Procedures for Tropical Cyclones and Red/Black Rainstorm Warnings
Typhoon
Situation | Before School Starts | Whilst In Session |
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Hoisting of No.1 Signal | The school operates as normal. | The school operates as normal. |
Hoisting of No.3 Signal | The school will close. | The classes will be cancelled. Parents should collect their children from school as soon as possible. |
In force at 6.30am Hoisting of No.8 Signal or above | The school will close. | The classes will be cancelled. Parents should collect their children from school as soon as possible. |
Lowering to No.1 Signal or cancellation of all signals | The school will close | The school resumes the following day, unless road or other conditions remain adverse. |
Rainstorm
Situation | Before School Starts | Whilst In Session |
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Raising of Amber Rainstorm Warning
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The school operates as normal. | The school operates as normal. |
Raising of Red / Back Rainstorm Warning
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The school will close. | School will close as normal at the end of the school day. |
Lowering to Amber Rainstorm Warning or the lowering of all warnings. | The school will close. | The classes will be cancelled. Parents should collect their children from school as soon as possible. |
- We recommend that all parents listen to radio or television announcements during persistent rainy/windy weather conditions, especially with regard to Education Bureau announcements.
- Students will not be notified individually, a message will be sent out on the School App and posted onto the class Google Classroom page. Parents are requested to pay attention to the Hong Kong Observatory weather reports and exercise their discretion in deciding whether or not to send their children to school when the weather is unstable.
- For classes cancelled due to severe weather conditions, no refund or make-up classes will be arranged.