Reality check: DSS admission?

[Margaret50]

Hello,

We are an American relocating to Hong Kong this summer with three boys entering P5, P5 and S2. I would like to send them to a DSS school, preferably a through-train to keep them together, but am stymied by the application numbers and wonder if there is any realistic chance that they will be considered against all these high-achieving, Cantonese+Mandarin+English speaking local children. We have had Mandarin as a second language in Shanghai for three years now, but are still at the beginner level.

If DSS schools are not a realistic option, how do you find other local schools that are also good options and also have strong Mandarin?

Thank you!
Margaret

 

[ilaw_hk]

Indeed there are government schools serving foreigners, and use English for as a medium of teaching.

After school, schools even have tutorial lesson for written Chinese.

Most importantly, these schools are free of charge.

 

[Gabriel ma]

You might consider Creative Secondary School which offer local stream and IB stream.