Presbyterian High School

Infobox Singapore School
name = Presbyterian High School
长老会中学
Sekolah Tinggi Presbyterian


motto = Aflame for Truth
established = 1965
type = Government-Aided, Secondary
principal = Mrs Carolin Tan
vice principal (teaching and learning) = Mdm Lee Hwee Lin
vice principal (organisational effectiveness) = Miss Chee Bee Seok
session = Single session
colours = Blue, white
enrollment =
city/town = Yio Chu Kang

Presbyterian High School (Simplified Chinese: 长老会中学) is a government-aided secondary school located in Yio Chu Kang, Singapore, opposite Yio Chu Kang MRT Station. Presbyterian High School has affiliations with Saint Andrew's Junior College. It has been conferred the Ministry of Education Top Value-added Award for several years.

Motto

Aflame For Truth

chool Crest

The School Crest is topped by two waves signifying the continuous growth and the development of the school from its founding as Li Sun High School to the present Presbyterian High School.The Dove with a stalk of olive leaves depicts the development of the spritual and moral life in the school and guides us in our education which is represented by the book.The Cross shows our faith in GOD.The Burning Bush with its motto"AFLAME FOR TRUTH"reminds us that we are part of the community of the Christians in the Presbyterian Churches all over the world.The white and blue background represents our school colours:white symbolises our quest for truth while blue symbolises our pursuits for excellence.

The Pupil's Creed and Vision

We, the pupils of Presbyterian High School,
pledge that we will always do our best,
striving hard to achieve success,
working together in one spirit,
upholding our school motto: Aflame for Truth.

We, PHS pupils,
will be prudent and humble in all our ways,
steadfast in duty
and following Jesus in every way.

chool Song

"(Full School Song)"
kan jing ji fen er bu hui
wu zhang lao hui de yi xiang
zai bo te li chuang li xun
da hong mao qiao jian zhang zhong
li ding xing xin jia yi li
gang qiang fen zhi xiang qian jing
jing ye jing shen you le qun
qie cuo zhuo mo qian yu chong
fa yang dong fang wen hua dao tong
tan qiu xi ou ke ji zhi shi
xiao fa ji du wan quan yang shi
li ji li ren wei min qian feng
xiao fa ji du wan quan yang shi
li ji li ren wei min qian feng

Behold the burning bush
Presbyterian Glorious Sign
From Bethel we have built Li Sun High
And our school by God's design
Firm in hope with fortitude
We will strengthen our resolve
Harmony, respect for all
Help us every problem solve
We flourish in eastern values
We make western advance as our own
Follow Jesus in every way
Let us all as pioneers be known
Follow Jesus in every way
Let us all as pioneers be known!

History

Founded in 1965, the campus was then located at Upper Serangoon Road under the name of Li Sun High School. It was then a Chinese language school. Later, the school shifted its location to Ang Mo Kio, and was renamed Presbyterian High School. Since then, the school has changed its teaching language to English. Before 2000, PHS occupied a small plot of land located across the road from the Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, and shared an empty field with the neighbouring Li Hua Primary School and Ang Mo Kio North Primary School, even though PHS shared no affiliations whatsoever with either of the primary schools. In 2000, PHS moved to occupy the premises of the neighbouring Li Hua Primary School and Ang Mo Kio North Primary School, whose premises had been vacated as they merged to form Anderson Primary School, located further down the road. This was part of the on-site redevelopment project which involved the reconstruction of the entire Presbyterian High School campus and thus the existing school buildings had to be vacated and demolished.

Redevelopment

By 2002, Presbyterian High School's on site redevelopment was completed and students moved into the new set of buildings fronting the main thoroughfare. The school now boasts not only a fully air-conditioned hall and a clock tower, which are non-standard features paid for by the alumni and money raised over the years, but also its own school field as it has since taken over an empty plot of land located nearby. Since then, the school's academic rankings have been improving steadily year after year. The minimum PSLE aggregate points required for admission in 1998 were 221, whereas in 2007, the minimum aggregate necessary for admission was 235.Currently in 2008,the school is planning to raise funds to build a new indoor compeitive sports hall which would be ready in 2009 by starting a fund-raising fair.

Direct School Admission

In 2005, PHS's application for niche programme in Uniformed Groups was approved by MOE. Since then we are able to offer discretionary places under the Direct School Admission (DSA) Exercise. The Volleyball (Girls) was also chosen as a niche programme for the school. Hence, we are the first school offering double niche programmes.

External links

* [http://www.phs.sg/ School website]