Greendale Secondary School

Greendale Secondary School
绿苑中学(lù yuàn zhōng xúe)
Sekolah Menengah Greendale
Serve.Lead.Excel
Location
51 Edgedale Plains Singapore 828866
Punggol New Town, Singapore
Information
Type Government
Established 2006
Session Single
School code 3074
Principal Mr Mark Minjoot
Enrolment 1,000+
Colour(s) yellow,green,orange
Website

Greendale Secondary School (abbreviation: GDLSS; Simplified Chinese: 绿苑中学) is a secondary school located in Punggol, in the north-eastern part of Singapore.

Greendale Secondary School started as a new school in January 2006. Greendale Secondary School represented the North-East district by hosting the launch site for the YOG torch relay in day 3 of the Singapore leg.

Contents

History

In 2005, Mrs Mary Koh, together with a selected pool of experience HODs and Teachers, set about to prepare for the establishment of a new secondary school in Punggol.

In 2006, Greendale Secondary School took in the first batch of Secondary One students.

In December 2008, Mr Mark Gerard Minjoot took over as Principal of Greendale Secondary School, as Mrs Mary Koh was posted to MOE HQ as Cluster Superintendent/School Division.

Principals

School Values, Mission, Vision and Motto

Values

The school's core values are Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Integrity, Self-Discipline and Empathy (R­³ISE)

Mission

Nurturing talents, Developing character, Inspiring lives

Vision

Learners, Thinkers, Leaders

Motto

Serve, Lead, Excel

Co-curricular activities

Uniformed Groups

Sports and Games

Performing Arts

Clubs & Socities

School CCA Achievements 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

2007

Softball: North Zone Championships 2007, "C"Division Boys - 4th Position,"C" Division girls-2nd Position

Fencing: Singapore Minime Fencing Championships 2007, Boys' Under 13 Foil Individual- 3rd Position

Infocomm Club: North Zone Podcast Competition- 1st and 3rd prize

Chinese Orchestra: 2007 SYF Central Judging of Chinese Orchestra- Bronze

Angklung: 2007 SYF Central Judging of Instrumental Ensembles- Bronze

Red Cross Youth: 2007 National Footdrill - Best New Participating Unit

2008

School Focus 1-Academic Excellence

Xin Lei Jiang-Inter-Secondary Schools Chinese Creative Writing: 2nd Prize

Bloom In Community Award: Sliver

BMW CleanEnergy Challenge: 1st Runner Up

8th Elementz Science Project Competition and Exhibition: 1 Gold & 1 Bronze

N4 Cluster Humanities Competition:

HPB-MOE CHERISH(CHampioning Efforts Resulting in Improved School Health) Award: Sliver

School's Green Audit Award(Science): Hibiscus

Youth Crime Prevention Banner Competition: "Crime-Strap You For Life"(ART): 1st Runners Up

NEA 3r Competition: Merit Award

School Focus 2-Character Development

Infocomm Club: National Infocomm Competition,X-Site Web Design Competition- Finalist(Top5)

Fencing: 3rd National Inter-School Fencing Champions: Foil Event Individual Event:

Team Event:

Red Cross Youth:

2009

School Focus 1 - Academic Excellence (2009)

Futuristic Eco-Friendly School Competition - Merit Award

North East Schools Go Green 3 - 1st Runner Up

School's Green Audit Award (Science) - Orchid for 2008/09

School Focus 2 - Character Development (2009)

Chinese Orchestra - 2009 SYF Central Judging of Chinese Orchestra - Silver

Angklung - 2009 SYF Central Judging of Instrumental Ensembles (Angklung/Kulintang) - Bronze

Choir - 2009 SYF Central Judging of Choirs - Bronze

Dance - 2009 SYF Central Judging of International Dance - Bronze

ELDDS - 2009 SYF Central Judging of Drama - Bronze

Fencing - 4th National Inter-School Fencing Championships 2009 - Individual Event: Joint 3rd ("C" Girls Sabre)

Red Cross Youth - Excellence Unit Award - Silver

Red Cross Youth - Community Service Award - Gold

Floorball - Tampines West CSC Floorball Carnival - Girls: 4th Position

Achievements: Physical Well Being

2010

NCC - Best Unit Competition 2009 - Gold

NPCC - Unit Overall Proficiency Award 2009 - Gold

Red Cross Youth- Community Service Award 2009 - Gold

Red Cross Youth- Excellence Unit Award 2009 - Silver

Fencing - 5th National Inter- School Fencing Championships 2010

Arts and Crafts - SYF Art and Crafts - One Wei Ting (4E2 2009) - Silver

Infocomm - Singapore 2010 Odyssey Digital Poster Competition

2011

Greendale Chorale

Red Cross Youth Community Service Award Gold

Excellent Units Awards Gold

Greendale Broadcasting Club(GBC) - SDMA 2011, Merit Award

Angklung Ensemble - Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), Silver

Movement & Dance Club - Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), Silver

Greendale Orchestra - Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), Silver

English Literary Drama & Debate Society (ELDDS) - Singapore Youth Festival (SYF), Silver

How to Get There

The school is near an LRT station, Meridian (PE2) and is served by five SBS Transit bus services namely: 3, 62, 83, 591 at the bus stop opposite Blk 173B and bus service 85 at the bus stop between Blks 187/188.

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