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ECHO V.13

CCSC NEWSPAPER 2017-2018

Website: www.ccsc.edu.hk
Message from the Principal

Together We Stride on the Path to Golden Jubilee

Principal Au Chun Keung

December 2018 apart from such typical activities as
holding the anniversary dinner and selling specially-
designed souvenirs. Our School has not organized
an Open Day since its 30 anniversary, although
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every year there are different activities for visitors
attending the information session for the application
for S1 discretionary places. Besides being an
excellent chance for our students to polish their
generic skills, the Open Day will exhibit not only
their learning attainments and talent but also the key
attributes and culture of the School. Concerning the
idea of the Gallery of School History, it originated
from the hope to share more easily with visitors
significant events of the School and its relics. The
display items will reveal factors accounting for the
rise of the School to becoming one of the esteemed
educational institutes in Hong Kong. It is also
the first time in the history of the School to raise
money by organizing a walkathon jointly with the
Parent-Teacher Association and the Old Students’
Association on 19 May 2018. These attempts are to
procure resources for the celebration activities and
the long-term growth of the School. Owing to our
lack of experience in conducting similar activities,
much time has been spent in planning the details and
various sorts of difficulties arose during the course of
CCSC will be celebrating her 50 birthday in the academic year 2018-2019. Desipte having different uphill changes in the preparation. We are glad to be capable of overcoming
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educational landscape throughout the years, CCSC continues to thrive and nurture leaders of tomorrow. the obstacles encountered, and tribute must be
The 45 birthday of the School in the school as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On the other paid to the perseverance and determination of the
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year 2013-2014 is an unforgettable experience to me hand, what should be done to mark this momentous whole School. More importantly, the overwhelming
since the commemorative activities were carried out milestone of the School successfully was really a responses to the fundraising campaign received from
amid my hectic life resulting from the assumption daunting challenge. After thorough deliberation, the different stakeholders are good evidence that we are
of principalship that year. Over the years, though Golden Jubilee Celebration Activities Coordination never alone in accomplishing the great task.
fragments of memory of the joyous celebration Committee assented that our anniversary should
activities have inevitably been receding, never has reflect the work done by the School before with In the coming school year, there would be an
the approaching of an even bigger event - the Golden reference to the changing world and local socio- array of large-scale celebration activities and other
Jubilee of the School - slipped my mind, thanks to economic conditions so as to prepare our students fundraising initiatives to commemorate the jubilant
such constant reminders as attending the anniversary well for their future. The theme of the celebration occasion of Golden Jubilee. Beyond suspicion, it
celebration activities of other schools, the celebration activities was therefore set in December 2017 to be will not be easy for teachers or students to manage
plan proposed by some enthusiastic alumni and the “Devotion to Nurture, Progression for Future”. That the additional workload due to the tight schedule.
plaque on a wall of the ground floor lobby recording would also be a heartfelt recognition of the ongoing Nevertheless, given the strengthened solidarity of
the history of the opening of the School. efforts of our teachers to promote the holistic growth the whole school brought by the involvement in
of our students and enhance their exposure with a the fundraising activities this school year and the
With the announcement of the launching of view to ensuring good prospects for them. identification with the clear target, we are confident
preparation for the 50 anniversary of the School that the celebration activities can be organized as
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by the end of the school year before, mixed feelings To foster a better link with the public and allow planned with heartening results whereas the Golden
prevailed among the teaching staff. On the one them to get a better grasp of the development of our Jubilee celebration will turn out to be another
hand, the teachers were certainly elated, looking School, we have decided to organize an Open Day memorable occasion in the history of Cheung Chuk
forward to contributing to the celebration efforts and open the Gallery of School History on 7 & 8 Shan College.

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