20

41% Hong Kong
17% Mainland China
13% Norther and SE Asia
17% North America
8% Europa
4% Australasia

Yes

Yes

N/A

22

18-20

Yes

Mostly in STEAM related subjects with iPads, or digital music equipment in digital music classes.

Yes

We welcome and celebrate all religions

1. the school administer standardized tests?
¬ At DSHK we believe strongly in a balanced approach to assessment, one centered upon the individual child. Currently we use research-based classroom assessments to support our youngest learners. As a team, we will determine the best standardized assessments moving forward.

Not regularly

¬ At DSHK we believe in empowering our students to be self-directed in all aspects of their lives. We support them with their learning during school and recognize that some will continue their learning—reading, project development, personal writing, ongoing research, etc.— alongside their family members when they leave the school. We support students who continue their learning beyond the school walls but always encourage each child to keep in mind the need for play, family, friends, and the development of hobbies. At Dalton, we view “homework” as something students engage in to deepen personal understanding or to stretch themselves as learners. Authentic, purposeful, student-driven learning opportunities are part of a child’s day and we encourage the same focus when they are beyond the school walls.

DSHK opened in 2017 and yet to have our inaugural year graduate high school.

Yes DSHK has a Lead program

¬ We offer a child-centered program, which will be tailored to student’s talent and need. But for extreme cases, we will have to interview the child to assess if the school has resources appropriate for the child

Yes on need basis

Candidates do not conduct entry exams or assessments, but will be invited for an interview with leadership team.

The purpose of the interview is for school leadership team to get to know the students character and to ensure best fit between school and student.

In some grade level

Registration on a rolling basis.

Yes depending on availability of grade level

8:15am

3:45pm

No

Yes

Yes

Students are given choice from menu that has vegan option

Yes

Committed to the development of the whole child DSHK offers a range of XtraDalton after school activities on campus. The program provides students with an opportunity to pursue and develop fundamental skills. We offer Chinese culture classes such as Yangqin, Chinese Opera and Chinese Calligraphy, Music, Art, Chess, Sports, Coding, Robotics, Digital Art, Digital Music.

Range of team sports

Yes

Indoor & Covered Play Area
Multi-Purpose Sports/Concert Hall

Dalton School Hong Kong is a child-centered, dual-language community of global-minded learners and thinkers. Everyone in its community - its students, staff, families, alumni and Board - will live Dalton's motto and take the lead in its pursuit of life-long learning: “I am not led, I lead.” “I’m not led, I lead” provide any anecdotes from your teaching experience where this takes place.  One example, at DSHK, our students determined our current theme of study because they are interested in helicopters and other forms of transportation.  As a result, teachers facilitated learning experiences that address the content standards while making connections to the transportation theme.

The Dalton Plan is not a curriculum, it is a scheme of educational reorganization which reconciles the twin activities of teaching and learning. When intelligently applied it creates conditions which enable the teacher to teach and the learner to learn. DSHK is a child-centered school.  Therefore, we do not use 1 specific curriculum as we seek to understand the whole 
child and tailor instruction to meet each students’ individual needs.  We use both the Tsinghua standards and 
Common Core State Standards to help guide our curricular choices.  In each subject area, we pull from various research-based programs based on the needs and interests of each child.