We are delighted to announce that we will be staging a musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in September 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our school. The performance is a collaboration work of more than 100 students from S1 to S4. They are either performers involved in singing, dancing, acting and instrumental playing, or production team members engaging in multi-media production and other stage production work.

Details of the performance are as follows:
Date: 4th September 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Venue: Tak Oi Secondary School Hall
Price: $40 (Free seating)

All alumnae and their family members are cordially invited to attend the programme. You may reserve a seat by sending us a cheque (made payable to ‘Tak Oi Secondary School’) and a self-addressed stamped envelope to the school (Address: Accounts Department, Tak Oi Secondary School, 8 Tsz Wan Shan Road, Kowloon) on or before 10 August 2010. Tickets will be sent to you later.

Musical Team

The Careers Team is going to hold an Action Workshop for S5 students to prepare for the release of HKCEE result. Details are as follows:
Date: 30 July 2010 (Friday)
Time: A: 10:00am – 12:00nn
B: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Venue: Activity Room (5/F)
Teacher-in-charge: Ms Maggie Wong and Ms Angie Leung
Content: - S6 Subject Selection in Tak Oi
- S6 places in other school
- Other prospects
- Q & A

If you are interested, please enroll by emailing
1. your class
2. class number
3. both English and Chinese name
4. contact number
5. selected time slot A or B
to tosscareers@hotmail.com.hk by 3:00pm on 27 July 2010. For those who have enrolled, please show up punctually on that day.

Careers Team

Congratulations to our S7 graduates who attained excellent results in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination – Joanne Ling Sau Ying, 4As 1B; Susan Wong Ching Yee, 3As 1C and Wendy Leung Wing Kwan, 1A 2Cs.

Academic Committee

Date: 30 June 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:30am
Venue:S7A - Room 210
             S7B - Room 211

Academic Committee

有關二零一零至二零一一年度德愛中學「中一後補生」學位的申請須知，請按此處。

德愛中學
教務委員會中一入學組

中三甲班黃欣婷同學 (Jessica Wong) 於本年四月廿三日參加由香港理工大學香港專上學院、家庭學習協會及奧林匹克教育協會合辦之「2010第七屆香港解難奧林匹克」大賽。在150多間學校近700名同學中脫穎而出，榮獲中三級個人賽金獎。黃同學並能在「中文解難」、「英文解難」、「數學解難」、「科學解難」及總分五項成績中，均獲取A級成績。黃同學已於上週六在民生書院之頒獎典禮中領取証書。在此熱烈恭賀黃同學之優異成績；並希望黃同學繼續努力，將來在學術上獲得更傑出的成就。

教務組

The School Self-Evaluation (SSE) Day was held in the hall and composed of three sessions. In the first session, the Stakeholders Survey and APASO Survey were interpreted by the SSE Team. Teachers were divided into nine groups, participating in the discussion of the data and hot issues about school improvement and giving presentation in the second session. In the final session, each teacher was invited to freely express their concerns about different areas for school improvement.

School Self-Evaluation Team

詳情如下：
日期:：2010年7月27日（星期二）至7月31日（星期六），共五天
人數：30位同學
對象：中一至中五級及家長
費用：每位港幣$5,440元 (費用包括：機票、交通費、機場及燃油附加費、香港領隊、內地司機及導遊服務費、景點門票、膳食、酒店住宿、團體旅遊保險)
考察地點: 參觀寶山鋼鐵廠、2天上海世博會、南京路、朱家角水鄉、城隍廟、 東方明珠塔第二球及上海城市歷史發展陳列館、上海科技館、乘搭磁浮列車等
合辦機構：新天地文化旅遊
備註：1. 參加者請留意回鄉証有效日期必須為三個月或以上（出發日期計起）。
2. 遊學團尚餘少量名額，如同學及家長有興趣參加，請盡快到校務處找甘小姐索取報名表。

OLE Section

有關德愛中學辦學權轉移之會議紀錄已上載至"德愛中學辦學權轉移專頁" (Transfer of Sponsoring body) ，歡迎各家長、學生、校友及各界朋友瀏覽。

校監 劉惠蘭修女

A briefing session on “Expo 2010 Shanghai China” Study Tour was held on 24th May 2010 evening. We have invited Mr. Lau York, a manager of Mandarin Cultural Travel, to give our students and the parents a talk to introduce “Expo 2010 Shanghai China” Study Tour. Participants showed great interest to the Study Tour and participated actively.

