Newsletter #22-June 2021
Hong Kong Students Volunteering
Beach Cleanup with Faculty & Students
Despite intense Advanced Placement (AP) training schedules, our students find time to volunteer with our faculty. Please read our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) update by Wayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher. Also, Bobby Li, high school student class of 2023, breaks down how trash washes down from China to Hong Kong beaches in his article, "Beach Cleanup in Hong Kong". Find out how you can join our volunteer days by contacting our Sustainability Team!
Our Students Earning Top High School Grades
Many of our high school students worked so hard all year. We're thrilled to hear how many earned top grades in school. Some even earned perfect grades for all school assignments in multiple classes that we trained. As our students now train over summer in preparation for next year's high school classes and APs, we're confident that they'll go quite far. Way to go students!
Fall 2021 Term Registration
Our Fall 2021 Term will run from Sunday, August 8, 2021 to Friday, December 31, 2021. Priority Students will be able to register for Fall 2021 classes starting on Thursday, July 1, 2021. General Students will be able register for Fall 2021 classes starting on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Please contact our Admin Team for scheduling requests. Thank you!
Beach Cleanup at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong with Wayne Man, Presidio Education® Math & Social Science Teacher, and Advanced Placement (AP) students Bobby Li and Daniel Shi. Source: Presidio Education, 2021.
Volunteering for a Hong Kong Beach Cleanup
By Wayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher
In April 2021, a member of our faculty, Wayne Man, Presidio Education® Math & Social Science Teacher, volunteered with two (2) of our Advanced Placement (AP) high school students, Bobby Li and Daniel Shi, to pick up litter and plastic waste in Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. Despite intense AP training schedules for the May 2021 AP exams, the students took time...
Microplastics Mean Abundance on Beaches. Source: Greenpeace, 2018 (data redrawn by Presidio Education®, 2021).
Beach Cleanup in Hong Kong
By Bobby Li, High School Student
Beach trash in Hong Kong mostly comes from Mainland China. Hong Kong borders the Guangdong province and the Pearl River Delta. Chinese cities in the Pearl River Delta include Foshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Dongguan. All of these cities are highly populated and produce a lot of daily trash. Many citizens from these cities dump their garbage directly into the river or ocean...
