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| lycheema | 2006-11-22 23:22 |
| Dear chungmingbaby Do you have any information (name and location etc) of good private high schools in Toronto? Thanks a lot. lycheema Quote: chungmingbaby 寫道: Hi dear all parents, We have spent two weeks in last August to do some research in primary and secondary schools for my F.4 daughter and P. 5 son. I have brought back a book called 2006 Ontario School Yearbook (2006/5/30 Canada明報附送). The schools are ranked by the EQAQ results (like our BCA in HK) for P. 6, P. 9 on English and Maths. It has some other information on private schools too. I can copy some of the pages for you should you wish. For all the information that I gathered, we will send our daughter to a public school because for high school education – public school offers better resources (of course, there are plenty of good private schools which will offer the same but we have to pay). So if she can get into one of the good public schools (such as Unionville High, Richmond Hill High), that will be fine. Most friends suggest the best year to go back is Grade 10. Then the children can have one year to get used to the new environment and then Grade 11/12 are the two years which prepare them to enter into universities. For my son, he will be in Grade 6 next year. I will put him into a private school because I guess he will need more attention from teachers for his first year in Toronto and by the time he finishes Grade 8, he might go back to the public school stream. Dear Uki, I understand that for public schools, we need to reside in the neighborhood. Will they allow you to 跨區 if the school has seat available? For example, my brother lives in Richmond Hill and I want to enroll into Unionville High, otherwise I might need to go back early to rent a house in Unionville. Can you give me some advice please? :adore: Thanks. Chungmingbaby |
| uki | 2006-11-23 09:16 |
| chungmingbaby, 大女住 kennedy & bur oak 好近學校 聽聞學校係今年整個 york region>>http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ 排名第6, 成績算唔錯, (呢間係一間只有幾年ge新校,係紀念 前總理杜魯多而命名的http://www.trudeau.hs.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/) 明年仲會有校服, 加拿大除了私校, 有校服public school 都是不簡單的學校, 我本來打算去education broad 做完assessment後, 便可以去學校報到, 然後再申請轉去unionville high的, 但去到學校後, 我好鍾意, 連亞女都唔想轉, 所以取消動作... 佢之前好想轉去unionville high修藝術 原因係我有位畫家朋友(很出名的) 為咗俾個仔可以入unionville high修音樂(音樂資優) 特意從溫哥華移居至附近, 真係現代版孟母三遷 其實我要報佢地址好容易 :-) 但我覺得實在太多太多香港人, 而我朋友個仔係native english所以冇乜所謂 但相應我女會比較難pick up english ;-) |
| uki | 2006-11-23 09:36 |
| emily06, 亞女住 Markham, Kennedy & Bur Oak 我係好轉折之下由朋友ge朋友ge朋友介紹租屋的 (咁樣唔駛咁倚賴親戚, 間接又有人照顧:-) ) 算係homestay, 包食住, 另外有個朋友幫我做佢guardian, 我响lawyer度做晒文件直接授權, 因未夠18 (但文件唔需要俾edu board or學校睇) 只係以備不時之需, 但最好証明係一起居住 我舊年整個過程都係盲摸摸, 冇人話俾我知要點做... :-( 我老公又冇一起過去, 我一個人帶住兩個女, 唯有見招拆招.. 因為我地十幾年前離開canada時冇申報non-resident, 所以有好多野担心...tax, health card, sin card......etc. 亦唔想將壓力加於女兒身上, 遇到不如意, 不順利時 半夜喊了不知多少次......:-( 而我亦冇需要俾board and school知道我會離開, 獨留女兒 今個月亞女剛剛18歲, 總算鬆一口氣 Quote: emily06 寫道: uki, Thanks for sharing your. That is really helpful. One more question. Where is your daughter living now? Is she staying with a relative? |
| chungmingbaby | 2006-11-23 10:07 |
| Dear Lycheema, Because we have decided to put my daughter into public schools, so I did not do too much research on private schools. But I have some four pages of schools info that I can fax you. Please pm your fax no. if you want to have. Also, I heard from my friends that for girls, Havergal College, Holy Trinity, St. Clements are good and for boys, of course it is UCC Canada. Dear Wymom, Yes, our family will move back together. Initially we had two options – one is to put my daughter into a boarding school and we stay in HK. But since my husband and me agree that children will have a better education in Canada, so we decided to take our younger son back there as well. It has been