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CFSS Honoured in Sustainable Development School Award Programme 2014-2016

Awards, Special Programme

CFSS was honoured again in the prize presentation ceremony of the 2014-2016 Sustainable Development School Award Programme, held on 16 July 2016. The Programme was launched in June 2014, and themed on “Waste Reduction at Source” as a continuous education drive to follow up on the CSD’s recent public engagement process on “Municipal Solid Waste Charging”. Addressing the theme of the Programme, we engaged our neighbouring community under the theme of sustainability and hence obtained a “Sustainable Development Community Award”. We will continue to foster…

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CFSS Goes Green – 12th Hong Kong Green School Award

Awards, Community Service

CFSS hard earned another honour in environmental protection – “Green School Gold Award” bestowed by the Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC), the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Education Bureau (EDB) in the 12th Hong Kong Green School Award.  We had outstanding performance in four environment-related target areas, viz. policy, facilities, implementation and effectiveness. Officiated by Ms. Christine Loh Kung Wai, Acting Secretary for the Environment, Mr. Lam Chiu Ying, Chairman of ECC, and Mr. Hui Yung Chung, Convenor of the ECC Education Working Group, the…

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CFSS Students Returned Gladly with The Silver Medal in International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) is a sustainable development science research project contest jointly organized by the Cosmos Foundation (CF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Targeting contestants from secondary schools, the contest, held every May in Houston, is renowned for resource technologies. I-SWEEEP is of the highest level and the largest of its kind around the globe. Three S.4 students (Nicole Fong, Bernard Chan and Felice Tang) were successfully qualified and belonged to…

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Bagging Awards in the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards

A piece of good news from science competition signifies a breakthrough in our scientific research. Besides our school’s “School of Distinct Award” and “Outstanding Organization Award”, our students, chosen as representatives for Hong Kong SAR, bagged 1 First Place Grand Award, 2 Second Place Grand Awards, 2 Third Place Grand Awards and 1 Special Prize in the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) this year. Here we congratulate those students who have devoted much time and energy in their scientific research, and…

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CFSS Gloried in her “School and Distinction Award” and “Outstanding Organization Award” of the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

“School of Distinction Award” was set up by Intel Corporation to reward renowned elementary and secondary schools in the United States on their outstanding performance in Science and Mathematics Education. Starting from the 25th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) in 2010, the organizing committee has been co-operating with Intel (China) Co., Ltd. to launch an annual contest by selecting the top 10 outstanding primary and secondary schools in Science Education from China (including Hong Kong and Macau), with award presentation in the…

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Our School Gets the Experimental School Award from the National Working Committee for UNESCO Project on Education for Sustainable Development in China

Awards, Community Service

Our Assistant Principal, Mr. Lee Chi Man, represented the school to attend the 11th Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Beijing in on 18 September, 2012. Our school got the Experimental School Award from the National Working Committee for UNESCO Project on Education for Sustainable Development in China.  Mr. Lee also visited a prominent secondary school in Beijing to see their progress in sustainable development.

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Sustainable Development School Award Programme Prize Presentation Ceremony

Awards, Community Service

We have joined the 2010 – 2012 Sustainable Development School Award Program. It was rewarding that more than 150 pioneer students, including Low-Carbon Gurus, Environmental Perfects, Student Council committee members and Leaders of Tomorrow, joined hands continually to promote SD within the school and in the community. We managed a booth in the Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo 2010. Students put the acquired concepts into practice and conveyed the message via interactive games, practical carbon emission (carbon footprint) calculations, impressive thematic poster and video…

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Go Fun Low Carbon Youth Forum: Best Performing School Award

Awards, Biodiversity Education, Community Service

Low Carbon Guru Program is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Hong Kong. Viki Ho, Alan Ng, Samuel Tsui, Lillian Wong from S.4A and Twinkle Lam from S.4D, accompanied by Mr. Ho Tik Shun, have joined the program to promote environmental conservation in our School and neighbouring district throughout the year. Their activities include: Shooting film: Low-carbon Guru Series Seminar: Sharing on restoration in Loess Plateau Green Diet Workshop Exhibition on Climate Change in YMCA Chai Wan Center: Recruitment of Low-Carbon Ice-Savers…

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HKSciFest 2017 – Unveiling the Magic Behind Chinese Herbs

Biodiversity Education, Community Service, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Housing more than 1000 plant species, our School provides a good learning platform of the uses of medicinal plants and conservation on plant biodiversity for the public through mobile learning. In this workshop, participants can explore the details of herbs in a boundless setting in Environmental Trail and Medicinal Plant Garden on our rooftop. They can acquire basic concepts of plant properties and their uses together with simple species identification skills, to promote the use of plants for the health of the society.

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Visit to T. Park Environmental Education Centre

Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching

Our Sustainable Development Ambassadors joined the visit organized by GAIA CUHK to the T. Park Environmental Education Centre in Tuen Mun this February. T. Park is a self-sustained unit. It is an incinerator, an on-site desalination plant and a leisure and educator centre. Through this visit, students acquired the exemplary practice of sustainability in Hong Kong.

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