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| Hwa Chong Institution | |
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661 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269734 | |
| Coordinates | 1°19′36″N 103°48′13″E / 1.326540°N 103.803491°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent Secondary School and Junior College Boys (Secondary 1– 4), Coed (JC 1– JC 2) |
| Motto | 自强不息 (pinyin: zì qiáng bù xī) |
| Established | 1 January 2005 from the merger of The Chinese High School (est. 21 March 1919) & Hwa Chong Junior College (est. 1974) |
| Principal | Hon Chiew Weng |
| Enrollment | Approx. 4000 (High School and College) |
| Campus size | 72 acres (29 ha) |
| Campus type | Open concept |
| Color(s) | Red and Yellow |
| Affiliation | Hwa Chong International School Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School |
| Magazine | Panorama |
| Guiding Principle | 饮水思源 (pinyin: yín shuĭ sī yuán) |
| Vision | A World Class Institution of Leaders |
| Mission | 'With our blend of tradition and innovation, we nurture leaders in research, industry and government, who have the integrity, wisdom, passion and vision, to succeed in the global environment and serve our nation.' |
| Philosophy | Win-Win (己立立人 己达达人) Live with Passion, Lead with Compassion |
| Website | www.hci.edu.sg/ |
Hwa Chong Institution (simplified Chinese: 华侨中学; traditional Chinese: 華僑中學; pinyin: Húaqíao Zhōngxúe) (HCI) is an independent school in Singapore offering education from secondary (junior high) to pre-university (senior high) level. A Ministry of Education-designated FutureSchool, it runs under the Special Assistance Plan for bilingualism, and offers the Integrated Programme (IP). The main campus covers 72 acres (29 ha)[1] shared between Hwa Chong Institution, Hwa Chong International School and the institution's boarding school, located in Bukit Timah. Also, the Bukit Timah campus of SIM University is located onsite, making HCI the largest high school in Singapore and Southeast Asia.[citation needed]
Previously two separate but affiliated schools, The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College, the institution was the result of a merger which took place on 1 January 2005. The change was in line with the Ministry of Education's introduction of the IP, whereby students undertake a six-year through-train education and bypass the traditional 'O' levels. In spite of the merger, however, the secondary school section remains boys-only, while the college (pre-university) section is co-educational.
HCI is widely recognised for its curriculum that has produced top-class and high-achieving students, including 47 President's Scholars[2], with the school being a leading Oxford and Cambridge entry centre outside of the United Kingdom[3]. It is noted for its excellence in research programmes and leadership development, some of which have gained international accolades.[4] The school offers a variety of extra-curricular programmes, many of which have garnered significant achievements, including championship-winning sports teams in track-and-field, gymnastics, water polo and judo.[5]
History
The Chinese High School became an independent school in 1987 while Hwa Chong Junior College followed suit in 2004, becoming the first junior college in Singapore to be granted the status of an independent school.
The Chinese High School (1919-2004)
The Chinese High School was founded by Tan Kah Kee in March 1919 at Niven Road. With an enrolment of 78 pupils, it was the first high school at that time in Southeast Asia to cater to Chinese dialect groups. Six years later, the school moved to its Bukit Timah Road campus, alongside Bukit Timah Road.
After its founding, the school offered comprehensive secondary-level Chinese education. It remained funded and supported by Tan Kah Kee until shortly before World War II. In 1934, Lee Kong Chian, son-in-law of Tan Kah Kee, became the chairman of the school's board and remained in his post until 1957. During his tenure, the school faced the threat of closure several times due to financial difficulties, but managed to survive because of strong financial support from both Tan and Lee.
During the Battle of Singapore, the school's clock tower, for its height and vantage point, served as a headquarters for the Allied defenders and later for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. The school also served as a temporary concentration camp to detain people for examination during the Sook Ching massacre.
After the war, the school resumed its predominant Chinese education. In the 1950s and 1960s, during periods of civil unrest in Singapore, many students, teachers and alumni participated in or led the anti-colonial riots.
