Bukit View Secondary School

Bukit View Secondary School (BtVSS) (simplified Chinese: 百德中学; traditional Chinese: 百德中學; pinyin: Băidé Zhōngxué) is a Government-funded secondary school, located in Bukit Batok, on the western part of Singapore. The school aimed to nurture creativity, passion and resilience in all her students to be people with moral integrity and are responsible to self and society.

School Crest

The school emblem takes the shape of a yellow circle with four equilateral triangles inlaid in the centre of the circle. The first green triangle forms the initial 'B' of Bukit and the remaining one in blue represents the initial 'V' of View. The peaks of the three green triangles form 2 letters 'S' representing Secondary School. The yellow circle represents the brilliance of the sun that signifies our aspirations for a bright future through education. The three green triangles (mountains) symbolise the broad and solid educational foundation on which the pupils will continue to scale higher peaks in their studies, with determination, and to the best of their abilities. The blue triangle (sea) represents the virtue of magnanimity of our pupils. It is also the deep sea of virtues and morals that our pupils have to acquire through education.

The school's Chinese name, 百德 also means One Hundred Virtues.

History

The building of the school began on September 30, 1984 and was completed on December 29, 1985. She started classes with 450 students in the Secondary One and Two levels, and a teaching body of 15 on January 3, 1986, headed by the school's first principal, Mr Ow Chiong Hoo. In the same year, the school saw the first Investiture of the BtVSS Student Council, the formation of the School Military Band and the Library. The school was fully functional with the completion of the outdoor fitness stations and the landscaped garden. In 1987, Bukit View held their first Track-and-Field Meet, and also was the convenor of the West Zone Secondary Schools Badminton Tournament. The school facility also installed an electric kiln installed for students to explore their artistic talents through pottery. On July 15, 1988 Bukit View was officially opened by Mr Chai Chong Yii, MP for Bukit Batok. A school lecture hall was built and officially opened by the newly appointed MP for Bukit Batok Dr Ong Chit Chung on 6 November 1989. In 1997 Bukit View also participated in the 2-day Pesta Sukan National 10's Rugby Tournament for the first time.

On November 13, 1999 Bukit View, along with 7 other schools in Singapore and the National Institute of Education adopted the two-hectare Mandai Forest near Upper Seletar Reservoir Park to help restore the forest patch that was devastated an invasion of the Smilax-variable creeper plant on its grounds, over the years. The adoption project also planned to use the forest habitat restoration to facilitate hands-on learning of forest ecology and biodiversity and equip students and teachers with field-based learning strategies. It was also an opportunity for students from different schools to collaborate on a project that is both about learning and saving the natural environment.

The abbreviation BtVSS was created for the school to prevent constant confusion between the school and Bedok View Secondary School since they share the abbreviation of BVSS in official records. Late 2007, the school held a uniform design competition among the students. The winning entry was a brown theme; the shirt is white with the school's logo and name sewn on with brown shorts or pants for boys, for girls, they have the option between culotte and pinafore. The pinafore differs from the standard, having a more vest-like appearance. Student numbers in 2008 had also reduced to 4 Express classes, 2 Normal (Academic) classes and 1 Normal (Technical) class.

A student team led by Madam Maziyan Abdullah, participated in the 2008 World Media Masters on 28 March 2008, organised by IT Leisure and Education and supported by Creative Community Singapore, an initiative of the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (MICA). The team, along with those from 15 other schools participating in the programme, had been provided with professional training on producing computer games since August 2007, enabling them to experience real-life computer game production work and a chance for selected winning team to market their game product commercially international.

Bukit View - host of important events and speeches

Bukit View played host to a number of educational activities for their educational zone. In 1987, she organized the first Annual West Zone Inter-Primary Schools Languages, Maths & Science competitions. She was also the host for the finals of the inaugural Primary Inter-School Chinese Debate between Pei Chun Public School and Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) on 23 June 1990. The Debate, organized by Mr Ow, saw the Convent emerging as winners for the first of the bi-annual competition.

