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PHYSICS TEACHER, STEVE BAILEY SPENDS SUMMER TEACHING IN HONG KONG eloved faculty member, Steve Bailey, taught Advanced Physics in Hong Kong for three weeks in July as part of an international expansion of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), a national program for 7th to 10th grade students. The Johns Hopkins University CTY program offered six courses including Biomedical Science, Cryptography, Intro to Computer Science, Macroeconomics and the Global Economy, Non-fiction Writing, and Upper Level Physics.
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are conducted at University of Hong Kong Science and Technology (UHKST).” The eligibility of the students for these courses requires that they score “with distinction” on the Math, Science, and problem-solving portions of the World Class Test (WCT). The WCT is a series of tests created by the British Government in 2001 to identify academically talented and creative youth. Students are required to apply creative thinking and logic in response to math, science, and general problems and to communicate their thought process clearly on paper.
Students completing Steve’s physics course are expected to take (and do well) in AP Physics B in the fall. All have completed at least Algebra II Honors. Many have finished pre-calculus and will also be taking calculus in the fall. Each class is composed of 18 students. “In my class,” said Steve. “I have students from the United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam and one from mainland China. All courses
After a grueling six weeks of classes, Steve was joined by his wife, Jane, on a trip to China where they were welcomed by The Gunnery’s Mandarin teacher for the past two years, Jian (“Johnson”) Wu. Steve, Jane and Johnson traveled to Hong Kong and Beijing to meet prospective students and their parents and talk with alumni and current students.
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