Our Lady's College, Hong Kong

Our Lady's College (Chinese: 聖母書院), founded in 1953, is an aided girls school affiliated with the Daughters of Help of Christians. It is currently located at 3 Lung Fung Street in Kowloon East, Hong Kong. It uses English as the medium of instruction.

Our Lady's College
Chinese: 聖母書院
Our Lady's College new extension
Location
3 Lung Fung Street, Kowloon,

Hong Kong
Information
TypeAided
MottoPuritas Et Caritas
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
Established1953
PrincipalSr. Amy Lim
GradesS.1-S.6
GenderGirls
EnrollmentAround 1,100
LanguageEnglish
AffiliationThe Daughters of Help of Christians
Websiteolc.edu.hk
Aerial view

Mission statement
  • Promote whole-person education to foster students' moral and academic development.
  • Provide a great variety of extra-curricular activities to enrich their school life.
  • Emphasize home-school co-operation to help students develop their positive values.

History
Year School Events
1953 Laying of the foundation stone of Our Lady's School in Chuk Yuen.
1954 Our Lady's School opens with two classes of kindergarten, one class of Primary One and one class of Primary Two.
1960 The English Secondary Section begins. The Primary Section is divided into the English and the Chinese sections. The construction of a new building of Our Lady's School begins.
1962 The school is renamed as Our Lady's College. Opening of the Chinese Secondary Section.
1965 The first class of Form Five pupils joins the Hong Kong School Certificate Examination.
1969 The school becomes private assisted.
1979 The Secondary Section becomes fully aided. 11 and 12 May - Open Day to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Our Lady's College.
1984 The school begins operating F.6 classes.
1986 The formation of the Students' Association.
1996 The Parent-Teacher Association is officially established.
1998 The government approves that the school's continued use of English as the medium of instruction.
2003 Handover of the site for construction of the new extension. The school celebrates its golden jubilee.
2006 An external school review is conducted on the school by the EMB.
2007 Completion of the annex.
2008 55th Anniversary. Completion of the conversion: CAL room, Language room and CAL preparation room.
2013 60th Anniversary. Diamond jubilee reunion dinner was on 18 May.[1]

Facilities

The school occupies an area of 66,000 square feet (6,100 m2) and has 30 classrooms, 17 special rooms, a chapel, an assembly hall, which can accommodate all staff and students, two playgrounds and a spacious basement.

Class structure
SecondaryNo. of class 　
S.1 4
S.2 4
S.3 5
　 Arts Stream Science Stream
S.4 3 2
S.5 4 2
S.6 3 2

School Uniform and accessories
  • Hair accessories: Black, white and blue colours only.
  • S.1-S.2: the school badge is pink in colour
  • S.3-S.6: the school badge is blue in colour

Students' Association

The aims of the Students' Association are to enhance communication between the school and the students, promote the interface of the students and strengthen the sense of unity among students. Moreover, students are encouraged to participate actively in extra-curricular activities and community service. Committee members include representatives of all levels.

School Press

School Press is in its 22nd year. Each year, it publishes three issues of Our Ladian. By the effort of its members, it provides schoolmates with interesting news about the school and the world.

Houses
  • Faith House
  • Hope House
  • Love House
  • Wisdom House

See also

References
  1. http://www.olc.edu.hk/doc/SchoolReport.pdf

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