Cedar Girls' Secondary School

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Cedar Girls' Secondary School
四德女子中学

Motto	Honesty, Perseverance, Courtesy
Established	1957
Type	Government, Single session
Principal	Mrs Ou Yang Geok Cheng
School code	3004
Colours	Blue, Grey, Yellow
Locale	Potong Pasir/Upper Aljunied, Singapore
Enrollment	over 1400
Website	http://www.cedargirls.sch.edu.sg/
Republic of Singapore

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.

1 School Identity
2 Academics
- 2.1 Subjects Offered
3 Co-Curricular Activities
4 Awards & Achievements
5 Principals
6 Outstanding Cedarians
7 PRIME
8 Notable Alumni
9 External links

[edit] School Identity

Motto: Honesty, Perseverance, Courtesy

Vision: Bringing out the Best in Our People

Mission: Nurturing Leaders of Character

Values

Moral Integrity
Passion for learning
Love for school and nation
Culture of graciousness
Synergy in diversity

Anthem

The song is sang everyday during morning assembly. The first verse is sung, followed by the chorus repeated twice. The other two verses are not sung.

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

Excel in work and in games

Always strive for greater fame

Hold high the banner gold and grey

Progress we must all the way

Forever loyal ever true

For Cedar our best we’ll do

The future beckons us on

Full of promises beyond

Though fears and dangers still abound

With strength and grit we’ll surmount

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

Uniform

Cartoon of Cedar Uniform

The school uniform consists of a blue blouse tucked under a grey skirt and a grey tie with 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 gold name tag bears the school crest as well as their prefectorial status, hence they wear a larger school badge near the bottom of their silver tie. Pupil leaders, apart from the prefects, wear a silver-coloured name tag bearing the school crest and their leadership rank. The school's PE shirt is yellow with a collar. The current school's PE shirt is the third of its generation. The school's PE shorts is grey.

[edit] Academics

In Cedar, the classes are lettered according to the word CHAMPIONS. Thus, the classes for Secondary One and Two are for example, 1C- 1S, 2C- 2S. For Secondary Three and Four, in order to provide more flexible subject combinations, the classes are lettered according to CHAMPIONSZ, with an extra Z class, compared to the lower secondary levels.

[edit] Subjects Offered

[edit] At Lower Secondary Level

Art and Design
Design & Technology
English Language
Geography
Higher Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil)
History
Home Economics
Literature
Mathematics
Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil)
Music
Science
Third Language (French, German, Japanese, lessons taken outside school after curriculum time)

[edit] At Higher Secondary Level

All students must take English Language, (Higher) Mother Tongue, Combined Humanities, Mathematics and Additional Mathematics. They may then choose to take 2 science (Biology and Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics, or Biology and Combined Science (Chemistry/Physics)) and one humanities (Geography, History or Literature, which is not already an elective under Combined Humanities [combined with Social Studies]) subject, or the triple science course (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) without an extra humanities subject. Outstanding students may take an extra 9th subject (Music or Art). Students who are unable to cope with 8 subjects may drop a subject when they are promoted to Secondary 4. Additional Mathematics is usually dropped, or a pure science to a combined science subject (eg. from two subjects Pure Biology and Pure Chemistry to one subject Combined Science (Biology/Chemistry))

Additional Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Combined Humanities (Geography, History or Literature Electives)
English Language
Food & Nutrition
Geography
Higher Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil)
History
Literature
Literature in Chinese (Only for PRC scholars)
Mathematics
Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil)
Music
Physics
Combined Science (Chemistry/Physics, Biology/Chemistry)
Third Language (French, German, Japanese, lessons taken outside school after curriculum time)
Visual Arts

[edit] Special Subjects/Programmes

Civics & Moral Education
Chinese Special Programme
Choral Excellence Programme
Creative Writing and Spoken English Course
Math Olympiad Programme
Malay Special Programme
Physical Education Enrichment (eg. Gymnastics, Outdoor Adventure Camp, Body Balance)

[edit] Co-Curricular Activities

Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) are designed, not only for leisure and recreational purposes but also with the following underlying objectives:

To nurture Cedarians into leaders of character who serve with courage, conviction and compassion

The school believes that Cedarians, apart from striving for excellence in their academic pursuits, must also be inculcated with sound character, good leadership skills, strong cultural awareness, team work, physical and mental endurance, persistence, self-discipline, independent learning, tolerance, respect and integrity, and aims to achieve that through making CCAs compulsory for all students.

[edit] Sports & Games

[edit] Uniformed Groups

[edit] Performing Arts

Currently, the Cedar Symphonic Band (CSB)has clinched a Silver Award and won a Gold in the 1st National Band competition. The Choir has achieved a Gold With Honours award at the SYF(Singapore Youth Festival and Central Judging). The Guzheng Ensemble and Dance Club holds a Gold Award and the Handbell Ensemble also holds the Silver Award.

[edit] Clubs & Societies

[edit] Awards & Achievements

Special 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 Group)

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

[edit] 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-)

[edit] Outstanding Cedarians

Chow Wen Xin (2002-2005): Wen Xin was the top student of Singapore in the year 2005. She took her O Level exams in 2005 and received her results in February 2006. She scored 10 straight A1s, beating 37,426 students who sat for the examination.
Yeo Si Ning (2003-2006): Si Ning is the first Cedarian to receive the President's Guide Award. This is the highest award attainable and a guide must display impressive leadership and guide skills through various tough tests taken over months to earn the award. Si Ning is the leader of Cedar's Girl Guides 2nd Coy (2006) and the Assistant Head Prefect 2005-2006 of the school.

[edit] 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. ^[1] Cedar Girls' is one of the selected for this upgrading.

Cedar will move to the old Victoria School at 3 Geylang Bahru Lane in 2008-2009 during upgrading. After that, in 2010, Cedar will move back to its present site.

After the upgrading, Cedar will have more classrooms and be fitted with new or upgraded facilities including media resource libraries, IT learning resource rooms and pastoral care rooms. In addition, there will be a new indoor sports hall to provide greater flexibility in conducting Co-Curricular Activities and Physical Education lessons at any time of the school day without having to worry about the weather.