Kimberly began this school out of her passion for guiding our next generation to become oaks of righteousness based on Isaiah 61. She attended Diocesan Girl’s Junior School, Hong Kong International School, and St. Paul’s School, a prestigious preparatory school in the United States. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Rector’s Award from St. Paul’s School for her service to the school and for helping younger children in the community. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in early childhood education. At Brown University, she became part of the Watson Association, a select group of Brown alumni who have excelled as undergraduates and demonstrated a keen dedication to international affairs. She then earned her MBA at Glion Institute of Higher Education. Due to her passion for early childhood education, she attended Hong Kong University for her Post-Graduate Diploma in Education and was the class representative of the early childhood group. Throughout her academic career, she was elected to lead different types of clubs, including dance, leadership, and community service programs.
Formerly in the hospitality industry, she has learned that the most important factors for succeeding at work are honesty, integrity, and character. She firmly believes knowledge can be self-taught and skills can be passed down, but moral character has to be cultivated. This belief led her to focus the school’s curriculum primarily on character building based on the nine “fruit of the spirit”.

What is your goal for Mighty Oaks?
We aim to educate through an integrated curriculum of discovery and experiential learning. At Mighty Oaks, we get our hands dirty in the garden, create art, engage in dramatic play, make music, exercise and explore the outside world together. At our Acorn and Pre Nursery ages, we aim to Build foundations of moral values, from which will provide solid development for continuous growth towards Instilling, Conceptualising and Applying these moral values into the daily lives of children to fully enable them to be rooted in their character values. It is our goal at Mighty Oaks to raise children of good character through this developmental process (from acorns to mighty oaks of righteousness). In order to be effective in schools, character building must involve everyone – school staff, parents, students, and community members- and be part of every school day. As a result, we actively involve parents and the community to be part of our children’s educators. Let us all take part in the process of turning our children from acorns to mighty oaks.

How do you define success?
A lifelong learner that continuously aims to be a beacon of light in an ever-changing world.

Marissa brings with her a wealth of experiences from both the education industry and the corporate world. Her love for children started very early and she has worked for various children’s brands and has developed a few schools and learning centres over the years.
She believes the power of character education and has dedicated her life to Early Year’s Education.
Having been educated in both UK and United States; Marissa has a multi-cultural vision for today’s education scene in Hong Kong and seeks to improve the learning for all children in her homeland.

What is your goal for Mighty Oaks?
To make Mighty Oaks the first destination for children for Character Education.
To provide the best learning journey for children from 8 months to 6 years old.

How do you define success?
Success is seeing children happy and loving every day of school life at Mighty Oaks.

As a professional with more than 15 years of experience in early childhood education, Teetee Choi has worked in many international kindergartens and has achieved good results in both administrative management and Chinese teaching with a professional attitude. Teetee received her diploma in Early Childhood Education from Open University of Hong Kong, and her BA from the Hong Kong Institute of Education, as well as certificates in International Baccalaureate programs during her teaching practice. Her wide scope of educational qualifications enables her to compare different teaching methodologies from a global perspective and institute the best practices for her local and international students. Teetee has served as a founding member of Mighty Oaks International Kindergarten since its establishment in 2016. She is full of love and responsibility, and plays a key role in the development of the school. Teetee has devoted herself to the study of Chinese calligraphy for many years. She has participated in many calligraphy exhibitions and is willing to share her unique cultural views.

What is your goal for Mighty Oaks?
I hope that our children in Mighty Oaks not only learn useful knowledge for the future, but also develop excellent characters, so as to lead them into a more memorable life. I look forward to our children being able to lay a good language foundation in knowledge acquisition, because languages are not only tools for communication in a global environment, but also doors to different cultures. We help children open these doors and appreciate various wonderful cultures. In this process, they naturally learn communication skills. I also look forward to our children developing excellent character, because good character can not only cultivate good habits for children, but also develop their social and emotional skills for complex environments, and lay a good foundation for their lifelong learning.

How do you define success?
A positive attitude towards life always lead us to success.

Noel first found her connection with children when working at a summer camp in North Carolina. Being a strong believer of play-based learning, Noel strives to create a stimulating, inspiring and fun environment that cultivates children’s natural curiosity and love of learning. Her passion lies in providing meaningful, concrete experiences for children to explore and grow.

Noel has a wealth of experience in educational and curriculum leadership in both local and international preschool settings. She has coordinated kindergartens in Hong Kong and China in designing, implementing and evaluating curriculum for young bilingual learners, and in initiating strategies for educational development and improvement. A passionate, innovative early childhood leader, Noel is committed to driving a positive learning culture, encouraging teacher creativity and collaboration, guiding and supporting the team to share effective instructional practices and make a meaningful impact on student learning outcomes.

Noel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education and a Certificate in Visual Arts for Early Childhood Educators. A motivated educator who is keen to improve and develop professionally, Noel is currently pursuing a Master of Education degree specializing in Curriculum and Instruction.

What is your goal for Mighty Oaks?
A child’s early years are crucial for building the foundation for lifelong learning and behaviour. At Mighty Oaks, social-emotional learning is rooted in every classroom. I strive to continue to refine the teaching strategies for bringing academics and social-emotional learning together. Together with a team of amazing teachers, I look forward to providing a loving and caring environment where our children can grow and achieve long-term success.

How do you define success?
Success doesn’t lead to gratitude and happiness. Success starts with gratitude.

Kitty is one of Hong Kong’s best-known registered educational psychologists. She is probably most familiar to Hong Kong parents and educators from her thoughtful and informative writing on behaviour and education issues for a range of well-respected and popular publications including Baby Mo, BK Milk, New Evening Post and Psyche Mag.

Her work as an educator began in Canada in 2001 and continued as a primary and secondary school teacher in Hong Kong until 2006, when she decided to further her education by training as an educational psychologist. She now works as an educational psychologist in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. She is also a guest speaker for the BAT program of the Department of Special Education and Counselling at The Education University of Hong Kong. Kitty also serves as an advisor for "JC A-Connect: Jockey Club Autism Support Network " at New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and an advisor of kindergartens in Macau.

Michelle worked in PR and marketing before establishing her own early childhood learning centres. Between 2009-2014, she created Peegaboo Parenting Group and opened MPro Parenting which focuses on parent education. Michelle is very involved in many different children-related charities in Hong Kong and serves as board member of Bring Me A Book and Executive member of Playright Play.

Our team went through rigorous training to ensure every child receives the best from each and every one of us. At Mighty Oaks, we believe in quality education at an affordable price. Our goal is for our children to grow from Acorns to Mighty Oak trees. We trust our graduates who are lifelong learners will become beacons of light in society. We know moral development is the most important foundation for our young'uns. Let our children explore, learn, laugh, love and grow together!