Between the years 1989 and 1991, the school hall was the venue of choice for important speeches delivered by VIPs from various social levels. They were organized by the Bukit Batok Community Centre Current Affairs Club, and chaired by MP, Dr Ong. Members of the public heard Dr S. Vasoo, MP for Tiong Bahru, delivering his thoughts on having a social network to help the needy, in his speech titled Perspectives on the lower-income group on 23 October 1990. On 23 August 1991 a speech on China's foreign policy was delivered by Mr Zhang Qing, the then-Chinese Ambassador to Singapore to the public. Singapore Ambassador to the US Professor Chan Heng Chee co-chaired a public forum titled The Challenges of Democracy on 12 November 1991.

Project PRIME (Programme For Rebuilding And Improving Existing Schools)

The Ministry of Education launched PRIME on 11 May 1999 to upgrade or rebuild about 290 schools built over the last 20 to 30 years, and as part of the Ministry's "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation" vision ensuring all schools have a conducive physical environment to enhance teaching and learning. Schools constructed before 1997 are upgraded with the construction of extension blocks and alteration of existing school buildings, or rebuilding that involves the construction of new buildings either on existing site or on available vacant sites. The project was implemented over a period of seven years from 1999 to 2005, in three phases with an estimated cost of S$4.46 billion.

Bukit View's upgrading programme took place in June 2005, in Phase 6 of Prime project. This upgrading consisted of the building of the New Block housing the new library, professional sharing room and computer labs. The Old Block and School Hall/Canteen were being refurbished. The Technical Block was expanded to include Chemistry, Biology and Physics Labs, F&N department and the Design & Technology (D&T) Department by December 2006. The upgrading of the main school area was completed by May 2008, and seeing through the completion of the school field and a new indoor sports hall.

Young Designers' Award

Bukit View Secondary School culture encourages art and design with her students. This culture resulted with a total of 19 awards with their innovate designs, in the 12 years' of Young Designers Award. In years 1997 - 2000 alone, she has produced seven winners consecutively in the Award competition.

Bukit View won their first Young Designer Awards in 1989, with the Snap-up Toilet Seat by Leon Koh, and the Unishade designs by Laurence Wong and Jason Ho. In 1990, Li Jianguang (Joeel Lee)'s unique design titled Two-in-One Kettle, showed a two-compartment kettle which enabled water and coffee or tea to be boiled, with a slot allowing disposable filters to be fitted in on one side while water boils in the other. This design came with a 240-volt heater in the middle, to speed up the heating. This unique design was mentioned in the feature article published in The New Paper.

On September 22, 1993, 16-year-old Ow Hee Jiann won an 2nd prize in the Intermediate category of the Young Designers Award for his innovative wheelchair design. In 2000, 14-year-old Choo Shiling won the top prize in the Junior Category of the Young Designers Award, with her design Nature Seat. Her winning entry beat the other 228 entries in that category.

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Bukit Merah Secondary School

Bukit Merah Secondary School (Abbreviation: BMSS; Simplified Chinese: 红山中学; Traditional Chinese: 紅山中學; Pinyin: Hóng Shān Zhōng Xúe; Malay: Sekolah Menengah Bukit Merah) is a mixed/co-educational, single session, government secondary school in the Central Region of Singapore. It is situated along Lengkok Bahru in the Bukit Merah vicinity. The school offers the Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical streams leading to a GCE 'N' level or a GCE 'O' Level certificate. Students in the school are known as "Merahans". BMSS has established itself as a Value-Added school since 1993.

History

Bukit Merah Secondary School was established in 1968 and received its first batch of students on 4 January 1968. It was officially declared open by then-MP of Bukit Merah, Mr Lim Guan Hoo, on 16 May 1968.

In 2001, the school underwent the Ministry of Education (MOE)'s PRIME programme and shifted its location to a temporary holding site at 10 Raeburn Park so that rebuilding works could be carried out at its original Lengkok Bahru site. The school's rebuilding was completed in March 2003.

