Singapore Chinese Girls' School
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| Motto | Sincerity, Courage, Generosity, Service |
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| Established | 1899 |
| Type | Independent Secondary, Single session |
| Principal | Mrs Low Ay Nar |
| School code | 7014 (Secondary) 5026 (Primary) |
| Colours | Jade, Gold (Green, Yellow) |
| Locale | Dunearn Road, Singapore |
| Enrollment | approx. 2400 |
| Website | Link |
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Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS) is one of the oldest schools in Singapore with 108 years of history. It is a full school with both primary and secondary divisions, thus taking in students between the ages of 6 and 16. The secondary division was among the first schools in Singapore to be accorded the status of an independent school in 1989.
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[edit] History
SCGS was founded in July 1899 by a group of Straits Chinese, including Lim Boon Keng, at premises in Hill Street, with an English headmistress and 7 girls on the register. In 1923, the school left its premises at Hill Street (the site later became the Central Fire Station) and moved to Emerald Hill. From 1905 to 1936, the school also admitted a handful of male students, but it afterward it reverted to being an all-girls school. In 1994, after 70 years at Emerald Hill, the school moved a newly-built campus at Dunearn Road.
[edit] The School’s Education Philosophy
[edit] Vision
To be an asset to the country by developing capable women of character and relevance.
[edit] Mission
To develop each pupil's character and abilities to her fullest potential according to her individual pace and aspirations, so as to prepare her for meaningful roles in the community.
[edit] Values
To develop strong moral fibre and integrity among our pupils and the school values of Sincerity, Courage, Generosity and Service.
[edit] School Song
Glad that I live am I,
That the sky is blue.
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.
After the sun the rain,
After the rain the sun.
This is the way of life,
Till the work be done.
All that we need to do,
Be we low or high.
Is to see that we grow,
Nearer the sky.
[edit] Uniforms
The SCGS uniform is sky-blue in colour and is one of two schools in Singapore with a sleeveless uniform. The only other school in Singapore with sleeveless uniforms is Nanyang Girls' High School.
The proper school uniform is the sleeveless sky blue uniform with the badge above the left breast, and school socks and shoes. Most girls opt to wear PE shorts underneath. The girls are also only allowed to wear their school's jacket. Cross back bras or sports bras are not to be worn with the regular uniform.
The Primary School girls of the school wear white socks or school socks (white socks with 'SCGS' embroidered/printed in green) and must pair it with white school shoes. Their Physical Education (P.E.) attire consists of a sleeveless white shirt (with the school logo and name in colours of the pupil's various houses of Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green), green bloomers and a sky-blue half-skirt.
The Secondary School girls of the school wear school socks that have the letters "SCGS" on them, and must also pair it with white school shoes. The school jacket of the school was recently changed to a different design. Their P.E. attire was also recently changed to a white V-necked dry-fit shirt (with the school logo embroidered in the front, 'SCGS' printed on the back and a green collar) and green shorts.
When the pupils are not having P.E. lessons, they must wear a sky-blue half-skirt with their green shorts underneath. The students have CCA T-shirts and class T-shirts, which are all designed by the students themselves.
Prefects in SCGS wear a white bolero and a badge. Students are nominated by teachers and then, other students of the same level as the nominated students vote for their Prefects of the year. This process is repeated every year.
For formal wear, they don a dark green school blazer and skirt, a white long-sleeved shirt, and a yellow tie. They must also wear black court shoes and stockings/pantyhose with the outfit.
[edit] Notable Things About SCGS
A team from SCGS won the Hollaback Crew contest for their division, winning the girls $10 000 and a video of their performance shown on MTV Asia. The school is well-known in the performing arts and recently in 2005, received a gold streak for all performing arts items in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF). Academic wise, the school is well known for the strong English/ Literature department (whereby Literature is a compulsory subject in the upper Secondary division.)
They have also received numerous Sustained Achievement Awards in the past years.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Rui En, singer-actress
- Ms Jenny Chua, chairman of Community Chest.
- Dawn Yang, blogger
- Jazzreel Low
- Gina Tan
- Bonny Hicks
- Elizabeth Sam
