 2, Religious and Ethics Studies, PE, Appreciation of Art |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language |
| 2025_2026_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | - |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s1_to_s3 | Chinese Language, Mathematics, I.S., Citizenship, Economics and Society, Chinese History, Geography, Religious and Ethics Studies, Home Economics, Computer Literacy, Fundamental Design, P.T.H., V.A., Music, P.E. |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s1_to_s3 | English Language |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s1_to_s3 | - |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_chinese_s4_to_s6 | Chinese Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Economics, Geography, Chinese History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information Communication Technology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Tourism and Hospitality Studies, V.A. (HKDSE), Mathematics Extended Part Module 2, Religious and Ethics Studies, PE, Appreciation of Art |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_by_english_s4_to_s6 | English Language |
| 2026_2027_subject_offered_others_s4_to_s6 | - |
| current_year_no_of_class_s1 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s2 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s3 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s4 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_s6 | 3 |
| sc_school_fee_s1 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s2 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s3 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s4 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s5 | - |
| sc_school_fee_s6 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s1 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s2 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s3 | - |
| sc_tong_fai_s4 | $320 |
| sc_tong_fai_s5 | $320 |
| sc_tong_fai_s6 | $320 |
| sc_pta_fee | $80 |
| sc_student_union_association_fee | - |
| sc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $360 (S.1-S.5); $180 (S.6); House fee $10 |
| sc_others | - |
| sc_remarks | Other learning experiences are provided for students to develop their potentials from 2:50pm to 4pm on Fridays. The students with higher ability will study M2, while some senior formers will attend the Applied Learning courses jointly organised by the tertiary institutes to motivate them to start career planning for their future. Our school is also well experienced in taking care of new immigrants from Mainland and students with special needs. Besides, elite students are selected and encouraged to strive for their best in the public exams. |
| oa_s1_admission | Our school will accept discretionary places. Our school will participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation System through central allocation stage (Applicable for admission to S.1 in September 2026 ).Academic results: 30%；Conduct: 30%; Performance in extra-curricular activities and service: 20%; Performance in the interview: 20% |
| oa_orientation_activities_n_healthy_life | S.1 Orientation Activities: During the summer holidays, orientation and summer activities are organised for the new students, providing them with academic pathway courses and diverse activities as well as an English day camp. In these ways, students' summer holidays are enriched to prepare them for their new secondary school life. What’s more, at the beginning of the school year, the S.1 class teachers will accompany their students for lunch and lunchtime activities are arranged to help the new students better adapt to their new school life. The School Counselling Team and the Green Science Society regularly organise health talks and environmental workshops to arouse students' health and environmental awareness. The Red Cross Youth Committee provides health services and the PE Department also promotes a student fitness development award scheme. |
| school_major_concerns | 1) Cater for learner diversity to enhance the effectiveness of students’ learning.<br>2) Boost students’ confidence through developing their diversified potentials.<br>3) Implement patriotic education and cultivate students' feelings for their family and country. |
| school_organisation | The school's sponsoring organisation is the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Mary, with an Incorporated Management Committee that implements a school-based management model. The school management structure is divided into management and organisation, learning and teaching, student care and growth, administration and school affairs. The school coordinates academic affairs and curriculum, counselling, life planning, ECA, moral education, civic and national education, general affairs and the PTA through different school committees. The school will regularly collect opinions from different stakeholders and conduct self-evaluations to review the effectiveness and make improvements. |
| imc_smc_mc | The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) was established on 28th August 2015 with a total of fifteen members, including eight persons appointed by the school sponsoring body, principals, teachers, parents, alumni and outside professionals to jointly manage the school and formulate the long-term development direction for the school. |
| school_green_policy | The Green Campus Scheme helps inspire students to love their environment. Aquaponics and Hydroponic farming let our students cherish the value of food. Recycling bins are located throughout the campus for sorting recyclable materials. Besides the Green Ambassador Scheme, a smart meter is installed to record the amount of electricity used in the school. An electricity-saving competition and visits to the Geopark and landfills are also proposed. |
| language_policy | Students are encouraged to brush up their English, Cantonese and PTH through different activities. English debates, morning sharing and lunchtime English-related activities are organised. More exposure to PTH is provided for students through excursions to Mainland. Students are encouraged to join the speech festival, debates and public speaking competitions. The school-based reading program is provided and students are encouraged to participate in reading promotion activities inside and outside the school to improve students' abilities in language. The school focuses on interdisciplinary reading, promotes cooperation between English and Chinese and other subject groups, and arranges different on-campus and off-campus language activities for students to participate in. |
| school_based_curriculum | 1. Electives: 2X. Please refer to the Section "Subject offered". Applied Learning & M2 are also offered.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: For junior forms, our diversified school-based curriculum can cater to learner diversity and their interests; We offer after-school extension lessons to enhance effectiveness in learning; S.4 and S.5 students can opt for School-based Applied Learning Courses; Measures are taken to upgrade the elite students and help consolidate the weaker ones to cater to different students’ needs in their learning and growth. |