In January 2004, Delta Secondary School was merged into Bukit Merah Secondary School. The merged school is functioning at the newly rebuilt Bukit Merah Secondary School site at Lengkok Bahru. Subsequently, in January 2017, Bukit Merah Secondary School also absorbed Henderson Secondary School.

The school celebrated its 40th anniversary on 12 April 2008, with Lui Tuck Yew as the Guest-of-Honour.

School Badge

The badge, shaped like a triangle, resembles a hill in red because the school is situated on a hill of red laterite. The lettering incorporates in the initials "bm" for Bukit Merah, and the Chinese calligraphy for '红山', only known by staff and students

School Crest

The School Crest is a red triangle standing for a hill - Redhill or Bukit Merah - the name of the school. The insignia in the crest stands for "bm". The "bm" stands for Bukit Merah which is both the Malay and English name for the school. When viewed from afar, the wordings "bm" also resemble the cursive style of the Chinese characters "红山" (Redhill) which is the Chinese name for the school. The flash leads upwards to signify progress, steadfastness, sureness and the inculcation of values. In the flash is the school motto Sedia, meaning "Always be Prepared".

School Song

Youthful spirits are high and bright

BMSS is known far and wide

Tirelessly the teachers show the way

So firm, so loving, so sure to inspire

In school, no race nor creed that matters

We mix, we play like brothers and sisters

Wisdom, virtue, fortitude

Must not be found lacking

Our love for our country, constant, everlasting

Drum up courage and spirits

Service to our community

Be loyal to our country

Be this our aim, be this our glory!

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Bukit Batok Secondary School

Background and History of School

Bukit Batok Secondary School began operations in 1986. Situated in the heartlands, it has grown from strength to strength under the leadership of 5 principals. Ms Chamb Cherk Ing, its current principal, joined the school in Dec 2013. Since 1998, the school has been part of the W2 Cluster. The current Superintendent is Mr. Tony Low.

BBSS PRIME

BBSS completed PRIME and moved back from its holding school at Toh Tuck Terrace in Dec 2008. The school was rebuilt on a PRIME budget of $25.48 million. School Advisory Committee members and parents raised another $661,220 in 2 years for non-standard items such as an air-conditioned multi-purpose hall and a viewing gallery for the Indoor Sports Hall.

BBSS Organisation Structure

BBSS has a unique organisation structure comprising Deans, Programme Directors (PDs) and Curriculum Consultants (CCs). This structure, introduced in 2003, ensures that a variety of well-customised programmes are offered to BBSSians to help achieve the Desired Outcomes of Education. The Deans take charge of levels or faculties and look into the holistic development of each student; CCs oversee the instructional programmes and the PDs together with the Deans take care of the co-curricular programmes.

Staff Training and Development

The School Staff Developer (SSD) and the Staff Training & Development Committee sees to the implementation of Strategic Thrust 2: Building Staff Capacity which is aligned to the Staff Resource Management Framework. Since 2011 the school has had in place 2 key learning programmes for professional development: The Skillful Teacher and Lesson Study. All teachers are involved in these. The school also received a BPA for Staff Well-Being in 2013.

Future Directions

BBSS will continue to leverage on the cohesiveness of its professional staff and its positive school culture. With continuing positive work ethics and the support of its stakeholders, the school will be able to forge ahead in its journey of progress. Its aim is to be renowned for providing quality holistic education.

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Broadrick Secondary School

Broadrick Secondary School is a government secondary school located in Old Airport, Singapore. The school is located beside Dakota MRT station and it takes about 5 minutes to walk from the school to the station. Broadrick Secondary School was first established as an integrated co-educational double session English-Chinese medium stream school in 1968.In 2006, the school moved to its new premises at Dakota Crescent just a bus stop away from its old premises at Dunman Road. In 1985 Broadrick became a full English-medium school. The school has gone through two school mergers,namely,with Maju Secondary in 1996 and with Telok Kurau Secondary School in 2011, and third merger with MacPherson Secondary School in 2017.