OLE Section

         Date: 28th May, 2010
         Time: 12:30 – 1:20p.m.
         Venue: School Hall

         Programme:
         1. Powerpoint showing the 40th anniversary thanksgiving prayer              service
         2. Sharing by Sr. Rossetti
         3. Students’ sharing and dialogue with Sr. Rossetti


Click here for more details.

Sr. Rossetti Lau, MIC

A Joint School City Hunting activity was successfully held on 15th May 2010. The event was jointly organized by the Student Councils of CNEC Christian College, Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, St. Paul's school and our school. The students enjoyed a challenging city orientation program in which they found check points, performed tasks, chatted with tourists and took photos. The aims of this program were to allow students to understand the culture of Hong Kong and strengthen their leadership skills.

Student Council

38 S4 girls and 2 Technology & Living teachers went to Gingko House (銀杏館) to attend a practical and interesting workshop which introduced the Chinese food culture, Chinese table manner and the proper way to use chopsticks. After the workshop, students and teachers enjoyed a substantial Chinese meal and put what they have learnt in practice.

Technology and Living Department

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of our school, a Symposium was held on 8 May, 2010 and it was a special occasion for us to review what we had been doing in the past few years on different aspects and see how we could take up challenges facing the changing education system. We were honoured to have invited Professor Chung Yue-ping (鍾宇平教授) and Dr. Chiu Chi-sing (趙志成博士) to be our keynote speaker and honorary speaker respectively. They shared with us their professional views on the theme ‘Opportunities and Challenges in a Changing Education System’. The second part of the Symposium was divided into 4 parallel sessions - EMI Language Across the Curriculum, Liberal Studies, Value Education and Action Learning. Some guest speakers and Tak Oi teachers were invited to share their valuable hands-on experiences in these four aspects. It was believed that through more interactions with the professional teachers, we could better equip ourselves with some strategies to cope with the challenges brought by the education reforms and the changing education system.

Staff Development Team and School Council

The 40th Anniversary Thanksgiving Prayer Service was successfully held on 7 May, 2010. The theme was “All is Grace”. Bishop John Tong (湯漢主教) was our guest of honour. Together with our honourable guests, the whole school including staff, parents, present and past students praised and thanked the Lord for all our blessings. During the ceremony, long service awards were presented to staff who have served the school for more than ten years. After that we had the blessing of the new library and refreshments were served in SAC.

Religious Education Team

The Student Union organized the Culture Week from 3 May to 6 May to echo the 40th anniversary of Tak Oi. The drama show performed by Shing Ha Theatre was a new experience to our schoolmates. The exhibition boards along the corridors and staircases brought us back to the old days of Hong Kong and Tak Oi. Activities in the Culture Week also included local snacks counters, fashion show of the 60’s – 70’s and the golden oldies of the 80’s broadcast during lunchtime.

Student Council

敬啟者：

                                        有關校刊售價調整事宜

        由於四十周年校刊的印刷成本減省，校刊售價將調整至四十元正。敬希中五及中七同學垂注以下事項：
1. 已繳款購買校刊的同學，可於畢業典禮當日取回退款，具體安排將於當天宣佈。
2. 尚未訂購校刊的同學，亦可於畢業典禮綵排時購買，敬請帶備有關款項。

此致
中五及中七學生

德愛中學
四十周年校慶籌備委員會

S2 students visited St. James’ Settlement Ark Life Education House to join the experiential learning program called “Life is Precious Gift”. Through experiencing the interactive and innovative design concept in venue setting, displays and games, participants were inspired to reflect on life’s indispensable elements. This program also helped them to build up a positive, optimistic and enthusiastic life.

Ethics and Religious Education Department

The Inter-house English Quiz Competition, which was jointly organized by the English Department and the Houses, was held successfully on 27 April 2010 during the home-room period for S1-S3 classes. Different types of questions concerning the spelling, grammar, vocabulary and current affairs were prepared by the Committee members of the 4 Houses. Contestants participated actively and the audience showed much enthusiasm in the competition.

