本校創校於1977年，當時是由香港佛教聯合會主辦、香港寶蓮禪寺贊助之政府資助中學。香港寶蓮禪寺方丈釋智慧大和尚為完成寶蓮禪寺已故大德筏可大和尚興學育才之遺志，傾力籌建，落成後特將本校命名為佛教筏可紀念中學，永彰盛德。校舍位於香港大嶼山大澳，為島上第一所中學。
學校於2004年完成「學校改善工程」計畫，為學校添置不少設施。校舍新翼樓高四層，設有教學輔導室、電腦輔助教學室、多媒體語言學習室和學生多用途活動室。校舍新翼內設名人廊及藝術廊等。自2008年，全校無線上網，建立各級學科資料庫，校園設施更臻完善。2007年開始，本校增設學生宿舍服務，提供訓練課程，務求實踐全人教育理念。
本校致力發展多元化課程，照顧不同能力及志趣的學生。中一至中六級分別設立以英語及中文為教學授課語言的班別，透過分班，分組協作教學、戲劇教學，參加網上英語學習計畫等大力提升學生兩文三語水平。
自2009年9月新學年開始，本校轉為直接資助文法中學，並得教育局批准成為取錄非華語學生(NCS)的中學。為此，本校發展校本非華語學生的中文課程，使同學能參加校外公開試(GCSE及GCE)，增加同學升學機會。此外，各科又利用地區資源，安排學生參加區內外不同類型的考察及學習交流活動，讓學生全面發展，各展所長。
本校新高中課程貫徹「文中有理，理中有文」的理念，提供寛而廣的課程。此外，本校繼續參加與專上學院協作的「應用學習課程」，務求使學生具備職業技能；又積極利用校外不同資源，推動學生走出學校，放眼世界，認識國家，培育樂於學習、善於溝通及關心社會的新一代。
為提升同學的自信心及培養同學的堅毅能力，學校致力舉辦多項課後體育活動，如陸運會、遠足、長跑、舞獅班、功夫班、啦啦隊、粵劇班等。校方也成立不同球類校隊，如欖球隊、乒乓球隊、籃球隊、足球隊等，以吸引不同興趣及不同種族的同學參加，務求使他們在課餘有豐富的活動，藉參加不同類型的活動提升鬥志及上進心，最後能學以致用，回饋社會。
自2009年起，全校師生每天均進行早操活動。校長也帶領老師和同學進行跑步活動。此外，在校長領導下，本校連續四年組成教職員隊、同學隊伍以及校友隊伍，參加一年一度完成100公里的毅行者活動。今年校長也會組隊參加。
本校致力發展融洽多元的校園文化，有幸連續七年獲頒「關愛校園」獎勵計劃獎項，令人鼓舞。本校相信全體師生上下一心，締迼和諧圓滿的校園。
Our school was founded in 1977. Situated in Tai O, it was the first co-ed secondary school on Lantau Island. To accomplish Venerable Fat Ho’s unfulfilled wish of providing education, Venerable Chi Wai endeavored to form a school and named it ‘Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College’. Due to the successful application for ‘School Improvement Projects’ in 2004, an additional school premise was built. It has four storeys including a counseling room, a computer room, a multimedia learning centre and a multi-purpose activity room. Besides, we established a notable gallery and an art gallery throughout the school. Moreover, we set up wifi service around the school campus in 2008. Furthermore, we created a resource bank for different subjects and provided Cable TV network. In addition, we have been providing a boarding house for our students since 2007 where they receive in-house training. We strive our best for developing various curricula, catering for learner diversity and individual interests. And for Chinese, English and Mathematics, we develop and implement the ‘School-based curriculum’. Through different groupings, co-operative learning, drama teaching and an English online learning scheme, we try to maximize our students’ multilingual skills. In September 2009, we joined the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) and we were recognized by the EDB for admitting non-Chinese students (NCS). Based on that, we have developed our tailor-made Chinese curriculum for those NCS students to better equip them for the GCSE and GCE, which can fulfill the requirements for further studies. Besides, to ensure all-round development, we make use of the local district resources to organise various visits and exchange activities. For the NSS curriculum, we offer different subjects for our students. Besides, to equip students with vocational skills, we cooperate with different post-secondary institutes to provide applied learning courses. We utilize every resource we have to widen their horizon by exploring our society and the world. We hope to nurture our students to be an active, passionate and responsible person. In order to enhance students’ confidence and persistence, we organize a wide variety of sports activities for our students such as Sports Day, hiking and cross country running. Besides, we set up a lion dance club, a kung fu class, a cheering team and a Chinese opera class. Moreover, we set up various sports teams including rugby team, table-tennis team, basketball team and football team. Through joining the extra-curricular activities, we hope to develope our students to be a confident and motivated person who contributes the society in future. Since 2009, all staff and students do morning exercises every day. Besides, our principal, teachers, staff and students have formed teams to join the Trailwalker for 4 consecutive years. This year, the Principal has again led our teachers to join this activity to show our students what willpower is. Our school strives to create a harmonious learning environment. We have won the “Caring school” Award for seven consecutive years. Our teachers and students will join hands to make our school to be one of the most hoarmonious school campuses in Hong Kong.
