St. Hilda's Secondary School

Saint. Hilda's Secondary School (Abbreviation: SHSS) is a government-aided secondary school in Tampines, Singapore, which offers a four to five year course leading to a GCE 'O' Level or a GCE 'N' Level certificate and to a Centralised Institute, Junior College, Polytechnic or the Institute of Technical Education.

School awards

The school has been awarded the School Distinction Award (SDA), the second highest award for school excellence under MOE's Masterplan of Awards. This is over and above the Best Practice Award (Staff Well-being) for the way it develops and manages its staff. The school has been awarded the Singapore Quality Class (SQC), a quality assurance standard awarded by SPRING Singapore.

Classrooms

In the beginning of 2009, all classrooms in the technical block will be refurbished. Classrooms in the new block which houses the lower secondary pupils, will have five window unit air-conditioners installed. This move is to help students to learn better due to the ongoing PRIME project constructing the 7-storey Student Activity Complex.

PRIME Project

The school will be going through the PRIME Project in August/September 2008. New/upgraded facilities when the PRIME Project is completed in 2010 will be :

Seven-storey Student Activity Complex featuring an air-conditioned 1500-seater multi-purpose hall, an indoor sports hall with a 100-seater gallery, the indoor sports hall for the primary school, covered bus-bay for the primary school, covered parade square and play courts and a full-sized roof-top hockey pitch cum soccer field which cannot be used for soccer. A larger library with study area in the mezzanine floor, co-located with the staff room (in the existing hall), larger counselling room with teacher-parent meeting rooms and a new entrance to the school.

Information

Principal

• Mr. Ong Kim Soon (Bastard finally left)
• Mr. Khoo Starting from 15 December 2010

Vice-Principal

• Miss Sarah Yew Mei Foong

Mother tongue languages

• Chinese
• Malay
• Tamil

Affiliated schools

• Saint Hilda's Primary School
• Saint Anthony's Junior College

Sister Church

• Saint Hilda's Church

Co-curricular activities (CCAs)

With CCAs in the school, like all secondary schools in Singapore.

Sports and games:

• Hockey

• Uniformed Groups:

• Boys' Brigade(BB), Girls' Brigade(GB), National Civil Defence Cadet Corps(NCDCC), National Police Cadet Corps(NPCC)

Performing Arts:

• Band

Clubs & Societies:

• Photography Club, Entrepreneur Club, Robotics

Student Services

School Bookshop - Pacific Bookstore is located in the school.

School Canteen There is 1 stall serving Western, Chinese and Malay food, and drinks called "Hildan Corner" items are bought by groups of students usually from the same CCA group.

Drop-in Centre All students in the school can use the DIC to relax or play board games, except on Tuesdays when the Christian Fellowship (CrossTrain) members uses the DIC for prayer sessions.

Academic achievements

2006

GCE 'O' Levels

• Sec 4E students with (5 or more O 'level' passes): 94.3% (National Average: 91.2%)
• Sec 5N(A) students with (5 or more O 'level' passes): 33.8% (National Average: 49.8%)
• 98.7% eligible for higher post-secondary education

GCE 'N' Levels

• Sec 4NA students promoted to 5NA 88.0% (National Average: 77.6%)

2005

GCE 'O' levels

Both courses obtained above national-average passes in 5 O-level subjects:

• Express Course: 92.7% (National Average: 90.2%)
• Normal Academic Course: 70.0% (National Average: 53.1%)

GCE 'N' levels

• 95.2% of the school's pupils were promoted to Sec 5N (National Average: 77.6%)

2004

GCE 'O' levels

• At least 5 'O' passes above national average
• 98.4% of pupils qualified for Pre-U 2/3 course

Notable alumni

• Fiona Xie, MediaCorp actress
• Olinda Cho, Singapore Idol finalist

External links

• Official website
• SHSS E-magazine website
• Saint Hilda's Secondary School e-Learning Portal
• MOE e-careers guidance website