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{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school
| name = Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
| name = Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
| native_name = 莱佛士女子中学<br>Sekolah Perempuan Raffles (Menengah)<br>இராஃபிள்ஸ் பெண்கள் பள்ளி (உயர்நிலை)
| native_name = {{nobold|{{native name|ms|Sekolah Perempuan Raffles (Menengah)}}<br />{{native name|zh|莱佛士女子中学}}<br />{{native name|ta|இராஃபிள்ஸ் பெண்கள் பள்ளி (உயர்நிலை)}}}}
| logo = Rgscrest.png
| logo = Rgscrest.png
| logo_size = 120px
| logo_size = 150px
| image =
| image =
| motto = Filiae Melioris Aevi<ref name="rgs.edu.sg">{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/vision-mission-values|title=Vision Mission Values|website=www.rgs.edu.sg}}</ref>
| motto = Filiae Melioris Aevi<ref name="rgs.edu.sg">{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/vision-mission-values|title=Vision Mission Values|website=www.rgs.edu.sg|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423102713/http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/vision-mission-values|url-status=live}}</ref>
| motto_translation = Daughters of a Better Age
| motto_translation = Daughters of a Better Age
| address = 2 Braddell Rise
| address = 2 Braddell Rise
| city = [[Singapore]]
| city = [[Singapore]]
| zipcode = 318871<ref name="url relCampus Address">{{cite web |url=https://www.rgs.edu.sg/others/new-campus/site-directory |title=Site directory }}</ref>
| zipcode = 318871<ref name="url relCampus Address">{{cite web |url=https://www.rgs.edu.sg/others/new-campus/site-directory |title=Site directory |access-date=26 October 2019 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026051235/https://www.rgs.edu.sg/others/new-campus/site-directory |url-status=live }}</ref>
| country = [[Singapore]]
| country = [[Singapore]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|1.3428|103.8434|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|1.3428|103.8434|display=inline,title}}
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| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1879}}<ref name="rgs.edu.sg"/>
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1879}}<ref name="rgs.edu.sg"/>
| sister_school = [[Raffles Institution]]
| sister_school = [[Raffles Institution]]
| session = Single; AM
| session =
| chairman = [[Judith Prakash]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/board-of-governors|title=Board of Governors|website=www.rgs.edu.sg}}</ref>
| chairman = [[Judith Prakash]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/board-of-governors|title=Board of Governors|website=www.rgs.edu.sg|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=24 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424202421/http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/board-of-governors|url-status=live}}</ref>
| principal = Haslinda Zamani
| principal = Mrs Ong Hong Peng
| gender = Female
| gender = Girls
| colours = {{Color box|green}}{{Color box|black}}{{Color box|white}} Green, black, & white
| colours = {{Color box|green|Green|white}} {{Color box|black|Black|white}} {{Color box|white|White|black}}
| website = {{url|www.rgs.edu.sg}}
| website = {{url|www.rgs.edu.sg}}
| school code = 3008
| school code = 3008
| enrolment = Approx. 1600<ref name="schoolmove2019"/>
| enrolment = 1600<ref name="schoolmove2019"/>
}}
}}
'''Raffles Girls' School''' (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school in [[Toa Payoh|Braddell]], [[Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sis.moe.gov.sg/SchoolDetails.aspx?schoolCode=3008|title=School Information Service (SIS)|website=sis.moe.gov.sg|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref> Established in 1879, the school is one of the oldest in Singapore. RGS and its affiliated school [[Raffles Institution]] offer a six-year [[Integrated Programme|Raffles Programme]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/historical-milestones|title=Historical Milestones|website=www.rgs.edu.sg}}</ref> which allows students to skip the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level]] examinations and proceed to take the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level]] examinations at the end of Year 6.
'''Raffles Girls' School''' ('''RGS''') is an independent girls' secondary school located in [[Toa Payoh|Braddell]], [[Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sis.moe.gov.sg/SchoolDetails.aspx?schoolCode=3008|title=School Information Service (SIS)|website=sis.moe.gov.sg|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=23 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223054738/https://sis.moe.gov.sg/SchoolDetails.aspx?schoolCode=3008|url-status=live}}</ref> Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school [[Raffles Institution]], offers a six-year [[Integrated Programme|Raffles Programme]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/historical-milestones|title=Historical Milestones|website=www.rgs.edu.sg|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423101802/http://www.rgs.edu.sg/about/historical-milestones|url-status=live}}</ref> which allows students to skip the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level]] examinations and proceed to take the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level]] examinations at the end of Year 6.


