Serangoon Junior College

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Serangoon Junior College
实龙岗初级学院
Maktab Rendah Serangoon
Motto Discere Servire
(To Learn, To Serve)
Established 1988
Type Government, Full Day
Principal Tan Teck Hock
MOE Code 0710
Colours Maroon
Locale Hougang, Singapore
Enrollment approx. 1700
Website www.srjc.moe.edu.sg
Ministry of Education
Flag of Singapore Republic of Singapore

Serangoon Junior College (SRJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to GCE 'A' Level examinations.

SRJC was established in 1988 as the 14th Junior College in Singapore. The college was located at temporary premises in Hougang before moving to its present campus along Upper Serangoon Road in December 1990. On 29 May 1992, the College was officially declared open by the then Minister for Education and MP for Cheng San GRC, Mr Lee Yock Suan.

Since establishment, the college has endorsed the concept of a well-rounded education by offering quality, value-added pre-university experiences to her students. The college aims to nurture every SRJCian into confident and accomplished individual. With balanced emphasis on academic excellence, CCA achievements, leadership training and character building, every experience- whether within or outside the classroom- becomes a learning experience for students.

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[edit] College Uniform

The college uniform constitutes a light beige shirt or blouse for the boys and girls respectively. It is complemented by light brown trousers for the boys and skirt for the girls. The old cotton-based college PE T-shirt has been replaced by a brand-new Dri-Fit T-shirt embraced with a new design in 2006. In the 2008, the college introduces a new set of uniform, which is a light beige-coloured. The college also allows students to wear school's bermuda short along with the school polo shirt on Wednesdays and Fridays.

[edit] Principals

Current Principal:

  • Mr. Tan Teck Hock (Since Dec 2006)

Current Vice Principals:

  • Miss Caroline Anne Yeow
  • Mr. Looi Eng Chai (Administration)

[edit] College Motto

Discere Servire - To Learn, To Serve.

As a component of the integral education system of Singapore, Serangoon Junior College sees that it is of utmost importance to cultivate all rounded, resourceful, skillful and dedicated individuals whom will be an asset to the society, the country and of mankind. The Motto of the college is a constant reminder to the students on the importance of learning and serving.

[edit] School Vision

Every SRJCian A Graduate With Imagination, Character and Values.

[edit] School Mission

Fire The Imagination, Hone The Character, Strengthen The Values

College Anthem
Lead us all to glory
A glory to be told
Every step we take
Challenges ahead
We turn them all to gold
Learning for tomorrow
We find our dreams today
Reaching out along the way
Lending a hand
Being a friend
Growing each day
We lead her to glory
Our best in all we do
SRJC all for you
Your call is ours too

[edit] Values

As part of the all rounded education which Serangoon Junior college offers, there are five core values in which are highly regarded by the college. These values had been a part of the school's culture since the birth of the college and they are :

ASPIRE

[edit] SRJC Campus

Serangoon Junior College is situated on a 6-hectare piece of land along Upper Serangoon Road. The SRJC campus costs about S$26 million to build.

Facilities include:

- Fusion House

- 2 Cafés

- 1 Canteen

- 10 lanes shooting range

- 5 Lecture Theatres and 1 AV Threatrette

- 600-seater Auditorium

- 1 Air-Conditioned Multi-Purpose Hall

- 10 Science Laboratories

- Science Research Studio (The ReD Laboratory)

- 5 Computer Laboratories

- 58 Tutorial Rooms

- 5 Full-time Counselling Rooms

- a newly renovated Media Resource Library

- Renaissance Room (formerly known as the Music Room)

