hkis – celebrating forty years
1995
Alumni Milestones
April: Launch of project “Career Pursuit” where alumni speak to prospective students about their various professions.
September 14, 1967: HKIS opens a Kindergarten to Grade 12 school in Repulse Bay with 630 students. February 22, 1968: The school is dedicated. June 1968: First graduating class.
October 1984: Alumni Association incorporated.
1986 The inaugural Alumni Program commences under Joan L. Erisman, Director of the External Affairs Department and Carole A. Edwards. Alumni Affairs Secretary. December: The first Alumni Christmas Reception is held at the HKIS campus.
1987 Spring: First Alumni News published.
July: Alumni Board instituted and new constitution published under President Mark Kwok ’74. Wine-tastings and dinners held.
December 21: 10th Alumni Christmas Cocktail Reception, HKIS campus. Alumni Christmas Reunion, December 27 1990.
1996
1990
December: 11th Annual Alumni Christmas Reception in the Black Box theatre.
May 19: Pre-graduation party for class of 1990 hosted by Alumni of 1980. June: Reunion at Emerald Garden, Redondo Beach, with 72 alumni. December 27: Alumni Christmas Reunion at the Tai Tam campus, 147 alumni attend.
1991 April 26: 25th Anniversary Celebrations at the Conrad Hotel. May 24-27: Class of ’81 celebrates its 10-year reunion in San Francisco.
1993
October 30: Halloween Carnival for both students and alumni, HKIS campus.
December 27: 8th Alumni Christmas Reception, 82 alumni attend.
December 18: Alumni gathering at Graffiti in the Hong Kong Hotel.
1994
December 27: Second Annual Alumni Christmas Reception at the Hong Kong Country Club, with 165 alumni in attendance.
September 3-5: Class of ’84 celebrates its 10-year reunion in San Francisco.
1988 June 11: HKIS Summer Alumni Reunion.
August 30: The new high school at Tai Tam opens for its first term and the school mascot and logo changes from Crusaders to Dragons.
1997 May: Alumni Association holds a five-day Reunion of the Century in this magic, 30th anniversary year, attracting alumni, guests and faculty. The first HKIS Speaker Series is held concurrently. The HKIS Annual Fund is inaugurated. A dedicated Alumni Office is opened under the Community and Resource Development Department (formerly External Affairs Department). Director Miltinnie Yih opens with activities co-coordinated by an Alumni Officer, Yuk Lynn Woo. Events and services include a contact directory, reunions and an essay contest; work also begins on an alumni website.
First Alumni Directory published.
October 22: Sneak Preview of the new Middle School Campus in Tai Tam. November 19: Class of ’74 has its 20 year reunion in Glendale, CA. December 29: 9th Alumni Christmas Reception at Tai Tam campus library.
Class of ‘74 at its 20-year Reunion in Glendale, CA, 1994.
At the 2nd Annual Alumni vs. Faculty Basketball Challenge and Art Show 1999.
The first graduating class of June 1968.
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