The Singapore Sports School

The Singapore Sports School

The Singapore Sports School is a specialized school providing a good academic and training environment for talented young athletes. The idea for establishing a specialised school for young athletes was mooted by the Committee on Sporting Singapore in 2000. The CoSS had noted that Singapore's demanding academic environment places a lot pressure on young athletes, leading most of them to abandon their sporting aspirations in favour of their studies. In mainstream schools, it was also observed, resources given over to elite sports development are often limited as their focus is usually directed towards a quality academic education. Following the Government's decision, the hardware had to be put in place -- a S$75 million complex in Woodlands that eventually took only 13 months to complete. Mrs Deborah Tan, the school principal, is assisted by Mr Chua Choon Seng who heads the Corporate Services Division, Dr Irwin Seet, who is the Director of Sports, and Mr Raymond Mak and Mr Seah Poh Chua, who are the Deans of the Academic Division. No other school in Singapore connects sports and studies so closely as the Sports School, which comes under the auspices of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Apart from providing a modular curriculum to enable students to meet the rigorous demands of training and competition, the Sports School puts each student on a personal journey towards excellence. It helps its students to be the best they can be both in the competition arena and in class. The Sports School's focus is not on winning, but on reaching the student's potential. In this culture, a student not only learns about discipline and mental focus, but also cultivates a desire to excel.

NUS High School

NUS High School

The National University of Singapore High School of Mathematics and Science is a prestigious, specialized independent high school in Singapore offering a six-year Integrated Programme leading to the NUS High School Diploma, which is recognized by the National University of Singapore - its parent institution, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and various prestigious and famous overseas universities like Harvard, Oxford, Imperial and Yale Universities. Students will also take Advanced Placement and Scholastic Assessment Test examinations in their senior years for credits for admission into foreign universities. Advanced Placement examinations may allow students to get exemption from reading Year 1 university courses. The school offers an accelerated mathematics and science curriculum integrated with language, humanities, arts, sports, co-curricular activities, in a modular system. It is the second specialized school in Singapore after the Singapore Sports School.

A Quiz

A Quiz

This quiz was taken from Jeremy's blog. I don't really have anything to do

so I shall use this to waste my time.

Name 20 people.

1. Jeremy

2.Joel

3.Ernest

4.Brandon

5.Kenneth

6.Shawn

7.Shaun

8.Evan

9.Joshua

10.Sherwin

11.Xin Yuan

12.Pin Jia

13.Benjamin

14.Marcus

15.Hong Jun

16.Chong Cheng

17.Chuan Hao

18.Jian Wei

19.Justin

20.Jonas

1. How did you meet 14?

We were in the class since Primary 3 for primary school life.

2. How would you do if you never met 1?

Life would still be the same =).

3. What if 9 and 20 date?

That's practically impossible.

4. Will 6 and 17 date?

It is totally impossible that they will date.

5. Describe 3.

He is a great friend of mine and currently studying in SOTA.

6. Is 8 attractive?

I would puke. He's fatter than me.

7. Describe 7.

His name is Shaun Seow and he was my great friend since Primary 3. He

does great in sports as well as in studies.

8.What would you do if 8 confesses to you that he likes you?

I would probably commit suicide.

9. What language does 15 speak?

He speaks... English and Chinese.

10. Who is 9 going out with?

He's Single.

11. How old is 16?

He's 13 this year.

12. When was the last time you spoke to 13?

That was exactly 2 weeks ago.

13. Who is 2's favourite band or singer?

I seriously don't know.

14. Would you ever date 4?

My answer is no.

15. Would you ever date 1?

Absolutely no way, once again.

16. is 19 single?

I think so, unless he's dating someone behind our backs.

17.What is 10's last name?

His last name is Tan.

18. Would you ever be in a relationship with 11?

That would be the day when there are no humans left.

19.School of 3?

That would be SOTA.

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Cedar Girls' Secondary School

Cedar Girls' Secondary School

Cedar Girls' Secondary School is an all-girls educational institution established in 1957. The school went single session in 1992 and gained autonomous status in 1996. All classes are in the Express or Special Stream. According to the new school ranking system put in place in 2004, Cedar is a Band 1 school, making it one of the top secondary schools in Singapore. In Cedar, the classes are lettered according to the word CHAMPIONS. Thus, the classes for Secondary One and Two are lettered from 1C to 1S and from 2C to 2S respectively. For Secondary Three and Four, in order to provide for more flexible subject combinations, the classes are lettered according to CHAMPIONSZ, with an extra Z class as compared to the lower secondary levels. For the first time in 2008, however, the new Secondary 3 level stuck to the traditional class lettering system, where there are only 9 classes, the final class being 3S.