Unity Secondary School
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| Motto | Vision in Direction Excellence in Pursuit Integrity in Action |
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| Established | January 2000 |
| Type | Government, Single |
| Principal | Tan Siew Piang (Miss) |
| School code | 3611 |
| Colours | Red, Green, White |
| Locale | Choa Chu Kang, Singapore |
| Enrollment | 1413 |
| Website | www.unitysec.net |
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Unity Secondary School(Abbreviation: USS) is a relatively new Government/Mixed gender/Single session secondary school located at Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. It provides Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical courses from secondary 1 - 4/5 levels.
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[edit] History
Unity Secondary School was established in January 2000 with 17 staff and 364 pupils.
Mr N. Satianathan, who was appointed principal-designate of Unity Secondary School on July 14, 1999 became Unity Secondary School's first principal.
On December 19, 2005, Mr Satianathan handed over the principalship to Ms Tan Siew Piang.
Currently, the school has a population of about 1500 pupils. The mean PSLE T-scores for the 2006 intake in the Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical courses are 225, 184 and 140 respectively. The number of pupils opting Unity as their First Choice school has risen steadily from 279 in 2001 to 488 in 2006.
The school was awarded the Academic Value-added (Bronze) in 2005 and Sustained Achievement Award for Physical Fitness in 2004,2005 and 2006. The school also has a reputation for its basketball team as they are continuously the champions in the West Division and always finish top 2 in the National tier.
[edit] Vision and missions
Vision
Future proof Unitians with commitment and compassion
Mission
Develop students to be life-long learners
Nurture students to become useful citizens
Philosophy
Every Unitian can, wants to and will achieve his best.
Core Values
Respect
Compassion
Commitment
Righteousness
School Thrusts
Achieving academic excellence
Nurturing the whole person
Developing professional capacity and promoting staff well-being
Building synergistic partnership
[edit] School Song
The original school song was written by Chua Wei Jian, a secondary 1 student in year 2000. The school song has since gone through one major modification done by Prof. Kelly Tan, who was hired sometime in June 2006 by the school to do the aforementioned.
We belong to Unity
United we will stand
As loyal as we can be
To our nation, our family
To Unity
It is we who climb the mountain
It is we who reach the peak
As majestic as an eagle
We will soar to victory
The strength to be strong
The wisdom to be wise
The vision we dream of
We will achieve it all
We belong to Unity
United we will stand
As loyal as can be
To our nation, our family
To Unity
To our nation, our family
To Unity
[edit] Recent achievenments
2006 : Level Two Awards :
Sustained Achievement Award - Physical Fitness
Level One Awards :
TAF Award - Gold
Sports & Games Competition :
National Basketball B Boys : 3rd
National Basketball B Girls : 2nd
National Basketball C Boys : 3rd
National Cricket C Boys : 4th
West Zone Basketball B Boys : 1st
West Zone Basketball B Girls : 3rd
West Zone Table Tennis B Boys : 2nd
Uniform Groups (Based on 2005 Achievements) :
Girls' Brigade : Silver
NCC Air : Gold
NPCC : Silver
Red Cross : Bronze
Frank Sands Award(Scouts) : Silver
JM Fraser Award(Boys' Brigade) : Silver
Company Award(Girls' Brigade) : Silver
Puan Nor Aishah Award(Girl Guides) : Bronze
Clubs and Societies :
LEO club : Merit
Interschool Debate : B Divisions(Quarter Finalist)
Academics :
Maths Olympiad : 1 Silver, 3 Bronze and 1 honourable mention (Ranked 37 out of 106)
Malay Language Oratorical(Juara Pidato Remaja) 2006 : Ranked 9th out of 20
Tampines *CCC Tamil singing : 3rd
W1 Cluster Tamil Poetry Writing : 1st
W1 Cluster pyramid Game : 2nd
UNSW science paper for Sec 3 express students : 6 Distinctions & 25 Credits
CCC - Central Community Club
Others :
National Schools Basketball 'B' Girls : 2nd
National Schools Basketball 'B' Boys : 4th
National Schools Cricket 'C' Boys : 4th
National Schools Rugby 'B' Boys Plate Finals : 2nd
National Kindness Week Cheer : 3rd
West Zone Microsoft Office Skills Challenge in Excel(Multi Media Club) : 3rd
2005 : Level Two Awards :
SAA (Physical Fitness)
Level One Awards :
AA (Academic Value-added) (Normal) - Bronze
TAF Award - Gold
Sports & Games Competition :
National Basketball : B Boys 2nd
West Zone Basketball : B Boys 1st
West Zone Basketball : C Boys 1st
West Zone Basketball : C Girls 2nd
West Zone Table Tennis : B Boys 1st
West Zone Table Tennis :C Boys 3rd
SYF Central Judging :
Choir : Bronze
Concert Band : Silver
Dance - Indian : Bronze
Dance - International : Bronze
Dance - Malay : Silver
Drama : Bronze
Ensemble - Indian : Bronze
Best Unit Award (Based on 2004 achievements) :
Boys' Brigade : Bronze
Girls' Brigade : Bronze
NCC Air : Gold
NPCC : Bronze
Red Cross : Bronze
Scout : Silver
[edit] Programmes offered
[edit] CCAs
Sports and Games
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Track and Field
- Netball
- Rugby
- Sepak Takraw
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball
Uniformed Group
Performing Arts
- Choir
- ELDDS
- Indian Orchestra
- Symphonic Band
- Dance Troupe
Clubs and Societies
- Cheerleading Club
- Cabin Club
- Leo Club
- Library Club
- Multimedia Club
- PA Club
- Wellness club
- CCA Council.
Others
- Class appointment
- Student Concil
Optional CCA programmes(Students are to pay for the following activities either by Edusave or cash)
- Archery
- Bowling
- Ice Skating
- Rollerblading
- Aerobic Dances
- Canoeing/Kayaking
[edit] School-based programmes
- Project CABIN (The Oasis) After school Activity Centre
- Compulsory core IT Enrichment Programme
- Creative Drama Programme
