Toastmasters Leadership Programme
The 6th December was a red letter day for participants of this year’s Toastmasters International Youth Leadership Programme. That morning, the Toastmasters Speech and Table Topics Contests were held in room 705-707. This annual event allows students from secondary two to four to demonstrate their communication and leadership skills. This year there were thirty-seven contestants, ten student workers and nine judges, one of whom was our principal, Mrs. Ruth Lee, while the others were from Toastmasters International (Hong Kong). The popular contests provided an opportunity and platform for students to shine and entertain the audience in English.
OLE on Treasuring Life
With a clear mission and passion to teach students how to overcome adversities in life, Mr. Sin Ka Keung accepted our invitation to give a talk on November 28, 2014 and share about his ordeal after he was shot in the face and thigh during a gunfight in 2006. Now on the road to recovery, Mr Sin also reminded everyone to show filial piety. Mr. Tang How Kong, the former Senior Assistant Police Commissioner, who was also a guest speaker, touched our hearts with his unfailing support for a fellow officer in his time of need. Miss Nancy Fok was also on stage to express how she was moved to edit the book titled 死裏逃生 for Mr. Sin. Their brave acts and words impressed on us the importance of treasuring life.
Walk an Extra Mile
Riding on our much treasured tradition of the Sponsored Walk during the Thanksgiving Week in November, Mrs Ruth Lee is initiating “Walk an Extra Mile for Ying Wa” in her last year of service in Ying Wa. While the route remains unchanged, a team which comprises of the Principal, some students and teachers will walk bare foot on part of the route.
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Bank of Communications Scholarship
10 S4-S6 students were awarded with scholarships from Bank of Communications. The selection criteria were based on students’ performance on academic study, character and participation in school and social services.
Awardees:
Excellence on academic study and character building: 4C Cheng Ka Yu, 5B Ko Tina Lok Sun, 5D Chinn Ching Tung
Merits on academic study and character building: 4C Cheung Ka Fu, 5B Cheung Chun Lam, 5B Yau Tsz Ching Dorothy
Achievements on academic study and character building: 4E Tsui Shing Yan, 5E Wong Hin Lam, 6D Wong Wing Tuen, 6D Yen Ngan Hei
Walk an Extra Mile
The Annual Sponsored Walk was successfully completed with the added event of “Walk an Extra Mile for Ying Wa”. Students, Teachers and Parents joined the meaningful programme to raise funds for the needy and also for the School Redevelopment Project by going barefoot on the last stage of the route. Major beneficiaries include:
1. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
2. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
3. Samoutou Ministries
4. The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China (HKCCCC)
校長心語 – 赤子心‧赤足行
2014年11月22日，風和日麗，天朗氣清，我們眾人懷著興奮與感恩的心情，早上齊集在聖士提反女子中學的禮堂，舉行了溫馨感人的開步禮後，便昂首並肩，沿路登上太平山。 今年，我們在感恩節步行籌款中，加入了「重建路．赤足行」的環節。誠如我曾分享過，這個經歷對於我及很多師生來說是零的突破，也是在英華的歷史中的第一 次。
到達盧吉道的涼亭，各參加赤足行的師生便脫去鞋襪，赤腳前行。第一個感覺 是地面很清涼，頗舒服。然後再謹慎的走幾步，用點時間去適應赤足而行的感覺。赤足走在柏油路上，始感受到原來路面的順滑及凹凸程度有所不同，這是我們平常穿著 鞋子走路所不能體會到的。
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Thanksgiving Service
Two Thanksgiving Services were held on 21 November 2014, one for junior forms, one for senior. Mr. Jerry Wong, Chairman and General Executive (Voluntary) of the Happy Tree Social Services came and shared with all students the service work in Cambodia. Students learned to be caring persons by remembering and helping the needy.
Talk by Ms Mabel Cheung
Ms Mabel Cheung 張婉婷, our alumna and one of the leading film directors in Hong Kong, came to our school on 11 November 2014 and shared about the special project she is leading - Video Documentary on the Transformation of Ying Wa Girls through the Redevelopment Period. The project tracks the development of a select number of students who entered Ying Wa during her last year in the original campus on Robinson Road. The plan is to track their development and life transformation as they progress through their adolescence years.
