Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[tomtec70]

If anyone attended the online webinar by HCI after the PSLE results were released, it was mentioned that in 2023, the PLD selected is Lenovo Yoga 3 and that there will be a parents briefing scheduled on 11 Jan to share about further details. Unsure whether in-person or online but they will probably inform us in due course. I believe that they will share about the specs and cost during this briefing. Besides being able to draw upon Edusave to purchase the PLD, I also find the warranty and insurance attractive which normally we dont get if we purchase on our own. I just hope that they select a model which is as light-weight as possible and as energy efficient as possible. I read somewhere on HCI webpage that students are required to charge their machines at home and not use the school’s power points. Not sure how strict that they enforce this but wonder they realize that basic lightweight notebooks usually able to power not more than 3-6 hours, so at some point, they will need to be recharged if they are required to use their PLDs for extended periods. With rising energy costs, this is of course understandable. For those who use MacBooks, it seemed that the PLD must be Windows-based.

[CarlynHc]

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Hi can I be added to the group too? Thank you.

[tomtec70]

Does anybody know whether there are lockers for rental in HCI?

[hazeline]

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Does anybody know whether there are lockers for rental in HCI?

My son said that there are lockers in every classroom. No need to register or rent. He said it is under utilised as people tend to just put their items under their desk and things wouldn't go missing.

[genice]

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GEP kids from what I know, auto allocated to iSpark. For non-GEP, based on the webinar is based on DSA records, clear strengths, AL score.

Hi, Just curious for mainstream students who got accepted into isparks, do the kids generally have to obtain perfect score of 4D for psle?

[tomtec70]

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My son said that there are lockers in every classroom. No need to register or rent. He said it is under utilised as people tend to just put their items under their desk and things wouldn't go missing.

Thanks for sharing. Good to know that there are lockers in every classroom for use. For things like books and stationeries, it makes sense to put them under their desk. But after PE and after the kids changed back to uniform, I would think it will be good to keep the PE shirt with all the perspiration in the locker than under their desk. If everybody simply put those under their desk, the classroom probably will have a funny smell. Maybe I'm thinking too much..haha.

Are the classrooms locked when not in use? I vaguely recall seeing keypads outside classrooms which I assume that only students in that class has the access codes.

[AGMS]

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Hi, can send me the link for parents Whatsapp group? Thanks much!

[XPP]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2092777\" time=\"1671592897\" user_id=\"39431:

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Kindly pm me as well, thanks!

[hazeline]

tomtec70\" post_id=\"2093360\" time=\"1671906944\" user_id=\"7424:

Thanks for sharing. Good to know that there are lockers in every classroom for use. For things like books and stationeries, it makes sense to put them under their desk. But after PE and after the kids changed back to uniform, I would think it will be good to keep the PE shirt with all the perspiration in the locker than under their desk. If everybody simply put those under their desk, the classroom probably will have a funny smell. Maybe I'm thinking too much..haha.

Are the classrooms locked when not in use? I vaguely recall seeing keypads outside classrooms which I assume that only students in that class has the access codes.

I went to ask my boy. Each classroom has a lock with unique password. They can set it to unlock from inside and supposed to lock the classroom when they leave the room e.g. for PE lessons.

[lynnavi]

Hihi can you pls pm me the parent chat WA link too Thanks!