Father Deane Achievement Award

II. A Story of Gratitude – from a Trust Fund (Father Deane Foundation Fund) to a Scholarship Award (Father Deane Achievement Award)

• Father Deane Foundation Fund was first established in 2000 to provide supplementary care to Father Patrick Deane who retired to a nursing home in Dublin, Ireland.
• The fund was managed as a Trust Fund under the administration of a Trustee (Father Deane Foundation Pty Ltd.).
• A group of Father’s past students and friends formed the directors of the Trustee.
• For seven years till Father’s death in May 2007, the Trust has appealed to St. Louis Old Boys and Father’s friends to raise money for the Fund.
• Upon his death, the money left unused in the Fund was applied to become a scholarship for outstanding students of St. Louis School.
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III. Fr. Deane’s Education Philosophy

• Genuine belief that every student, no matter what their academic results were, can be and should be given an opportunity to be “helped and supported” in the maturing of their personalities”.
• “In every young person, no matter how far he may seem to be from the straight and narrow, there are hidden sources of good which if properly stimulated can lead to an option for faith and honesty.”
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IV. Father Deane Achievement Award (FDAA) – Mission and Objectives

• To foster Fr. Deane’s education philosophy and to promote its practice in St. Louis School.
• To recognize students with outstanding achievement besides academic excellence.
• To reward not only the “outstanding and talented” ones but also those who have “stepped forward” to “make a difference” in themselves and in their community by serving those around them.
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V. What is FDAA Looking For in the Students

• Act on one’s own initiatives.
• Aware of others’ needs and problems.
• Readily prepared to take up personal and social responsibilities.
• High degree of self-discipline with submission to order and rules.
• Excel in own potentials with achievement attained through persistent effort, dedication and growth in the background of one’s unique story and personal endeavor.
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VI. FDAA – Inauguration in Sep 2008

• The FDAA program started in Sep 2008 with the first award presented in Jan 2009.

 

 

 

VII. FDAA Winners - 2008 to 2013

 

• 2013 is the sixth year since the inauguration of FDAA in 2008.
• In the six years from 2008 to 2013, twenty three scholarships of $5,000 each were granted to the students and over twenty old boys had served as mentors and interviewers for the Award.

 

Grade	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
S1	LAW Tak Lok, Owen	NG Chun Yip, Gavin
S2	TSE Man Yin, Jason	SZE Siu-Ki	CHEUNG Tsun Wing, Jason
S3	HUI Wing, Irving	LEE Sheung Man, Eugene	TAM Jing Wah, Arnold	LI Hiu Wang
S4	YUEN Hiu Fung, Ben	CHAN Chun Hei, Alex	HO Cheuk Yin	YIP Kam San, Jasper
S5	YEUNG Wing Cheung	CHENG Kun Yin	CHAN Chun Hei, Alex			LAM Tsz Kiu &  KWONG Ho Ming
S6	HUI Yi Yuk		LUK Ka Wing	WONG Shing Kit	LAI Tat Ching & TANG Sek Hou

• In 2010, two award winners visited Fr. Deane’s family and home in Dublin, Ireland.

 

2008 award winners, Hui Wing (left) & Ben Yuen (right) together with

teacher-in-charge, Mr. Stephen So (middle), in front of Salesian monastery in Dublin

 

 

Ben Yuen, 2008 award winner, visiting the                 Visiting Fr. Foster (middle) at the Dublin

the Deane family in Dublin, Ireland in 2010                          Salesian monastery

 

  Country side exploration in Ireland                              Biking exploration around Ireland

 

• In 2012, one award winner visited Rome and Turin in Italy to trace the life history of St. Don Bosco and the origin of the Salesian missionary.

 

 

  

Teacher-in-charge, Mr. Chris Lui (left) & 2009 & 2010 award winner, Alex Chan (right),

with Salesian clergyman (middle) in Colle Don Bosco, the birthplace of St. Don Bosco

 

 

Alex Chan (left) and Mr. Chris Lui (right)      Professor (also a Salesian) at the Salesian University

                                                                in front of the Salesian University in Rome

 

 

VIII. Review and Revamp in 2012/13

 

• In the second half of 2012 the FDAA committee reviewed the result of the past five years with the objective to reposition the future direction and objective of FDAA.
• As a result, the FDAA Program is revamped in 2013 into two programs of different objectives targeted a specific student groups.

 

IX. Moving Forward from 2013

 

• The Fr. Deane Achievement Award Program is retained to recognize and award those students who have made remarkable contributions to the school in student activities, events and functions as well as outstanding personal achievements in inter- and intra-school competitions of sports, arts and science and in social community work.
• A newly developed program, the Fr. Deane Excel and Beyond Program is to target at S3 and S4 students to support and encourage them to “step forward” to “make a difference” in themselves through participation in a series of programs of heritage excursion, life experience camp and apprentice visit etc. throughout the school year under the care and guidance of a dedicated mentor to each participant.