The school was recognised by the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] in 2006 by being awarded the School Excellence Award (recognising schools with 'exemplary school processes and practices'), among other awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20060924999.pdf|title=SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2006 |publisher=Ministry of Education |date=19 September 2006 |access-date=2018-09-22 }}</ref>
The school was recognised by the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] in 2006 by being awarded the School Excellence Award (recognising schools with 'exemplary school processes and practices'), among other awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20060924999.pdf |title=SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2006 |publisher=Ministry of Education |date=19 September 2006 |access-date=2018-09-22 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922140020/http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20060924999.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>


It was a member of [[Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Group=Country&Country=Singapore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719180538/http://agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Group=Country&Country=Singapore|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-07-19|title=Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)|publisher=[[Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia]]|date=2008-07-19|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>
It was a member of [[Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Group=Country&Country=Singapore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719180538/http://agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Group=Country&Country=Singapore|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-07-19|title=Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)|publisher=[[Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia]]|date=2008-07-19|access-date=2019-07-05}}</ref>
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==History==
==History==
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{{refimprove|section|date=January 2018}}
Before RGS became a school in its own right, it existed as a section of [[Raffles Institution]] (RI).<ref>{{cite news|title=A CENTURY OF EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19351008-1.2.43.10|work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=8 October 1935}}</ref>
Before RGS became a school in its own right, it existed as a section of [[Raffles Institution]] (RI).<ref>{{cite news|title=A CENTURY OF EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19351008-1.2.43.10|work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=8 October 1935|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928011535/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19351008-1.2.43.10|url-status=live}}</ref>


The precursor to RGS opened in the RI campus of [[Bras Basah Road]] on 4 March 1844 with 11 students, five day-scholars and six boarders, who were clothed, fed and instructed by the RI management. The demand for education grew and in 1847, the school moved to RI's eastern wing, extending towards Bras Basah Road. [[Edmund Augustus Blundell]], the Governor of the [[Straits Settlement]], described the school as "a female school designed for the education and religious training of the children of poor [[Protestantism|Protestant]] parents" in 1855.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chandy|first1=Gloria|title=Rise and rough times of RGS|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19800317-1.2.41|work=New Nation|date=17 March 1980}}</ref> In 1871, the school moved into a house, the George Family's Old Mansion at the corner of Bras Basah Road. In 1879, the school separated from RI and M. Nelson was appointed the school's first headmistress. Together with three assistants, she ran the school which had an enrolment of 77. Since then, 1879 has been officially regarded as the year of the founding of RGS.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zhu|first1=Melissa|title=New RGS campus expected to be ready earliest 2019|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-rgs-campus-expected-to-be-ready-earliest-2019-7728826|work=Channel NewsAsia|date=20 October 2016}}</ref>
The precursor to RGS opened in the RI campus of [[Bras Basah Road]] on 4 March 1844 with 11 students, five day-scholars and six boarders, who were clothed, fed and instructed by the RI management. The demand for education grew and in 1847, the school moved to RI's eastern wing, extending towards Bras Basah Road. [[Edmund Augustus Blundell]], the Governor of the [[Straits Settlement]], described the school as "a female school designed for the education and religious training of the children of poor [[Protestantism|Protestant]] parents" in 1855.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chandy|first1=Gloria|title=Rise and rough times of RGS|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19800317-1.2.41|work=New Nation|date=17 March 1980|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103134855/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19800317-1.2.41|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1871, the school moved into a house, the George Family's Old Mansion at the corner of Bras Basah Road. In 1879, the school separated from RI and M. Nelson was appointed the school's first headmistress. Together with three assistants, she ran the school which had an enrolment of 77. Since then, 1879 has been officially regarded as the year of the founding of RGS.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zhu|first1=Melissa|title=New RGS campus expected to be ready earliest 2019|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-rgs-campus-expected-to-be-ready-earliest-2019-7728826|work=Channel NewsAsia|date=20 October 2016|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133619/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-rgs-campus-expected-to-be-ready-earliest-2019-7728826|url-status=live}}</ref>


