Pooi To Middle School

Pooi To Middle School 香港培道中學
Pooi To Middle School along Inverness Road, in 2009
Location
2 Inverness Road, Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Information
Motto	Love, Integrity, Purity and Perseverance
Opened	1888
Principal	Ms. Constance Cheung
Affiliation	The Baptist Convention of Hong Kong
Website	www.pooito.edu.hk

Pooi To Middle School was founded in 1888 by the Southern Baptist Convention. As one of the few Hong Kong schools with over a hundred years of history, it aims at nurturing young women to "speak confidently and think critically in bilingual learning environment".

Pooi To Middle School is located at 2 Inverness Road, Kowloon City, Hong Kong. In 2006, it was temporarily relocated to 101 Castle Peak Road, Sham Shui Po. The school has moved back to the current location on 18 March 2009, after the new campus was constructed.

Missionary Emma Young, sent by Southern Baptist Convention based in USA, set up ‘Pooi To Academy’ in Guangzhou. Most women in Hong Kong at that time didn’t have the chance to learn about Christianity. Also, they didn’t have the opportunity to receive education, as the society was dominated by the ancient Chinese thinking that women should not be educated. Only five people enrolled in the first lesson on 3 March 1888.

In 1907, the school was relocated to Dongshan, Canton. Later in 1918, Pooi To Kindergarten, Primary School, Secondary School and Elementary Teacher Training School were established. Pooi To Academy was registered in 1930, and from then onwards it was managed by local Chinese. Ms Chan Yuen-so was appointed as principal in the same year.

In 1937(during World War II), an air raid occurred in Guangzhou after Lugouqiao Incident. Teachers and students fled to Zhaoqing where the school was reopened on 27 September 1937. By that time the number of students had increased greatly to 75. One year later, in 1938, the school was relocated again to Kwong Wah Street in Hong Kong. In 1941, the school collaborated with Pui Ching Secondary School to set up Pooi To Joint Secondary School in Ping Shek, Hong Kong. However, Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese a year later, and Pooi To Middle School was then moved to Macau.