Tanjong Katong Girls' School
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| Motto | Moribus Modestus (Demure and Resolute in Latin) |
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| Established | 1953 |
| Type | Autonomous Secondary, Single session |
| Principal | Mrs Phyllis Lim |
| MOE Code | 3013 |
| Colours | Green |
| Locale | Katong, Singapore |
| Enrollment | approx. 1500 |
| Website | Link |
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 Republic of Singapore |
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Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) is a girls' secondary school in Singapore.
TKGS was established on 12 January 1953 with seven classes, totalling 250 pupils, and ten teaching staff. The school was the first post-war government English girls' school built in colonial Singapore. The school uniform includes a green pinafore and a light green striped blouse.
The school is well known for the performing arts. It offers the Music Elective Programme and the Drama Elective Programme. Every pupil is required to participate in at least one core "Co-Curricular Activity" ("CCA"). Girls who desire to serve the school may participate in the optional non-core CCAs.
TKGS is partnered with the Thai girls' school, Satri Si Suriyothai School in the Singapore–Thailand Enhanced Partnership (STEP) Programme. Students with good academic results from the People's Republic of China, Brunei and the ASEAN region are also invited to join the school.
The current principal of TKGS is Mrs Phyllis Lim, who used to be the vice-principal of Gan Eng Seng Secondary School.
TKGS is the current Centre of Excellence for English in the East.
The School Song: ''We Cannot all be heroes and thrill a hemisphere With some great daring venture some deed that mocks at fear. But we can fill a lifetime with kindly acts and true, There’s always noble service for noble souls to do. We’re not all blessed with beauty nor everyone with brain , But each from every other has something good to gain. So let us make an effort to keep it as a rule, That each one needs the other within the Katong School. So let us fill the hours with minutes truly spent, In helping one another towards a true content. So let us serve in honour and work for selfles fame, For credit of our country and glory of her name.''
[edit] Notable alumnæ
- Felicia Chin - MediaCorp actress
- Jade Seah - Miss Singapore Universe 2006 runner-up and MediaCorp host
- Halimah Yacob - Member of Parliament
- Suzanne Ho - ChannelNewsAsia Newscaster
- Jacqueline Sue - MediaCorp actress
