Commonwealth Secondary School

Commonwealth Secondary School (abbreviation: CWSS) is a government, autonomous and coeducational secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1964, Commonwealth Secondary School offers secondary school education from secondary one to four/five which leads to the GCE 'O' Level and GCE 'N' Level certificates, and admits students (express stream) with PSLE score ranging from 238 and above annually.

Commonwealth Secondary School began as Tanglin Integrated Vocational Secondary School in 1964 and became an academic institution named Tanglin Secondary in 1969.

In 1972, the name was changed again to Commonwealth Secondary School since it was situated near Commonwealth Drive. The school relocated to Jurong East in 1989 and functioned as a neighbourhood school in the Hong Kah constituency for seven years before moving to Jurong East Street 24 of the Yuhua Constituency at the end of 1995. The school moved to its new campus on West Coast Road in November 2006. The official opening ceremony of the new campus was held on July 11, 2008.

Commonwealth Secondary has been an autonomous school since 1995, a status given to the school because of its academic success and achievement in co-curricular programmes. Commonwealth Secondary is also a Higher Chinese Centre since 1995, catering to students who have the passion to pursue Higher Chinese Language(HCL) in the West District. On the academic front, in addition to being a Higher Chinese Centre, Commonwealth has also been offering Higher Malay and Higher Tamil to its pupils since 2006. From 2006, a humanities subject, Economics, was offered to Secondary 3 students. Dance and Drama has been Commonwealth's niche areas since 2000. The Walk in Art Gallery has been open since the school itself opened in 1993. In 2004, Commonwealth received its 1st Ministry of Education's Sustained Achievement Award for both uniformed groups and the performing arts.

In 2007, CWSS received the Singapore Quality Class status. The school has been designated as a Centre of Excellence for Environmental Education from 2008 onwards.

This is the school's statement on the CWSS crest:

Behold our school crest
With our motto, ever with the best
See the flame burning with zest
It proudly stands of CWSS.
Blue for infinite resourcefulness
Gold for faith and fruitfulness
Ever-glowing is our flame
Ever-growing is our name

In 2001 the school started a Green Club. One of the projects was the adoption of the mangrove boardwalk trail in the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve as part of the Adopt-A-Park Scheme launched by the National Parks Board.

In 2006, the staff endorsed the goal of working towards becoming a Centre of Excellence for Environmental Education. A group of teachers was identified to develop a customised environmental education curriculum for the school, starting with the Secondary One students in 2007. 2006 also saw the school clinching the Lotus Award in the Singapore Environment Council’s Green Audit. In 2007, the school was designated a Centre of Learning for Environmental Education for the West 7 cluster. The school converted the school pond into a Constructed Treatment Wetland to recycle used water to water the plants in the school compound. Commonwealth Secondary School became the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Education in 2008.

On 28 March 2014, the school celebrated Earth Hour with the Amazing Spider man II cast, Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx. It was a significant milestone for the school because it is the first time Hollywood came to Commonwealth. The two superstars not only interacted with the 1400-strong audience, they also did their part for the environment by planting a sugar apple and giant lemon bush in the school's Gift of Life Garden. It was a befitting way for the school to kick start her 50th Birthday celebrations.

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Clementi Woods Secondary School

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Clementi Town Secondary School

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Chung Cheng High School

Chung Cheng High (Main)'s uniform has a red name tag and red tie, with white blouses and eight-pleated skirts for girls, white shirts and shorts for boys in Secondary 1 and 2 and long pants for boys in Secondary 3 and 4. The blouse has two breast pockets and seven metal buttons in total, two the shoulders, two on each pocket and three down the front.

Chung Cheng High School is affiliated with its former branch school, Chung Cheng High School (Yishun), located at Yishun St. 61. Both schools are affiliated to Nanyang Junior College.

Chung Cheng High School (Main) is renowned for its lake, known as the Zhongzheng Lake (中正湖). The administration building (Zhulin Building), a gazetted national monument, has the auditorium which was the largest in the whole Southeast Asia region when it was opened. The building was designed by Mr Ho Beng Heng, who is a alumnus of the school. Constructed using reinforced concrete, the building features a modern functional layout displaying Chinese architectural identities such as the prominent double-tier roof with glazed Chinese tiles, and cloud and bat motifs.

The Entrance Arch of the school, also a gazetted national monument, features stylised motifs of bats, which represent good fortune and happiness. Ornamented stone pedestals clad the base of the posts, which are believed to resemble calligraphy brushes.

CCHMS annually holds a Four-School Combined Sports Meet with Dunman High School, Temasek Secondary School and Ngee Ann Secondary School called the , in which students aged 13 to 16 from the four schools compete in sports events. The meet began in the 1980s, but the original configuration of the four schools where Dunman High School, Chung Cheng High (Main), Chung Cheng High (Branch) and Yock Eng High School (now known as Yuying Secondary School). In the early days, these schools were situated near one another, and the meet was held at the old National Stadium in Kallang (now demolished).

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Christ Church Secondary School

Christ Church Secondary School (Abbreviation: CHR) is a government-aided secondary school located in Woodlands, Singapore, next to Singapore Sports School. Christ Church Secondary School is affiliated with Saint Andrew's Junior College. Christ Church Secondary School was first established in 1952 at Dorset Road as a private institution, eventually becoming a government aided school in 2002.

It is also one of the few schools in Singapore equipped with Adventure Elements like Flying Fox, an Abseiling Wall and an Adventure Rockwall as well as other small team building elements. The school compound also has an Innowellness Garden to develop the Environmental culture of the school.

The school began as a private Anglican school in 1952 within the Christ Church Parish at Dorset Road to meet the needs of those students who had missed mainstream education. It was renamed Christ Church Secondary School (CHR) when it became a Government-aided school in 1973. Due to the growing student population, the school moved to Tyrwhitt Road campus, formerly occupied by Victoria School, in 1985. The school was relocated to a brand new campus in Woodlands in December 2001.