English Department and Houses

為了讓家長，學生及各界朋友更能清楚了解這次德愛中學辦學權轉移的事件，本校的學生領袖組織(包括：學生會，領袖生及四社)為此已建立 "德愛中學辦學權轉移專頁"， 以便各位表達任何意見或提出詢問，請電郵至studentunion@takoi.edu.hk，專頁的負責同學會作出跟進。

Tak Oi Secondary School
Student Leader Team

教育局將於4月23日(星期五)晚上7時至9時於伊利沙伯體育館舉辦 「新高中選科及學生的多元出路簡介」家長座談會。

家長可藉此平台了解有關新高中科目的組合、香港中學文憑考試的本地及國際認可、職業訓練局課程、專上院校升學途徑、新學制下的大學收生安排及畢業生的就業出路；大會亦設有問答環節與家長交流意見。

家長須自行報名參加，並列印及攜帶由教育局發出的確認覆函出席坐談會。

家長可登入教育局「家長講座網頁」 http://www.edb.gov.hk/parentstalks ，並按所提供的方法報名。

教務委員會

In the afternoon of 29 March 2010, our S2 students enjoyed "The Evolution of Ballet" organized by the Hong Kong Ballet in Sha Tin Town Hall. The performance included excerpts from Giselle, Napoli, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and the work of icon figures in ballet such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and William Forsythe. This was a revealing show to let students know more about the history of this enduring dance form.

OLE Section

各位校友：

這幾天我透過不同的渠道，深深感到大家對母校的熱切關懷及愛護。　本星期五(26/3/2010)晚上7:00–8:30pm於學校，將會舉行答問會，這是一個好機會讓我們與校董、修女及東亞教育促進會代表作一個面對面、開放及坦誠的溝通，期盼你們能撥冗出席。

你們的一份子
及現任校監
Sr Rossetti, MIC
(1980 F.5, 1982 F.7)

新聞稿 Press Release    中文版   English Version

致家長的信 Letter to Parents

致各界友好的信 Letter to Community

致中七同學的信 Letter to S7 Students

致中五同學的信 Letter to S5 Students

Tak Oi Secondary School

The Fashion Design and Catwalk Competition was successfully held at the SAC. The S2 students exhibited their creativities and fashion sense in the competition. The students participated actively and had an enjoyable time watching the show.

Visual Arts Department

It was the last school day of our S7 students. To give them support and send them blessings to the public exams, our junior form students presented some handmade wind chimes and pencils as souvenirs to them during the morning assembly. Later some guidance helpers delivered the gifts to all S7 students individually.

Guidance Team

A religious sharing was organized on 5th February. Mr. Stanley Cheung Yun Hang (張潤衡先生), survivor of Pat Sin Leng hillfire accident in 1996 and one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection 2009” awardees, was invited to share to Tak Oi students on his positive thinking and how he faces the adversities in his life. It was an inspiring sharing.

Religious Education Team

All Athletics team members played well in Inter-School Athletics Championships 2009-2010. We would like to share our happiness that although we have only eight A Grade members, we won the Girls A Grade Overall Champion. Congratulations! Each team members really tried our very best in the competition. We will be promoted to Division Two next year. Challenges are ahead. But nothing is impossible.

TOSS Athletics Team

Students played different games about the customs of Lunar New Year, made some Chinese New Year handcrafts and enjoyed different sorts of foods like glutinous dumplings, Chinese fried pasties, fried egg bows, etc. Students joining these activities all had an enjoyable time.

Moral and Civic Education Team

In the afternoon of 27th January 2010, OLE section has invited an artist from The Arts with the Disabled Association (香港展能藝術會) to give us a talk and a music demonstration. The programme introduced the arts development of the disabled and Mr. Lee Hin shared his story and he also played piano for us. Students showed great interest to the talk and participated actively.

OLE Section

S7 students and teachers gathered in the SAC to attend a prayer service. Rev. Dino Doimo, PIME (St. Joseph’s Church, Kowloon Bay) was invited to officiate the ceremony. The service started with a beautiful hymn, followed by bible reading and Gospel reading. After that, S7 representatives shared their school life and feelings of their teachers and classmates with a nice Powerpoint presentation. Then, our Supervisor, Principal and S7 class teachers took turn to offer their best wishes and supportive encouragements to our S7 students.
The ceremony ended in the song ‘May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You’ and each student was blessed by Father individually. It was an enlightening and heart warming occasion.

