Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[sama]

Hi Chandelier,


As Yiying has explained, the allocation was random but it happens that most of the parents in this forum whose DS is in Ortus, thus cannot form any pattern as of now.

[ProteX]

sunflowermom:

May I know does LEP has any relationship to the Bicultural Programme in Year 3. As in like those in LEP have higher chance to get into bicultural?


Today our DS will know their class.

Btw, there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow!

I think that LEP would probably boost their Chinese standard hence, they will have a higher chance of admitting in BSP. Just my 2 cents.

[ProteX]

sama:

Hi yijing, any idea how HCI assign the student to the respective consortium? It seems most of the parents here with DS in Ortus.


My DS told me couple of his friends thru sports DSA allocated to Aphelion but most parents here with DS in Ortus.

my DS is very interested to join Track and field after the orientation but I did hear from some parents that they will be trained at least six times per week during competition season. Wonder if he can cope with his work. He is a mainstreamer but was allocated to iSparks due to his DSA via BICEP. Worry he needs to cope with the GEP environment and his demandingCCA at the same time.

Hope you could share your experience.

What class is he in? I'm in iSpark too and interested in Track and Field.

[yijing1512]

ProteX:

sunflowermom:

May I know does LEP has any relationship to the Bicultural Programme in Year 3. As in like those in LEP have higher chance to get into bicultural?


Today our DS will know their class.

Btw, there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow!

I think that LEP would probably boost their Chinese standard hence, they will have a higher chance of admitting in BSP. Just my 2 cents.

Hi yup, LEP does boost their Chinese standard and you need an A1 to have priority getting into BSP (although if i recall correctly the bottom line was an A2).

However, entry into the various special programs in Secondary 3 is based on your son's overall score: his MSG (Mean Subject Grade). So if your son gets for e.g. 6 A1s and 3 A2s, his MSG will be 6 + 2 + 2 + 2 divided by 9, which is around 1.1-1.2.

1.0 is a perfect score (all A1s). Entry to the special programs is usually capped at 1.57 or lower.

Btw, saw something about a BICEP in Secondary 1? Not too sure what that is. Will be glad if someone lets me know..can catch up ^^

[jhjkksdad]

Chandelier:

DS in aphelion, anyone?

My son is in Aphelion, class 1A1.

[MFQUEK]

Hi hi all! My boy is allocated 1O1. He said Ortus consortium. Anyone similar??? There is a parents symposium sometime late Jan. Will there be a separate one organized by Ortus itself??? Any idea when the boys will get their timetable?? Do they retrieve it online, like EMB or will form teacher give them in hard copies??

At the end of day3, he came back with hoarse voice after shouting too much, and with so much running, he was so tired he knocked out instantly at 9!!! He is thinking about his CCAs now and has difficulty choosing the sports part. 3 from sports right? He likes swimming but no swim CCA. Closest is H2OPolo but problem is …he is one person with VERY bad ball sense. And apparently, there are very limited places in this sport already. Do they really need to choose 9???

[MFQUEK]

Oh yes, one more query. For those who applied the LEP Language Elective Pgm, how will they know the results of the selection process?

[Chandelier]

Hi jhjkksdad, pls check your pm. Thanks!

[ycpang]

jhjkksdad:

Chandelier:

DS in aphelion, anyone?

My son is in Aphelion, class 1A1.

Welcome to Aphelion :rahrah:

[ycpang]

MFQUEK:

Any idea when the boys will get their timetable?? Do they retrieve it online, like EMB or will form teacher give them in hard copies??

Try this link for the timetable. Not sure it will work though...

http://www.hci.sg/admin/timetable2012/term1/students/index.html