Zhonghua Secondary School

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Zhonghua Secondary School
中华中学
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Motto Courteous Righteous Edified Dignified
Established September, 1911
Type Autonomous/Mixed, Single-Session
Principal Mrs Dolly Ong
MOE Code 3240
Colours Green, White
Locale Serangoon, Singapore
Enrollment 1431
Website Link
Ministry of Education
Flag of Singapore Republic of Singapore


Zhonghua Secondary School is an autonomous secondary school located in Serangoon, Singapore. It used to be a girls' school initiated by Dr Sun Yat Sen. Chung Hwa Girls School was founded in 1911 by Mr Tay Peng Teng, Mr Puan Yeow Pong and the Chinese community to provide basic education for girls in Singapore. It is also the first Chinese girls school in Singapore.

Zhonghua Secondary School is also one of the top 30 secondary schools in Singapore.

The current principal of Zhonghua Secondary is Mrs Dolly Ong who took up the post after the previous headmaster left the school at the end of 2007.

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[edit] History

Zhonghua Secondary was first established in 1911 initiated by Dr Sun Yat Sen, the school was founded by Mr Tay Peng Teng, Mr Puan Yeow Pong and the Chinese community who wanted to provide education for girls in the Chinese community, it’s first location was at Mohamad Sultan Road.

In its 90 years of history, the school has shifted fives times. In 1925, it moved to Niven Road and its name was Chung Hwa Girls’High School. In order to cope with the increased enrolment, it shifted to Bartley Road in 1951 and secondary classes were conducted at these larger premises.

In 1967, a new 4 storey block was built, comprising the General Office, Staff Room, Home Economics Unit as well as the Science Block, Geography Room, the Music Room and the AVA Theatrette. The indoor gymnasium is the first of its kind in Singapore.

In 1987, the school moved to Serangoon New Town at Serangoon Avenue 4 and it was named Zhonghua Secondary School. A new school building at Serangoon Avenue 3 costing $23 million was completed in the year 1999.


[edit] School Badge

The school crest takes the shape of the Begonia leaf. The begonia is a red-flowering plant with dark green leaves. It is a hardy plant which survives naturally in almost any kind of condition. Some believe that the Begonia leaf is shaped such that it resembles the outline of China.

The colour GREEN signifies freshness, youth, growth, life, vitality and resilience.
The colour WHITE is the emblem of purity, virtue and brightness.

Students are encouraged at all times to emulate such enduring qualities as the Begonia: To be Steadfast and Strong To be Determined and Decisive Students are encouraged also to cultivate qualities such as Excellence and Endurance, Faith and Hope, Promise and Goodness.

[edit] Uniform

Female: White shirt with green skirt. Formerly, the girls wear white below the knee pleated skirts. The change from white to green skirt took place in year 2002, where there were complains regarding white skirts being easily dirtied.
Male: Lower secondary students wear a white shirt with white shorts. Upper secondary students wear a white shirt with white long pants.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Academic

  • Percentage of students eligible for Junior College:
    2003: 97.5%
    2004: 89.5%
    2005: 96%
    2006: 95.4%
  • Percentage of students eligible for Polytechnics:
    2003: 100%
    2004: 99.6%
    2005: 100%
    2006: 100%
  • Mean L1B5 Aggregate Grade for Special/Express students: 2003: 12.5 2004: 12.9 2005: 12.1 2006: 11.5
  • Academic Value Added (Special/Express) Achievement Award (2006) - Silver
  • Academic Value Added (Normal) Achievement Award (2006) - Bronze

[edit] CCA Achievements

2007
Aesthetics

  • Band - Concert (Silver)
  • Choir (Silver)
  • Dance - Chinese (Silver)
  • Drama - English (Bronze)
  • Ensemble - Guzheng (Silver)
  • Orchestra - Chinese (Gold)

Uniformed Groups

  • Boys' Brigade (Silver)
  • Girl Guides Singapore (Bronze)
  • Girls' Brigade (Gold)
  • NPCC (Silver)
  • NCC (Gold)
  • Scouts (Gold)
  • St. John's Ambulance Brigade (Silver)

2006
Sports

  • South Zone Basketball B Girls (3rd)
  • National Gymnastics (Artisitc) B Boys (3rd)
  • National Gymnastics (Artisitc) C Boys (4th)
  • South Zone Volleyball C Boys (3rd)
  • Basketball C Girls (2nd)

[edit] Special Awards

  • National Education Development Award (2005-2007)
  • Character Development Award (2006-2008)
  • Singapore Quality Class Award
  • Cherish Award 2006 (Gold)
  • Green Audit Sustained Achievement Award (Lotus, 2004-2006)
  • Physical Fitness (8th)
  • Uniform Group (4th)

[edit] School Facilities

[edit] Special Features

  • Holistic Education (cognitive, moral, social, physical and aesthetics) for all Zhonghuarians.
  • Centre of Excellence (Visual Arts) for Cluster S6.
  • Offers People's Republic of China (PRC) School-based Scholarships.

[edit] Location

13 Serangoon Ave 3 Singapore (556123)

[edit] External links