| major_renewed_emphases_in_the_school_curriculum | Besides E-reading, the Reading Sessions help create a good reading habit. Our library has launched a new reading scheme in addition to the existing book fair, reading club, book recommendation through videos and other cross-curricular activities; MMLC, Computer Room and the GIS Room, MakerSpace and the introduction of immersive simulation classroom help promote the E-learning environment. With the BYOD Scheme, each student can borrow an iPad for self-directed learning both inside and outside the school; The installation of solar panels, Aerosim, Smart Hydroponic farming system, Robot Master training system, and IT Lab in the junior form curriculum helps develop students’ potential in STEM; Through cross-subject activities and excursions to the mainland, students can analyse social issues to raise their independent thinking skills on special topics; Promote adaptive teaching to cater for learner diversity and divide students into different groups to develop their generic skills; OLE periods help provide students with diversified learning experiences and develop their potential. |
| life_planning_education | Students are nurtured to set their goals through personality tests, individual and group career counselling, and job descriptions. Besides job tasting programmes and company visits, Applied Learning courses and individual career counselling are provided for students to prepare well for the future. |
| student_support_url | http://www.mingyuen.edu.hk/titlethree.php?cid=81 |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | We have locals, NCS and new-arrival students with different learning needs at school. Adaptive teaching strategies and cooperative learning are adopted. The school organises classes according to students' abilities in Chinese, ENG and Maths. Elite and remedial classes are provided after school. The school offers diversified activities after school and during OLE periods. The school has an Elite Group and a Student Support Team, which are staffed by experienced teachers and work as an inter-professional team to take care of students. By reviewing assessment data and teachers’ observations, schools will identify students’ talents or difficulties in different aspects as early as possible for timely academic adjustments, test support, appropriate training and professional intervention to unleash students’ potential, help them overcome difficulties, improve academic performance, physical performance and leadership skills. For SEN students, learning and growth support are provided such as study groups, orientation activities, parent-child activities, community visits and personal growth courses. IEP and special exam arrangements are also provided according to the regulations set by the HKEAA for the relevant students. |
| support_for_non_chinese_students | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning Chinese; appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students’ learning of Chinese; arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc.; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting learning and teaching materials; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students. |
| adaptation_for_learning_and_assessment | For formative assessments, we evaluate students in the form of quizzes, assignments and performance in class as well as online evaluation for instant feedback. For summative assessments, we have two uniform tests and two-term exams each academic year; To cater for the learner diversity, measures like multiple learning tasks, graded worksheets, better learning environment, grouping, multi-sensory learning materials, questioning skills and appropriate display of students' learning achievements are adopted. Basic questions in the assessment papers help trace and analyse students’ academic results to help regularly evaluate the effectiveness of teaching strategies. |
| home_school_co_operation | To let students grow up happily, the school actively promotes cooperation and enhances sharing among parents and teachers. Parent representatives who help implement long-term develop plans are elected to our IMC. The PTA actively promotes parent education and has organised a series of activities, inviting expert speakers and social organisations to give lectures and workshops to exchange experiences in nurturing children. PTA also actively promotes home-school social activities such as reunion celebrations, food activities, autumn trips and parents' evenings. Besides serving the community, the PTA members also actively help with our school activities such as on Sports Day and Parents' Day. |
| school_ethos | To live up to the motto from Father Vincent Lebbe: “Total Renunciation, True Charity, Constant Joy", our teachers bear in mind one utmost important value – to serve everyone with no discrimination and care for students’ needs. The school focuses on moral cultivation and the five core values of Catholicism: "truth, justice, charity, family, and life" as well as the twelve primary values and attitudes proposed by the Education Bureau to cultivate students with good character and be responsible persons for other individuals, society, and the country. |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Learning and Teaching: Adopting different teaching strategies, such as cooperative learning, to cater for student diversity; Cultivate students' learning interest and motivation to enhance students' ability to learn independently.<br>2. Student care and growth: Cultivate students’ different interests and build a platform based on their strengths to develop their diverse potentials; The school instills different values to enhance students' intrinsic qualities and cultivates students to care about society through service learning.<br>3. Promote patriotic education: Organise interdisciplinary group activities to promote Chinese culture and enhance patriotism; All students in the school broaden their horizons and understand the latest development of the country by participating in study tours to the mainland. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | Our school has always encouraged teachers to continue their education, including professional courses conducted by various tertiary institutes, universities, Education Bureaus and various professional organisations to keep up with new educational trends. The school regularly holds Teachers’ Development Days to provide professional training on learning and teaching, caring students and school concerns. It also actively contacts outside the school and organizes further education activities with different themes, such as participating in the Crisis Management Workshop organised by the TKO Police Community Relations Office. In recent years, it has actively promoted joint school lectures, such as lectures about legal issues in school. The school also pays attention to the cultivation and growth of new teachers and has a "Mentoring Scheme" in which senior teachers are responsible for helping new teachers adapt to the school environment. |