HKIS’s primary focus is to provide a high quality education with English as the language of instruction. Our school promotes and celebrates a school climate that values and appreciates cultural and linguistic diversity. In the context of our school, every student, teacher and parent has many opportunities to build community through language. HKIS encourages everyone to be sensitive to how the use of different languages affects others. Our goal is for everyone to feel included and accepted. Therefore, in mixed-language groups outside the classroom, students are encouraged to use a language common to everyone in the group. Although our language of instruction is English, the occasional use of other languages in classroom settings may be appropriate if there is a need to clarify difficult concepts with someone from the same language background.