CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School

CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School

CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School is an all-girls' Catholic primary and secondary school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore. SNGS has consistently been leading the group of schools with stellar results in both sporting and academic achievements. The school was founded in 1933 by Father Nicholas Barre, originally as a Chinese school. Today, SNGS is one of the premier educational institutes in Singapore, ranking third in the list of top secondary girls' schools in Singapore in 2004, and listed in the top 10 secondary schools in Singapore in 2005. There is generally affiliation for the students of the primary division during their PSLE. In this system of affiliation, which is also practiced in other schools, the students need to score less points in the PSLE to be accepted into their affiliate school, or in this case, the secondary sector of SNGS.

Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution is an independent boys' secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Stamford Raffles, it was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. RI was also recognised for excellence in both education processes and outcomes, and was awarded the pinnacle award of MOE's Master plan of Awards, the School Excellence Award. Raffles Institution offers the Integrated Programme, also known as the Raffles Programme , together with Raffles Girls' School and Raffles Junior College. It also offers an internal Gifted Education Programme, but the stream recently merged with the Special/ Express Stream into a single stream in 2007. In 2007, the current batch of Secondary 3 students has also been merged into a single stream. A new programme, the Raffles Academy, was also introduced.

Nanyang Girls' High School

Nanyang Girls' High School

Nanyang Girls' High School is an all-girls secondary school in Singapore. It participates in the Integrated Programme with Hwa Chong Institution under the Hwa Chong Affiliate Programme. It also offers an internal Gifted Education Programme, the Art Elective Programme, the Higher Music Programme, Bi-cultural Programme and the Secondary 3 End Of Year Programme.
It has been consistently ranked as one of the top among secondary schools in Singapore in the official annual school rankings published by the Ministry of Education. The first school logo of Nanyang Girls' High School was a diamond-shaped motif with the school name in Chinese printed in white against a light blue background. It was designed by Madam Chen Jun Wen, a former art teacher of the school. In 1968, the logo was changed. The diamond-shaped motif was superimposed on top of a yellow ring emblem with the words 'Nanyang Girls' High' printed on it. The ring emblem was positioned above a yellow banner printed with the school motto, in Chinese. The school motto, when translated into English, reads 'Diligence', 'Prudence', 'Respectability' and 'Simplicity'. The school logo represents the school's vision that all students of Nanyang will obtain an all-rounded moral, cognitive, physical, social and aesthetic education.

Singapore Chinese Girls' School

Singapore Chinese Girls' School

Singapore Chinese Girls' School is one of the oldest schools in Singapore with 110 years of history. It is a full school with both primary and secondary divisions, thus taking in most 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.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. SCGS is especially well-known for its dancers. Academic-wise, the school is well known for its strong Literature department. The school's debate team has also had remarkable achievements, winning the Singapore Secondary School debate competition, coming in top over other schools like Raffles Institution and United World College. The school has also made remarkable achievements for the Singapore Youth Festival 2007. The following CCAs: Band, Chinese Drama Society, Choir, Dance, DRAMA, Handbells have achieved the Silver, Bronze, Gold, Gold with Honours, Gold, Gold with Honours and Gold with Honours Awards respectively. They have also received numerous Sustained Achievement Awards in the past years.

Saint Joseph's Institution

Saint Joseph's Institution

Saint Joseph's Institution is a Catholic secondary school for male students in Singapore. It was founded in 1852 as St. John's Institution, and is the 3rd oldest educational institution in Singapore. SJI is recognised as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore, providing a value-added and all-round education to boys of all races and religions. The school is consistently ranked among the top secondary schools in Singapore. In September 2005, the school is one of the few in Singapore to be awarded the coveted School Distinction Award as part of the Ministry of Education's 2005 Masterplan Awards. In addition, it has been awarded the Best Practice Award for teaching and learning. SJI has also received the Sustained Achievement Award for Sports and the Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Groups for the third and seventh consecutive year respectively. In 2008, the school was re-validated with the Singapore Quality Class Award, obtained for the second time the Best Practice Award in the MOE External Validation exercise. In addition, the school sees more consecutive Sustained Achievement Awards in Academic Value-Added, Sports, Uniformed Groups and Fitness.