Victoria Shanghai Academy

{{Infobox school

| established = {{Hlist|1984 (as C.S. Victoria English Primary School)|2004 (as VSA){{cite web |title=Victoria Shanghai Academy |url=https://internationalschools.edb.gov.hk/en/schools/93.html |website=International Schools in Hong Kong |publisher=Education Bureau |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103165025/https://internationalschools.edb.gov.hk/en/schools/93.html |archive-date=3 January 2025 |date=7 November 2024 |url-status=live}}}}

| name = Victoria Shanghai Academy

| native_name = 滬江維多利亞學校

| image = Victoria Shanghai Academy (facade).jpg

| caption = Campus facade

| mottoes = {{Ubli|Value, Strive, Act{{cite news |title=Victoria Shanghai Academy celebrates the opening of new campus extension with state-of-the-art facilities |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/fc/1/248213/Victoria-Shanghai-Academy-celebrates-the-opening-of-new-campus-extension-with-state-of-the-art-facilities |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=The Standard |publisher=The Standard Newspapers Publishing |date=14 December 2022}}|明善、奮進、力行{{cite news |title=滬江維多利亞學校校園新翼啟用展開創科學術藝術全人發展新篇章 |url=https://school.mingpao.com/學校報導/滬江維多利亞學校校園新翼啟用/ |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=明校網 |publisher=Ming Pao |date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214170720/https://school.mingpao.com/學校報導/滬江維多利亞學校校園新翼啟用/ |archive-date=14 December 2022 |language=Traditional Chinese}}}}

| address = 19 Shum Wan Road

| region = Aberdeen

| city = Hong Kong

| country = China

| coordinates = {{coord|22|14|30.1|N|114|9|59.4|E}}

| other_name = VSA

| former_names = {{Hlist|C.S. Victoria English Primary School|Victoria English Primary School (Causeway Bay)}}

| schooltype = bilingual, day, independent, international, non-denominational

| fundingtype = Private

| founders = {{Hlist|Victoria Educational Organisation|University of Shanghai Alumni Association}}{{cite news |title=深灣一條龍優質私校三年後落成 |work=Ming Pao |publisher=Ming Pao Enterprise |date=24 January 2002 |language=Traditional Chinese}}

| status = Open

| sister_school = Victoria Park Academy ({{zh|深圳丽林维育学校}}){{cite news |title=AG汇创校园空间改造项目："山水校园"-深圳市南山区丽林维育学校 |url=https://news.sina.cn/sx/2023-01-11/detail-imxzvcvk2197084.d.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=新浪新闻 |publisher=Sina Corporation |date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123135634/https://news.sina.cn/sx/2023-01-11/detail-imxzvcvk2197084.d.html |archive-date=23 January 2025 |location=Shenzhen |language=Simplified Chinese}}{{cite web |title=丽林维育礼雅学校百科_学费_地址_学校 |url=https://schoollist.ieduchina.com/info/1073.html |website=国际教育网 |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617044408/http://schoollist.ieduchina.com/info/1073.html |archive-date=17 June 2017 |location=Shenzhen |language=Simplified Chinese |url-status=live}}

| district = Southern

| chairman_label = Board Chairman

| chairman = William Doo

| chairperson_label = Supervisor

| chairperson = Peggy Lam{{cite web |title=滬江維多利亞學校 Victoria Shanghai Academy |url=https://www.schooland.hk/ss/vsa |website=Schooland |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208174746/https://www.schooland.hk/ss/vsa |archive-date=8 December 2024 |language=Traditional Chinese |url-status=live}}

| principal_label = Head of Academy

| principal = {{ill|Maggie Koong|zh|孔美琪}}{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Shuman |title=SAR in festive spirit to mark 73rd National Day |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/293005 |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=China Daily |publisher=Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party |date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123143156/https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/293005 |archive-date=23 January 2025}}

