| Anderson Secondary School 安德逊中学 (ān dé xùn zhōng xúe) |
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With Constancy and Purpose
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| Location | |
| 10, Ang Mo Kio Street 53, Singapore 569206, Singapore, | |
| Information | |
| Type | Autonomous Secondary |
| Established | 1960 |
| Session | Single Session (Morning) |
| School code | 3001 |
| Principal | Lo Khee Tian Mark (Mr) |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1,400 |
| Colour(s) | Yellow, Black, Green |
| Website | Anderson Secondary School |
Anderson Secondary School is a co-educational government school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore, covering Secondary 1 to Secondary 5 (usually ages 12 to 17). It became an autonomous school in 1994 and was one of the pioneer autonomous schools in Singapore.
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The school was founded in 1960 as a girls' primary school. In 1964, it became girls' secondary school, but began admitting boys in 1965. The school has occupied several sites. Formally situated at Stevens Road and Anderson Road, Anderson Secondary School moved to Ang Mo Kio Street 44 in 1984. In December 1993, it moved to its current location, Ang Mo Kio Street 53.
Anderson Secondary School has been used from time to time for educational experiments. In 1994 it was declared an autonomous school, and in 1996 it was one of the first schools to use the Students-and-Teachers Workbench project. In 1997 it was chosen as an IT demo school.
The following accolades have been received by Anderson Secondary School. (Last updated April 2010)
"An Institution of Distinction to Inspire and Serve."
The former school vision "Caring and Responsible Leaders of Tomorrow" was changed to "An Institution of Distinction to Inspire and Serve" in 2003.
In 2007, the school underwent a Vision Mission Statement review, under the leadership of Mrs Poh Mun See. After the review, the school concluded that the vision, mission and values statement remained relevant for the next ten years.
The mission of the school is to develop each Andersonian to the maximum intellectually, physically, emotionally, morally and socially in order to fulfill individual needs and national goals.
The School Motto, "With Constancy and Purpose", was worded by Ms. CS Heng, a former principal of the school, and serves to urge Andersonians to imbibe the qualities of the bamboo, which grows with constancy and is versatile. It also encourages pupils to set goals in life and be consistent in their pursuit of these goals.
The school values of Anderson Secondary School are also known as "ANDE" values.
cAring in Actions
Noble in Character
Daring in our Dreams
Excellence in all our Endeavours
Anderson Secondary School organises a wide variety of events for the well-being of her students such as Cross Country, Sports Carnival and Arts Fest.
The school's Choir and Military Band also stages a performance biannually at the Victoria Concert Hall, known as VOICES and AMBience respectively.
Student-initiated events hosted in Anderson, mainly under the auspices of the Anderson Student Council (ASC), including a fund-raising carnival, Anderson Cultural Project, and the March/April Games.
Most intra-school events are played at the class level, where students compete in events for their classes. This is done instead of inter-house competition to encourage greater bonding within classes.
In Anderson Secondary School, overseas exchange programmes are known as Cultural Flexibility Programmes (CFP), and the following are the exchange programmes CFP has to offer.
Anderson Secondary School was also the partner school for South Korea during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Anderson Secondary School offers a plethora of Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) as follows.[3]
| Sports & Games | Uniformed Groups | Performing Arts | Cultural Activities / Clubs |
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| Badminton (Girls) | National Cadet Corps (Land) | Choir | Art Club |
| Basketball | National Police Cadet Corps (Land) | Drama in English | Infocomm Club |
| Netball (Girls) | Anderson Clover Guides | Chinese Dance | Cybernetics Club |
| Table Tennis | St John's Ambulance Brigade | Malay Dance | Library |
| Anderson Military Band | Green Club | ||
| Volleyball | Cultural Society | ||
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Anderson Secondary School also boasts many achievements in the CCA arena, with some of the most notable ones shown as follows:[4]
The Old Andersonian Alumni Society ("OAAS") was set up in 1999. With the help of the school, a temporary Committee was first formed in November 1998 to spearhead the formation and setting-up of an Alumni association. Some twenty ex-Andersonians came forward to help plan and execute the launch of the OAAS.
The main objectives of the OAAS are to provide an organisation for ex-Andersonians to interact and reconnect with one another as well as with their Alma Mater.
From 2003 to 2006 the school underwent a PRIME upgrading project. The school had raised funds for non-standard facilities such as a student activity hub, a heritage centre and a multi-purpose studio. It also upgraded the lecture theatre and classrooms and added a new five-storey building.
The final stage of the upgrading process took place in 2005. Some facilities, such as the school hall, cookery rooms and the football field, were ready in July 2006. The school library has been given a new zen-style layout.
A special facility called the "INSPIRE TOWN" was officially opened in 2005. This is a room where innovation and creativity is encouraged amongst pupils. Two classrooms were converted into a Black Box for use by drama students.
In 2008, an indoor sports hall was opened.
Girls wear a white blouse and a kelly-blue knee-length pinafore. Lower secondary boys wear white short trousers. Upper secondary boys wear white long trousers. All students wear the school badge, with their name tag directly below it. Students wear the school tie on Mondays, and at formal school functions.
The Anderson Secondary School Discipline Committee has classified offences committed by students into minor and major offences. Minor offences include being late for school, flaws in personal grooming and use of electronic devices during curriculum time. Major offences are much more serious, and they include wilful absenteeism, forgery, arson and many others. Boys who commit any of the major offences are liable to receive corporal punishment in the form of caning. In the most serious cases, they are caned in front of the other students (known as "public caning"). Girls are never caned at Anderson but must attend detention class if they carry out any of these acts instead. A stroke of cane for boys is equivalent to 5 days of detention class for girls.[6]