Saturday, 15 July 2017
Friday, 14 July 2017
Kranji Secondary School
Kranji Secondary School was established in 1995 and was temporarily housed for that year in Chestnut Drive Secondary with a Secondary One cohort. The school moved to its present campus a year later, in 1996. From the very beginning, the school was a mixed school with both sexes and included students from all three streams – Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical.
While the name Kranji is often associated with the part of Woodlands in the North of Singapore, its namesake, Kranji Secondary is located away from Woodlands and is temporarily nestled in No. 38 Teck Whye Crescent Singapore 688945 as the main site is undergoing renovation.
While there are no official documentations, research shows that the name Kranji is derived from the Keranji trees which are members of the leguminous family which are commonly found in the forests of Peninsula Malaysia and Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak. The trees are sturdy and tall rainforest trees that bear black velvet-like pods filled with ‘dried-fruit-like’ flesh. These trees are found on flat and hilly lands but not in swamps. The Keranji tree is made of a type of timber that is characterised by its strong tenacity. In a constantly fast evolving world, the school wants to nurture students who are resilient, sturdy and unfazed by these changes, and instead adapt to the changing circumstances.
Kent Ridge Secondary School
Kent Ridge Secondary started operations at the former Yusof Ishak Secondary School, 27A Jubilee Road, on 2 Jan 2000 under the leadership of the first Principal, Ms Chamb Cherk Ing. The school shifted to its current premises at 147 West Coast Road in December 2001 and was officially opened by Mr S Iswaran, Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC, on 15 March 2003. In December 2006, Mr Koh Chong Mong, the second Principal assumed leadership of the School. The current Principal, Mrs Anba Saroja was appointed in December 2012.
Guided by the school philosophy that ‘Every Student Counts’ and the school values of Fitness, Integrity, Respect and Excellence, Kent Ridge nurtures the heart, ignites passion and strengthens the will so that every Kent Ridgean has the Heart of a Saint, Passion of an Inventor and Will of an Olympian.
The School’s strategic focus on Character and Citizenship Education, Student-centred Learning , Staff Development and Well-Being and Strategic Partnerships is well-placed to equip students with the knowledge, skills and competencies to navigate a world where change is constant.
In the last fifteen years, Kent Ridge Secondary has grown from a fledgling school to a well-established one in the West Coast area known for its emphasis on a holistic education rooted in values and a culture of care and excellence.
A strong emphasis is placed on values inculcation and Kent Ridge adopts a two-pronged approach of educating students through explicit teaching and providing experiential learning platforms, where students are given opportunities to apply their learning. A school-wide approach to Values-in-Action (VIA) is adopted and students at the different levels do their part to give back to the community, each year.
The School is also committed to nurturing leadership skills in every Kent Ridgean. Leadership development is anchored on the Kouzes and Posner’s Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership where students are taught explicitly the relevant knowledge and skills and then given learning opportunities to lead self, peers and school in their daily life and projects.
Committed to providing a student-centric teaching and learning environment, the school has in place programmes to equip students with the 21st century competencies of communication, collaboration, creative & inventive thinking and self-directed learning. The key programmes include the S³ programme, Project Work, I-trails and NE learning journeys.
Teachers in Kent Ridge are the driving force behind the school’s success story. At Kent Ridge, teachers go the extra mile in their journey with the students, guiding and nurturing them to be young adults of good moral character and sound values and inspiring them to excel in all that they do. It is having teachers, who encourage students to go ‘Beyond Frontiers’ that continues to be the hallmark of the Kent Ridge experience.
Juying Secondary School
Juying Secondary School was founded in 1995 with the appointment of Mrs Lee Yin Ling as its pioneer principal. The school started with 10 classes of Secondary One pupils which were housed on the 4th level of Pioneer Secondary School, our holding school, for six months while the former Jurong Institute was being retrofitted to become Juying's permanent premises.
When the school moved into its permanent premises on 12 June 1995, only three quarters of the retrofitting had been completed. The following two and a half years saw the continual upgrading and improvement of facilities. In June 1997, an extension project was started to enable the school to become single session in the year 2000.
The school was officially opened by Mr Peter Chen, Senior Minister of State for Education and MP for Hong Kah GRC, on 18 July 1997.
Today, the school has a total enrolment of approximately 900 pupils in 25 classes covering Secondary 1 to Secondary 5. The school premises were upgraded under the Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools (PRIME) from 2010 to 2012.
The upgraded premises include new facilities such as 2 dance studios, a sunken plaza for outdoor performances, a synthetic field, a gymnasium, a bigger multi-purpose hall, an indoor sports hall, a rock climbing wall for outdoor education, a repelling wall for high elements confidence training, a health & fitness area, a specialised iMac studio, multiple computer laboratories, dedicated counselling rooms and an afterschool recreation room.
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
JurongVille Secondary School
Jurongville Secondary School (JVSS) located at Jurong East Avenue 1 was established on 15 December 1993 in Singapore with 9 teachers reporting for duty. This pioneer group, with the addition of 15 more teachers later in the year, was to form the nucleus of the new school. The first Principal was Sun Huey Min, who was also the incumbent Principal of Commonwealth Secondary [CSS] at that time. She served as the school’s principal from December 1993 to December 1995.
In January 1994, JVS, housed within Commonwealth Secondary itself, opened its doors to 507 Secondary One pupils, spread over 14 classes - 6 Express, 5 Normal Academic and 3 Normal Technical. In December 1995, JVS welcomed Mr. Mohd Khairunan as its next Principal. However, it bid farewell to CSS which was to be relocated to new premises. JVS was to remain on the same site and officially take over the location as their home. In July 1997, the school was officially opened. The Guest of Honour was Kenneth Chen Koon Lap, Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC. Later on, a new extension block was built. This was officially opened by Ms Ho Peng, Deputy Director Schools 2, Ministry of Education, on 17 April 1999.
In December 2000, Mr Khairunan left the school. Mr. Ong Kock Hua took over as the third Principal of JVS. It was under his tenure that the Cluster Science Learning Centre was officially opened on 19 April 2002. The Guest of Honour was Professor Leo Tan, Director, National Institute of Education. It was also during his tenure that the school celebrated its 10th Anniversary. The celebrations were launched by Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC, during the Speech and Prize-Giving Day on 9 May 2003.
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