On 21 October 2019, RGS moved from Anderson Road, where it had been located since 1959, to its new campus at [[Toa Payoh|Braddell Rise]], located opposite RI.<ref name="schoolmove2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/raffles-girls-school-moves-to-new-home-across-from-ri|title=Raffles Girls' School moves to new home, across from RI|last=hermes|date=2019-10-22|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
On 21 October 2019, RGS moved from Anderson Road, where it had been located since 1959, to its new campus at [[Toa Payoh|Braddell Rise]], located opposite RI.<ref name="schoolmove2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/raffles-girls-school-moves-to-new-home-across-from-ri|title=Raffles Girls' School moves to new home, across from RI|last=hermes|date=2019-10-22|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-26|archive-date=26 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026051236/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/raffles-girls-school-moves-to-new-home-across-from-ri|url-status=live}}</ref>


==School culture and identity==
==School culture and identity==
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[[File:Formal Uniform.png|thumb|Semi-formal RGS uniform with school tie]]
[[File:Formal Uniform.png|thumb|Semi-formal RGS uniform with school tie]]
[[File:Formal school attire.png|thumb|Formal school attire]]
[[File:Formal school attire.png|thumb|Formal school attire]]
The usual school uniform is a belted, deep blue pinafore and a white collared blouse.<ref>"A-Z guide to the top school". (20 August 1994). ''Straits Times''.</ref> Students customarily fold their sleeves on most shirts (except PE shirt), which also requires a colour-coded nametag (colours Black/Green (green as of 2019) Blue, Red and Yellow inherited by first-year batch to graduating batch respectively), along with the school badge, on the top left of the uniform, right below the name tag. There are also school culottes, worn with the PE shirt.
The usual school uniform is a belted, deep blue pinafore and a white collared blouse.<ref>"A-Z guide to the top school". (20 August 1994). ''Straits Times''.</ref>


== Awards and accolades ==
== Awards and accolades ==
A group of four students from RGS emerged Champion at the Kids' Lit Quiz 2018, and represented Singapore in New Zealand in July that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Raffles Girls' School tops literature quiz and will represent Singapore in global round |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/raffles-girls-school-tops-literature-quiz-and-will-represent-singapore-in-global-round |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times|date=20 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
A group of four students from RGS emerged Champion at the Kids' Lit Quiz 2018, and represented Singapore in New Zealand in July that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Raffles Girls' School tops literature quiz and will represent Singapore in global round |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/raffles-girls-school-tops-literature-quiz-and-will-represent-singapore-in-global-round |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times |date=20 April 2018 |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419111609/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/raffles-girls-school-tops-literature-quiz-and-will-represent-singapore-in-global-round |url-status=live }}</ref>


Joseph Toh Kim Leng won the Teaching Award in 2016, which honours outstanding teachers of English language, English literature and General Paper in Singapore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Well versed in the art of teaching English |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/well-versed-in-the-art-of-teaching-english |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times|date=14 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
Joseph Toh Kim Leng won the Teaching Award in 2016, which honours outstanding teachers of English language, English literature and General Paper in Singapore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Well versed in the art of teaching English |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/well-versed-in-the-art-of-teaching-english |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times |date=14 October 2016 |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419111613/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/well-versed-in-the-art-of-teaching-english |url-status=live }}</ref>


