| Mayflower Secondary School 美华中学 |
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| Location | |
| Ang Mo Kio, | |
| Information | |
| Type | Government; Co-ed |
| Motto | Mighty in Thought and Deed |
| Established | 1981 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3031 |
| Principal | Mrs Doris Lim |
| Enrolment | Sec 1 - Sec4/5 |
| Colour(s) | Beige |
| Website | www.mayflowersec.moe.edu.sg |
Mayflower Secondary School is a secondary school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It was founded in 1981.
The school provides 26 CCAs for its students.
The school is well known in performing arts. In the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging of 2011, the school garnered 2 Golds and 5 Silvers.
In 2007 the school embarked on a programme "Project Cool Running" to raise funds to equip the school hall with air-conditioning. This was organised by the Kebun Baru Community Club.
The school celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2011. The main 30th Anniversary Committee is headed by its Vice-Principal (Administration), Mr Mark Chan.
The first event, "Tri-Fit", will be carried out on March 12. This event will involve the whole school population, and they will participate in one of the three sports events: Walking, Rollerblading and rope skipping. The school's partners will be invited to participate in the afternoon festivities of Line Dancing, Karaoke and Waltz Dancing.
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Mayflower Secondary School began in 1981 with Mr Wan Hussein as the pioneering principal. On 15 July 1983 the school was officially opened by Mr Lim Boon Heng, then Member of Parliament for Kebun Baru. The school was built at a cost of $5.46 million and covers 2.7 hectares.
The SLB has been re-organised in end 2008 and it consists of 8 departments: Aesthetics, Health and Fitness, MediaTech, Partners, Publicity, Resource Management, Student Management and Student Wellness. The departments within the SLB are headed by an Executive Committee (EXCO), which consists of the President, Vice Presidents (Leadership or Service Wing), Secretary cum treasurer and Department heads.
Students are nominated by their teachers, and undergo a rigorous selection camp sometime in April or May of every year. Successful candidates are then invited to join the board in one of the 8 departments.
In addition to possessing leadership qualities, student leaders should possess good character and academic results.
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Mayflower Secondary School's uniform is beige in colour, and for the girls, three unique knife pleats run down the front and back of their skirts.
In May 1999 the school's Discipline Master told The Straits Times that his biggest problem was catching students smoking. Girls found smoking were made to spend three hours cleaning classrooms. Boy smokers were caned — one stroke on the first occasion, and more strokes subsequently.[1]
The school's website states that, for all serious offences including smoking, gambling, fighting, vandalism or cheating, male students may receiving a caning. There is also a system of demerit points for more minor misbehaviour.[2]