On 19 March 1999, the school's clock tower was gazetted as a national monument to mark the significance of the institution as the first Chinese medium school to be built in Southeast Asia to cater to the education of overseas Chinese. As part of the school's 80th anniversary celebration in 1999, the school's heritage centre was formally opened by Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore from 1993 to 1999, who was also an alumnus of the school.
Hwa Chong Junior College (1974-2004)
The college section, previously known as Hwa Chong Junior College, was established in 1974 at the Bukit Timah Road campus of The Chinese High School as a separate pre-university school, but under the same management board. The college is the second oldest junior college in Singapore after National Junior College.
Merger (2005-)
Following the introduction of the Integrated Programme into Singapore's education system in the early 2000s, The Chinese High School merged with Hwa Chong Junior College on 1 January 2005 to form Hwa Chong Institution.
Following the merger, the school's official title is 'Hwa Chong Institution'. However, the names 'The Chinese High School' and 'Hwa Chong Junior College', albeit in informal and colloquial usage.
To date, Hwa Chong Institution has the highest number of President's Scholars among its graduates as compared to those of other junior colleges in Singapore.[citation needed]
Campus
The main campus of HCI covers an area of 72 acres and is located in Bukit Timah, bordering Bukit Timah Road, a long stretch of road that also sees other notable schools such as Nanyang Girls High School, National Junior College and Singapore Chinese Girls School. The campus land is shared between the Hwa Chong Family of Schools - namely, Hwa Chong Institution itself, Hwa Chong International School and Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School. Also onsite is the Bukit Timah campus of SIM University and its administrative headquarters. This makes the campus the largest of any high school in Singapore and Southeast Asia.[citation needed]
The campus is noted for housing several distinctive facilities which heightens the school's student development ability. The Science Research Centre was built in 2008, dedicated to scientific research for its students. It comes with ten purpose-built laboratories, whereby students are exposed to different research disciplines outside of the usual curriculum, and they include a lab for Robotics and Engineering, Biotechnology and Microbiology, and the Pharmaceutical Sciences.[6] The centre provides many resources that support the research and innovation programs, serving as a central facility for student research activities.[7]
The Ong Teng Cheong Student Activities and Leadership Training Centre (also called the Ong Teng Cheong SALT Centre, and the SALT Centre), named in honour of alumnus and former President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong, it serves as a platform and key facility to develop students holistically, particularly in the areas of art and leadership development. Housed in the SALT Centre are features including dance studios, music rooms, and a full-fledged cardiovascular and weight training room. A moot parliament is also housed in the centre, modelled after the Singapore Parliamentary Chamber, and it is a central venue for events such as student council meetings and various international affairs conferences (such as Model United Nations conferences).[8]
Beijing Satellite Campus
In line with the school's plan to set up a Global Academy, HCI established its Beijing Satellite Campus in 2007, the first of its kind for a Singapore school[9]. An agreement was inked with a top school in China, Beijing's The Second High School which is attached to the Beijing Normal University, in which classrooms from the school will be leased. A total of 4 batches of students make their way to the campus every year, staying for up to two months. Priority is given to scholars of HCI's Bi-cultural Studies Programme.[10] Students in the campus take lessons together with students from China in partner schools, carry out community involvement activities, and take field trips to cities such as Xi'an, Tianjin and Shanghai. Students maintain a blog, updated frequently, posting their experiences and insights from the programme.[11]
HCI has mentioned that it has been looking to opening satellite campuses in India and the United States, with the aim of establishing the two in the near future. The school is also said to be establishing a virtual campus offering e-learning courses by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY).[12]
Enrollment
Academics
Consortiums and Faculties
The High School section consists of four consortiums - Aphelion[13], Ortus[14], ProEd[15] and iSpark[16]. The consortiums work closely with one another and each has its own council of students.
The College section consist of four faculties: Apollo[17], Ares[18], Athena[19] and Artemis[20]. The faculties are named after Greek deities.
In 2006, the Social and Relations committee of the college's 32nd Students' Council launched the inaugural Faculty Shield. The Faculty Shield is a competition in which the faculty with the highest number of points at the end of the year wins the challenge Shield. Points are gained from events such as the Chinese New Year Faculty Dance competition, the Combined Schools Sports Meet (CSM) and the Cheering competition on the final day of CSM.
