Parents are required to provide the school details about emergency dismissal for their child. It is important that you keep the School updated should there be a change to your emergency dismissal preferences at any time. Please email the applicable School Office so they are aware.
In the event of TROPICAL CYCLONES, the school's policy is to follow instructions given by the relevant authorities, usually the Hong Kong Observatory.
SIGNAL | ACTION TO BE TAKEN |
Hoisting No. 1 signal (T1) | All classes operate as usual |
Hoisting No. 3 signal (T3) | Reception Year to close. Other classes to operate as usual unless advised otherwise |
Hoisting Pre-No. 8 / No. 8 signal or above | All schools to close |
No. 8 signal or above hoisted during the day with two hours’ notice (T8) | Students that normally travel home by school bus will be sent home by bus. All other students should be collected by an adult. |
Lowering to No. 1 or lowering all signals (T1) | All classes to resume the next day |
Procedures for Tropical Cyclones (Typhoons) are as follows:
- (Please note that if the public authorities announce that Kindergartens are closed in a Typhoon Signal No. 3, this applies to our Reception Year only).
- If schools are not in session when a tropical cyclone is approaching Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) will, if the circumstances warrant it, make an announcement over all radio and television channels and on their websites, advising whether or not to send students from home to school. The announcements will be made in the evening or early morning, and will be timed, whenever possible, before students set out from their homes.
- During the school day – when the EDB believes that the weather is likely to deteriorate rapidly due to an impending Typhoon Signal 8 or above, a public announcement will be released, advising that classes will be suspended, and schools are to implement dismissal procedures for students. During these adverse weather conditions, parents should keep themselves informed by monitoring the Hong Kong Observatory Hong Kong Observatory and EDB websites for updates.
- Once this announcement has been made; AISHK will implement our Student Release Process
- It is important that you provide the School with the release procedure for your child to go home in case of emergency dismissal due to a typhoon. Please be advised that the school will follow this advice for the dismissal of your child.
Parent Advice, for Student Release Process – During a Warning Typhoons First Step:
- Check the AISHK Website Emergency Notice for the details of dismissal times. Visitor arrivals at school for the collectionof students.
- Parents and helpers who arrive to collect students will be directed to their child’s specific classroom and teacher, from where the student will be dismissed.
Student dismissal:
Secondary:
- Secondary students who travel home independently will be dismissed directly from their classes.
- Secondary students who are required to accompany their younger sibling/s home, will report to the relevant Primary classroom to collect their sibling/s.
Primary:
- Students who normally travel home independently will be dismissed directly from their classroom.
- Students who are to be picked up by helpers, parents or siblings will wait in the classroom until collected.
- Teachers will record the mode of travel and the name of the parent/carer/sibling.
- Students travelling by school bus will wait in the classroom until their specific bus is called over the P.A. system. Students will then be sent down to their respective bus.
- Students who are not collected during the designated dismissal time will wait for collection, with essential staff, in the 2/F Auditorium.