| principal_label1 = Secondary Principal

| principal1 = Shirla Sum{{cite web |title=Kowloon - Agenda |url=https://internationalschoolsfestival2022.scmp.com/agenda/speakers/1775666 |website=International Schools Festival 2022 |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123144318/https://internationalschoolsfestival2022.scmp.com/agenda/speakers/1775666 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |url-status=live}}

| principal_label2 = Primary Principal

| principal2 = Ross Dawson{{cite news |last1=Cremer |first1=John |title=Speaking in two tongues |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2118281/speaking-two-tongues |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=South China Morning Post |publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Limited |date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031440/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2118281/speaking-two-tongues |archive-date=9 November 2020}}

| teaching_staff = 205-210

| years_taught = 1-12

| gender = Mixed

| age_range = 6-18{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.vsa.edu.hk/ |website=Victoria Shanghai Academy |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229002819/https://www.vsa.edu.hk/ |archive-date=29 December 2024 |url-status=live}}

| enrollment = 2,050-2,150

| enrollment_as_of = 2024-25

| classes = 88

| average_class_size = 21-29

| ratio = 1:10

| system = International Baccalaureate

| language = English, Standard Chinese

| hours_in_day = ~7

| houses = {{Hlist|Amazon|Danube|Nile|Yangtze}}

| colors = Blue, red, white

| song = VSA School Song{{cite web |title=Victoria Shanghai Academy Secondary School Song|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxvzAtP74AE |website=YouTube |publisher=Joseph Chan (IT Asst. Manager)|access-date=22 April 2025|date=6 September 2017}}

| athletics_conference = {{Hlist|HKSSF|ISSFHK{{cite web |title=Schools |url=https://www.issfhk.org/schools.aspx?id=29961 |website=ISSFHK - International Schools Sports Federation Hong Kong |publisher=International Schools Sports Federation Hong Kong |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215175815/https://www.issfhk.org/schools.aspx?id=29961 |archive-date=15 December 2024 |url-status=live}}}}

| sports = {{Hlist|Association football|athletics|badminton|ball hockey|basketball|bowling|fencing|futsal|golf|netball|sailing|swimming|table tennis|tennis|volleyball}}

| mascot = Finn the Shark (current)
DANY the Dog (former)

| nickname = VSA Sharks

| accreditation = {{Hlist|ACAMIS{{cite web |title=Member School |url=https://www.acamis.org/membership/member-school-directory/member-school/~board/member-schools/post/victoria-shanghai-academy |website=ACAMIS |publisher=Association of China and Mongolia International Schools |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521133928/https://www.acamis.org/membership/member-school-directory/member-school/~board/member-schools/post/victoria-shanghai-academy |archive-date=21 May 2023 |url-status=live}}|CIS|EARCOS{{cite web |title=EARCOS |url=https://www.earcos.org/member_schools.php#earcosph203 |website=East Asia Regional Council of Schools |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204022214/https://www.earcos.org/member_schools.php |archive-date=4 December 2023 |url-status=live}}|IB|NEASC{{cite web |title=Victoria Shanghai Academy |url=https://www.neasc.org/institution/victoria-shanghai-academy |website=NEASC - New England Association of Schools and Colleges |publisher=New England Association of Schools and Colleges |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322130442/https://www.neasc.org/institution/victoria-shanghai-academy |archive-date=22 March 2023 |url-status=live}}|TASS{{cite web |title=TASS Member Schools |url=https://tass-asia.org/tass-member-schools/ |website=The Alliance for Sustainable Schools |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812025947/https://tass-asia.org/tass-member-schools/ |archive-date=12 August 2024 |url-status=live}}}}

| test_name = IBDP

| test_average = 38.3

| publication = Yearbook

| newspaper = The Victorian{{cite news |last1=Ho |first1=Kelly |title=Campus Life: Victoria Shanghai Academy's student paper editorial team on accepting flaws and learning from their mistakes |url=https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3059401/campus-life-victoria-shanghai-academys-student-paper |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=Young Post |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003073707/https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3059401/campus-life-victoria-shanghai-academys-student-paper |archive-date=3 October 2021}}