- GuZheng Practice & Guitar Storage Room

- Choir Practice Room

- Dance Studio

- 1 Air-Conditioned Study Areas

- Sports Field & 8-lane Track with spectators' gallery

- 3 Basketball Courts

- 2 Squash Courts

- 2 Tennis Courts

- Volleyball Court

- 2 Rock Walls, one of which is 50m high

- Well-equipped Gymnasium

- Prayer Corridor


The College was the first junior college in Singapore to complete its upgrading project. The Media Resource Library, track facilities, General Office and Staff Rooms have been refurbished. New additions such as additional classrooms, IT Rooms, a 600-seater Auditorium, a Students' Lounge, a cafe and an air-conditioned Study Area augment the already-comprehensive range of facilities. The college is the only junior college among the 600 Wifi hot spots that are under Wireless@SG in 2006. There are several locations in the campus where users can go online wirelessly for free. SRJC students can thus conduct online research and access our e-learning platform, ASPIRE.

In 2004, the school spent a total sum of $2 million on another overall upgrading of the school's facilities. Extensive upgrading was done in the canteen, the numerous sport facilities within the campus (rock climbing bouldering wall, soccer field, volleyball court), all the 5 Lecture Theatres and the Toilets. The Media Resource Library as of 2006 also includes a computer room for wireless internet surfing. The two-and-a-half Tennis Courts were renovated and expanded in August 2005 where a court draining network was installed.

The college underwent a repaint job in 2005. The whole campus has walls which are painted with motifs, patterns and drawings by various groups of students as a CCA or class. The most prominent walls which have these special paintings are outside the canteen, under a project entitled 'Walls of Hope'.

The college hall also underwent another renovation in June 2006 and became fully air-conditioned. The air-conditioned study area was fully renovated to become a multi-purpose area used mainly for studying, seminars, exhibitions etc. Towards the end of 2006, all the lecture theatres were again renovated and equipped with new seats and teaching equipments.

[edit] Courses Offered

A course consists of H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue, H1 Project Work together with 3 or 4 H2 subjects. Students with flair in abilities may be offered subjects at H3 level. Students are placed in 2 streams of studies, namely the Arts Stream or the Science Stream. Various courses are offered in both streams. In line with the new 'A' Level syallbus lined out by MOE, students from both streams are also required to take a contrasting subject that is outside their area of studies. A student from the Arts Stream is required to study an H1 subject from the Science Stream and vice versa. Knowledge & Inquiry at H2 level is considered a contrasting subject for both streams.

These subjects are offered at Serangoon Junior College.

H1 Art
H1 Biology
H1 Chemistry
H1 Chinese Language
H1 Economics
H1 General Paper
H1 Geography
H1 History
H1 Literature in English
H1 Malay Language
H1 Mathematics
H1 Physics
H1 Project Work
H1 Tamil Language
H2 Art
H2 Biology
H2 Chemistry
H2 Chinese Language and Literature
H2 Computing Science
H2 Economics
H2 English Language
H2 Geography
H2 History
H2 Knowledge & Inquiry
H2 Literature in English
H2 Malay Language & Literature
H2 Mathematics
H2 Physics
H2 Tamil Language & Literature

[edit] Co-Curricular Activities

The List of various CCAs in Serangoon Junior College:


Clubs & Socieities


Computer Club

Community Champions Council

Library Club

AVA Club

Chess Society

Students' Council

Photographic Society


Literary & Performing Arts


Choir

Dance Team

English Language Debate Society

Guitar Ensemble

Guzheng Ensemble

Publications

Symphonic Band


Sports

Basketball

Canoeing

Runners' Club

Netball

Outdoor Activities Club(ODAC)

Rockclimbing(ROCMOC)

Shooting Club

Soccer

Squash

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tchouke Ball

Tennis

Tenpin Bowling

Touch Rugby

Track and Field

Volleyball

Pro-wrestling

Thai Boxing

[edit] Notable Alumni

Ezann Lee - Actress, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Ericia Lee - Actress, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Kang Cheng Xi - Actor, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Jonathan Leong - Runner-Up, Singapore Idol Season 2.

Koh Yah Hwee - Finalist, Star Search 2007, MediaCorp Studios Artiste.

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