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發表於 11-10-26 19:59 |只看該作者 |倒序瀏覽 |打印

我們將移民美國, 仔仔今年喺香港讀中二, 由於工作關係, 我和 husband 都不會留在美國, 所以想幫仔仔搵間寄宿中學, 但又唔知邊間好, 我們尙未決定去邊個州, 不過最好係 Cupertino, L.A. or Georgia, 因為有親戚喺度, 各位媽咪可唔可以俾啲意見, 同時亦想問一問, 有綠咭入讀寄宿學校係唔係平啲?

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發表於 11-10-27 00:59 |只看該作者

咁細，真係無聽過。都唔係咁放心啦。寄宿學校都係私立嘅，有綠咭唔會平啲。

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發表於 11-10-27 04:38 |只看該作者

中學真係冇聽過喎，多數都係大學住dorm就有。
既然你有親戚，不如寄住親戚屋企仲好啦，我只係識Cupertino，
係一個好好校區，功課偏多，小朋友要好用心，程度唔低，
但讀得上去到大學就會知道原來打好咗個底。

花旗太太生活在花旗國，留意時差，你問我未必即時答到。

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發表於 11-10-27 06:47 |只看該作者

ErnieBB 發表於 11-10-26 19:59
我們將移民美國, 仔仔今年喺香港讀中二, 由於工作關係, 我和 husband 都不會留在美國, 所以想幫仔仔搵間寄 ...

http://www.admissionsquest.com/c ... ding-Middle-Schools
好貴

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發表於 11-10-27 18:32 |只看該作者

回覆 rose-mag 的帖子

我都想佢寄住喺親戚度, 但係人哋唔得; 問過有人可以做 home stay, 但担心假期唔知點算

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發表於 11-10-31 09:10 |只看該作者

as far as i know, there are no boarding schools in Cupertino. actually the number of boarding schools in the US are not too many and mostly are for high schools only (i.e. grade 9 to 12 which is equivalent to F.3 to F.6 in HK).

i only heard of one boarding school in Bay Area but it's in Woodside where is maybe about 45 minutes from Cupertino if the traffic is good. Tuition for boarding is over US$50,000/year. and i don't think it's easy to get in.

http://www.woodsidepriory.com

most boarding schools would cost at least $40,000/year and all of them should be private, so it doesn't matter if you're a US resident or not.

i think there might be more options for boarding schools in UK.

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發表於 11-11-2 16:47 |只看該作者

如SY＿Mom所講，boarding schools 多是high schools，東岸比較多，如果你仔仔今年中二，那明年就可以入學。

其實如果讀寄宿學校的話並無必要一定要近親戚，反而揀間好學校更重要。假期孩子可以飛去探親戚（如果他們可以招呼他）或返香港，問題應該不大

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發表於 11-11-2 18:34 |只看該作者

學費咁貴! 如果搵到 home stay, 妳們覺得如何?

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發表於 11-11-2 18:36 |只看該作者

回覆 mugtaitai 的帖子

如果搵 home stay, 妳們覺得如何?

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發表於 11-11-3 00:14 |只看該作者

如果真係冇親戚可以收留，Homestay都係一個辦法，但另外有D細節你都要考慮：
1）學校近唔近Homestay？交通點解決？步行？巴士？校車？carpool？
2）仔仔獨唔獨立？再自己照顧自己，又要適應環境，同homestay相處，有事要自己make decision。
3）如果你搵homestay，就唔一定要搵私立學校，可以報公立都得，拎住綠卡讀公立唔駛錢，但課後班同興趣班等就要額外俾錢。
4）學校要每個學生有監護人聯絡人，即係有事要通知家長就有個contact，例如小朋友病咗或喺學校受傷或犯事，老師要有個聯絡人可以通知，有時監護人要即時去學校接走小朋友，而且每年有parent teacher conference，公校係最少兩次，你有冇人可以做仔仔監護人？每年開學學校都要有小朋友針紙，要有打針紀錄，即係有人要帶仔仔去醫生度做檢查。

我自己小朋友比較細，暫時都要好involve學校活動，例如volunteer咁，去到中學應該就可以少D參與，不過呢邊學校好鼓勵家長參與學校活動，對小朋友喺學校學習有幫助，不過因為工作做唔到都冇辦法啦。

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發表於 11-11-3 11:25 |只看該作者

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ErnieBB,

may i know why you wants to send your son over to US to study at this age?

in general, the high school education in US is so-so. for the very good ones, expensive and really hard to get in! even for the undergraduate level of college, i would still say it's so-so. graduate schools (master degree and PhD) are not bad at the good colleges.

if i were u, i wouldn't let my son leave the family at this young age. homestay - even worse to me ... no way, live with strangers. boarding school - maybe until my son's older if the school is really good and it's worth it.

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發表於 11-11-4 20:21 |只看該作者

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因為移民已批出, 明年一定要報到, 所以依家唔知點算好, 聽講現在美國好難搵工, 我們是工務員, 有穩定收入, 所以才想到把仔仔留在美國讀書

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發表於 11-11-4 21:50 |只看該作者

如果唔想嚟，咁點解要移民？好難have your cake and eat it too.

美國比較嚴，唔同加拿大。我諗比較難做移民太空人。你個仔又唔大唔細，青春期最需要睇住。

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發表於 11-11-5 02:04 |只看該作者

http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/iv_faq.html#a07

What if I cannot travel during the validity period of the immigrant visa?

Under these circumstances, you should return the unused expired visa and visa package to the Immigrant Visa Unit with a letter explaining why you were unable to travel. Depending on the reasons, it may be possible to re-issue the visa upon payment of a new processing fee, and you may be required to retake the medical examination and submit new forms and documents. Requests for re-issuance are evaluated on a case-by-case basis – there is no guarantee that a visa will be re-issued.

I know someone who successfully postponed the landing for a couple of years, but as it says there's no guarantee. Also 針無兩頭利，真係要諗清楚咩野最重要，移民美國的目的又是甚麽？

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