New School Term Begins!
Welcome back to the School (online)! Hope you all had a great summer break.
And a warm welcome to Year 12 Students to the Senior Phase!
We are always here for you and we hope to see you very soon in person at STW! :-)
What's on at Island School...
[New] New Higher Education Counsellor
This year, we have a new HE Counsellor to join our Team, Mr. Orteg Dakaj!
Mr Dakaj joined us this August and is thrilled to be welcomed by the IS community. He looks forward to providing you with continuous updates on the higher education landscape around the world.
[New] 2020 - 2021 Higher Education Counsellor List
For the school year of 2020-2021,
Mr. Wilkinson will be responsible for 12R, 13E and IBCP students;
Mr. Dakaj will be responsible for 12F, 12W, 13N, 13R and Oxbridge students;
Mr. Whitehead will be responsible for 12D, 12E, 12N, 13D, 13F and 13W.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to come to the STW HE Office (Room A209) and speak to us.
[New] Higher Education Website and Social Media
This year we have a newly designed Higher Education Website. Please check this website frequently for the resources. Although we will send out this Vision Newsletter every 2 weeks, but all latest information will be posted to the website regularly. You may login to ISLE > Students > Higher Education or check this page for the instructions. This is for Island School internal use so students and parents are
required to login with your gmail account.
You may also follow Island School Higher Education's Facebook and Instagram accounts to stay tuned with our latest updates. Please search for @islandschool.careers and click on the "Like Page" or "Follow" button!
[New] Year 13 Higher Education Session
On Tuesday 11th August 2020, we have arranged Year 13 Higher Education Session for students via Zoom. Recording and relevant documents have been uploaded to Google Classroom and sent by email. Year 13 students should check the timeline and deadline frequently, and don't forget to check the updates from University Websites especially under the current COVID-19 situation.
[New] Senior Phase Assembly
On Wednesday 12th August 2020, the Senior Phase Team has organized an assembly to welcome all Year 12 and 13 students. Click here for the assembly recording and know more about the Senior Phase and the Team.
What's on in Hong Kong...
- No updates from HK Universities at the moment.
What's on in other countries...
[New] Virtual Events / Online Sessions / Information Sessions
Due to the widespread of COVID-19, this year we are not able to arrange information sessions and university visits at school. However, many universities have uploaded virtual talks, workshops and visits to their websites, and some of them will arrange online seminars in the future time. You may check the event page on our HE Website or check the university websites directly for the latest information.
[New] EducationUSA - Virtual Community College Fair
EducationUSA U.S. Community Colleges Virtual Fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, 19 August 2020. Learn about early college programs (Washington State), and how to transfer from a community college to four-year institutions! We welcome students and counselors.
Participating colleges include:
Citrus College, College of the Canyons, Colleges of Contra Costa (Diablo Valley College, Contra Costa College, Los Medanos College), Evergreen Valley College, Foothill DeAnza, San Jose City College, Santa Barbara City College, Broward College, College of Central Florida, Georgia State Perimeter College, Hawaii Tokai International College, College of Lake County, Elgin Community College, Truckee Meadows Community College, Central New Mexico Community College, Portland Community College, Edmonds College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Pierce College, Seattle Colleges: Central, North and South, Shoreline Community College, Tacoma Community College.
Click here for registration.
EducationUSA advisors will also host the following online sessions.
For future EducationUSA events, please click here.
- Oxford Summer School by Oxford Royale Academy (ORA)
- Oxford International Study Centre Summer Programmes 2020
CHECK OUT our SUMMER programmes page and SCHOLARSHIPS page on the Vision!
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