Jodie Lai, a 2015 Optimist World Championships Under-15 champion, was conferred the title of Best Sportsgirl for sailing at the 46th Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) Colours Awards in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=School sports: Over 8,000 student-athletes recognised at annual SSSC Colours Awards |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/schools/school-sports-over-8000-student-athletes-recognised-at-annual-sssc-colours-awards |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times|date=16 September 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
Jodie Lai, a 2015 Optimist World Championships Under-15 champion, was conferred the title of Best Sportsgirl for sailing at the 46th Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) Colours Awards in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=School sports: Over 8,000 student-athletes recognised at annual SSSC Colours Awards |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/schools/school-sports-over-8000-student-athletes-recognised-at-annual-sssc-colours-awards |access-date=19 April 2019 |agency=The Straits Times |work=The Straits Times |date=16 September 2016 |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419111642/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/schools/school-sports-over-8000-student-athletes-recognised-at-annual-sssc-colours-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>


Veronica Shen won the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition in the Junior Category in 2019 with her poem entitled 'Lost'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Singapore High Commission in London and Embassy to Ireland and Iceland|url=https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeHighComLondon/posts/2437118096383803|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-22|title=2019 essay world finalists|url=https://www.rcscanty.co.nz/commonwealth-essay-competition-header-page/2019-essay-world-finalists/|access-date=2020-11-04|website=The Royal Commonwealth Society Canterbury (NZ) Branch Incorporated|language=en-GB}}</ref> Earlier, Amanda Chong also won the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-04-28|title=Teen poet wins literature prize|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080424-61555.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=AsiaOne.com|language=en}}</ref>
Students from the school have won the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Singapore High Commission in London and Embassy to Ireland and Iceland|url=https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeHighComLondon/posts/2437118096383803 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/180277685401200/2437118096383803 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-22|title=2019 essay world finalists|url=https://www.rcscanty.co.nz/commonwealth-essay-competition-header-page/2019-essay-world-finalists/|access-date=2020-11-04|website=The Royal Commonwealth Society Canterbury (NZ) Branch Incorporated|language=en-GB|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019152128/http://www.rcscanty.co.nz/commonwealth-essay-competition-header-page/2019-essay-world-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-04-28|title=Teen poet wins literature prize|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080424-61555.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=AsiaOne.com|language=en|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222115730/https://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080424-61555.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Notable alumnae==
==Notable alumnae==
{{see also|Raffles Institution (Secondary)#Notable alumni|Raffles Institution (Junior College)#Notable alumni}}
{{see also|Raffles Institution (Secondary)#Notable alumni|Raffles Institution (Junior College)#Notable alumni}}
{{alumni|date=October 2024}}
* [[Ang Swee Chai]], orthopaedic surgeon and co-founder of [[Medical Aid for Palestinians]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/ang-swee-chai/ |title=Ang Swee Chai /Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |work=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |date=2014-03-03 |access-date=2019-07-29 }}</ref>
* [[Ang Swee Chai]], orthopaedic surgeon and co-founder of [[Medical Aid for Palestinians]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/ang-swee-chai/ |title=Ang Swee Chai /Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |work=Singapore Women's Hall of Fame |date=2014-03-03 |access-date=2019-07-29 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328045526/https://www.swhf.sg/profiles/ang-swee-chai/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kit Chan]], singer and actress
* [[Kit Chan]], singer and actress
* [[Beatrice Chia]], actress and director
* [[Beatrice Chia]], actress and director
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* [[Carrie Tan]], member of parliament for [[Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency|Nee Soon GRC]]
* [[Carrie Tan]], member of parliament for [[Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency|Nee Soon GRC]]
* [[Margaret Leng Tan]], pianist
* [[Margaret Leng Tan]], pianist
* [[Tan Pin Pin]], film-maker
* [[Tang Pui Wah]], Singapore's first female Olympian
* [[Tang Pui Wah]], Singapore's first female Olympian
* [[Tay Kewei]], singer-songwriter and founder of Sparkle Life Music
* [[Tay Kewei]], singer-songwriter and founder of Sparkle Life Music
* [[Jackie Yi-Ru Ying]], nanotechnology scientist
* [[Jackie Yi-Ru Ying]], nanotechnology scientist
* [[Emma Yong]], actress
* [[Emma Yong]], actress
* [[Zhang Jingna]], photographer and [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] Asia honoree<ref name="f30u30">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-asia/2018/the-arts/|title=30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Arts|website=Forbes|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref>
* [[Zhang Jingna]], photographer and [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] Asia honoree<ref name="f30u30">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-asia/2018/the-arts/|title=30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Arts|website=Forbes|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-date=27 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127184336/https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-asia/2018/the-arts/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mariam Jaafar]], politician


