English Teacher at Le Hong Phong High School For The Gifted, HCMC, Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Contract tutor in Advanced Organic Chemistry for Vietnam National Chemistry Olympiad
Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted (Vietnamese: Trường Phổ Thông Trung Học Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong; formerly known as Petrus Ký High School) is a highly selective high school in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. Established in 1927, the school is one of the oldest high schools still operating in Vietnam.\\A faculty of about 160 teachers, chosen from the top candidates at the National University of Education in Ho Chi Minh City, serves about 2400 students in three grades from 10th to 12th. Lê Hồng Phong conducts a rigorous entrance examination for admission. Its long-standing prestige as the foremost high school in the area attracts many applicants from South Vietnam and the competition is fierce. Students sit for exams in mathematics, literature, English, and must write a paper on one of the eleven subjects offered in the classes for majors. Students applying to the bilingual Vietnamese-French programme are admitted on a different panel. \\The school offers 12 classes for majors, each specialising in a single subject including: Mathematics, Physics, Computer science, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, History, Literature, English, French, Chinese and Japanese.\\Almost 100% of the school's students pass the National Baccalaureate examination and more than 90% gain entrance to universities and colleges. The school is a strong contestant in the national and international student academic competitions. In the school year 2006-2007, 291 students from Lê Hồng Phong won the City Student Academic Aptitude competition in 12 subjects and 23 students won the National competitions. It is one of the two best-known high schools in Hồ Chí Minh City, together with High school for the Gifted (Nang Khieu High School).\\RECOGNITIONS\In 1989, the school was awarded the 3rd Level Labour Medal by the President of Vietnam.\In 2001, the school was awarded the 2nd Level Labour Medal by the President of Vietnam.\In 2007, the school was awarded the 1st Level Labour Medal by the President of Vietnam.