Religious Education Team

A Religious Week was held from 14-18 December, 2009. The theme was “Love changes the world”. During the week, various kinds of meaningful activities were organized. The highlight was the Religious Talk. The guest speakers were Rev. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun (陳日君樞機) and Mr Jeff Kwong (鄺振傑先生), the assistant executive secretary of Hong Kong Christian Council. Mr Kwong introduced to us the Senior High School Project which sponsors China farmers’ children to receive senior high school education. Cardinal Zen shared with us how he advocated human rights by letting children immigrants from China who had not yet obtained the Hong Kong identity card to study in Hong Kong catholic schools.

Religious Education Team

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教務組

The Supervisor, Principal, teachers, staff and students gathered at the School Hall to celebrate the first departure of MIC sisters for China for 100 years. Five MIC sisters, Sr. Pauline, Sr. Rossetti, Sr. Aida, Sr. Eden and Sr. Cindy attended this special occasion with us.
The sharing started with a ‘Happy Birthday’ song to MIC. It was then followed by the action songs. After that, Sr. Pauline shared with us the historical background of the missionaries of the sisters to China since 1909. Many precious photos were shown and we ended this meaningful sharing session with songs and prayers in the presence of God.

Religious Education Team

In the afternoon of 25th November 2009, our students enjoyed a Lunch Concert at Hall. The concert included different types of western instruments performances, such as violin, flute, guitar and melodica, as well as solo singing and group singing.

Music Department

An educational and interactive drama "好事大追查" was held successfully. Students learnt a lot about the adverse effects of taking drugs. Also the message of caring and loving people who have gone astray was also delivered in the drama. All participating students and teachers had an enjoyable time.

Moral and Civic Education Team

十一月廿日至廿一日的兩日一夜考察活動，主要是通過對澳門古蹟的考察，了解明末清初西方傳教士在華的傳教活動。同學增進了以下的知識：(1) 耶穌會士在華的傳教方式和成效； (2) 清朝禁教的原因和影響； (3) 商業發展 (英國東印度公司) 與宗教 (包括天主教和新教) 的關係等等。總括而言，這是一次愉快的學習過程。

中國歷史科組

Form	Destination
S1	Stanley
S2	Clear Water Bay Country Park
S3	Wong Shek Pier
S4	Gold Coast Beach
S5	Shek O
S6A	Hap Mun Bay
S6B	Silverstrand
S7A	Cheung Chau
S7B	Tai Mei Tuk (Tai Mei Tuk BBQ King)

OLE Section

It was an enjoyable night. More than 130 old girls joined the AGM and the BBQ. Supervisor, sister, principal, former teachers and teachers joined this unforgettable night as well. Laughing, singing and sharing the memories we won’t forget.

Alumni Association

今次是第二次由圖書館老師帶同學參加由香港公共圖書館舉辦，名為 “與作家會面” 的講座。當天的嘉賓是前首席單車運動員– 洪松蔭。
講座一開始他就介紹三位很特別的人讓我們認識。一位是黃金寶、另一位是洪金寶、最後是他自己洪松蔭。他說：「人們總是分不清誰是誰！所以講座開始前一定要先介紹一下！」全場頓時笑聲不斷。 他確實非常幽默風趣。
他分享自己成為作家的經過及奮鬥路時，他提到自己經常記住一句話“前面轉彎直行就到”，他將此話贈予在場人士，希望大家面對困難時，也要記住不要輕言放棄，因為“前面轉彎直行就到”！

圖書館組

We spent 23 & 24 Oct 2009 at Breakthrough Youth Village in Shatin. On the first day, we invited Johanna Chao (趙汪宗奇) to be the guest speaker. Inspired by the topic of ‘Teachers, Nurture yourself’ (善待自己), we have got a better understanding of ourselves who are playing different roles.
Through some sharing with our colleagues, we have known more about each other and the values of life. The next day started with a morning exercise which was led by Ms Connie Yuen. What followed was a half-day session held by Sr. Rossetti Lau. With the warm-up activities and powerpoint slides, we gained a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Staff Development Team

The Ethics and Religious Education Department organized a visit to the Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception(香港天主教聖母無原罪主教座堂) in Central for all S1 students on 22nd October 2009. When students arrived at the Church, they were all amazed to see the very grand and solemn church. Then, our students took their seats and listened to the history of the Cathedral. After that, the students were divided into small groups and followed the voluntary tour guides to different parts of the church. The 121 year-old Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception has been awarded an Honourable Mention of the 2003 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation (聯合國教育科學文化組織亞太區文化遺產保護榮譽獎). Both teachers and students found it worth visiting.

