Guiding Statements

At Stamford American School Hong Kong we will:

• Continue to develop a caring community that engages and supports happy and passionate staff, students and parents.
• Ensure strong safeguarding policies and procedures are in place to promote health, safety and wellness, so all students feel safe, happy and are eager to learn.
• Be a reflective and thoughtful community that listens to feedback and seeks input from a variety of resources to successfully guide our progress.
• Foster curiosity and a passion for learning through an inquiry-based approach.
• Support the holistic development of students by providing a broad and balanced curriculum and diverse CCA programs.
• Personalize learning so all students achieve growth to become confident and capable independent lifelong learners.
• Develop a global mindset in all students as part of the IB Learner profile which includes: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, risk-takers, balanced, caring and reflective.
• Cultivate compassion, intercultural understanding and respect among students through service learning and initiatives that contribute to a better world.
• Maintain high standards of academic progress, achievement and performance including preparation for admission to competitive universities in the U.S. and worldwide.
• Support multiple career pathways by offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, IBDP Course Candidate option and the Stamford American High School Diploma to all students.
• Cultivate students as future leaders in science, technology, engineering, math and innovation.
• Support students to achieve the highest possible proficiency in the world languages of Chinese or Spanish as well as in English, the language of instruction.
• Support a variety of learning needs including English as an additional language, native language support, special needs support, enrichment and counseling so that each individual can achieve success.
• Recruit, retain and professionally develop experienced globally-minded educators who are experts in their area.