Annual General Meeting

The Yale Club's Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2009, which is required by Hong Kong law for clubs and associations like ours, will be held on Wednesday, November 11.   

The evening will feature special guest speaker Mr Xueqin Jiang (JE '99).  Mr Jiang is currently Director of Special Curriculum of Shenzhen High School.  He will speak about a fascinating project he and his school is embarking on to change the education system in China.

The evening will conclude with a dinner.  Please mark your calendar and stay tune for details.

 

Date	Wednesday, 11 November
Time	Open at 6:30pm AGM starts at 6:45pm sharp Dinner starts at 7:15pm, with the talk to follow immediately after
Place	Ladies Recreation Club
Who	All Yale Club members and their guests are warmly welcome.
Cost	The AGM is free.  Price 350 for full dinner including one drink at the LRC for guests and non-dues paying members; 300 for dues-paying members. Additional drinks by drink ticket (HKD25).
RSVP	Sign up for dinner/AGM meeting at  hkyaleclub@yahoo.com.hk by Nov 10 (Tue)

About the guest speaker: Mr Jiang is Director of Special Curriculum of the Shenzhen High School.  Shenzhen High School is among the best public high school in southern China.  Each year, the school sends more students to the prestigious Tsinghua and Peking Universities than any other schools in the region.   The school currently has alumni matriculating at Princeton, Columbia , Chicago, and other top American schools.  More importantly, the school is leading a movement towards Chinese education reform.  

As one of China's leading educators, Mr Wang Zheng, Principal of the school, has implemented various reforms at Shenzhen High School over the past eight years, and has recently become principal of Peking University High School in Beijing. The Special Curriculum program, implemented last year, is one of the many recent educational initiatives instituted by Principal Wang.  

The Special Curriculum employs nine foreign teachers, all graduates of some of the most prestigious universities.   In the United States, these teachers led reading programs and reading-intensive, college-style seminars to help prepare students for success at American institutions.  Seminar topics cover a variety of disciplines such as psychology, economics and globalization, history, sociology and literature. Additionally, the school has implemented a number of rigorous extracurricular programs such as a daily newspaper, a monthly English magazine, and a student-run, for-profit coffee house.  The school has just opened a 4,000 volume English library and instituted a health and fitness program, complete with a new cafeteria specializing in healthy, well-balanced meals.  All of our seminars, activities, and special programs are designed to foster free thinking, independence, and intellectual curiosity among our students.  The school is planning to expand aspects of the Special Curriculum to Peking University High School as early as next year.