Ethics and Religious Education Department

A voluntary service program “Display Board Making for East Asian Games 2009 ” co-organized by our school and The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong was held successfully on 19th October 2009. There were 39 participants of S2-S6 from our school. They worked harmoniously with 15 disadvantaged to make display boards for East Asian Games. Both parties learned to communicate, share and cooperate with each other in the whole process.

Community Services and CYC Team

Other Learning Experiences Section organized a talk for S1 to S4 students in the Activity Afternoon of 19th October 2009. We invited Mr. Lam Kwok Tong from Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China to share the topic of Olympism and 2009 East Asian Games. Students showed great interest to the talk and they participated actively.

OLE Section

圖書館老師於2009年10月17日當天帶同學參加由香港公共圖書館舉辦，名為 “與作家會面” 的講座。當天的嘉賓是香港第一位失明女作家– 汪明欣。
她分享了自己成為作家的經過、她如何接受自己失明的事實、家人面對她失明的反應。
她的說話充滿正能量，很能感染人，臉上總是掛著自信的笑容。但每當提到親人對她的支持，她都會哽咽，在場每個人無不被感動。
最後她更帶領在場所有人，一起高唱《生命有價》作為講座的完結。 在場的同學反應很好，更有同學向嘉賓提出提問。

圖書館組

傑出學生選舉得獎同學如下︰

恭喜以上四位獲獎同學

教務組

ECA Groups Training Workshop was held on 8th October 2009, members of Extra-curricular Activities Groups participated in the training workshop. Through the workshop, students learned how to perform their duty effectively and to better cooperate with each other. It also helped strengthen their leadership skills.

ECA Groups

本校於九月二十一日邀請了「新域劇社」為中一至中四同學作導賞演出，劇目為《鏡子》。同學除了欣賞劇團精彩演出外，更與劇員一同玩遊戲，場面非常熱鬧。同學們表現十分投入，更對表演讚不絕口。表演期間，分別有二位同學及老師獲邀上台與劇團成員一同表演，盡顯了她們的戲劇天份。

中文話劇組

In the morning of 19th September 2009, 107 S1-S7 students participated in a Mid-Autumn Visit Volunteer Project “福餅贈老傳溫情2009” co-organized by our school and Ho Chui District Community Centre for Senior Citizens (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen). Students showed their love and care to the elderly though the visit.

Community Services and CYC Team

ECA recruitment stalls were held on 17th and 18.9.2009. There are in a total of 30 ECA groups this year. Students show great interest in joining the ECA Groups.

ECA Groups

ECA groups held a demonstration on 11.9.2009. S.1 and S.2 Students enjoyed watching the wonderful performances by various interest groups. The performing groups included Western Instrumental Group, Chinese Instrumental Groups, Dance Club, Karate Club and Taekwondo Club. To encourage students to participate actively in Extra-curricula activities, S.1 and S.2 Students must join at least one of the ECA groups.

Other Learning Experiences

因強烈熱帶風暴「巨爵」逐漸逼近本港，本校已取消原定於今天(九月十四日)放學後舉行的「讀出美麗人生」閱讀講座，學生亦須於下午四時四十五分前離校。

德愛中學啟

         The first school assembly was held on 3rd September 2009. Our school Supervisor, Principal, and Committee Heads unfolded the school theme ‘Strengthening Our Learning Community’ for the development cycle 2009-2012, highlighting the objectives, major focuses and expectations.

         The acronym ‘TOPs’ embedded in the slogan ‘We are TOPs’ best explains the vision of this development cycle – we are ‘Tak Oi Persons’ with ‘Targets’ and the most cherished values ‘Optimism’ and ‘Perseverance’.

         Strategies for being ‘TOPs’ entail 3Es –'Exploration', 'Exposure' and 'Exhibition'. In this regard, some teachers and a S6 student shared with the audiences how they have been striving hard to reach out and to affirm their achievements.

         The effort of all our S6 students in surrounding the whole assembly together with a big piece of self-tied rope brought the assembly to a climax, signifying unity, energy and harmony.

School Council