| annual_tuition = $169,400-238,860{{cite web |title=Victoria Shanghai Academy Review |url=https://whichschooladvisor.com/hong-kong/school-review/victoria-shanghai-academy/fees-and-availability |website=WhichSchoolAdvisor |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321111202/https://whichschooladvisor.com/hong-kong/school-review/victoria-shanghai-academy/fees-and-availability |archive-date=21 March 2023 |url-status=live}}

| feeder_schools = Victoria Kindergartens{{cite web |title=Pre-Nursery & Nursery (K1) Programmes |url=https://www.victoria.edu.hk/why-veo/ |website=Victoria Kindergarten |publisher=Victoria Educational Organisation |access-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123152407/https://www.victoria.edu.hk/why-veo/ |archive-date=23 January 2025 |url-status=live}}

| graduates = 99

| graduates_year = 2024

| website = https://vsa.edu.hk

}}

Victoria Shanghai Academy ({{zh|滬江維多利亞學校}}, abbreviated as VSA) is a private independent bilingual international school in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. VSA is the first through-train International Baccalaureate (IB) school{{efn|VSA uses the IB's Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme.}} in Hong Kong and has been described as a leading bilingual IB school in Hong Kong.

VSA was founded in 2004 by {{ill|Maggie Koong|zh|孔美琪}}.

History

In 1984, the Victoria Educational Organisation (VEO) established C.S. Victoria English Primary School in School Street, and then Victoria English Primary School (Taikoo Shing) in Taikoo Shing in 1996. In 1999, C.S. Victoria English Primary School moved to Eastern Hospital Road, Causeway Bay and was renamed Victoria English Primary School (Causeway Bay).

In 2001, the Education Bureau granted a construction cost subsidy for a new campus at Shum Wan Road.

In 2003, Victoria English Primary School started implementing the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on a trial basis.{{cite web |title=An Interview with Ting Yuk-Chee, a Victoria Peace Commissioner, in Shanghai |url=https://www.victoriachina.com/en/news_detail.html?id=14 |website=Victoria (China) Education Group |access-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204194506/https://www.victoriachina.com/en/news_detail.html?id=14 |archive-date=4 February 2025 |url-status=live}} The following year, it received preliminary IB certification. Victoria English Primary School officially became an IB World School in 2005. In the same year, the upper primary school of Victoria English Primary School moved to a temporary campus in Wan Chai and opened a secondary school to provide IB secondary school and preparatory courses.

In 2006 and 2007, the secondary school passed the IB certification for the secondary school curriculum and preparatory curriculum respectively, becoming the first IB World School in Hong Kong to offer all 3 courses. In 2007, the primary school buildings were merged and moved to the Sham Wan campus together with the secondary school. An opening ceremony and open day were held at the school building in May 2008.

In 2012, VSA joined the Council of International Schools.

In 2022, a {{currency|420M|HKD}} campus expansion project that commenced in 2020 was completed, adding 9,000 square metres to the campus. Secretary for Education Christine Choi attended the opening ceremony on 2 December. An affiliated school called Victoria Park Academy ({{zh|深圳丽林维育学校}}) was opened in Nanshan, Shenzhen with {{ill|Maggie Koong|zh|孔美琪}} as the Head of Academy.

School administration

;Heads of Academy

2004-07 (as Head of School): Sherrill Shiu (邵麗紅)
2007-13: {{ill|Maggie Koong|zh|孔美琪}} (孔美琪)
2013-15 (acting): Diana Wong (黃葉慧瑩)
2015-18: Judith Guy
2018-: Maggie Koong (孔美琪)

;Primary Principals

2001-07: Ying Cheuk Yung (容英焯)
2007-09: Diane Fisk
2009-16: Susan Smith (冼蘇珊)
2016-: Ross Dawson

;Secondary Principals

2010-15: Richard Parker (柏奕康)
2015-18: Judith Guy
2018-22: Christopher Coates
2022-: Shirla Sum (岑雅韻)

;Notable board members

Adrian Cheng
{{ill|Christina Ting|zh|丁毓珠}}
Henry Cheng
Ng Ching-fai

Accreditation

VSA is accredited by the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools, the Council of International Schools, the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools, the International Baccalaureate Organization, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Alliance for Sustainable Schools.

