Tak Nga Secondary School
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Tak Nga Secondary School (Traditional Chinese: 德雅中學) is a Hong Kong
aided secondary school founded in 1962, a subsidised Girls' Catholic School sponsored by Sisters Announcers of the Lord.
The school is located at 18 Tat Chee Avenue, Yau Yat Chuen, Sham Shui Po
of the Kowloon
District of Hong Kong
.
faith and love so that they achieve a balanced moral and academic development.
(郭怡雅)
Sisters Announcers of the Lord (顯主女修會).
Joseph Cucchiara
(郭怡雅) was born on the island Sicily of Italy in 1889. He joined Salesians of Don Bosco
in 1907. After the outbreak of World War I, he followed the armies and served in hospitals.
He was delegated to the diocese of Shiu Chow of Kwangtung in 1911. He worked hard and founded many churches and schools in the area. After communists came to the area, most of these structures were in hand of communists. He was then sent to work in Aberdeen Technical School in Hong Kong. At the meantime, he helped the sisters of Sisters Announcers of the Lord from Shiu Chow to Hong Kong
. He delicated much effort to help the sisters open Tak Nga Primary School and Tak Nga Secondary School. He died in Canossa Hospital on 18 December, 1966 and buried in Happy Valley, Hong Kong
.
The sisters from Sisters Announcers of the Lord founded a school on Tsing Yi Island and named it Father Cucchiara Memorial School to memorise his contribution.
classes, 1 Arts
and 2 Arts & Commerce classes; two classes in Form 6 and 7, each form 1 science class consisting 28 students and 1 Arts
class consisting 32 students.
as the medium of instruction. Our policy is to create a language rich environment to train students to become bi-literate and tri-lingual. The policy is implemented through tri-lingual assemblies, English and Chinese
extensive reading schemes, activities in English Corner, Society of Eloquence
, English Week and Putonghua Club….etc.
Curriculum reform and planning are carried out by the Academic Committee. Some subject panels participate in pilot schemes run by the Curriculum Development Institute of EDB
.
Selected subjects under planning for the New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum in the 2009/10 s.y.:
Economics
, Geography
, Chinese History, History
, Ethics & Religious Studies
, Biology
, Chemistry
, Physics
, Combined Science
, Business
, Accounting and Financial
Studies, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts
Sr Kwok Yuet Wah
----
Principal:
Sr CHAN Wai Fan Mabel
----
Vice-principals:
Ms HO Hing Ling Mary (in charge of academic affairs)
Mr TSE Chiu Lai (in charge of student affairs)
----
School Council:
Sr KWOK Yuet Wah (Supervisor)
Sr CHAN Wai Fan (Chairperson)
HO Hing Ling (Vice-principal)
TSE Chiu Lai (Vice-principal)
CHANG Ka Man (Religious)
CHEUNG Tak Man (Counselling)
HO Hoi Ling (M & CE)
WONG May Hung (ECA)
WU Kwan Fong (Discipline)
TSUI Yuet Wah (appointed)
LAU Kai Wing (elected)
LEE Sai Leung (elected)
----
Nos. of teaching staff not included in approved establishment: 8
Highest Qualifications (As a percentage of all teaching staff)
Certificated Master/Mistress : 4%
Bachelor Degree : 67%
Master Degree : 29%
so kind so pious Bishop Versiglia.
On the fold on the flock of Tak Nga obtain Jesus' and Mary's blessing. (x 2)
(Chorus:)
Tak Nga School, O happy family,
in flamed by our Martyr's deeds.
To God, our Father, give honour,
glory and thanks for gifts so blessed as these.
To be Christians,
strong & gay,and to our Baptism always true.
That's our aim for ev'ry day.
O God, our Father, help us too.
(Repeat chorus)
Email Address: tnss@taknga.edu.hk
Telephone No.: 2380 3788
Fax No.: 2787 1917
Hong Kong°N date=December 2010°W
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...
aided secondary school founded in 1962, a subsidised Girls' Catholic School sponsored by Sisters Announcers of the Lord.
The school is located at 18 Tat Chee Avenue, Yau Yat Chuen, Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po, or Shamshuipo, is an area of Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei. Sham Shui Po is known for its street market for electronic devices.-History:Sham Shui Po...
of the 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...
District of 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...
.
School Mission Statement
We uphold the conviction of the great educator, St. John Bosco, that love is the core of education and prevention is better than cure. In a caring and loving environment, we nurture our students with reasons, ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
faith and love so that they achieve a balanced moral and academic development.
Founder
Joseph CucchiaraJoseph Cucchiara
Joseph Cucchiara was born on the island Sicily of Italy in 1889. He joined Salesians of Don Bosco in 1907. After the outbreak of World War I, he followed the armies and served in hospitals....
(郭怡雅)
Sisters Announcers of the Lord (顯主女修會).
