LEARNING AT HKIS At the High School, learning is about understanding. We understand when we can apply knowledge and skills in new and unfamiliar contexts. Developing understanding requires curiosity, risk taking, creativity, awareness and persistence. When learners recognize academic and personal challenges as opportunities for developing understanding, learning becomes personally engaging and joyful. We work individually and collaboratively to demonstrate our understanding in the classroom and beyond. To that end, ongoing assessment and reflection are tools to inform learners where they are on the journey towards understanding.
Academic Integrity
Our school’s Shared Philosophy of Education includes the expectation of high standards in ethical behavior as well as scholarship. Academic integrity is an integral component of this philosophy. Because our HKIS Core Values remind us that: u Integrity is essential to trust and credibility. u Society progresses when individuals strive for excellence and seek challenges. u Learning thrives in the presence of high expectations and mutually respectful relationships. u Together, parents, faculty, staff and students create the conditions for children’s success and a healthy lifestyle. We expect that all members of our community will commit to and uphold ethical practices and values in everything we do. The Academic Integrity Policy is located in the Student Handbook and on the High School Teaching & Learning page on DragonNet. Incoming 9th Graders and any student new to HKIS along with their parents will be signing a form acknowledging that they read through and discussed the policy together. This form will then be kept on file.
Digital Learning for the 21st Century
Responsible Use Agreement All use of electronic resources at HKIS is governed by the RUA, to which each student, parent, faculty and staff member must agree before being granted access to these resources. A copy of the RUA can be found in the Technology section of DragonNet.
Student Laptop BYOM (Bring your own MacBook) At HKIS, you own your own learning. We require you to bring a MacBook laptop computer to school each day to use to extend your learning. When using your MacBook or any other digital technologies at HKIS, please keep in mind the following: u u
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