Cedar Girls' Secondary School

Infobox Singapore School
name = Cedar Girls' Secondary School
四德女子中学
Sekolah Menengah Perempuan Cedar


motto = Honesty, Perseverance, Courtesy
established = 1957
type = Government
session = Single session
principal = Mrs Ou Yang Geok Cheng
city/town = Geylang Bahru (holding school)
enrollment = over 1400
school code = 3004
colours = Blue, Grey, Yellow
homepage = http://www.cedargirls.sch.edu.sg/

Cedar Girls' Secondary School is an all-girls educational institution/high school established in 1957 in Singapore with an enrolment of 507 girls, 13 classes and a staff of 18. The school went single session in 1992 and gained autonomous status in 1996. All classes are in the Express or Special Stream. According to the new school ranking system put in place in 2004, Cedar is a Band 1 school, making it one of the top secondary schools in Singapore.

chool Identity

Motto

Honesty, Perseverance, Courtesy

chool song

The song is sung every day during morning assembly. The lyrics are as follows:

:Unite Cedarians unite:We’ll persevere all the way:Make sure our torch is burning bright:Courteous, honest everyday:Forever loyal ever true:For Cedar our best we'll do

:"Chorus":To Cedar Girls' School we belong:With pride and love let's sing this song:Let us unite and together vow:To dedicate our loyalty now

:"Repeat Chorus"

Uniform

The school uniform consists of a blue blouse tucked under a grey skirt, in addition to a grey tie with diagonal yellow stripes. The school badge is pinned over the left chest with the name tag above it. White canvas shoes with white socks above the ankle are worn.

From February 2007, Cedarians are allowed to wear sports shoes to school. However, the shoes must be predominantly (about 70%) white. Stripes must be in the school colours of grey, blue or yellow.

The Prefect Councillors wear black canvas shoes with white socks. Their golden name tag bears the school crest as well as their prefectorial status. They also wear a larger school badge near the bottom of their silver tie. Pupil leaders, apart from the prefects, wear a silvery name tag bearing the school crest and their leadership rank.

The school's PE shirt is yellow with a collar. The school's current PE shirt, with a yellow collar and a modified version of the school badge over the left chest, is the third of its generation. The school's second PE shirt, which bears a grey collar and the design of the school badge over the left chest in addition to having the school name ("CEDAR") printed on the back, is, as of 2007, still a very common sight in the school. The school's PE shorts is grey, with "Cedar" embroidered near the bottom of the left shorts leg in a cursive script.

Pupil Development

Academics

In Cedar, the classes are lettered according to the word CHAMPIONS. Thus, the classes for Secondary One and Two are lettered from 1C to 1S and from 2C to 2S respectively. For Secondary Three and Four, in order to provide for more flexible subject combinations, the classes are lettered according to CHAMPIONSZ, with an extra Z class as compared to the lower secondary levels. For the first time in 2008, however, the new Secondary 3 level stuck to the traditional class lettering system, where there are only 9 classes, the final class being 3S.

Co-Curricular Activities

Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) are designed not only for leisure and recreational purposes, but also to nurture Cedarians into leaders of character who serve with courage, conviction and compassion.

Awards & Achievements

pecial Award

:School Excellence Award (Highest educational award given) (2006-2010) :School Distinction Award (2004-2008)

Level Two Award

:Best Practice Award (Staff Well-Being) (2005-2009):Best Practice Award (Student All-Round Development) (2005-2009):Best Practice Award (Teaching and Learning) (2003-2007):Sustained Achievement Award (Academic Value-added) (Special/Express):Sustained Achievement Award (Arts):Sustained Achievement Award (Uniformed Groups)

Level One Award

:Achievement Award (Academic Value-added) (Special/Express) - Gold

Principals

The principals who have graciously brought the school to where it is today:
# Mrs. M. N. Oehlers (1957)
#*First principal of Cedar
#*Designed Cedar's distinctive blue and grey uniform
# Mrs. P. C. Tan (1958-1976)
#*Longest serving principal (18 years)
#*Helped to develop Cedar's identity of self-discipline and determination
# Mrs. Niva Dutt (1977-1983)
#*Led Cedar to higher levels of achievements, academically, in ECA and in sports
#*Currently a Deputy Director at the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore
# Mdm Tan Chen Choo (1984-1996)
#*A motherly principal who said her greatest satisfaction in her career "is seeing the students being able to maximise their potential and achieving whatever they can to the best of their ability".
# Mrs Tay Sor Har (1996-2000)
#*Started the school on a reflection culture
#*Introduced new initiatives like IT and life science
# Ms Susan Leong (2001-2005)
#*Provided good approaches and systems for teaching and learning, pupil and staff development
# Mrs Ou-Yang Geok Cheng (2006-)

PRIME

On the 14 February 2007, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that under the programme PRIME Phase 9, eight more schools will be upgraded from 2008 to 2010. [ [http://www.moe.gov.sg/press/2007/pr20070214.htm Eight More Schools to Benefit from Upgrading ] ] Cedar Girls' is one of the selected for this upgrading.

Cedar will move to a holding site at 3 Geylang Bahru Lane from Dec 2007 to Dec 2009 during upgrading. The holding site was formerly the site of Victoria School from 1984 to May 2003. After Victoria School vacated the building, it was occupied by Saint Andrew's Secondary School from Jun 2003 to Dec 2004 and later on by Geylang Methodist Secondary School from Jun 2005 to Jun 2007. In Dec 2009, Cedar will move back to its present site and the new academic year in 2010 will begin at its new building.

Notable Alumnæ

*Dr Georgia Lee, renowned aesthetic doctor
*Tan Hsueh Yun, Sunday Times columnist
*Jacelyn Tay, Mediacorp Actress
*Teo Ser Lee, Miss Singapore, actress/compere

External links

* [http://www.cedargirls.sch.edu.sg/ Official website]

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