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.