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Anderson Secondary School

Anderson Secondary School is a co-educational government school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore, covering Secondary 1 to Secondary 5 (usually ages 12 to 17). It became an autonomous school in 1994 and was one of the pioneer autonomous schools in Singapore.

History

The school was founded in 1960 as a girls' primary school. In 1964, it became girls' secondary school, but began admitting boys in 1965. The school has occupied several sites. Formally situated at Stevens Road and Anderson Road, Anderson Secondary School moved to Ang Mo Kio Street 44 in 1984. In December 1993, it moved to its current location, Ang Mo Kio Street 53.

Anderson Secondary School has been used from time to time for educational experiments. In 1994 it was declared an autonomous school, and in 1996 it was one of the first schools to use the Students-and-Teachers Workbench project. In 1997 it was chosen as an IT demo school.

Major Achievements

The following accolades have been received by Anderson Secondary School. (Last updated April 2010)

  • Band 1 school since 2006.[1]
  • Singapore Quality Class Award under the guidance of a former principal of the school, Mrs. Chan Khah Gek in 2002.
  • School Distinction Award by the Ministry of Education in 2004.[2]
  • Best Practice Award for Staff Well-being in 2003.
  • Schools' Green Audit Award, Sustained Lotus Award.
  • Sustained Achievement Award, Uniformed Group, 11th year.
  • Sustained Achievement Award, Aesthetics (Secondary), 3rd year.
  • Sustained Achievement Award, Sports (Secondary), 2nd year.
  • People Developer Standard.
  • CHERISH (Silver).
  • Character Development Award.

School Principals

  • 1964 Mr. M A Mallal
  • 1965-1973 Miss. Heng Cher Siang
  • 1974-1975 Mrs. Peggy Phang
  • 1976-1978 Mrs. Lim Soon Tze
  • 1979-1980 Miss. Lim Hsiu Yun
  • 1981-1983 Mr. Sarwan Singh
  • 1984-1992 Miss. Leong Yop Pooi
  • 1993-1996 Mr. Kwek Hiok Chuang
  • 1997-2001 Mrs. Chan Khah Gek
  • 2002-2005 Mrs. Tan Wai Lan
  • 2006–2010 Mrs. Poh Mun See
  • 2011-present Mr. Lo Khee Tian Mark

Vision, Mission, Motto and Values

Vision

"An Institution of Distinction to Inspire and Serve."

The former school vision "Caring and Responsible Leaders of Tomorrow" was changed to "An Institution of Distinction to Inspire and Serve" in 2003.

In 2007, the school underwent a Vision Mission Statement review, under the leadership of Mrs Poh Mun See. After the review, the school concluded that the vision, mission and values statement remained relevant for the next ten years.

Mission

The mission of the school is to develop each Andersonian to the maximum intellectually, physically, emotionally, morally and socially in order to fulfill individual needs and national goals.

Motto

The School Motto, "With Constancy and Purpose", was worded by Ms. CS Heng, a former principal of the school, and serves to urge Andersonians to imbibe the qualities of the bamboo, which grows with constancy and is versatile. It also encourages pupils to set goals in life and be consistent in their pursuit of these goals.

School Values

The school values of Anderson Secondary School are also known as "ANDE" values. 

cAring in Actions

Noble in Character

Daring in our Dreams

Excellence in all our Endeavours

Events in Anderson

Intra-School Events

Anderson Secondary School organises a wide variety of events for the well-being of her students such as Cross Country, Sports Carnival and Arts Fest.

The school's Choir and Military Band also stages a performance biannually at the Victoria Concert Hall, known as VOICES and AMBience respectively.

Student-initiated events hosted in Anderson, mainly under the auspices of the Anderson Student Council (ASC), including a fund-raising carnival, Anderson Cultural Project, and the March/April Games.

Most intra-school events are played at the class level, where students compete in events for their classes. This is done instead of inter-house competition to encourage greater bonding within classes.

Overseas Exchange Programmes

In Anderson Secondary School, overseas exchange programmes are known as Cultural Flexibility Programmes (CFP), and the following are the exchange programmes CFP has to offer.

