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St.
Joseph's College has undergone many changes since its
establishment in 1875. Our College is now one of the most
prestigious schools on Hong Kong and this is reflected
by our strengths in both academic and extra-curricular
circles.
Currently, a total of almost 4200 students are studying in
the kindergarten, primary and secondary sections. A wide range
of subjects are taught in St. Joseph's including both arts
and science. Travel & Tourism has been introduced for
Form Four students this year. An extra period of Putonghua
is added in this year for lower form students as well.
Academically, Josephians have consistently
scored outstanding results in the Hong Kong Certificate
of Education Examination and Hong Kong Advanced Level
Examination. We have a high university entrance rate and
a number of our students have also gone on to top universities
around the world.
Over the years, St. Joseph's College
has built up a strong reputation in extra-curricular circles.
Our students regularly participate in inter-school sports
competitions and have achieved encouraging results. A
number of them have also served in inter-school organisations
and some have even represented Hong Kong in such events
as the International Olympiad in Informatics and the Hugh
O'Brian Youth Foundation Seminars.
Our College is located at 7 Kennedy Road
which is only a five minutes walk from Central - the heart
of Hong Kong - and our neighbours include St. Joseph's
Church and Hong Kong Park. St. Joseph's Path, which joins
Kennedy Road and Garden Road, runs along the east side
of our College.
Our College's architecture is an interesting
combination of traditional European and modern styles. The
Old Building, constructed in 1920, houses the Form 1 to 3
classrooms as well as the Form 4 & 5 art stream classrooms.
The Chapel Block on the west side houses the Old Hall, the Music
Room, the Science Laboratories, the Lecture Room and the School Chapel.
The New Building, which replaced the original Club Germania
on the site, houses the Form 4 & 5 science stream classrooms
as well as all Form 6 & 7 classrooms. The Physics, Chemistry
and Biology laboratories as well as the library and both junior
and senior computer rooms are located in this building. The
New Hall is also part of this structure. Our primary and kindergarten
sections now occupy their own premises in Wood Road, Wan Chai.
Our school was one of the first institutions
in Hong Kong to participate in the School Management Initiative
(SMI) in 1991. More recently, the St. Joseph's College
Parent-Teacher Association has been set up with the aim
of fostering better communication between parents and
school, and also to improve the welfare of students.
St. Joseph's College has grown from one
with only a handful of students to one of the largest
and most distinguished educational institutions in Hong
Kong. With the continuing dedications of the staff and
hard work of the students, our College will surely be
a leader well into the next century.
The mission of St. Joseph's College
is to educate students in areas of intellectual; physical,
social, moral and emotional development. This process
will take place in an environment conductive to learning
in the context of interaction between staff and students.
We believe that in co-operation with parents we work to
form the minds and characters of students and become transformed
on the process as teacher and student help each others
grow as persons.
We believe that students must learn how
to learn as they need to teach themselves after leaving
school.
We believe that success in school means
more that good examination results. It means learning
how to live as well as how to make a living.
- love their country, develop their talents
and appreciate their culture.
- understand and accept themselves and others .
- think logically and critically and express
themselves effectively .
- clearly know what they believe and why
they believe.
- maintain physical fitness and mental health
- avoiding excesses and abuse.
- process social awareness and a sense of
responsibility for the common good.
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