Back to school again! ~ The Principal
It’s always an interesting scene to see students coming back after the break! Some still feel sleepy, hoping to stay a little longer in bed! Some are a bit nervous about the new school but most are excited!
Just before the term started, we received the report from the Comprehensive review team from EDB. I was glad that they found our students ‘happy with their school life’ and teachers, ‘caring and supportive’. They reckoned the atmosphere of the school is ‘cosy’. It was a very encouraging remark as we have been working hard in the last five years on a happy and caring campus.
Besides, they described our students ‘on the whole courteous, cooperative, cheerful and well behaved.’ Students ‘enjoy their school life’ and on the whole are attentive in class, ‘exhibiting a positive attitude towards learning’.
I am so proud of our kids though they could still strive for better performance. Today in the School opening ceremony, I appealed to their ‘sense of responsibility in learning’. Teens in this generation are very much spoiled by parents and teachers and very often, they tend to be very complacent about everything and therefore shift the responsibility of learning from themselves to the others. I hope our students would understand their responsibilities in learning and have higher expectations for themselves and work on it.
It’s about time we escalate the level of happiness to one about achievements and satisfaction. We need to nurture students who have aspirations and know how to train themselves and learn for it. We need students to be serious about their studies and put in the hard work to achieve success.
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. You write your own destiny. You make your own future. That's why today, I have asked the students to set their own goals for their education - and to do everything they can to meet them. Whatever they resolve to do, I want them to commit to it. I want them to really work at it.
As I said at the end of the ceremony, ‘We love you very much, kids!’
‘You have to love yourself and make yourself a BETTER YOU!’
I am delighted to have the chance to express my feelings through Student’s Voice. I am Ryan Cheung and this is my sixth year in LTPSS. I was the Head Prefect last year and I am now going to enjoy the fruit of my success as I see a new team of prefects following my footsteps.
Before the start of term, I spent a whole week for the S1 Orientation Week preparing the new students for what is to come instead of revising for the DSE exams. However, I don’t regret it at all. I even felt ecstatic. I enjoyed every moment in that week. I really love this school and I hope I can do much more for this school. LTPSS has become another home for me, a place where I am able to develop into a tough young adult. I treasure every moment in this school, with my classmates, teachers, janitors and principal, Ms. Tam. I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to the success of this school. I do not care how much time I have put in for this school in the past five years, I just hope LTPSS can become an even better school. That is why I would like to seek help from all of my schoolmates - Let’s make LTPSS better. Finally, I hope all of my schoolmates can enjoy a new, precious and memorable academic year in LTPSS.
