Saint Gabriel's Secondary School

Infobox Singapore School
name = Saint Gabriel's Secondary School
圣加俾尔中学


motto = Virtue and Truth
established = 3 June 1953
type = Government Aided
session = Single session
principal = Mr Marcel Lee
city/town = 24 Serangoon Ave 1
enrollment =
school code = 7017
colours = Yellow, Red, White, Blue
homepage = http://schools.moe.edu.sg/stgabsec/

Saint Gabriel's Secondary School is an all-boys Catholic secondary school in Singapore and is affiliated to Saint Gabriel's Primary School. Students from the affiliated school who wish to enter Saint Gabriel's Secondary School for the Express stream must get a PSLE score of at least 188. Others have to get a PSLE score of about 220. The school also offers Normal Academic and Normal Technical streams. Saint Gabriel's Secondary School has been consistently ranked among the top 50 secondary schools in MOE's annual school ranking list. In the 2007 National Secondary School Rankings, Saint Gabriel's Secondary School was ranked a Band 6 position (L1R5 <15). The school was also awarded the Sustained Achievement Award for Academic Value-Added in 2004 and Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Group in 2002, 2003, 2004.

St Gabriel's Secondary School is well-known for its excellence in the performing arts (mainly the Symphonic Band and Vocal Ensemble) and uniformed groups (mainly the [National Cadet Corps (Singapore)] ).

The current principal of Saint Gabriel's Secondary School is Mr Marcel Lee and its current vice-principal is Miss Jackie Cheng.

chool history

Saint Gabriel's School was founded on 3rd of June 1953. The school began as a small Primary School of 212 pupils with only Primary One and Primary Two classes. The pupils were taught by 7 teachers, under the direction of its founder, the late Reverend Brother Louis Gonzaga.

In 1959, the school became a full school with the first Secondary Four class; and in 1960, pupils sat for the Senior Cambridge Examinations for the first time. In 1969, within 11 years, the Primary School moved into the new premises at Highland Road with an enrolment of 1350 boys. That same year, the Secondary School became a single-session school.

With the establishment of the Primary School, the Secondary School was reorganised when there was a shift in emphasis towards Technical Education. Some premises were converted into machine and electrical workshops to cater to the needs of pupils of SGSS and three other neighbouring schools.

The Brothers of Saint Gabriel's were at the helm of the school for 30 years (1953-1983) before the leadership was passed on to lay principals (1984- present).

Exchange Programmes

The school has annual exchange programmes with Kitago Junior High School in Miyazaki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyazaki_Prefecture] , Japan.

Past Principals

1953-1954 Brother Louis Gonzaga

1954-1957 Brother Elzear

1957-1958 Brother Louis Gonzaga

1958-1959 Brother Raymond

1959-1961 Brother Adolphus

1961-1963 Brother Emmanuel

1963-1969 Brother Noel

1969-1974 Brother Emmanuel

1974-1983 Brother Edmund James

1983-1985 Mr John Teo

1985-1986 Mr Harrold Matthieu

1986-1989 Mr Andrew Ng

1989-1996 Mrs Ng Peck Hock

1996-1998 Mr Winston Hodge

1999-2004 Mr Adolphus Tan Chin Eng

2005- Mr Marcel Lee

Co-curricular activities

Students hone their mental and physical skills through sports, leadership skills through the uniform groups, aesthetic skils through the performing arts and communication skills through the clubs and societies. The school has a wide range of CCAs that can be categorised under Sports, Uniformed Groups, Societies, and Performing Arts. All students are strongly encouraged to participate in one core CCA and take part in other enrichment programmes organised by the school.

Achievements 2007

Uniformed Groups

NCC Land - Gold

NCC Air - Gold

NPCC - Bronze

Scouts - Silver

Red Cross - Silver

Aesthetics Groups

Symphonic Band - Gold

Vocal Ensemble - Gold

Sports

Floorball - Nationals 3rd

Judo C Division- Nationals 2nd

Soccer - South Zone 'B' 2nd

Badminton - South Zone 'B' 2nd

Notable Ex-Gabrielites

* Benedict Goh - Actor, Host
* Pierre Png - MediaCorp Artiste
* Hayden Hee - Actor, Model
* Dr Finian Tan - non-executive Director of DFJ ePlanet
* Gary Fernandez - Theatre Actor
*Indra Sahdan Daud - footballer
* Hariss Harun - footballer

External links

* [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/stgabsec St. Gabriel's Secondary School School website]