  • Anderson-Winitsuksa Student Exchange
  • Anderson-Marryatville Drama Educational Exchange
  • Anderson-Kagoshima Daiichi High School Sports Exchange
  • Anderson-SMPK1 BPK PENABUR Bandung

Anderson Secondary School was also the partner school for South Korea during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Co-Curricular Activities

Anderson Secondary School offers a plethora of Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) as follows.[3]

Sports & Games Uniformed Groups Performing Arts Cultural Activities / Clubs
Badminton (Girls) National Cadet Corps (Land) Choir Art Club
Basketball National Police Cadet Corps (Land) Drama in English Infocomm Club
Netball (Girls) Anderson Clover Guides Chinese Dance Cybernetics Club
Table Tennis St John's Ambulance Brigade Malay Dance Library
Anderson Military Band Green Club
Volleyball Cultural Society
Wushu

CCA Achievements

Anderson Secondary School also boasts many achievements in the CCA arena, with some of the most notable ones shown as follows:[4]

  • Basketball "B" Girls National Champion, 2007
  • Cross Country "C" Girls National 1st, Ranjitha D/O Raja, 2008
  • Wushu Nationals combined medal haul: 2 golds, 3 silvers, 6 bronze, 2 4th positions, 2009
  • St John's Ambulance Brigade Best Unit Competition, Gold, 2008/2009
  • National Police Cadet Corps Best Unit Competition, Gold, 2009
  • Anderson Clover Guides Best Unit Competition, Gold, 2009/2010
  • Choir, SYF Gold with Honours, 2007/2009/2011
  • Chinese Dance, SYF Gold with Honours, 2009/2011
  • Malay Dance, SYF Gold, 2009/2011

Old Andersonian Alumni Society

The Old Andersonian Alumni Society ("OAAS") was set up in 1999. With the help of the school, a temporary Committee was first formed in November 1998 to spearhead the formation and setting-up of an Alumni association. Some twenty ex-Andersonians came forward to help plan and execute the launch of the OAAS.

The main objectives of the OAAS are to provide an organisation for ex-Andersonians to interact and reconnect with one another as well as with their Alma Mater.

PRIME Upgrading

From 2003 to 2006 the school underwent a PRIME upgrading project. The school had raised funds for non-standard facilities such as a student activity hub, a heritage centre and a multi-purpose studio. It also upgraded the lecture theatre and classrooms and added a new five-storey building.

The final stage of the upgrading process took place in 2005. Some facilities, such as the school hall, cookery rooms and the football field, were ready in July 2006. The school library has been given a new zen-style layout.

A special facility called the "INSPIRE TOWN" was officially opened in 2005. This is a room where innovation and creativity is encouraged amongst pupils. Two classrooms were converted into a Black Box for use by drama students.

In 2008, an indoor sports hall was opened.

Alumni

Uniform and Discipline

Girls wear a white blouse and a kelly-blue knee-length pinafore. Lower secondary boys wear white short trousers. Upper secondary boys wear white long trousers. All students wear the school badge, with their name tag directly below it. Students wear the school tie on Mondays, and at formal school functions.

The Anderson Secondary School Discipline Committee has classified offences committed by students into minor and major offences. Minor offences include being late for school, flaws in personal grooming and use of electronic devices during curriculum time. Major offences are much more serious, and they include wilful absenteeism, forgery, arson and many others. Boys who commit any of the major offences are liable to receive corporal punishment in the form of caning. In the most serious cases, they are caned in front of the other students (known as "public caning"). Girls are never caned at Anderson but must attend detention class if they carry out any of these acts instead. A stroke of cane for boys is equivalent to 5 days of detention class for girls.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ School Achievement Table for 2006, Ministry of Education.
  2. ^ Winners of Special Awards, Ministry of Education.
  3. ^ Anderson Secondary CCAs.
  4. ^ Anderson Secondary CCA Achievements.
  5. ^ Ang Peng Siong Biography, APS Swim School.
  6. ^ Anderson Secondary School Rules and Regulations.

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