Curriculum

VSA is an International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized school offering 3 IB courses: Primary Years Programme (PYP) for primary school, Middle Years Programme (MYP) for secondary school, and Diploma Programme (DP) for the last 2 years of secondary school. The school is bilingual and classes are taught in Traditional Chinese and English, while students may also choose to study French or Spanish. VSA also offers its own VSA Diploma for students who do not choose to study or do not meet the requirements for the DP.

Campus

The 2022 expansion project added "world-class" facilities to the VSA campus, including:

an Innovation Hub with virtual reality headsets for robotics, artificial intelligence and STEAM education, computer programming, VEX Robotics, and hackathons
a performing arts center with a black box theater and a room for drama
new primary and secondary libraries with study rooms
a Sports Hall for physical education and extracurricular activities, including a fencing center
leisure and learning spaces including a student lounge for DP students, "The Quay" and the "Cloud Café"

Sustainable design was adopted in the new campus buildings, including floor-to-ceiling glass, rainwater irrigation and solar photovoltaic systems, and green infrastructure.

Extracurricular

VSA's guiding statement is "Value, Strive, Act"

({{zh|明善、奮進、力行}}). At VSA, the Response to Intervention approach is used to support students with special learning needs. VSA offers school bus services.

VSA has four houses, each named after a major river: Amazon, Danube, Nile, and Yangtze. The former school mascot is DANY the dog, an acronym formed by the first letter of the four houses. The current school mascot is Finn the Shark. The school colors are blue, red, and white.

=Activities=

VSA publishes a yearbook. The student publication is named The Victorian. Students can learn to perform Chinese martial arts and traditional Chinese dances, including dragon dance, and play Chinese drums. School clubs also include huaju, an orchestra, Western dance, education on Napoleonic military tactics, naval warfare and maneuver warfare.

=Sports=

The VSA Sharks participate in the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation and the International Schools Sports Federation Hong Kong. Sports at VSA include association football, athletics, badminton, ball hockey, basketball, bowling, fencing, futsal, golf, netball, sailing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

Student achievements

As of the 33rd Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards in 2018, VSA has produced a total of 3 winners.

Notable alumni

Kaylin Hsieh, épée fencer{{cite news |title=獲獎學金入讀聖母大學商學院佘繕妡：望為兩個弟弟作好榜樣 |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/299680/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |work={{ill|Sportsroad|zh|體路}} |date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113192817/https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/299680 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |language=Traditional Chinese}}
{{ill|Johnny Ku|zh|古家峯}}, singer and YouTuber{{cite web |last1=Ku |first1=Johnny |title=2004-2005 please contact me!! |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155856439278371&set=pb.513518370.-2207520000.1559736518.&type=3&theater |website=Facebook |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425124522/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155856439278371&set=pb.513518370.-2207520000.1559736518.&type=3&theater |archive-date=25 April 2021 |date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live}}
Katii Tang, swimmer{{cite news |author1=何子淵 |title=【學界游泳精英賽】港隊師妹接棒鄧采淋游向世界舞台 |url=https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/149051/ |access-date=31 March 2021 |work={{ill|Sportsroad|zh|體路}} |date=6 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907073802/http://sportsroad.hk/archives/149051 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |language=Traditional Chinese}}
YaLocalOffgod (Andrew Mok), fashion designer and entrepreneur{{cite news |last1=Erickson |first1=Nathan |title=How Andrew Mok, aka Offgod, became your favourite rapper's favourite artist |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/culture/art/offgod-andrew-mok-yalocaloffgod-bandage-boy-interview/ |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong |date=5 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108163008/https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/culture/art/offgod-andrew-mok-yalocaloffgod-bandage-boy-interview/ |archive-date=8 January 2024}}