SMK Tinggi St David
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SMK St.David | |
Truth and Honour
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Jalan Tanjung Bukit Baru, Malacca, Malaysia |
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School district | Melaka Tengah(Central District of Malacca) |
Head teacher | Mr Chay Yew Choon |
Type | SMK (National Secondary School) |
Established | 1912 |
Homepage | http://stdavid.forumer.com STSD Forum |
SMK Tinggi St. David, otherwise known as St. David's High School is a co-educational missionary secondary school in Malacca, Malaysia. With an experienced teaching staff, the school has done well both in terms of academic performance as well as extra curricular endeavours. The St. David's High School hockey team has been the leading school hockey team in the state in the recent years.
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[edit] School's History
Dr (Mrs.) Ferguson David from Diocese Anglikan, Singapore, founded St. David's High School in 1912. She was also the founder of St. David's Hospital in Melaka; the hospital's service was ended and was replaced with a school, Sekolah Tinggi Cina. In 1956, Commander Hudson from the Christ Church Parish Committee had given a piece of land (5.5 acres) in Bukit Baru to be the site for this school. In the same year, Director of Education, Dr FJA Rawcliffe with the permission from Allayarham Tun Abdul Razak, Minister of Education, started the project. Four years later, a three-story building, including toilets and canteen, was ready and officiated by the Governor of Melaka, Tun Hj. Abd. Malek bin Yusuf. Three years later, the Form 4 classes were started with 29 students in the art stream and 23 students in the science stream. In 1964, for the first time, 55 students sat for the Cambridge in this school. The Melaka State Government gave a piece of land (2.5 acres) to the school as a field. On September 25, 1970, Deputy Director of Education Malaysia, Mr. Abdullah Sultan officiated the opening of the ‘Seni Perusahaan' building. On the August 5, 1975 , the science block was officiated by YB Mr. Chan Siang Sun, Deputy Director of Education Malaysia. In 1989, the school started to accept female students. In the year 1994, The Khoo Wing, consisting of four classrooms, was built to help alleivate the problem of having too many students, removing the need for floating classes in the school.
[edit] School anthem
St. David's High School,
Truth and honour we shall know.
St David's High School,
Loyalty we always show.
We strive with all our might,
To uphold her fine good name.
Do or die we try,
Never give up with a sigh,
For we all are St Davidians.
[edit] School pledge
Kami,
murid-murid Sekolah Tinggi St David,
berikrar bahawa kami,
akan sentiasa mengamalkan Prinsip-Prinsip Rukunegara.
Dan juga berjanji,
pada setiap masa,
akan,
Menghormati guru-guru dan rakan-rakan,
Mematuhi peraturan-peraturan sekolah,
Bergiat cergas dalam pelajaran dan sukan,
Menjaga nama baik sekolah,
Dan sentiasa berdisiplin.