Saint Andrew's Junior College

Mergeto|Saint Andrew's School, Singapore|date=August 2007Unreferenced|date=February 2008Infobox Singapore School
name = Saint Andrew's Junior College
圣安德烈初级学院
Maktab Rendah Saint Andrew


motto = Up and On
established = 1978
type = Government-Aided
session = Single-session
principal = Mrs Lee Bee Yann
city/town = Potong Pasir
school code = 0804
enrollment = approx. 1600
colours = Blue, White
border_color = #000080
uniform_color = white
homepage = [http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/ www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg]

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

SAJC started pre-university classes in 1969 at the St. Andrew's School campus. In 1978, SAJC was formally established with its own campus at Telok Blangah, where it remained for 28 years. In 2006, the junior college moved back to Potong Pasir to form part of St. Andrew's Village. The Village houses St. Andrew's junior and secondary schools, as well as the junior college. The JC is currently located at the former SASS site at 55 Potong Pasir Avenue 1. A sheltered pedestrian bridge across the Kallang River connects the JC to the secondary & junior schools across the river. Students at the college are called "Saints". The Village is a 10 minute walk from Potong Pasir MRT station and a 5 minute bus ride (Bus 142) from Toa Payoh Bus Interchange. In 2008, the former principal of Crescent Girls' School, Mrs Lee Bee Yann, replaced Mrs Lim as the principal of SAJC.

Academics

SAJC was consistently ranked 7th in the annual JC rankings before such rankings were stopped in 2004.cn|date=February 2008 In the 2008 Joint Admission Exercise (JAE), the cut-off points for L1R5 for the Arts and Science faculties were both 9. In previous years, the cut off points for the Science faculty tend to be lower than those for the Arts Faculty.

Our Principals

Revd. John Tan Teng Wai (1978-1990)

Mrs Belinda Charles (1990-2001)

Mrs Lim Chye Tin (2001-2008)

Mrs Lee Bee Yann (Present Principal)

Facilities

AJC @ Malan Road (1978 - 2005)

* At the former campus at Malan Road, the junior college had an air conditioned hall. Tutorial rooms were air conditioned as well. As air conditioning in halls and tutorial rooms was not funded by the Ministry of Education in Singapore, it had to be paid for by monies raised by alumni and the college.

AJC @ Saint Andrew's Village (2006 - present)

The principal had initially stated that at the new Potong Pasir campus, the tutorial rooms would not be air conditioned due to budget constraints arising from the development of the mega Saint Andrew's Village project. Instead, additional tutorial rooms had to be constructed because of a very large intake of students. Construction of the campus was behind schedule for some time because of the change in plans. However, as an extra S$1.5 million was raised, the JC's hall, together with those of the junior and secondary schools, were air-conditioned towards the end of 2006.

SAJC is the only junior college to have a culinary kitchen on its campus.cn|date=February 2008

Uniform

The shirt/blouse is white and the pants/skirt is navy blue in colour. Students have to wear a navy blue tie with yellow and white stripes and bearing the school crest everyday during schools hours. SAJC is the only JC to incorporate a tie as part of its daily attire. Students may wear sports shoes in any colour. Girls choose to wear shorts underneath.

The physical education (PE) attire consists of a white FBT-branded dry-fit shirt with the school crest sewn on the chest. The college also sub-divides students into 5 Houses. These Houses are: Venn (black), Loy Fatt (yellow), Hose (blue), Gomes (red) and Romanis (green). Students from each house would be required to purchase the shirt with the respective colours (at the side torso area). The shirt follows the previous shirt designs with the word, "SAINTS", printed on the back of the shirt. The previous shirt was cotton based and house colours were dyed on the sleeves of the shirts instead. The shorts are navy blue FBT branded shorts with the word, "Saints", sewn at the bottom-left of the shorts.

chool Song

The School Song - John Oxenham

"Stanza 1"
:Lives are in the making here, Hearts are in the waking here,
:Mighty undertaking here, Up and On! Up and On!:We are arming for the fight, Pressing on with all our might,
:Pluming wings for higher flight, Up and On!

"Chorus"
:Up Saints! Truest fame Lies in high endeavour;
:Play the game! keep the flame Burning brightly ever!

"Stanza 2"
:Fair before us lies the way, Time for work and time for play;
:Fill the measure while we may, Up and On! Up and On!:Life and time will not delay, Time is running fast away,
:Life is now today; today; Up and On!

"(Chorus)"

"Stanza 3"
:Foes in plenty we shall meet, Hearts courageous scorn defeat;
:So we press with eager feet, Up and On! Up and On!:Ever onward to the fight, Ever upward to the Light,
:Ever true to GOD and RIGHT, Up and On!

"(Chorus)"

College Hymn

:Our Father, by whose servants,:Our School was built of old,:Whose hand has crowned Thy children,:With blessings manifold;:For Thy unfailing mercies,:Far strewn along our way,:With all who passed before us,:We praise Thy name today.

:They reaped not where they laboured,:We reap what they have sown;:Our harvest may be garnered,:By ages yet unknown.:The days of old have dowered us:With gifts beyond all praise,:Our Father make us faithful:To serve the coming days.

:Before us and beside us,:Still holden by Thy hand,:A cloud of unseen witness,:Our elder comrades stand;:One family unbroken,:We join in one acclaim;:One heart, one voice uplifting:To glorify Thy name.

Affiliated schools

* Anglican High School
* Christ Church Secondary School
* Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School
* Presbyterian High School
* Saint Andrew's Secondary School
* Saint Hilda's Secondary School
* Saint Margaret's Secondary School

Co-Curricular Activities

ports & Games

* Cheerleading
* Rugby
* Touch Rugby
* Soccer
* Golf
* Basketball
* Volleyball
* Badminton
* Hockey
* Table Tennis
* Track And Field
* Tennis
* Bowling
* Cricket
* Outdoor Activities Club
* Canoeing Racing Team
* Swimming and Water Polo
* Netball
* Rock-climbing

Leadership

* Student Council
* House Council
* Media Resource Library (MRL)
* Saints For Christ (A non-denominational Christian organisation entirely exclusive to SAJC only.)

ervice

* AVA Unit
* Photographic Society
* Mentoring
* Interact Club

Performing Arts

* Choir
* Chinese Orchestra
* Concert Band
* Dance Society
* Drama Club
* Guitar Ensemble

Clubs & Societies

* Art Club
* Chinese Society
* Info Tech Club
* Fitness Club
* Environment Club
* Indian Cultural Society
* Malay Cultural Society
* SAJC Culinary And Homemaking Club
* SAJC Debate and Oratorical Society
* Science Discovery Club
* Strategy Games Club
* Saints Entrepreneurial Club
* Saints Sports Club
* IOTA

Notable alumni

* Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Author of “Can Asians Think?” and “Beyond the Age of Innocence: Building Trust Between America and the World", Former Singaporean Representative to the United Nations.
* Stefanie Sun, Singer
* Lin Jun Jie, Singer
* Hong Jun Yang, Singer

External links

* [http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg/ Saint Andrew's Junior College]
* [http://schools.moe.edu.sg/sajs/ Saint Andrew's Junior School]
* [http://www.saintandrewsschool.info/ Saint Andrew's Secondary School]
* [http://www.saints.org.sg/ Saint Andrew's Alumni]