Pioneer Junior College

Infobox Singapore School
name = Pioneer Junior College
先驱初级学院|

motto = While I Live, I Learn
established = 1999
type = Government
session = Single-session
principal = Mrs Tan-Kek Lee Yong
city/town = Choa Chu Kang
school code = 0711
enrollment = 900 (J1), 900 (J2)
colours = Red, White, Black
border_color = red
uniform_color = white
homepage = [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/pjc schools.moe.edu.sg/pjc]
coordinates = coord|1.384675|103.75452|type:edu_region:SG_source:enwiki|display=inline,title

Pioneer Junior College (PJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to the GCE 'A' Level examinations.

PJC was established on 1 December 1999 under the leadership of the first Principal, Mr Kwek Hiok Chuang. The college initially functioned from the campus of the former French-German Institute of Singapore, situated next to the Singapore Science Centre, before it moved to the current permanent campus at 21 Teck Whye Walk in December 2002.

62 teachers and executive and administrative staff, together with 750 students were the first batch of Pioneers (Pioneer Pioneers). Students were involved in the formation of college rules and design of college crest and uniform. It was the first college to allow two sets of uniform designs for both boys and girls. It was also the first college to allow girls to wear dress pants as part of the uniform. The College vision and mission statements were formally endorsed by the stakeholders, ie the College Advisory Committee, the parents, the staff and students on 31 Aug 2000. In the subsequent year, the college anthem and flag were formally adopted by the college community on 8 Aug 2001.

PJC is the first Junior College to launch its own Satellite Ground Receiving Station on 25 Feb 2002. The Inaugural College Day was held on 26 Apr 2002 to award deserving pioneers who have contributed in one way or another to the college. The Guest-of-Honour was the Chairman of the College Advisory Committee, Prof Phua Kok Khoo.

The College was relocated to its present location, 21 Teck Whye Walk on 19 Dec 2002, and was officially opened by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Acting Minister of Education, on 20 Feb 2004.

In Dec 2005, Mrs Tan-Kek Lee Yong became the College’s second principal.

The college was named "Pioneer" in the hope of nurturing students who would be "explorers of new knowledge". The college motto is "While I live, I learn". The motto is intended to encapsulate the following qualities:

* Perseverance in lifelong learning
* Willingness to look at existing knowledge from new perspectives
* Courage to venture into unknown territories to explore new boundaries of knowledge.

CCA

PJC has excelled in co-curricular activities in the fields of aesthetics and sports, as a result of its emphasis on Performing Arts and Sports. It has teams in hockey, canoeing, basketball, tennis, rugby, touch rugby, badminton, volleyball, archery, ten-pin bowling and taekwondo. Besides, there are performing arts groups such as Choir, Chinese Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Modern Dance Club, English Drama Society and student-initiated activities such as Cheerleading, Cue Sports and the Debate Society.

CCA Achievements

1st Runner-Up National Inter-School Golf Championship 2007 (Girls)
2nd Runner-Up(3rd) National Inter-School Canoeing Championship 2007 (Girls)
Top 8 National Inter-School Badminton Championship 2007 (Girls)
Top 8 National Inter-School Netball Championship 2007
Top 8 National Inter-School Basketball Championship 2007 (Boys)

2nd position for Sorsilambam 2007(National Tamil Debates)

College song

Key Information

Principal: Tan-Kek Lee Yong (Mrs)

Vice Principal: Kong Yin Yee (Mdm), Yeo Kah Sin Dennis (Mr)

Address: 21 Teck Whye Walk Singapore 688258

Vision: Always Serving, Always Learning

Mission: Nurturing a community of committed learners and compassionate leaders

Getting There

Pioneer Junior College is located in the north-western part of Singapore. It is located nearest to Phoenix LRT Station, but is also within walking distance from Choa Chu Kang MRT Station. The bus services that serve Pioneer JC are as follows:

External links

* [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/PJC/ Official PJC Website]
* [http://www.pac.org.sg/ Pioneer Alumni Circle Website]