  

X. The Fr. Deane Excel and Beyond Program (FDEB) – 2013/14

 

• In 2013, with a view to help students uncover, explore and develop their untapped potentials, a three-year new program has been launched.
• Fourteen students recommended by teachers have enrolled.
• The key features of the new program include:
  1. students are to learn about the school history and past deed of the early Salesian missionaries through heritage lesson and excursions;
  2. through participation in external visits and activities, students are to widen their experience, elevate their vision and strengthen their confidence to develop, grow and excel themselves to a higher level;
  3. each student is assigned an alumnus as his mentor to accompany and guide him throughout the school year, and ideally throughout his school life in St. Louis.
• Five programs have been launched in the 2013-14

 

1. Mentorship Program (whole year)

• Loving care, companionship, guidance and advice from seniors can definitely contribute positively to a youngsters’ path of personal growth.
• We invited fourteen alumni of different professions as mentors.
• The program mainly aims at personal goal setting and counselling on learning.

Mentees training during induction session                   Mentors and mentees getting to know

                                                                                           each other at first induction

 

Sharing of past school life by mentorSharing of today’s school life by mentee

 

2. Mai Po Natural Reserve Visit (Mentor-Mentee Interaction) – 23^rd Nov 2013

• Mentors and their mentees joined a guided visit to Mai Po Natural Reserve as an ice-breaking activity.
• An alumnus Dr. Michael Lau Wai Neng, Senior Head of Program of Local Biodiversity and Regional Wetlands, had kindly escorted us as our tour-guide.

 

Pre-tour briefing by Dr. Michael LauGroup photo at the Mai Po Nature Reserve

(old boy), Senior Head of Program of

Local Biodiversity and Regional Wetlands

 

Bird-viewing through the binocularEye-piece view

 

Excursion in the Mai Po Nature Reserve

 

3. Heritage Lesson and Excursions

 

• We believe that the school heritage is an invaluable asset of the Salesian education. In order to enhance students’ understanding on Salesian education philosophy, heritage lessons to S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 students were conducted by our ex-deputy school principal, Sir Patrick Pak, in October 2013.

 

 

School history and Salesian heritage lesson presented to S1 to S5 students by

Mr. Patrick Pak (ex-deputy school principal) during GE lessons

 

• On top of the heritage lessons, two heritage excursions were arranged for the fourteen enrolled students.

 

Heritage Excursion 1 - Cheung Chau Visit (Cheung Chau Don Bosco Oratory) [長洲鮑思高慶禮院] and Christian Zheng Sheng College [正生書院] – 26^th Oct, 2013

Father Chan Hung Kei and Brother Lam Ying, persons-in-charge of Cheung Chau Don Bosco Oratory, briefed our students the aims of establishing the oratory—to provide a place for local youngsters to gather and learn more about the Bible through various activities. Students had meaningful and inspiring discussion with local youngsters and students of Zheng Sheng College on matters including their aspirations and plans for the future. We also visited Zheng Sheng that helped us know more about the “new lives” of youngsters who had once got lost.

 

Spiritual advice by Fr. Matthew ChanIntroduction of the Cheung Chau Don Bosco

Oratory by Brother Lam Ying

 

 

 

 Sharing with students from Christian Group photo at the pier of Christian

Zheng Sheng CollegeZheng Sheng College

  

Heritage Excursion 2 – Aberdeen Technical School (ATS) Boarding School Visit – 4^th Mar, 2014

Given that companion is vital for youngster education, campus life of boarding school plays an important role in secondary education, especially for those who are from new migrants, under-privileged or single-parent families.In the visit, Father Lam Chung Wai and Mr. Yu Lap Fun, Supervisor and Principal of ATS, introduced the school history and showed us how the regulated daily schedule of boarding school helped students develop self-discipline and lead a normal and orderly life. We also visited the workshops for technical students. Throughout the trip, we gained an in-depth understanding on the Salesian secondary education in the early history of Hong Kong.

 

 

Group photo in the ATS dormitoryATS boarding students studying in the evening

 

 

 

Sharing with ATS boarding school students

 

 

4. Life Experience Camp in Nanhai Zhongxue (南海中學) – 26^th to 28^th Dec 2013

 

• Nanhai Zhongxue is a significant high school in Foshan, mainland China.
• In the three-day-two-night visit, each St. Louis student was assigned a local student guide. Our students shadowed their guides to experience the local education.
• Besides, they joined sharing sessions and sports activities with the local students.
• To introduce our school to Nanhai students, our students filmed a documentary about St. Louis.
• The documentary was narrated in English, presented by two of our students as live presenters and broadcasted to the local students through the Nanhai Zhongxue’s campus TV.

