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School details
| Language support for students not fluent in English |
English as a Second Language
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| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Chinese |
| External examinations or assessments available |
BTEC
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| Entry evaluation for students |
Interview and assessment. |
| Brief description of entry evaluation required |
Both parents and students come to school for face-to-face interview at the appointed time (Alternative online interview is possible due to Covid-19 restrictions). Students access the entry assessment (including CAT4 and WIDA). |
| Waiting list |
If there are more candidates than places available, the application will be placed on the waiting list. |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Uniform required |
Yes |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Cricket, golf, hockey, tennis, rugby, drawing, mural club, paper craft, ceramics, photo realistic portraits, illuminated manuscripts and ink drawings, documentary, Chinese embroidery, textiles club, history of medicine, Chinese clinic, Chinese creative writing, cultural societies-film club, calligraphy, debate club, music, choir, street dance, band, K-pop group, Math, programming, astrophysics, cribbage club, ICT, computer animation, media centre, science, Sudoku, table tennis, basketball, pilates, yoga, Taekwondo, karate, boxing, frisbee, mindful meditation, detective novel club, board games, card games, chess, Chinese military chess. |
| Grades/ages available for boarding |
Grades 9-12 |
| Boarding facilities at the school |
MAS provides a top tier boarding service, with two to three students sharing a dormitory. MAS' restaurant offers both Chinese and Western cuisines while MAS strictly follows the procedures of food safety and quality control. The academy is the second home of students, teachers and parents. |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Merchiston Academy Songshan Lake (MAS) is an international school affiliated to Dongguan Xingzhi Vocational School, and linked to the famous Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh (MCS). MAS benefits from the vast experience, knowledge and prestige found in the DNA of MCS, MAS not only offers domestic path and internal path, but also cooperates with Edexcel in the UK to set up courses with high quality and international recognition. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
Characterised by prestigious qualities, international vision, leading enterprise cooperation, customised training, research-based curriculum, college style system, principled practices, and family feel community, MAS has put pastoral care on a paramount position and valued subjectivity education in all links. Guided by the holistic education model, MAS will help students become international applied talents and excellent world citizens with healthy physique and sound personality. |
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