Over the years,Broadrick has received several academic value-added awards for both the Express and Normal streams.Broadrick has also been presented with awards such as the People Developer Standard Awards,Partners Award and CHERISH Award.

The schools Applied Learning Programme(Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme) and Learning for Life Programme(Service -Learning Programme) were recognized as distinctive programme in 2014.

The school offers a wide variety of CCAs which aims to nurture the students by providing them with a holistic education. Such activities include air rifle shooting, Taekwondo, art photography club.

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Bukit Panjang Govt High School

Bukit Panjang Government High School was formed in 1960 with the merging of Bukit Panjang Secondary School and Chua Chu Kang Government Chinese Middle School into one single school building at Jalan Teck Whye. It was the first 'integrated' government school in Singapore. The spirit of the school's beginning is described on the cover of the first school magazine: "Dominating the Bukit Panjang horizon are the twin peaks of Bukit Panjang – two peaks but one hill – symbolic of the integrated Chinese and English streams of education which work and play together as one in the valley below."

The school, the first secondary school to be opened in the rural West Zone, was officially opened by the Minister of Education, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin on 11 Jan 1960. Mr Sun Y-Chern was the first principal of the school. The first annual school sports meet was organised in 1960 and in the same year, the first batch of English Stream students sat for their Cambridge School Certificate Examinations.The Chinese Stream Higher School Certificate classes were started in 1963 and the first batch of Chinese Stream candidates sat for the Government Higher School Certificate and Government Secondary Four School Certificate Examinations in 1964.

In 1967, the School Advisory Committee was formed. The school continued to make great strides in the academic field. In 1970 the school obtained 93.6% passes in the Chinese School Certificate Exams – the highest among all integrated schools. The Chinese Higher School Certificate results were second only to that of National Junior College.

The ECA block was completed in June 1976 and was officially opened by Mr. Chai Chong Yi, Senior Minister of State for Education. In 1979, the school started an audio-corner and SELP classes to help students improve their English Language proficiency. The school band also won the prestigious gold medal award and the Mace of Honour at the 1979 and 1983 Inter-School Band Competitions.

In the 1980s, English Language medium language streams were adopted nationwide. Bukit Panjang Government High worked on improving the standard of English language in the school, which seen by the percentage of 'O' level passes in English Language increasing from below 50% to 98% in 1995.^[1] Mr Lee Yock Suan, Minister of Education in 1993, announced that the school was one of the six schools to be granted autonomous status in 1994 and that it would be offering Higher Chinese and Higher Malay from 1995.

In 1993, the school moved from its old premises at Jalan Teck Whye to its present site at Choa Chu Kang. The new school building was officially opened on 15 July 1995 by Assoc Prof Low Seow Chay, the member of parliament for Choa Chu Kang SMC. The school moved to a holding site between November 2006 and 2 January 2009 located at 38 Teck Whye Crescent as the campus at Choa Chu Kang was being upgraded under the government's Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing schools (PRIME).

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Bo Wen Secondary School

Bowen Secondary School started in 1982 in the growing new town of Ang Mo Kio. It has seen been striving to improve the quality of the school and has introduced "I Believe, Therefore I Am " as the goal of the school. Bowen Secondary is best known for its performing arts, including the military band and choir. Its military band achieved a gold in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging for over 20 years.

It won the Singapore Tourism Board's Best Educational Event Organised by a Public Educational Institution in 2008 and has been actively been participating in exchange programmes with countries like India, China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.

On 4 December 1999 Bowen made its historic move to new premises along Lorong Napiri. In year 2000, the school started the new millennium as a single session school with 1374 pupils and a much improved Secondary One intake. In 2016, the minimum aggregate score for PSLE is about 225.

Vision, Mission, Motto, Values

VisionEvery Bowenian a Passionate Learner, Leader and Champion.

Mission 
Nurturing Learning. Developing Character. Inspiring Service. We are committed to cultivating in Bowenians a mindset of life-long learning, strength of character and service to others that is consistent with our school values.

Motto

I Believe, Therefore I am. We believe that our students will fulfil their aspirations when they believe in their own abilities and are determined to strive for success.

