Pentecostal School
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Pentecostal School is an Anglo-Chinese secondary school founded by the Kowloon Pentecostal Church in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 in 1973. The school first started off as a non-profit making private school and then became fully subsidized in 1982. The school logo is a flying pigeon symbolizing the Holy Spirit, and with the school motto "Love, Faith and Hope" beneath it.

Location

Pentecostal School is located at 14 Perth Street in Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District.-History:The original area of Ho Man Tin was quite different from the present-day one. It was located in the heart of nowaday Mong Kok. With cultivated lands,...

, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, Hong Kong. It consists of two main buildings, one hall, one sheltered sports area beneath the hall, two basketball courts and a badminton court.

Education

Pentecostal School is divided into seven forms, with students aged from 13 to 18. From Forms one to three, students are taught the compulsory subjects of Chinese, English, Mathematics and general science. Forms four and forms five prepares the student for Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination was a standardized examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students’ five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority . The examination will be discontinued in 2012...

(HKCEE). Upon qualification for A-Level examinations, the student would have another two years of studies.

Junior

Forms one to three
Classes A-E. Classes are arranged in a way which gives the most capable students (determined from an entry test or final results of previous year) in class A and decreases with ability to class E. There are approximately 40 students in one class.

Compulsory subjects: Chinese, English, Maths and general science

Senior

Forms four to five
Students are separated into three streams, science, art or commerce. Classification depends on the student's academic performance and interests. Classes E and D concentrate on the sciences; class E offers Computing but class D does not. Classes C and B concentrate on the arts; class C has Economics, which class B does not. Lastly, class A offers Commerce.

Subjects: Chinese, English and Mathematics are compulsory

a)Sciences
Additional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer

b)Arts

Chinese Literature, Chinese History, English Literature

c)Commerce

Accounting, Economic

Form six to seven

Extracurricular activities

There are many interest and activities groups formed by students, including basketball, astronomy, English, Chinese.
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