Greenview Secondary School

Infobox Singapore School
name = Greenview Secondary School


motto = Strive for Success
established = 1993
type = Government
session = Single
principal = Mr Koh Kok Khai
city/town = Pasir Ris
school code = 3059
enrollment = 1000+
colours = Green & Yellow
homepage = [http://www.greenviewsec.moe.edu.sg/ Link]

Greenview Secondary School is a mixed school located in Pasir Ris, Singapore. A relatively new institution, it celebrated its 10th anniversary in September, 2003. Guests of honour included Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean.

In 2002 Greenview was featured in a Radio Television Hong Kong documentary about home-school-community collaborations. Despite its academically-average student intake, the school did well on the national level, winning the Sustained Achievement Award (out of 12 schools nationwide) as well as two Achievement Awards in the Ministry of Education's annual Masterplan of Awards in 2005. It took the Sustained Achievement Award for the first time in 2004.

The current school principal is Mr Koh Kok Khai, and the vice-principal is Mr Pong Wen Long.

chool Belief

chool Motto

The school's motto is "Strive for Success".

chool Theme

"Greenview Unlimited : Dream. Believe. Achieve".

pecialised programmes

HEY @ 7 Habits Programme

The HEY Programme was conceived in 2002 and was introduced to all secondary two pupils in Greenview. It aims to inspire and motivate pupils by building their awareness and changing their mindsets through the 7 Habits of Effectiveness.

In this programme, Greenviewians are shown how to put the powerful and timeless 7 habits into action to take charge of their lives. Based on Sean Covey's The & Habits of Highly Effective Teens, the 7 habits taught in the curriculum are as follow :

Be Proactive
Begin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
Think Win-Win
Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw

The 16-week programme is anchored by a group of Greenview teachers that are specially trained for this programme. The school worked collaboratively with Centre for Effective Leadership (CEL) to train the selected Greenview teachers to become effective 7 Habits facilitators. The lessons conducted are highly interactive and experiential. Facilitators use an exciting range of experiential activities, video discussions, games, role-playing exercises to help the pupils develop their full potential.

Greenview is of the belief that our pupils will have an edge over others in attaining self-mastery and public victory if they acquire the 7 habits thinking and skills training. The school hopes that through the programme, our pupils can learn to be morally upright, to believe in their own abilities and to be able to work in teams.

CATALYST @ Greenview

Based on Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, the CATALYST Programme (Character and Team Building for Dynamic Students) is created and introduced to all graduating pupils to enhance their ability to manage self and others. It aims to guide pupils to embrace the concept of learning organization in the school context and beyond. The 5 key concepts covered in this programme include

Personal Mastery
Mental Models
Team Learning
Shared Vision
Systems Thinking

The 16-week programme is anchored by a group of heads of department trained in Organizational Learning (OL). Like the HEY @ 7 Habits Programme, the lessons conducted are highly interactive and experiential. Concepts of OL are introduced through a wide range of activities like role-plays, video screening, games and neuro-linguistic conditioning exercises.

The CATALYST Programme aspires to plant in our pupils empowering beliefs that will help them achieve personal success and to develop them to become the best they can be.

External links

* [http://www.greenviewsec.moe.edu.sg/ Greenview Secondary School website]