School Values

Respect: Bowenians accept differences and hold others in high esteem.

Responsibility: Bowenians are accountable for their own actions and behaviour.

Compassion: Bowenians feel for others and are willing to help those in need.

Resilience: Bowenians are able to overcome and rise above challenges and difficulties and press on to reach their goals.

Teamwork: Bowenians relate and work well with team members to achieve common goals.

Excellence: Bowenians have the mindset to do and be the best in all their pursuits.

The School Crest
The six arrows represent Bowen's Brand Personality of Passion, Genuineness, Benevolence, Confidence, Vibrancy and Imagination.

Skewed in one direction to create a notable rotation denoting the shaping of aspirations and self-belief, the six arrows converge to form a star, which symbolizes distinction through the core values of Respect, Responsibility, Compassion, Resilience,Teamwork and Excellence .

Together with the corporate colours of Blue (Youth) and Purple (Passion) , the distinctive logo epitomizes the harmonious balance between the left and right brain.

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Boon Lay Secondary School

Boon Lay Secondary School began in 1977 as a double-session school, offering Chinese and English mediums of instruction. It became a solely English-medium school in 1998, and started operating single-session in 2000.

In 2017, Boon Lay Secondary School absorbed Pioneer Secondary School, due to falling enrolment in both schools.

BLS is an Extended Family where teachers act in place of parents for students’ learning of knowledge, skills and values for further education, work and life ahead.

BLS structure is CCA-centric (not form-class-centric) where the CCA is the basic familial unit that each student belongs to for the development of skills and values and rootedness to the school, community and country.  It is where leadership and 21st century competencies are nurtured and exercised, and good character formed through its structure of discipline, activities and training.  The CCA-centric approach is our way of strengthening the Singapore Spirit – rootedness to the school through enhanced CCA and to the community through CCA (Values-in-Action).

The Academic Programme will be crafted as a social experience that is aligned to learning with purpose – building the foundation for further education towards personal dreams and aspirations.  The focus is to engage students in purposeful learning and foster the joy of learning in the classroom.

In BLS, besides the Academic and CCA Programmes, the Student Development Programme offers modules which cater to students’ interests and needs.  Students make choices to discover their strengths and passions, explore their career options and chart their own learning to build up a meaningful portfolio to support the pursuit of their dreams and aspirations.    This programme also seeks to bring out the joy of learning and nurture entrepreneurial dare as students make options to discover, experience and aspire.

In BLS, we don’t just teach.

We create possibilities and help our students realise their dreams and aspirations!

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Bishan Park Secondary School

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Bishan Park Secondary School (Abbreviation: BPS) is a government, co-educational 'N'/'O'-level preparatory secondary school of the Ministry of Education of Singapore and serves secondary one through five students. The school has since grown and established itself to become one of the more value-added schools in the Bishan neighbourhood. The school is situated near Bishan Park.

Its niche is in judo and art. Other CCAs include dance, scouts and band.

John Dewy, a great educationist puts it that .."the teacher is engaged, not simply in the training of individuals, but in the formation of the proper social life." School as a community, provides an environment to educate character through a customised socialisation process that aims to bring about a holistic education that suitably prepares all students for a good future. In educating a child, the hearts, minds and souls of children are, have been, and will always be our work. This is our commitment to our students.

The school Vision of Learning School, Caring Community, Contributing Citizens explicitly delineates our responsibility to develop self-directed and active students who will become contributing citizens. The five school values of Integrity, Value every Individual, Be Responsible, Passion for Learning and Strive for Excellence anchors our actions as we strive to achieve the school vision.

• A Learning SchoolHow should a learning school look like? In order that the students are well prepared to become a 21st century workforce, a learning school will foster a culture of collaborations which will promote team learning and enable collective intelligence in the co-creation of knowledge. Hence many academic programmes are not only of high standards, but with an emphasis on learning through inquiry learning and inventing thinking in project work and through the use of information technology when appropriate.


