Guangyang Secondary School
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Guangyang Secondary School is a government secondary school
in Singapore
. It was merged with Braddell-Westlake Secondary School
in 2006. Currently it is a co-ed
, single session school.
and subsequently moved to Bishan
. The school was officially opened on 27 June 1990.
The school's second principal, Mrs Alice Tan Lee Huan, took over in 1993. Under her leadership, Guangyang Secondary School achieved the distinction of being one of the Top 18 Value-Added Schools in the Special/Express stream. In mid-December 1996, Mrs Ng-Ong Phiak Kim took over as the school's third principal, and the school was ranked as one of the Top 20 Value-Added Schools in the Special/Express Stream for the next two consecutive years.
Guangyang ushered into 2001 with her fourth Principal, Mrs Ngiam Geak Kim. Mrs Ngiam assumed position from 1 January 2001. She retired that same year. Miss Low Chee Moon took office as Guangyang Secondary School’s fifth Principal in 2002. In December, the school underwent PRIME and was shifted to Toa Payoh so that rebuilding and renovation works could be carried out at its present site.
In 2003, the Singapore Ministry of Education announced that Guangyang Secondary School and Braddell-Westlake Secondary School would merge in 2006. The secondary one cohorts of both schools collaborated to produce a ceramic mural wall to be installed in the new merged school in early 2005. In 2006, Guangyang Secondary School received an Academic Value Added Award Express (Silver) and an Academic Value Added Normal Award (Bronze) for their commendable performance in the recent "O" levels examination. Mrs Tan Miao Ling took over as GYSS’s sixth Principal from 2006..
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It was merged with Braddell-Westlake Secondary School
Braddell-Westlake Secondary School
-History:Braddell-Westlake Secondary School was the result of a merger between Braddell Secondary School and Westlake Secondary School in 2000 in order to boost falling enrolment. Located along Braddell Road, it occupied the former premises of its component schools, and had the distinction of being...
in 2006. Currently it is a co-ed
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
, single session school.
History
Guangyang Secondary School (GYSS) began as Kiong Yong High School. In 1986, due to a sharp drop in school enrollment, Kiong Yong High School closed. In 1987, the School Advisory Committee of Kiong Yong High School left a sum of about $60,000 which was to be given to a school that adopted its name. When a new school was set up in Bishan, it was decided that the old dialect name "Kiong Yong" be used. Hence, the new school came to be known as "Guangyang" which is the hanyu pinyin equivalent of "Kiong Yong". In its early months, Guangyang Secondary shared the premises of Zhonghua Secondary SchoolZhonghua Secondary School
Zhonghua Secondary School is an autonomous secondary school in Serangoon, Singapore, catering to boys and girls taking the Special/Express Course as well as those taking the Normal Course...
and subsequently moved to Bishan
Bishan
Bishan is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore situated in the Central Region, measuring approximately three by three kilometres. Primarily a housing estate, Flats here are generally more expensive compared to other estates due to its location in the central region, which commands a...
. The school was officially opened on 27 June 1990.
The school's second principal, Mrs Alice Tan Lee Huan, took over in 1993. Under her leadership, Guangyang Secondary School achieved the distinction of being one of the Top 18 Value-Added Schools in the Special/Express stream. In mid-December 1996, Mrs Ng-Ong Phiak Kim took over as the school's third principal, and the school was ranked as one of the Top 20 Value-Added Schools in the Special/Express Stream for the next two consecutive years.
Guangyang ushered into 2001 with her fourth Principal, Mrs Ngiam Geak Kim. Mrs Ngiam assumed position from 1 January 2001. She retired that same year. Miss Low Chee Moon took office as Guangyang Secondary School’s fifth Principal in 2002. In December, the school underwent PRIME and was shifted to Toa Payoh so that rebuilding and renovation works could be carried out at its present site.
In 2003, the Singapore Ministry of Education announced that Guangyang Secondary School and Braddell-Westlake Secondary School would merge in 2006. The secondary one cohorts of both schools collaborated to produce a ceramic mural wall to be installed in the new merged school in early 2005. In 2006, Guangyang Secondary School received an Academic Value Added Award Express (Silver) and an Academic Value Added Normal Award (Bronze) for their commendable performance in the recent "O" levels examination. Mrs Tan Miao Ling took over as GYSS’s sixth Principal from 2006..