1. WEA

2. The World Education Alliance (WEA) is an organization which aims to promote the exchange ideas in the field of education and culture. It aims to share the excellence of cultural diversity and the benefits of educational resources by undertaking cooperation among schools in different countries and regions.

3. The WEA organize congress every year for its members on different emphasis. Such as the needs of the 21th century education, the students’ development as well as the school management. Such as the 4th WEA Congress held in Stormarnschule Ahrensburg, Germany in 2008. The emphasis of this congress is on student-orientated teaching and independent, self- determined learning. It was the most successful one.

4. School heads from different parts of the world, through exchange and interaction, learn from each other about different education systems

5. WEA founded in 2004 Beijing June First Middle School was the host of 1 st Summit. Banpo High School, Seoul, South Korea, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA Dr. Benjamin Chan, (HKBUAS Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary joined as one of its members in 2006)

6. Principal : Wang Han Beijing June First School

7. Principal : Bill William Christ Hathaway Brown School, USA

8. Ms Cho, Banpo High School, Seoul, Korea

9. St. Mary’s School, Johannesburg, South Africa Stormarnschule Ahrensburg, Germany Bishop Cotton Girls' School, India Ecole Normale Catholique Blomet, France St. Francis College, Brazil Ravenswood School, UK Presbyterian Ladies College

10. Principal :Dr. Micheala Witte Deputy Principal : Eckhard Gaumnitz

11. St Mary's School, South Africa Ms Michelle Friedman

12. Principal: Mrs. Princess Franklyn Bishop Cotton Girls' School, India

13. School heads from different parts of the world building up a global network through this platform.

15. All WEA member schools are outstanding in their own country, as one of the team, we built up a very useful, efficient,

16. and communicative platform to share teaching and learning experience each other.

17. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” (William Butler Yeats)

19. “In Him was life, and life was the light of men.” (John 1:4-5)

21. We share the excellence of cultural diversity

22. and the benefits of educational resources by undertaking cooperation among schools in different countries and regions.

23. Meanwhile, our teaching and learning can be further advanced through ideas exchange.

24. In addition, by participating in the Alliance programmes and activities, cultural exchange is fostered from the student level to the school level.

25. Thank You!