 

                                The school campus                                    Group photo in host & guest students pairing

  

             Attending class with local students                              Sharing in class

 

 

 Greeting by deputy school principal,                           Exchange of souvenirs

Mr. Li, of Nanhai Zhongxue                                                              

 

2 mentees presented SLS at the local TV station    Words of thanks by mentee representative

                                                                              at thanksgiving dinner

 

                             Saying farewell               On-site reflection meeting with mentees

  

5. Apprentice Day (L plus H/Jing Kung Education Press) – 25^th & 27^th Feb 2013

 

• For our students to experience the working environment in an industrial/commercial organization, we organized two visits to local enterprises.
• Two enterprise owners, also alumni of St. Louis, had been invited to be hosts of the program.
• Sales and marketing demonstration and workshop visit had opened our students’ eye and mind.

 

 

Mr. Charles Chong (right 2) of L plus H with                     The L plus H management team

the visiting mentees at the                                       & the FDAA committee

textile factory                                                            

 

                      

Briefing by the chief editor of Jing Kung                          Briefing by the leather factory

Education Press                                                     manager of L plus H

 

 6. 2013/14 FDEB Award Winners

 

YU Hin-Chung, Nikko             S3

YUNG Chin- Hei                       S4

 

 

XI. The Fr. Deane Excel and Beyond Program (FDEB) – 2014/15

 

Events	Date	Remarks
S1 Mentorship Program – Briefing Session	12 Sep 14	Participants to serve as junior mentors to S1 students in 2014/15 – role & duties, program activities etc.
Mentors Briefing Session	20 Sep 14	Experience sharing, goals & expectations alignment, support & communication mechanism, introduction of 2014/15 FDEB Program etc.
Heritage Program –Heritage Talk	Sep & Oct 14	GE lesson heritage talk to S1 & S6 students
S1 Mentorship Program – Training Camp (Cheung Chau Don Bosco Youth Centre)	18-19 Oct 14	Ice-breaking, mutual trust building, team game/activity, self-confidence & communication skill training etc.
S1 Mentorship Program – Information Session for S1 Admission	8 Nov 14	Junior mentors and S1 mentees to serve as voluntary school tour guides on the Parents Information Day
Life Experience Camp – Fujian Rural Junior School Visit	24-28 Dec 14	English teaching to primary school students plus agricultural/community service in rural Fujian
Apprentice Day – Job Shadowing	Feb – Apr 15	One day job shadowing by an alumnus host in his organization/work environment
Mentees Assessment	2 May 15	Interview by panel
Award Presentation	22 May 15	Prize presentation ceremony at feast of Mary Help of Christian

  

XII. The FDAA Team

 

	2013-14	2014-15
Committee Members	Mr. Alex Wong (69 graduate) Mr. Raymond Pong (69 graduate) Mr. Thomas Leung (78 graduate) Mr. Sunny Cheng (69 graduate) Mr. Patrick Pak (69 graduate) Mr. Anthony Liu (62 graduate)	Mr. Alex Wong (69 graduate) Mr. Sunny Cheng (69 graduate) Mr. Patrick Pak (69 graduate) Mr. Duncan Tai (80 graduate) Mr. Anthony Liu (62 graduate)
Mentors	Mr. David Cheung (94 graduate) Mr. Kenny Chong (94 graduate) Mr. Jason Ho (01 graduate) Mr. Albert Hong (75 graduate) Mr. Aaron Lee (94 graduate) Mr. Joseph Lee (69 graduate) Mr. Thomas Lee (78 graduate) Mr. Leo Man (91 graduate) Mr. Jonathan Man (94 graduate) Mr. Winson Nagi (98 graduate) Mr. Amen So (94 graduate) Mr. David Tam (03 graduate) Mr. Andrew Wu  (69 graduate) Mr. Ben Yuen (09 graduate)	Mr. Douglas Chan (03 graduate) Mr. David Cheung (94 graduate) Mr. Howard Ho (03 graduate) Mr. Jason Ho (01 graduate) Mr. Aaron Lee (94 graduate) Mr. Joseph Lee (69 graduate) Mr. Thomas Lee (78 graduate) Mr. Jonathan Man (94 graduate) Mr. Winson Nagi (98 graduate) Mr. David Tam (03 graduate) Mr. Andrew Wu (69 graduate) Mr. Ben Yuen (09 graduate)
Teacher-in-Charge	Mr. Chris Lui Yiu-sun Miss Alice Chiu Man-fei	Mr. Chris Lui Yiu-sun Miss Crystal Chan Man-ying
Spiritual Director	Rev. Fr. Simon Lam	Rev. Fr. Simon Lam
Supervisor	Mr. Lo Chi-wing	Mr. Lo Chi-wing