PARTY * PARTY * PARTY

The fabulous cake was made by Ms Cook.  It was absolutely AMAZING!

 This week we celebrated all the hard work, a very successful round of applications and year 13's new pathways.  Food for thought was provided in the form of Steve Job's commencement speech to Stanford in 2005.

We also gave out some great awards - Star awards for being organized, quick with responding to emails, networking and more... Also on display were some wooden spoon awards - gently jibing those in year 13 who were tardy in responding or applying, who left the paper work up to their parents etc.  It was a great celebration.  You will be missed Class of 2011! 

Timothy Rodgers cut the cake on behalf of the Year 13s.

Fly Me To The Moon...

One that has just come in ....

If you are interested in moon landings, how NASA scientists "used mathematical magic and simple, creative solutions to put 12 American astronauts on the moon", and in some of the space-age technology that is "quietly making your life better in a hundred dozen different ways" THEN... You should go the HKU Centenary public lecture being by Dr Tom Logsdon. 

28 March 2011
7pm
Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU


It is free admission but online registration is required.

The Hotel School Sydney Magazine in the Careers Office now ...

The latest issue of this magazine has arrived.  We have a few copies so come down and get one.  It's free!

BTEC Students take note!

ESF ADVANCED DIPLOMA FAIR!

Next week is the ESF Advanced Diploma Fair. It is being held at West Island School on Wednesday, 9 March 2011.

• This event showcases Higher Education Institutions/Universities from around the world who accept the BTEC qualification. There will also be specific presentations on pathways and recognition in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong and the USA. See the brochure on what’s happening there…
• Year 11 and 12 BTEC students should attend – take your parents and learn about future study and career opportunities!

Important details:

Fair runs from 4:30 – 7:30
West Island School, 250 Victoria Road, Pok Fu Lam. For details on Location of the school click here.
Parking is limited so taking public transport is advised.

Gap Years

Year 12 - yesterday’s presentation on gap years was a useful way to start your thinking. Don’t forget to review the resources we listed in our brochure.

Year 11 and 13 – feel free to come and get a copy of the gap years brochure from the HE Office. You might also be interested in the youtube clips we showed the year 12s in our presentation. The first was from a student at Macquarie University, Australia talking about his gap year and the second was a short video produced by Birmingham University, UK discussing gap years from a university viewpoint.

Speaking of interesting, this article on gap years is another one we came across this week. Also interesting is the clip from the US talk show The Today Show where US university admissions staff discuss what makes an application stand out. Obviously, the discussion is about students applying from within the US. Basically, it’s pretty important to get the best grades you can. And as a general rule, we don’t suggest you do a DVD with a comedy routine to accompany your application!