Inter-faculty competitions, such as Dramafeste and Hwa Chong Idol and other inter-CT CCA competitions also allow each faculty to earn points towards winning the faculty shield.
On top of the Faculty Shield, faculty life in Hwa Chong is supplemented by faculty events, the most prominent one being the Faculty Outings organised by the Faculty Committees. The school is the first to introduce the six-year Integrated Programme from Secondary 1 to Junior College 2. The programme allows students to skip the GCE O Levels, typically taken by secondary four students in Singapore, and proceed directly to take the GCE A Levels at the end of the six years of education. Nanyang Girls' High School is also involved in Hwa Chong Institution's integrated programme but it still remains as a separate and independent entity.
In 2008, the Hwa Chong Diploma was introduced and is awarded to the best performing 30% of its graduating cohort. The Hwa Chong Diploma Advisory Board comprises a Nobel Laureate, eminent scientists, university professors and industry partners. The diploma is a recognized qualification for direct admission to universities in Singapore and other countries.
Special programmes
In 2005, Hwa Chong embarked on a special programme scheme, whereby integrated programme students would be allowed to select a preferred special programme at the end of Sec 2, which he would then take for the next two years. Their eligibility for these programmes is also determined by their academic results in the year-end examinations.
Humanities Programme
Students are able to take all three humanities subjects, History, Geography and Literature. Students who are not in the programme may take only one of the three alongside social studies (also known as the Integrated Humanities Core). Students who are part of the programme may also take the most number of subjects for a S3/S4 student.
As of 2008, all Humanities Programme students are required to undertake a Humanities Research Paper (HRP) project, which counts as one academic unit. The HRP is a long-term commitment, similar to a masters' thesis, where students are required to research a topic from either of the three humanities disciplines and then present an academic paper of no less than 5,000 words on their chosen topic. They will be mentored throughout the length of the research period (January-September) by a teacher-mentor, who will then give them a grade based on the quality of the written paper.
Exchange programmes
Extra-curricular activities
HCI offers a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, labelled Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) by the Ministry of Education, which is in part due to the school's large student population and size.
Sports
Uniformed groups
Performing arts
Clubs & Societies
School culture
Students' Council
Oldest (and largest?) students' council in Singapore.[citation needed]
Demographics
Information technology usage
Discipline
The student handbook states that, for serious offences, male students at Hwa Chong Institution may be punished with detention, suspension, caning or expulsion. Only the Principal or Discipline Master may administer corporal punishment, which is to be a last resort before expulsion after other avenues have been exhausted, and consists of a maximum of five strokes of the cane.[21] While seemingly punitive, corporal punishment is rarely administered in the school, reserved only for the most severe of cases.[citation needed]
Affliations
Hwa Chong Affliate Programme
Notable people
The list features notable staff and alumni of Hwa Chong Institution, or the previously-named The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College.
Notable staff of the school include:
- Lao She (老舍), noted Manchu writer, taught at the school in 1929
- Liu Kang (刘抗), Jinan University graduate, artist
while notable alumni include:
- Ong Teng Cheong (王鼎昌), former President of Singapore
- Luo Haocai (罗豪才), Chief Justice, Supreme People's Court (PRC)
- Olivia Lum, founder of Hyflux
- Warren Fernandez, The Straits Times editor
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ School Information Service
- ^ HCI History
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
- ^ [7]
- ^ [8]
- ^ [9]
- ^ [10]
- ^ http://www.hci.sg/aphelion/
- ^ http://www.hci.sg/ortus/
- ^ http://www.hci.sg/proed/
- ^ http://www.hci.sg/ispark/2009/
- ^ http://yellowisforapollo.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://www.aresrocks.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://athena-faculty.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://coolblueartemis.blogspot.com/
- ^ Student Handbook 2010, pp. 13, 14, 18, Hwa Chong Institution.
External links
- Hwa Chong Institution school website
- Hwa Chong Alumni Association
- School Information Service - Hwa Chong Institution