Joseph Cucchiara
Joseph Cucchiara
Joseph Cucchiara was born on the island Sicily of Italy in 1889. He joined Salesians of Don Bosco in 1907. After the outbreak of World War I, he followed the armies and served in hospitals....
(郭怡雅) was born on the island Sicily of Italy in 1889. He joined Salesians of Don Bosco
Salesians of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...
in 1907. After the outbreak of World War I, he followed the armies and served in hospitals.
He was delegated to the diocese of Shiu Chow of Kwangtung in 1911. He worked hard and founded many churches and schools in the area. After communists came to the area, most of these structures were in hand of communists. He was then sent to work in Aberdeen Technical School in Hong Kong. At the meantime, he helped the sisters of Sisters Announcers of the Lord from Shiu Chow to 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...
. He delicated much effort to help the sisters open Tak Nga Primary School and Tak Nga Secondary School. He died in Canossa Hospital on 18 December, 1966 and buried in Happy Valley, 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...
.
The sisters from Sisters Announcers of the Lord founded a school on Tsing Yi Island and named it Father Cucchiara Memorial School to memorise his contribution.
Class Structure
Currently, the school has four classes from S1(Secondary One) to S3 (Secondary Three), each form consisting of 160 students; four classes in S4 to S5, each form consisting 160 students having 1 ScienceScience
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classes, 1 Arts
ARts
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and 2 Arts & Commerce classes; two classes in Form 6 and 7, each form 1 science class consisting 28 students and 1 Arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
class consisting 32 students.
Curriculum
Our school uses EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as the medium of instruction. Our policy is to create a language rich environment to train students to become bi-literate and tri-lingual. The policy is implemented through tri-lingual assemblies, English and Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
extensive reading schemes, activities in English Corner, Society of Eloquence
Eloquence
Eloquence is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking. It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion...
, English Week and Putonghua Club….etc.
Curriculum reform and planning are carried out by the Academic Committee. Some subject panels participate in pilot schemes run by the Curriculum Development Institute of EDB
EDB
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.
Selected subjects under planning for the New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum in the 2009/10 s.y.:
Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, Chinese History, History
History
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, Ethics & Religious Studies
Religious studies
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, Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, Combined Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Business
Business
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, Accounting and Financial
FINANCIAL
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Studies, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts
Visual arts
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Facilities
There are 26 classrooms, 16 special rooms, an assembly hall, a basketball court, a multi-media learning centre, language room, dancing room and a library. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with multi-media teaching facilities. To help students learn through the Internet, the school has also installed 1G Fiber Optics network and 54M wireless LAN network. Students can use any computer to access Internet through our 30M broadband. There are computers and projectors in every classroom and special room to assist teachers in using IT in their teaching.School Management Committee
Supervisor:Sr Kwok Yuet Wah
----
Principal:
Sr CHAN Wai Fan Mabel
----
Vice-principals:
Ms HO Hing Ling Mary (in charge of academic affairs)
Mr TSE Chiu Lai (in charge of student affairs)
----
School Council:
Sr KWOK Yuet Wah (Supervisor)
Sr CHAN Wai Fan (Chairperson)
HO Hing Ling (Vice-principal)
TSE Chiu Lai (Vice-principal)
CHANG Ka Man (Religious)
CHEUNG Tak Man (Counselling)
HO Hoi Ling (M & CE)
WONG May Hung (ECA)
WU Kwan Fong (Discipline)
TSUI Yuet Wah (appointed)
LAU Kai Wing (elected)
LEE Sai Leung (elected)
----
Teaching Staff
Nos. of teaching staff in approved establishment: 47Nos. of teaching staff not included in approved establishment: 8
Highest Qualifications (As a percentage of all teaching staff)
Certificated Master/Mistress : 4%
Bachelor Degree : 67%
Master Degree : 29%
School song
O dear Shepherd E'er so loving,so kind so pious Bishop Versiglia.
On the fold on the flock of Tak Nga obtain Jesus' and Mary's blessing. (x 2)
(Chorus:)
Tak Nga School, O happy family,
in flamed by our Martyr's deeds.
To God, our Father, give honour,
glory and thanks for gifts so blessed as these.
To be Christians,
strong & gay,and to our Baptism always true.
That's our aim for ev'ry day.
O God, our Father, help us too.
(Repeat chorus)
More information
Tak Nga Secondary HomepageEmail Address: tnss@taknga.edu.hk
Telephone No.: 2380 3788
Fax No.: 2787 1917
| School Size (land area) | 2,693.2 |
| Total Nos of Teachers | 54 |
| Total Nos of Students | 937 |
| Parent-Teacher Association Parent-Teacher Association In the U.S. a parent-teacher association or Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school. Most public and private K-8 schools in the U.S. have a PTA, a... |
Yes |
| Students' Union Students' union A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools... /Association |
Yes |
| Past Students' Association | Yes |
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