• A Caring CommunityFor learning to be effective, it is pertinent to encourage and cultivate a culture of care that promotes a safe and fun environment for all students. In order to achieve this, we are committed to fostering caring relationships with the students and amongst all staff. The BPSS big family believes in inclusive education for all, respecting individual rights and differences, always affirming and creating many platforms to share our successes. We aspire to be a caring community where people are treated with dignity and respect and everyone is a valued member in that community.


• Contributing CitizensTo prepare our students as contributing citizens of tomorrow, BPSS seeks to nurture thinking and committed students capable of meeting future challenges. They will possess strength of character to deal with adversity and respond positively to complex changes in our society and country.
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  When our students graduate from BPSS, they will not only develop their talents and lead productive lives, but also have good morals as the foundation to lead ethical lives.
  
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The Ministry of Education announced Bishan Park Secondary School as one of the schools to be affected by the merger programme. As a result, it is to be absorbed by Peirce Secondary School in 2018.

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Bendemeer Secondary School

Bendemeer Secondary School was located along busy Serangoon Road for over 20 years before it moved to its current location at 1 St Wilfred Road.

Formerly, the land was owned by Mr Hoo Ah Kay, better known as ‘Whampoa’. There was a famous garden on this land – the Whampoa Gardens – a popular place of interest for residents. On Whampoa’s death in 1880, the property was bought by Mr Seah Liang Seah. It was on this very land that Bendemeer Secondary School was built on.

The school was established on 3rd January 1977. It functioned in Beng Wan Primary School for three months before it moved to its new building on 7th March. The school was then officially declared open by the Member of Parliament for Kolam Ayer, Mr Sidek Saniff, on 5th April 1979. The new building was built at a cost of 6 million dollars, inclusive of furniture and equipment.

The classroom block had 28 classrooms with 2 teachers’ room, prefects’ room, a sick bay and general office on the ground floor and a central library on the first floor. The Science block had 3 science laboratories, 4 Home Economic rooms, an AVA room, resource rovtoms and 4 special rooms. The technical block had 1 electrical, 2 woodwork and 2 metal workshops. Also located in the same block were the technical drawing room and 2 Art rooms.

The school population was only 500 in 1977, but averaged 1800 by 1980, making it one of the biggest secondary schools in Singapore. It was also a Pre-University centre, providing commercial subjects to an average of 400 Pre-U students from 1980 to 1995.

It became a single-session school in 1998 and in the same year, relocated to its new premises at St Wilfred Road. A few years before that, it was decided that two schools – Whampoa Secondary and Bendemeer Secondary Schools – would merge. The old Whampoa school building was demolished and students from the former school joined our Bendemeerians. The new school, built on the former site of Whampoa Secondary School, was finally ready in 1998.

Build at a cost of 22 million dollars, the new premises was officially handed over on 23rd May 1998. It has 36 classrooms, 6 science laboratories, a large school hall with viewing galleries, a CD shelter, a multi-media resource library, ample special rooms and CCA room, a Conference Room, a Fitness room, an air-conditioned Career Guidance room and a Counseling room. Special facilities for the handicapped like an elevator and ramps are also available.

In 1998, during the June holidays, the entire school, carrying plaques of our School Vision, School Mission, Our Shared Values and The Bendemeerian Code, walked from the old school site to the new site, marking a new chapter in Bendemeer’s history. The School was officially opened at its site on 9th Sept 1998.

In 2010, work was underway in the construction of an indoor Sports Hall. The ISH was completed in 2011 and officially opened on 8th Sept 2011.

In July 2011, the grass in the school field was replaced with synthetic turf. It helps to provide a better playing surface during sports activities.

Bendemeer Secondary 

To be a school that ignites a passion for learning. The staff and students are encouraged to be creative and actively engaged in seeking solutions for the improvement of the community and country. We envision our graduates as confident youths who are equipped with skills and perspectives that make them relevant for their generation.

