Diocesan Boys' School

Diocesan Boys' School
拔萃男書院
Location
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Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′24″N 114°10′27″E / 22.32333°N 114.17417°E / 22.32333; 114.17417
Information
School typeDSS,[1] Grant School, Secondary; primary (since 2004)
Religious affiliation(s)Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Established1869; 155 years ago (1869)
PresidentMatthias Der
DeanNg Kay Kong
Cho Ka Wai
Wong Yuen Ting
HeadmasterCheng Kay Yen Ronnie
Faculty136 teachers[2]
GradesG7 (Form 1) – G12 (Form 6)
LanguageEnglish
Campus size50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft)
Houses  Arthur

  Piercy
  Sykes
  Featherstone
  Sargent
  Goodban
  George She

  Lowcock
Colour(s)Navy blue, white and red      
NewspaperNot Rigmarole (粹聞)
YearbookSteps (集思)
Websitewww.dbs.edu.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese拔萃男書院
Simplified Chinese拔萃男书院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBácuì Nán Shūyuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBaht seuih nàahm syū yuhn
JyutpingBat6 seoi6 naam4 syu1 jyun6

The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding Anglican boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. The school's mission is "to provide a liberal education based on Christian principles".[3] Having run as a grant-aided school since it was founded, the school commenced operation in the Direct Subsidy Scheme in September 2003. It uses English as the medium of instruction. Its current headmaster is Mr. Ronnie Cheng Kay-Yen.[4][5]

  1. ^ School Information Search & School Lists Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong
  2. ^ "Diocesan Boys' School – Teaching Staff Information". Committee on Home-School Co-operation. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Introduction - Aims and Objectives". Diocesan Boys' School Foundation Limited. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong teen missing for week 'ate leaves and drank stream water' to survive". South China Morning Post. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ DBS. "Diocesan Boys' School - School Profile - Committee". www.dbs.edu.hk. Retrieved 26 August 2024.