{"id":1214,"date":"2022-01-18T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:25:19","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/?page_id=1214","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1214\" class=\"elementor elementor-1214\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d33f46 elementor-section-height-min-height blueOverLay  elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"1d33f46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4692ec0 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4692ec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb84aa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb84aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243b80f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"243b80f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education (SSB)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4aca97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4aca97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5535016\" data-id=\"5535016\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5e7fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e5e7fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28cbb02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28cbb02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f7d3fa\" data-id=\"9f7d3fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d136bc6 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d136bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Independent Schools Foundation (ISF or the \u2018Foundation\u2019) is a charitable, tax-exempt organization founded for the purpose of promoting education in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China. The Foundation is the School Sponsoring Body (SSB) for the two schools under its oversight: The ISF Academy (founded in 2003), and The ISF Pre-School (founded in 2015). The Foundation sets the vision, mission, and values and strategic direction for all schools under the oversight of The Foundation and raises funds to support its educational mission.<\/p><p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body));\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body));\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">ISF schools are not-for-profit institutions. The ISF Academy is classified by the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Government as a Private Independent School (CAP 279 Schedule 3); it offers a comprehensive bilingual education from Foundation Year to Grade 12, including the International Baccalaureate\u2019s (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP) in Grade 6-10 and Grade 11-12 respectively. The ISF Pre-School is registered as a kindergarten, currently offering K1 and K2 half-day bilingual classes.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"line-height: var(--wp--typography--line-height, var(--global--line-height-body));\">ISF promotes learning as a process of developmental change to generate growth in ISF learners that is physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual; sets the direction and purpose of ISF learning in a Chinese linguistic and cultural context; prepares ISF learners for success in life through an intelligently planned, technologically literate, sequenced curriculum that builds independent problem-solvers, innovators, thinkers, and creators, who demonstrate strong moral character, truthfulness, and deep practical wisdom; forearms learners with the courage, resilience, and character to overcome adversity and recover from disappointment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c54272b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c54272b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d66f9\" data-id=\"62d66f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fd4926 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fd4926\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8b74db\" data-id=\"d8b74db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8b232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-image-hover-effect happy-addon ha-image-hover-effect\" data-id=\"df8b232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-image-hover-effect.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-ihe-wrapper grid\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-ihe-fig ha-effect-lily\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ha-ihe-img\" src=\"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Copy-of-Z62_2303_R-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Image hover effect image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ha-ihe-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-ihe-title\"><br>The ISF Academy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ha-ihe-desc\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/academy.isf.edu.hk\/\"  target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9894562\" data-id=\"9894562\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e739742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-image-hover-effect happy-addon ha-image-hover-effect\" data-id=\"e739742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-image-hover-effect.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-ihe-wrapper grid\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-ihe-fig ha-effect-lily\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ha-ihe-img\" src=\"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Copy-of-The-ISF-Pre-School.jpg\" alt=\"Image hover effect image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ha-ihe-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-ihe-title\"><br>The ISF Pre-school<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ha-ihe-desc\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/preschool.isf.edu.hk\/\"  target=&quot;_blank&quot; 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rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-75b6991\" data-id=\"75b6991\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d034c3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-image-hover-effect happy-addon ha-image-hover-effect\" data-id=\"d034c3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-image-hover-effect.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-ihe-wrapper grid\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-ihe-fig ha-effect-lily\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ha-ihe-img\" src=\"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Copy-of-Shuyuan-MBL_Lab_20200623_ISF-9843-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Image hover effect image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ha-ihe-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-ihe-title\"><br><i>SHUYUAN<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ha-ihe-desc\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/?page_id=1027\" ><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fc779ef elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fc779ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68dcdc9f bottomMsg_Title\" data-id=\"68dcdc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb80b53 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget__width-auto left_shortLink elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"2fb80b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"hm hm-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67b2b796 bottomMsg_Title\" data-id=\"67b2b796\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6292ac59 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-center right_shortLink elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6292ac59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"hm hm-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education (SSB) The Independent Schools Foundation (ISF or the \u2018Foundation\u2019) is a charitable, tax-exempt organization founded for the purpose of promoting education in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China. The Foundation is the School Sponsoring Body (SSB) for the two schools under its oversight: The ISF Academy (founded in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/?page_id=1214\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":202,"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10091,"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions\/10091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foundation.isf.org.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}