Welcome to WYKAAO
Welcome to WYKAAO
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Fr. George Zee SJ has sent us a letter to thank WYKAAO for our donation of HKD5,000 towards the WYK Fathers' Quarter Windows Repair Fund. 
Wah Yan College Kowloon Alumni Association of Ontario Scholastic Achievement Award is worth Cdn$100 each. The Award is open to students whose aggregate total of their best six Grade 12 credits gained in 2011~2012 academic year is 480 or over and who have begun their post-secondary education in September, 2012. Applicants must (1) have attended Wah Yan College, Kowloon and are current paid-up members of WYKAAO or (2) be the wards/children/grandchildren of current paid-up members of WYKAAO.
The completed application form together with a copy of the applicant’s Ontario Secondary School Transcript should be sent electronically to
明報 – 14小時前【明報專訊】教育局長吳克儉9月19日在交流會上，被問到通識科中已有現代中國的主題，不明白當局為何要另設德育及國民教育科。報載吳局長解釋說，德育及國民教育科有助學生主觀的價值判斷，通識科的現代中國部分則是在知識層面了解國家，兩者並不相同。這種說法會誤導公眾，以為通識科只需學生學「硬知識」，不重視價值判斷，而學生在國家事務上做價值判斷時不需要運用知識。
在通識科，我們經常問學生「你是否同意」或「你在多大程度上同意」某種說法，然後請學生解釋立場。考評局所擬的通識科公開試試題，也經常這樣問考生（曾任考評局主席的吳局長應該很清楚）。這不是價值判斷是什麼？要作出這種判斷，知識不重要嗎？舉例說，要學生判斷中央政府現時處理與日本釣魚台衝突的政策是否恰當，學生是否應先對中日關係的歷史、東亞的地緣政治、中日的經貿關係等（還有其他方面的）知識有基本了解，才能作出具有識見的判斷？吳局長的言論將價值判斷與知識割裂，與一些只有民族主義激情的「主觀價值判斷」有什麼分別？
通識科的學習成果和評估目標同時包括「在研習當代議題時能應用相關的知識」和「運用批判性思考能力……從多角度考慮作出判斷」等目標（課程文件第97頁），就是顯示知識、思考能力和價值判斷之間不可切割的關係。「德國科」的課程宗旨，亦包括「發展批判性思考能力，以客觀（筆者按：並非「主觀」）和理性態度……作出合情合理的判斷」（課程指引第2頁）。正因為「德國科」內的知識內容、思考能力和價值判斷等等都在通識科及很多初中學科中同時存在，所以「德國科」根本毋須獨立成科。吳局長當初堅持獨立成科，與他不了解學習知識與價值判斷的關係，不了解通識科和「德國科」的課程宗旨，不無關係。
作者是課程發展議會
通識教育科委員會主席、中學校長
To read WYK's latest statement on the hotly debated Hong Kong national education, please clcik this link to read the letter from Principal John Tan.
Wah Yan Kowloon has lost all the pre- year 2000 issues of the student newspaper "The Signum." If you have any back issues, please contact Mr Keung at 
TAKE Notice that the 2012 Annual General Meeting of Wah Yan College Kowloon Alumni Association of Ontario will be held at Golden Regency Restaurant (太古金王朝) on Saturday, 27th October 2012 at 6:00 p.m. for the following purposes:
Dated at the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada this 24th day of September, 2012 BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Wong, President
(Click here to download the notice and the AGM 2012 Attendance & Director Nomination Form)
Lees really having a ball! (By Greg Yanda, The Senior, September 2012)
Mosman husband and wife Philip and Magdalen Lee (class of 1964) had high hopes of showcasing ballroom dance and the fact that seniors 'still have it' on our television screens this month.
The couple had been chosen to appear on the new Channel 10 show Everybody Dance Now, and to say they were excited would be an understatement. So news late in September of the show's cancellation was devastating.
The Lees began dancing 13 years ago. They came across ballroom dancing quite by accident and were intrigued by how it challenges the dancers both physically and emotionally.
Soon after joining a dance class, and by chance, they participated in dance group training for the Sydney Olympic Closing Ceremony and were seen by millions of people around the world.
The School Sponsoring Body (Society of Jesus) of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong and Wah Yan College, Kowloon invites applications for the office of Principal of the two schools, effective from September 2013. Here is the link to the job listing.
The 2013 Hong Kong Marathon will be held on Sunday, 24th February 2013. We are gathering 300 runners to take part in the 10Km Run 3, starting 7am that morning. This year we are offering 4 benefits for alumni:
Click here for enrolment/donation form. Online version can be found here.
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