South Island School

South Island School
South Island School's logo
Location
50 Nam Fung Road Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Information
Type	Private, comprehensive, international, secondary, co-educational.
Established	1977
Principal	Mr. Graham Silverthorne
Enrollment	approx. 1,400
Colour(s)	Green and white
Mascot	Stingrays
Year	7 - 13
Website	http://www.sis.edu.hk/

South Island School (Chinese: 南島中學) is a private and co-educational international school founded by the English Schools Foundation of Hong Kong, and is located at 50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, with about 1,400 students enrolled and 107 teachers. Students come from diverse backgrounds, with over 38 nationalities represented. The school offers the IGCSE syllabus, IB Diploma Programme and the BTEC qualification. The school is highly regarded in areas such as debating, rugby, basketball, and is known for producing some of the highest grade averages for the exams that SIS students sit. It is regarded as one of the top secondary schools within Hong Kong in terms of academics and athletics.

The school's key philosophy is for its students to make a difference, a concept promoted throughout numerous scholastic events and in its curriculum. The school environment promotes freedom of thought, expression and action. The school is accredited by The Council of International Schools (CIS) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

In 1977, South Island School was founded as a nucleus of additional classes to accommodate students within the ages of 11 and 18 from Island School, a fellow English Schools Foundation School. The school moved to its current location at 50 Nam Fung Road in 1983. The first version of the school consisted of the Ching Ling Soong Block and an outdoor swimming pool.

As the school grew in size, more facilities were required. The next big change to the school came with the construction of the Stephen Hawking Building (named after physicist Stephen Hawking), and the swimming pool became an indoor one with the Sports Block being built on top of it, allowing all-year round swimming lessons.