Spotlights type: News

Every day we witness the exciting growth of YCCECE students as they advance along the pathway of becoming Yew Chung Educators. We are deeply grateful to be celebrating the first two staff donations the College has received, which contribute toward a sustainable future of high-quality Early Childhood Education.

Heartfelt thanks to Joyce Chen, our Chief Technology Officer, for her generous gift in creating a scholarship for students who pursue degree studies in Special Education.  Joyce’s passion for the work of YCCECE and YCEF, and her commitment to developing future Yew Chung Educatorsis an inspiration for our entire community.  Joyce has always modelled the best of Yew Chung and worked with unwavering determination to do what is best for our students.  We are tremendously grateful for her support.

Rosemary Claire Kelly, our recently retired Regional Head of University Counselling, has also made a generous gift to YCEF, which has been channeled to YCCECE.  Rosemary, a long-time staff member, has always believed in the vision and mission of YCEF, and contributed immensely to the development of our University Guidance services across our YCIS and YWIES schools, as well as YCCC, helping all students realize their potential and dreams.  We are most grateful to Rosemary for her thoughtful contribution, and wish her a wonderful retirement life back in the States!

Thanks to the HKSAR Government’s 7^thMatching Scheme, gifts made to YCCECE from now until July 31^st, 2019 will be doubled! Together with the help of our generous staff, alumni, parents and friends, we are nurturing a new generation of Yew Chung Educatorswho will transform the profession and impact countless young lives in the years to come.

The summer ended, but the joy continues! Here in Yew Chung, first week of school means happiness and laughter. Welcome back, YCers! Wish you have an amazing year ahead.

In this ever-changing world, Yew Chung’s vision stands firm and strong throughout 85 years. From Kindergarten to tertiary education, we are here to provide quality education in nurturing holistic person. Listen to our leaders and parents to see why YCers are different from others.

Here we conclude the WE CARE video series and Yew Chung’s 85th birthday celebration. Special thanks to Stylo Vision Group for their contributions in the past year.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Chan as the Director of Development and Alumni Relations of Yew Chung Education Foundation.  Anna has been with the Foundation for over 18 years and has a wealth of experience in education management, psychology in education, student counselling, and alumni engagement and parent relations.

In the past five years, Anna had been in various roles, including being the Head of Director’s Office and Acting School Business Manager. She was overseeing the full range of administrative operations of the through-train school from Kindergarten to Secondary.  She was also responsible for the development of Yew Chung Yew Wah Alumni Association.  Prior to this, Anna was in principalship for YCIS-Hong Kong Primary for nine years.

Anna was a founding officer of the Yew Chung Alumni.  Earlier in her career, she was involved in the establishment and operation of the association and the  university guidance office.  She has maintained close relations with the Yew Chung community of alumni, students, parents and staff over the past 18 years.

As the Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Anna will lead the office in developing institutional advancement strategies and oversee the fundraising activities as well as building alumni engagement for both the Yew Chung Yew Wah network and the Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education.

To celebrate its 85th Anniversary, YCIS hosted an education conference “Reinvention - The Future Beckons” in Hong Kong on 16-17 March, 2018.

With physical participation of close to 500 staff from YCIS and Yew Wah’s schools across the regions, plus those attending through digital devices, a total of over 1,300 teachers of YC family, gathered to learn from experts on topics covering Global Competencies, 21st Century Learning and Learning Communities, which are necessary for nurturing future talents.

Yew Chung founded one of the first kindergartens in Hong Kong some 85 years ago, pioneering what were then the radical concepts of Early Childhood Education (ECE).

Today, true to its ECE roots and educator heart, YCEF is proud to introduce an ambitious, on-going project: The creation of Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education (YCCECE), a tertiary teacher training college in Hong Kong, upgraded from Yew Chung Community College, with a new campus slated to open in 2018!

Let's begin with YCCECE's visual identity:

❨❩ Latitude and longitude - a homage to master Tai-keung Kan's original logo design, we pared it down to the Earth's lines and celebrated them

❨❩ Tertiary Education - the beginning of complex, endless discovery of our positions in the world, of ourselves

❨❩ True East x West bespoke typeface - English is Yew Chung Display; Chinese is Yew Chung Ming 耀明體. English R has the Chinese-like stroke 捺; Chinese character 敎, in its ancient form, has the English-like X

❨❩ Early Childhood Educators - shapes of humans (人) cradling, guiding, supporting each other

Check out the teaser website and see the identity in action:
http://ece.yccc.edu.hk/

At 85, Yew Chung has begun the sprint towards a century of holistic education, and we are moving ahead in style. First, a major school uniform revamp. Now, Yew Chung Education Foundation gets its own new identity!

❨❩ New logo and brand colors - distinct yet echoing the existing YCIS identity

❨❩ Bespoke typeface - English is Yew Chung Display; Chinese is Yew Chung Ming 耀明體

❨❩ New identity distills the Yew Chung ethos to their core: the origin, the globe, the true East x West blend, the infinite rippling cycles of education

The brand new YCEF has arrived.