CHR Values:

• God, our Enabler
• Perseverance, our Attitude
• Learning, our Pursuit
• Living, our Passion
• Servant Leaders, our Calling

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Chong Boon Secondary School

Chong Boon Secondary School accepted its first batch of students in December 1993, taking over Anderson Secondary School's old building. In total, there were 483 Secondary One students in 13 classes and 23 staff then. Mrs Cecilia Lee was appointed Principal.

1995
In the second year, the enrolment grew to 772 students with 35 staff. The first Prize Presentation Day was held.

1996
Official Opening was held. The Concert Band showcased its first concert performance ‘Metier I’.

1997
The school achieved a Silver award for the ‘Concert Bands’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school achieved a Silver award for the ‘Contemporary Chinese Dance’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The Concert Band showcased its first outdoor performance ‘Metier II’ at the Victoria Concert Hall.

1998
In December, Mrs Cecilia Lee was appointed Principal of Junyuan Secondary School and Mdm Sun Huey Min took over as Principal.

1999
The school was awarded a Bronze medal for the ‘Concert Bands’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school was awarded a Bronze medal for the ‘Contemporary Chinese Dance’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school also came first in the National Inter-School Yachting Championship. The school organised the N4 Cluster Parents' Seminar at the Methodist Girls' School. CBSS webpage was launched.

2000
The school vision, ‘A Thinking & Gracious Citizen’, was formulated. In April, the school's rebuilding project began on the combined site of CBSS and Chong Li Primary School site. The sailing team won Zonal and National Colours Awards as well as taking part in international events.

2001
The school was awarded a Silver medal for the ‘Concert Bands’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school was awarded a Silver medal for the ‘Contemporary Chinese Dance’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school’s Concert Band was invited to perform at the Istana on Labour Day. The demolition of the CBSS old school building began in December 2001.

2002
In March, the school's Core Values: Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dedication to the Nation and Excellence (PRIDE) were formulated. The school embarked on a new beginning with the shift to its new premises. The 1st Student Councillors' Investiture Ceremony was held.

2003
The school achieved value-added results for the Express Stream in the GCE 'O' Level Examinations. The school received a Gold award for the ‘Contemporary Chinese Dance’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school received a Silver award for the ‘Concert Bands’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition. The school received a Bronze award for the ‘Choir’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition.

2004
The official completion of PRIME was followed by the Official Opening of the new School Building and its 10th anniversary celebrations by Mr Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State for Education & Community Development and Sports. Down Memory Lane was established, with the aim to capture and showcase the school's history for the past 10 years, incorporating I&E, Social Integration and a Holistic Education. The school embarked on creating a learner-centred environment to bring learning beyond the classroom.

In December, Mdm Sun Huey Min, the school's second Principal, was appointed Assistance Director, Staff Training and Development, and Mrs Sarapathy Menon took over as Principal.

2005
Doing It Differently was an attitude the school had embraced to engage the entire school to reflect on all that was happening in school, pondering on the purpose and value underlying these processes and offering suggestions to add value to them. For example, students were encouraged to seriously mull over the need for an enhanced school tone and discipline and to present their views on the desired outcomes. Suggestions by students for school improvement were welcomed and rationale for decisions were discussed to help them appreciate the value and respect for collective responsibility. The school received a GOLD award for the ‘Concert Bands’ category in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging Competition.

2005 started off with the student leaders from Sec 2 to Sec 5 getting together to plan and organise the Sec One Orientation. The programme, called ‘The Metamorphosis’, was so successful that they felt confident enough to take on greater responsibilities and had gone on to be key players in organising this year’s school’s Cross Country, the Track and Field event and Total Defence Day. One other initiative undertaken by the IT Club was the ‘Computer Literacy Course’ for Parents. Sec 3 and 4 pupils prepared course materials and conducted the course and now they have plans to impart computer skills to their junior schoolmates.

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Chestnut Drive Secondary School

Chestnut Drive Secondary School (CDSS) received her first cohort of students on 4 January 1968. She started as a Chinese Integrated School with an enrolment figure of 787. The school was officially opened by then Member of Parliament, Mr. P. Selvadurai on 12 June 1969.

The school is situated in a choice private residential district in Upper Bukit Timah. It was built to serve a vast area, with students coming from Woodlands, Jurong, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang and even Yishun.

The school conducted classes for both the English and Chinese streams in her early years until 1988 when the Chinese Stream was phased out due to the implementation of the national curriculum.

The School Advisory Committee and Pupil Welfare Fund were set up in the 1970s during the tenure of the first principal, Mdm. Lo Pui Yu. The school song was composed in 1976 by the third Principal, Mr. Lee Thiam Lock.

Under the stewardship of the seventh Principal, Ms. Chan Mee Leen, the school underwent a phased reconstruction which was completed in 2005. On 9 July 2005, the new campus was declared officially opened by Dr. Teo Ho Pin, Mayor of North-West District and Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC. In 2011, the school celebrated its 45th anniversary with an original musical.

On 15 December 2012, Mdm Tan Miao Ling was appointed the ninth Principal of CDSS, taking the mantle from Mr. Teoh Teik Hoe.

In late 2014, the school started her preparations for merger with Fajar Secondary School to become Fajar Secondary School, 励进中学, from 1 January 2016. On 21 November 2015, the school finally closed her doors with a fitting function “Celebrations 2015” where CDSS ex School Leaders, Pioneer Teachers, Senior Educators, ex-staff and ex-students attended. The function was graced by Ms Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Finance and MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

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Changkat Changi Secondary School

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Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

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Canberra Secondary School

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