Saint Gabriel's Secondary School
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| Motto | Virtue and Truth |
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| Established | 3 June 1953 |
| Type | Government Aided, Single session |
| Principal | Marcel Lee |
| MOE Code | 7017 |
| Colours | Yellow, Red, White, Blue |
| Locale | 24 Serangoon Ave 1, Singapore |
| Enrollment | |
| Website | http://schools.moe.edu.sg/stgabsec/ |
| Ministry of Education | |
 Republic of Singapore |
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Saint Gabriel's Secondary School is an all boys Catholic secondary school in Singapore and is affiliated to Saint Gabriel's Primary School. Students from the affiliated school who wish to enter Saint Gabriel's Secondary School for the Express stream must at least get a PSLE score of 188. Others will have to get a PSLE score of about 220. The school also offer Normal Academic and Normal Technical streams. Saint Gabriel's Secondary School was consistently ranked among the top 50 secondary schools in MOE's annual school ranking list. In the 2007 National Secondary School Rankings, Saint Gabriel's Secondary School was ranked a Band 6 position (L1R5 <15). The school was also awarded the Sustained Achievement Award for Academic Value-Added in 2004 and Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Group in 2002, 2003, 2004.
St Gabriel's Secondary School is well-known for their excellence in the performing arts (mainly the Symphonic Band) and uniformed groups (mainly the [National Cadet Corps (Singapore)] ).
The current principal of Saint Gabriel's Secondary School is the lunatic Mr Marcel Lee and its current vice-principal is the crazy mad woman Miss Jackie Cheng.
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[edit] School history
Saint Gabriel's School was founded on 3rd of June 1953. The school began as a small Primary School of 212 pupils with only Primary One and Primary Two classes. The pupils were taught by 7 teachers, under the direction of its founder, the late Reverend Brother Louis Gonzaga.
In 1959, the school became a full school with the first Secondary Four class; and in 1960, pupils sat for the Senior Cambridge Examinations for the first time. In 1969, within 11 years, the Primary School moved into the new premises at Highland Road with an enrolment of 1350 boys. That same year, the Secondary School became a single-session school.
With the establishment of the Primary School, the Secondary School was reorganised when there was a shift in emphasis towards Technical Education. Some premises were converted into machine and electrical workshops to cater to the needs of our pupils and 3 other neighbouring schools.
The Brothers of Saint Gabriel's were at the helm of the school for 30 years (1953-1983) before the leadership was passed on to lay principals (1984- present).
[edit] Exchange Programmes
The school has annual exchange programmes with Kitago Junior High School in Miyazaki[1], Japan.
[edit] Past Principals
1953-1954 Brother Louis Gonzaga
1954-1957 Brother Elzear
1957-1958 Brother Louis Gonzaga
1958-1959 Brother Raymond
1959-1961 Brother Adolphus
1961-1963 Brother Emmanuel
1963-1969 Brother Noel
1969-1974 Brother Emmanuel
1974-1983 Brother Edmund James
1983-1985 Mr John Teo
1985-1986 Mr Harrold Matthieu
1986-1989 Mr Andrew Ng
1989-1996 Mrs Ng Peck Hock
1996-1998 Mr Winston Hodge
1999-2004 Mr Adolphus Tan Chin Eng
2005- Mr Marcel Lee
[edit] Co-curricular activities
Students hone their mental and physical skills through sports, leadership skills through the uniform groups, aesthetic skils through the performing arts and communication skills through the clubs and societies. The school has a wide range of CCAs that can be categorised under Sports, Uniformed Groups, Societies, and Performing Arts. All students are strongly encouraged to participate in one core CCA and take part in other enrichment programmes organised by the school.
[edit] Achievements 2007
Uniformed Groups
NCC Land - Gold
NCC Air - Gold
NPCC - Bronze
Scouts - Silver
Red Cross - Silver
Aesthetics Groups
Symphonic Band - Gold
Vocal Ensemble - Gold
Sports
Floorball - Nationals 3rd
Judo C Division- Nationals 2nd
Soccer - South Zone 'B' 2nd
Badminton - South Zone 'B' 2nd
[edit] Notable Ex-Gabrielites
- Benedict Goh - Actor, Host
- Pierre Png - MediaCorp Artiste
- Hayden Hee - Actor, Model
- Dr Finian Tan - non-executive Director of DFJ ePlanet
- Gary Fernandez - Theatre Actor
- Indra Sahdan Daud - footballer
- Hariss Harun - footballer
