{"id":668,"date":"2020-10-06T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T03:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.isf.edu.hk\/?page_id=668"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:25:43","slug":"welcome-from-dean-of-admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academy.isf.edu.hk\/index.php\/welcome-from-dean-of-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section el_class=&#8221;theme-admissions theme-admissions-header header-section&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;container&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;200px&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;WELCOME FROM DEAN OF ADMISSIONS&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;200px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_class=&#8221;theme-admissions bg1&#8243;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;container&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;container&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;]<style text=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2  class=\"isf_custom_heading filled\" style=\"text-align:left;\">Welcome from the Dean of Admissions<\/h2>[vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Dear Parents,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your interest in our school. As you consider the different schooling options for your child, we invite you to explore our website and visit our campus to attend one of our Admissions Events. On campus, the smiling faces and happy voices of our students will be one of the first things you notice. As you talk with them, you will learn more about their life in school, the activities they do and their passions in life. You will soon realize that our students enjoy coming to school and love learning. This is very much what our founding Chairman and 2009 Nobel Prize Laureate for Physics Professor Charles Kao envisaged when he founded this school \u2014 a place that nurtures the joy of learning in its students. Our inquiry-based pedagogy allows us to prepare our students for the school of life.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                .image-container{\r\n                    width:100%;\r\n                    overflow:hidden;\r\n                    position:relative;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container img{\r\n                    width:100%;\r\n                    border-radius:0px 72px 0px 72px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Bottom2Col img{\r\n                    border-radius:72px 0px 72px 0px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container .caption-container{\r\n                    position:absolute;\r\n                    right:0;\r\n                    left:0;\r\n                    bottom:0;\r\n                    max-height:50%;\r\n                    z-index:2;\r\n                    background:rgba(0,24,132, 0.8);\r\n                    border-radius:0px 72px 0px 72px;\r\n                    padding:10px 30px 30px 30px;\r\n                    overflow:hidden;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Bottom2Col .caption-container{\r\n                    padding:4% 50px;\r\n                    max-height:33%;\r\n                    border-radius:72px 0px 72px 0px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Mouseover .caption-container{\r\n                    display:none;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Mouseover:hover .caption-container{                    \r\n                    display:block;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Mouseover:hover::after {position:absolute;\r\n                    right:0;\r\n                    left:0;\r\n                    bottom:0;\r\n                    top:0;\r\n                    content:\"\";\r\n                    z-index:1;\r\n                    background:rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\r\n                    border-radius:0px 72px 0px 72px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container .caption-inner-container{\r\n                    height:100%;\r\n                    overflow:hidden;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container .caption-title{\r\n                    width:100%;\r\n                    display:block;\r\n                    float:left;\r\n                    color:#FFF;\r\n                    font-size:28px;\r\n                    font-weight:600;\r\n                    margin-right:-5px;\r\n                    padding:10px 0px;\r\n                    line-height:1.2;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Bottom2Col .caption-title{\r\n                    width:30%;\r\n                    font-size:32px;\r\n                    padding:0px 10px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container .caption::before{\r\n                    content:\" \";\r\n                    background:#FFF;\r\n                    position:absolute;\r\n                    display:block;\r\n                    float:left;\r\n                    width:40px;\r\n                    height:3px;\r\n                    margin-top:-20px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Bottom2Col .caption::before{\r\n                    top:50%;\r\n                    width:3px;\r\n                    height:40px;\r\n                    margin-top:-20px;\r\n                    margin-left:-55px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container .caption{\r\n                    color:#FFF;\r\n                    display:block;\r\n                    float:left;\r\n                    font-size:18px;\r\n                    overflow:hidden;\r\n                    line-height:1.4;\r\n                    width:100%;\r\n                    padding:10px 0px;\r\n                    padding-top:20px;\r\n                }\r\n                .image-container.Bottom2Col .caption{\r\n                    width:60%;\r\n                    margin-left:10%;\r\n                    padding:0px 10px;\r\n                    padding-left:50px;\r\n\r\n                }\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                <\/style><div class=\" image-container Bottom1Col wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_None None\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/academy.isf.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Welcome-from-Dean-of-Admissions.jpg\" \/><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Our students are known for their strong interpersonal skills and effective communication skills in English and Chinese Putonghua. In addition to the academic rigor our students experience at The ISF Academy, they also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to community service, gaining valuable experience outside the academic world. We are proud of our graduates who have received offers from leading universities all around the world. We are even prouder when alumni return and share how much they value the experiences and education they received here\u2014highlighting how well it prepared them for the challenges and opportunities of life beyond school.<\/p>\n<p>We are a through-train K-12 school that seeks diversity in our student body \u2014 racial, ethnic, religious, and above all socioeconomic diversity.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome inquiries from you and hope to personally welcome you to our campus in the near future. If you are unable to visit us in person, we encourage you to participate in a one-on-one online chat session with either our Admissions Staff or Parent Ambassadors. 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