a nightmare for me and my son when we have to revise the homework everyday in HK. As far as I know, there are no interview or test given by the individual public schools but children need to go to the Education Board to do an assessment to decide if they require to take the ESL class. I am not sure if those schools are easy to get in. I have emailed these two schools last month and both said please contact them once we reside into the region ! I guess Richmond Hill High would be easier than Unionville High. Dear Uki, You are right, UH has 95% Chinese so I am still 15/16. But the Art Yorks Program at UH will suit my daughter because she has practiced ballet for 10 years and I want her to go on with it if she wants to. Happy for you that your daughter settles well in her school. I hope my children will be the same too. :-D |
| uki | 2006-11-23 10:33 |
| York Region Education Board 做ge assessment 會test英及數, 再與你一同分析適合讀gd幾, 並不是適合讀邊間, 其實你報地址, 每一個area只有一間high school (可以去>>here school > secondary > school boundaries ) check下分佈情況, 有埋map 好清楚架, 當你決定申報呢個地址, 做完assessment 就會即時 收到一個密封folder, 交到有關學校 上面有學校名及地址, 你必須按地址上的學校報到(你事後要轉另計) Quote: chungmingbaby 寫道: Dear Wymom, Yes, our family will move back together. Initially we had two options – one is to put my daughter into a boarding school and we stay in HK. But since my husband and me agree that children will have a better education in Canada, so we decided to take our younger son back there as well. It has been a nightmare for me and my son when we have to revise the homework everyday in HK. As far as I know, there are no interview or test given by the individual public schools but children need to go to the Education Board to do an assessment to decide if they require to take the ESL class. I am not sure if those schools are easy to get in. I have emailed these two schools last month and both said please contact them once we reside into the region ! I guess Richmond Hill High would be easier than Unionville High |
| chungmingbaby | 2006-11-23 12:29 |
| Hi Uki, 請問你喺幾月帶個女過去架？ 如你所說，要做 assessment 先報学校，我咪要早d 返去囉！原打算明年七月等他們完成一個学期先走，但七月的 d 學校放暑假，係咪要等九月開學才可報學校？ |
| WaWaMom | 2006-11-23 13:15 |
| Uki, You are a great mother! To us, our kids are our treasure! May I ask whether your daugther studied at a traditional schools in HK? As some people told me not to study in traditional school as it will supress the thinking of our daughter. Headache??? So, would like you to share a bit if you don't mind. I really want my kids Chinese level can be up to certain standard before bringing them back to Canada. So, properly has to wait till my son graduate from primary school at least. Also, may I ask if our kids study in Canada and parents are still working in HK, do we have to pay Canadian tax??? For us, if we go back, definitely the whole family will go. However, I do agree that sometimes reality may not allow us to do the way we want. |
| lycheema | 2006-11-23 14:04 |
| Dear Uki You are so brave, I hope I can be as tough as you. I really understand the difficulties being alone without relatives and friends in Canada. lycheema :-D |
| emily06 | 2006-11-23 17:04 |
| Quote: chungmingbaby 寫道: I have some four pages of schools info Do you mind sending me the information too. I have sent you a PM with my fax number. |
| uki | 2006-11-23 18:38 |
| chungmingbaby, 因為要等埋細女考完試同結業禮, 否則會早d去 我舊年係七月尾過去, 會考未放榜, 佢大約考成點, 已經心裏有數, 10 Aug 放榜後, 佢daddy去學校取result :-) 然後email 去canada俾我, 因為搵學校時都要用到 點知就係你所講, d學校全部放晒假 call school board 問有關入學資料, 然後make 定 appointment (但assessment就要23/8先做到, 學校office 29/8才開始工作, 6/9開學 ) 總之乜都做唔到, 於是去咗好幾間private school 攞料 連oakville 都去埋, 另外toronto downtown嗰幾間名名名名校都參觀咗 :-) :-) 又要搵d 會計師ar, 律師之類問野 探晒d親戚朋友之後, 索性同兩個女出埠周圍去玩, 玩咗個幾星期, 要好好珍惜同亞女一齊 因為呢個女真係好生性ga, 佢講咗呢兩年都唔會返hk架 佢話唔想好似旅行咁, 一年返幾次喎, 佢唔想嘥我地d錢 :-( 等佢搞好晒入u 既野先會返, 所以july 07先會見到佢:-( 所以我好羡慕你地可以成家人一齊返過去 |
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