The Lutheran School For The Deaf is founded in 1968. It was established on Cherry Street, Hong Kong. The school had to rent a part of Concordia Seminary in Yau Yat Tsuen due to insufficient classrooms for a time. In February 1990, a new campus in Kwai Chung finished . Both the primary and secondary department moved to the new campus.[5]
In 2012, the school obtained HK$2.9 million from the Quality Education Fund to implement the Sign Assisted Instruction Programme from February 2012 to January 2015.[6][7][8] In 2015, the school secured a further HK$2.4 million from the fund to continue the programme to July 2017.[9]
From the 2018/19 academic year, with the dissolution of Chun Tok School, Lutheran School For The Deaf became the sole provider of primary and secondary education in the territory.[10]
In January 2023, the school announced that all students were required to learn the national anthem and that it planned to add a choral component to the song.[11]
Curriculum
Although a special school, Lutheran School For The Deaf follows the mainstream academic structure, providing six years of free primary education, four years of free junior secondary education, and three years of free senior secondary school. Students enroll in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education on third grade of senior secondary education. Courses are taught by teachers that have been trained in special education.[2] Both verbal and sign language instruction are used during lessons.[2][8]
Special education service
Deaf student support service
The school operates five centres around Hong Kong: on Hong Kong Island and in eastern New Territories, Kowloon, western New Territories, and Kwai Chung. These provide support services for deaf primary and secondary students.[2][12]
Speech therapy service
A speech therapy service includes assessment, treatment, and counselling services for parents and teachers.[13]
The principal of the school, Xu Jiaen, is also a member of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf (香港聾人福利促進會).[15] There were deaf reporting there were three members in the committee violating the society constitution as their total term lengths are longer than the upper limit of 30 years, so they are not elected properly. They also said they were suppressed when questioning during member meetings. The society responded by saying that the society constitution did not impose restrictions on total term length so the members were elected properly, but did not elaborate much beyond that.[16][17]
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^陳, 健佳 (18 August 2016). "3字頭校長領導唯一聾校 啟發學生潛能 配匙園藝多技能助就業" [30s Principal Leading the Only School for Deaf, Developing Potentials of Students by Equipping them with Multiple Skills to Assist in Employment]. HK01 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^陳, 綺雯 (28 April 2017). "香港手語瀕臨滅絕，聽障人士活在孤立境地？" [Hong Kong Sign Language is Endangered, Will the Deaf be Isolated From Society?]. Initium Media (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021. 目前，教育局規定，只有嚴重或深度聽障的學生才能轉介到啟聾學校就讀。
^"發展簡史 - 路德會啟聾學校" [History Overview - Lutheran School For The Deaf]. Lutheran School For The Deaf (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"手語輔助教學計劃 - 路德會啟聾學校" [Sign Assisted Instruction Programme - Lutheran School For The Deaf]. Lutheran School For The Deaf (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"啟聾學校製手語字典" [Lutheran School For The Deaf to Produce Sign Language Dictionary]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ ab"啟聾學校口手並用授課" [Lutheran School For The Deaf Teaches Both Verbally and with Sign Language]. The Sun (in Chinese). 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"啟聾獲資助 優化手語字典" [Lutheran School For The Deaf is Sponsored to Optimize Sign Language Dictionary]. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^立法會兒童權利小組委員會回應2017年6月20日委員會會議議案(PDF) (Report). Archived(PDF) from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021. 真鐸學校由2004年9月開始主流化。由2018/19學年起，路德會啟聾學校將會成為全港唯一提供小一至中六課程的資助聽障兒童學校。
^"聽障學生增強支援服務 - 路德會啟聾學校" [Enhanced Support Service for Hearing Impaired - Lutheran School For The Deaf]. Lutheran School For The Deaf (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"言語治療服務 - 路德會啟聾學校" [Speech Therapy Service - Lutheran School For The Deaf]. Lutheran School For The Deaf (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"聽覺服務 - 路德會啟聾學校" [Hearing Service - Lutheran School For The Deaf]. Lutheran School For The Deaf (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"新一屆（2020-2021）執行委員會名單" [New (2020-2021) Executive Committee Member List] (PDF). The Hong Kong Society for the Deaf (in Chinese). 17 December 2020. Archived(PDF) from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"聾人福利促進會執委涉違法當選 會員投訴連任40年逾上限" [Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf Involved In Improper Election, Members Reporting Committee Members with Term Lengths Over the Upper Limit of 40 Years]. 獨立媒體 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^"執委涉違章連任40年惹爭議 聾人福利促進會：任期限制無回溯力" [Controversy over Executive Committee Members with Term Lengths Over 40 Years; The Hong Kong Society for the Deaf: Term Limit does not Apply Retroactively]. 獨立媒體 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