Every student can shine

Every child has a talent. The staff focuses on helping students believe in their own talents and abilities. By so doing, the students would be empowered to see possibilities in all circumstances. We believe that with empowered minds, our students would be inspired to be positive contributors to society.

We place a strong emphasis

On Character Development and National Education. Our students are taught to love people and their country. Our core values act as a plumb line which sets a standard for the behaviour of staff and students.

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Beatty Secondary School

Beatty Secondary School is a co-educational neighbourhood secondary school in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It was established in 1953 and named for David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, former Admiral of the Fleet of the United Kingdom. The school colours, crest, and motto, Non Vi Sed Arte, are taken from Beatty's coat of arms. The graduated cohort of 2008 presented the school with the best overall results in the GCE 'O' Level examinations throughout the school's 55 years of history. Average L1B5 value stands at 18, making it a Band 9 school.

In 2016, due to a lack of Secondary One students, Beatty Secondary School had been selected to merge with Balestier Hill Secondary School. This process was made in ease with the integration of Beatty's students and of Balestier Hill's students nearing the end of 2016. At the start of 2017, the school would finally be merged as one.

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Bartley Secondary School

Hey guys, sincere apologies but I will be away for the next couple of days as I'll be travelling. Here's the last post before my flight :)

The school was founded on 18 February 1952 with Mr Chua Leong Hean as the first principal who also designed the School Crest.

The enrolment was 81 boys and 10 girls. In 1955 the science laboratories, school hall and tuck shop were built. In 1956, the female population of Bartley was transferred to the newly completed Cedar Girls' Secondary School. The school then became a boys' school in the secondary section. Post-secondary classes were also started in the same year, and female students were admitted to that level. The school also pioneered the National Police Cadet Corps with the first unit being established in 1959.

In 1992 the school moved to the former Mt. Vernon Secondary School premises while a new school was built. In 1995 Bartley moved to new premises at 10 Jalan Bunga Rampai. In December 1995, a new principal, Mrs Tan So Wah, was appointed, the first woman principal. The school admitted girls at secondary level again in 1995, when it moved to the new site. Pre-university classes were phased out from the school in 1996. The school was upgraded (PRIME) in its present site from 2003 to 2005. Additional classes, learning suites and an enlarged school hall were added to the school.

Since Mrs Tan So Wah, the school has appointed Principals Mrs Dolly Ong (2002–2007) and Mrs Mary Bay (2008–2014) and currently Mr Mohd Azhar Bin Terimo (2015-present).

One of the stronger areas of Bartley Secondary School is the Student Leadership Development Programme and the CCA Programme. The school has the Student Council Board, Class Committee Council and Co-curricular Activity Leaders (formed by the top two leaders from all Uniform Groups, Performing Arts, Sports and Games and Clubs and Societies). Each of these group of Student Leaders receive training and development through their stint of duties and responsibilities in their respective areas. The annual Combined Student Leadership Camp was started in 2006. In June and November, the top two or three student leaders from every CCA come together to learn and grow together as part of their leadership training. The Combined Student Leaders Investiture was conceptualized from 2007 and it remains a highlight in the School Calendar.

The school was banded for the first time in MOE's annual school ranking exercise in 2009. The school attributed this success to a lower student:teacher ratio.

In 2010, the school received the MOE Master Plan Award 2010, Band 9 in Express and Band 5 in Normal Academic Course. Also the school achieved SAA for Academic (Express), SAA for Uniformed Group (5th Award) and SAA for Aesthetics (1st Award).

In 2011, the class, 2E2, was the winner for the Teachers' Day Dedication on 5, which dedication messages was showcased on the Channel 5 Television Show, The Noose on 1 September 2011. The dedication was filmed with Andre Chichak at Bartley Secondary School.

In 2012, air-conditioners were installed in the classrooms of 8 graduating classes.

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Balestier Hill Secondary School

The school's motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge". The school which is the mainstream school also accepts a special group of HI (hearing-impaired) students. Since 1991, the school has had Pastoral Care and Career Guidance (PCCG) and Cognitive Research Trust (CoRT) programmes. In 2004, the School Heritage Gallery was launched by alumnus Ron Sim, CEO of OSIM Pte Ltd. In 2009, the NE Corner was launched with the goal of engaging students with current affairs both globally and locally.

