True Light Girls' College Explained

True Light Girls' College
Native Name:真光女書院
Motto:Thou art the Light of the World
Type:Aided
Gender:Girls
Denomination:Christian (Church of Christ)
Principal:Dr. Mui Lai Yuk
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster
Teaching Staff:46
Grades:Secondary 1–6
Streetaddress:54A Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei
City:Kowloon
Country:Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.3138°N 114.1728°W
Pushpin Map:Hong Kong#China
Free Label:Emblem

True Light Girls' College (TLGC,) is a Christian girls' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1973, to commemorate the centenary of the first True Light Middle School, which was founded in 1872 in Canton by the American missionary, Harriet Newell Noyes.[1] It is run by the Kowloon True Light Middle School Management Board with the assistance of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China. The school is an aided EMI secondary school.

Facilities

Since it was built according to the standards of 30 years ago, much effort has been made to improve the basic facilities of the school premises to meet the needs of the a changing society. A new annex was completed in Autumn 2005,[2] providing four more classrooms and some special rooms in addition to the 20 classroom in the main building. There are a total of 24 classrooms, 16 special rooms, a hall, a covered playground, a canteen, a library, a student activity room, a gymnastics room, a badminton court and two basketball courts. Student TV and a School History Gallery were established in 2013 to celebrate the school's 40th Anniversary. Later on, an E-learning Centre was built in 2014 to facilitate students' learning with the convenient use of gadgets and easy access to the Wi-Fi network.[3]

School Motto

Thou art the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)

Teaching Staff

There are in total 48 teaching staff in approved establishment with 6 staff who are not included in approved establishment. 100% teaching staffs have Teacher Certificate / Diploma in Education. 48% teaching staffs have Bachelor Degree while 50% have Master / Doctorate Degree or above. 33% teaching staffs have Special Education Training.

School uniform

The school uses a cheongsam as the student uniform, and was the first Hong Kong secondary school to adopt the garment as such.[4]

Class structure

There are 24 classes under the New Senior Secondary (NSS) [5] curriculum: 4 classes at each level from S1 to S6.

Notable alumnae

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/n/noyes-harriet-newell.php Story of Harriet Newell Noyes, American Presbyterian missionary and educator in China
  2. http://www.tlgc.edu.hk/schoolinformation.html Official website: School Information
  3. http://www.tlgc.edu.hk/schoolcampus2.html Official website: School Campus and Facilities
  4. News: Wearing a bit of history. South China Morning Post. 2011-11-29. 2018-12-10.
  5. http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/EN/index.php HKEDB: New Academic Structure Web Bulletin