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 13:53, 7 October 2024

Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
Sekolah Perempuan Raffles (Menengah) (Malay)
莱佛士女子中学 (Chinese)
இராஃபிள்ஸ் பெண்கள் பள்ளி (உயர்நிலை) (Tamil)
Address
Map
2 Braddell Rise

Singapore
318871[2]

Singapore
Coordinates1°20′34″N 103°50′36″E / 1.3428°N 103.8434°E / 1.3428; 103.8434
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoFiliae Melioris Aevi[1]
(Daughters of a Better Age)
Established1879; 145 years ago (1879)[1]
Sister schoolRaffles Institution
School code3008
ChairmanJudith Prakash[3]
PrincipalMrs Ong Hong Peng
GenderGirls
Enrolment1600[4]
Colour(s) Green   Black   White 
Websitewww.rgs.edu.sg

Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore.[5] Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six-year Raffles Programme,[6] which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations at the end of Year 6.

The school was recognised by the Ministry of Education in 2006 by being awarded the School Excellence Award (recognising schools with 'exemplary school processes and practices'), among other awards.[7]

It was a member of Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.[8]

History

[edit]

Before RGS became a school in its own right, it existed as a section of Raffles Institution (RI).[9]

The precursor to RGS opened in the RI campus of Bras Basah Road on 4 March 1844 with 11 students, five day-scholars and six boarders, who were clothed, fed and instructed by the RI management. The demand for education grew and in 1847, the school moved to RI's eastern wing, extending towards Bras Basah Road. Edmund Augustus Blundell, the Governor of the Straits Settlement, described the school as "a female school designed for the education and religious training of the children of poor Protestant parents" in 1855.[10] In 1871, the school moved into a house, the George Family's Old Mansion at the corner of Bras Basah Road. In 1879, the school separated from RI and M. Nelson was appointed the school's first headmistress. Together with three assistants, she ran the school which had an enrolment of 77. Since then, 1879 has been officially regarded as the year of the founding of RGS.[11]

On 21 October 2019, RGS moved from Anderson Road, where it had been located since 1959, to its new campus at Braddell Rise, located opposite RI.[4]

School culture and identity

[edit]

Uniform

[edit]
Semi-formal RGS uniform with school tie
Formal school attire

The usual school uniform is a belted, deep blue pinafore and a white collared blouse.[12]

Awards and accolades

[edit]

A group of four students from RGS emerged Champion at the Kids' Lit Quiz 2018, and represented Singapore in New Zealand in July that year.[13]

Joseph Toh Kim Leng won the Teaching Award in 2016, which honours outstanding teachers of English language, English literature and General Paper in Singapore.[14]

Jodie Lai, a 2015 Optimist World Championships Under-15 champion, was conferred the title of Best Sportsgirl for sailing at the 46th Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) Colours Awards in 2016.[15]

Students from the school have won the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition.[16][17][18]

Notable alumnae

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See also: Raffles Institution (Secondary) § Notable alumni, and Raffles Institution (Junior College) § Notable alumni

References

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  19. ^ "Ang Swee Chai /Singapore Women's Hall of Fame". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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  22. ^ "30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Arts". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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