Whitley Secondary School

Infobox Singapore School
name = Whitley Secondary School
惠厉中学
Sekolah Menengah Whitley


motto = Towards Knowledge and Sportsmanship
established = 1965
type = Government, Secondary
principal = Miss Foong Lai Leong
session = Single session
colours = White, Brown
enrollment = approx. 1500 (in 2007)
city/town = Bishan
school code = 3015
homepage = [http://www.whitleysec.moe.edu.sg http://www.whitleysec.moe.edu.sg ]

Whitley Secondary School (Abbreviation: WSS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in 30, Bishan St 24, Bishan, Singapore. Students here are known as 'Whitleyans'. Whitley Sec is also the (School Cluster) Centre Of Excellence for National Education of Singapore For South Zone.

The School was last located at 430 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 from 2006-2007 and now the school has been moved back to 30 Bishan Street 24.

40th Anniversary Celebrations

In 2005, the School Celebrated 40th Anniversary and had their 1st Musical cum Gala Dinner in 30th July 2005 and followed by Musical cum Festpiel Night. In 22 October, The School organized the InE Carnival. It had a funfair,coupled with stalls selling goods and art pieces to raise funds for the new upcoming major renovation (PRIME) for Bishan Campus.

HomeComing March 2008

In 31 December 2007, thousands of students and teachers march from Toa Payoh Holding Campus back to the New Bishan Campus. It has been set a history on the school and also around Bishan - Toa Payoh area.

School CCA

A lot of talent has been recognized in Whitley Secondary, like Hip-hop Dances, Indian Dance, Malay Dance, Wannabe DJ and many more. The School also recognizes and respects one CCA called: Media Club. Their contributions are appreciated by the teachers, student, and outsiders.They are heralded as the unsung heroes of Whitley. Last year, some of the Media Club members got the Outstanding Service Award during the Speech and Prize Giving Day 2007.

Currently there's a list of CCAs offered in the school:

*Uniformed Groups
**NCC (Boys)
**NPCC (Mixed Unit)
**Scouts (Mixed Unit)
**Girl Guides
**Boys' Brigade
**Girls' Brigade

*Performing Arts
**VerB Hip-Hop Dance
**Haagen Cheerleading
**Malay Dance
**Indian Dance
**Concert Band
**Percussion Group
**Drama – English
**Choir

*Sports

**Basketball (Girls)
**Basketball (Boys)
**Netball (Girls)
**Gymnastics (Trampoline)
**Soccer Boys
**Soccer Girls
**Track & Field
**Outdoor Adventure Club (ODAC)
**Golf
**Shorinji Kempo (Japanese Shaolin)

*Clubs and Societies

**Art & Craft
**Media/Infocomm Club
**Broadcasting Club (AudioWaves 97.5FM)
**CABIN Club
**Library
**OutDoor Adventure Club(ODAC)
**Club D&T
**Chess Club

Achievement

( National/South Zone Inter-School Sports Competition 2008 )

*Gymnastics (Trampoline) - C Division Girls - 4th, C Division Boys - 3rd, B Division Girls - 4th, B Division Boys - 3rd

( SYF Central Judging Dance/Choir/Band Competition )

*Chinese Dance, 2003 - Sliver, 2005 - Sliver, 2007 - Sliver
*Indian Dance, 2003 - Bronze, 2005 - Bronze, 2007 - Gold (With Honours)
*Malay Dance, 2003 - Bronze, 2005 - Sliver, 2007 - Sliver
*Choir, 2003 - COP, 2005 - Bronze, 2007 - COP
*Concert Band, 2003 - Sliver, 2005 - Sliver, 2007 - Sliver

( Other Achievement )

*CHERISH Award 2008 - Silver

*Alumni - Vanessa Ann Thomas won 3 awards together with her 5 member team in Crowbar Awards 2007

*Singapore Mathematical Olympiads Competition 2007
**SMO Junior Results: 2 Silver, 7 Bronze, 2 Honourable Mention
**School Rank: 28th
**SMO Senior Results: 2 Silver, 4 Bronze, 5 Honourable Mention
**School Rank: 25th

*Trim & Fit Award 2006 - Silver

*Maths Olympiad 2006 - 2 Silver Awards(Shawn Tan Han Liang), 3 Bronze Awards (U Bhalraam), 4 Honorable Mention Awards(Song Hui Xuan). Overall 27th Position

*Roving DV 2006 (by Mediacorp and NYJC) - Best scripting award
**Huang Han
**Tan Chong Der
**Li Jie

*Action Script Awards - Kok Mun Jun - Merit Award (2005)

*Broadcasting Club - Wannabe DJ Competition First and Fourth positions. Best Talent Award, Best Jingle Award, Most Popular Performer award

*Chinese Media Camp (South Zone)- Best News Award (2005)
** Vinson Chen
** Fu Yan
** Ma Qun

*Hollaback Crew Competition
**Second, 2 Teams went in the finals
**Teacher won 98.7FM's Most Supportive Teacher Award.

*Cluster's Chinese Book Review Competition
**Upper Secondary - First Prize
**Lower Secondary - First and Third Prize
*Cluster's Tamil Language Camp
**Drama competition - First prize (Upper and Lower Secondary)
**Dance competition - First and Third Prize

*Trim and fit award - Silver (2004)

*Girl Guides - Chia Shi Min - President Guide Award (2004)
*RAYSE Competition - Stamps
** Samuel Bong - Gold award with distinction
** Chong Yi Huai - Gold Award
** Jonathan Ang - Silver Award
** Xie Zhisen - Silver Award
** Kok Mun Jun - Bronze Award

*"Thirukural " Research Competition - 3rd Prize

*Creative Science & Innovation Competition - 1st Runner-Up & "Most feasible Idea" award.

References

* [http://www.whitleysec.moe.edu.sg/ Official school website]
* [http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp MOE School Information Service]
* [http://www.asknlearn.com/edulearn E-learning site for Whitley Secondary School]
* [http://www.xin.sg/dvcampus.php?article=6034 News Reporting Video in Xin.sg]