On 24 June 1964, the Minister of Education, Ong Pang Boon, declared the school open as "Balestier Hill Integrated Secondary Technical School". It was one of the first six secondary technical schools to be opened in Singapore, and was an "integrated" school because it had both Chinese and English streams. The school was located at Balestier Hill, named after Joseph Balestier, the first United States Consul of Singapore. Cheong Pak Lo was the principal. In 1975, the school song was rewritten by two teachers, Chew Y.C. and Yeo S.B.

In 1986, the Chinese stream was discontinued; the year after, the Alumni Association had its inaugural AGM. In 1992, the school was renamed Balestier Hill Secondary School and relocated from Balestier Road to Dunearn Road to allow the building of new premises. In 1994, the first Balestierian of the Year Award was given to the pupil who contributed service to the school and performed best in studies and ECA. In 1997, a handing-over ceremony took place and the school began operations at the new site. The next year, the old school crest was changed to its present form. In 2000, the school was opened by Sinnakaruppan, MP, Kreta Ayer - Tanglin GRC (Moulmein Div). In 2001, Rangoon Secondary School merged with Balestier Hill Secondary School.

In 2007, Monk's Hill Secondary School merged with Balestier Hill Secondary School. The merged school operates from the current site at 11, Novena Rise.

In January 2017, Balestier Hill Secondary School would merge with Beatty Secondary School, due to a lack of students in both schools. The merged school would be known as Beatty Secondary School.

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Assumption English School

Mission
To educate the whole person in the Montfortian spirit of charity and love where effective academic programs and co-curricular activities are integrated with the development of character.

Vision
Men and Women of Character and Learning, in the service of God and Community.

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Admiralty Secondary School

Sorry to keep y'all waiting but I'm back! (temporary) I'll continue from where I left off previously, however I'll also be going according to the alphabetical order. Hope you guys will enjoy the art piece I've created!

Well, I didn't manage to find any information about Admiralty Secondary School so I;m going to post a recent article related to it :)

You may check out the full article at the link below
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/admiralty-secondary-sets-sail-for-future-with-new-space

Admiralty Secondary sets sail for future with new Space
- June 03 2016, Clement Yong

The future is here at Admiralty Secondary School in the north, where a high-tech space equipped with gadgets such as drones, robots and 3D printers was launched yesterday.

Called iCt Space, it is about the size of two to three classrooms and designed to be an interactive learning space for students to come up with solutions to real- life problems faced by industry or the community.

While ICT usually refers to information and communications technology, Admiralty Secondary principal Toh Thiam Chye said it can also stand for "I can tinker".

The hope is that the space will encourage its students to be more willing to experiment and go beyond conventional constraints, he added.

Students will work with industry partners such as the Robotics and Maker Academy (RMA), Kurve Automation, GoFlyKite and Intel Singapore.

They will be able to learn to apply skills such as robotics or programming.

"It is the way of the future and the new education eco-system," RMA director Zhou Changjiu said.

"These are necessary skillsets students must have as we look to the future."

Students will work with community partners such as community hospitals, senior citizen corners and even MRT stations on projects in three areas: transport, senior citizens and hospitals.

Mr Toh said: "This is in line with Singapore's quest to be a Smart Nation. At the same time, the values of compassion and empathy can be brought home to the students."

Mr Wilson Tai, 19, an electrical electronics engineering student at Singapore Polytechnic who was back at his alma mater to witness the launch, said: "Having a physical space for this specific purpose really facilitates interactions between the students and helps the (design) process go a lot faster."

Secondary 2 student Gustinne Castillo, 13, agreed: "With a bigger space, we have a more suitable environment to pursue our passions."

Said Mr Toh: "It is very rare for a secondary school to have so many partners from both the public and private sectors, as well as tertiary institutions. We are truly blessed."

Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan was the guest of honour at the event.

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