SMK Batu Lintang

SMK Batu Lintang

Berilmu berkhidmat
"Serve with knowledge"
Address
Jalan College, 93200 Kuching, Sarawak
Kuching, Sarawak
Malaysia
Coordinates 1°31′57″N 110°20′52″E / 1.532627°N 110.347654°ECoordinates: 1°31′57″N 110°20′52″E / 1.532627°N 110.347654°E
Information
Type Co-Ed public secondary school
Established 1977
Session Double
School code YEE1204
Principal Pn. Hjh Saftuyah Hj Adenan
Colour(s) Black, yellow, white, blue, red
Website www.smkbl.net

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang (SMKBL or BL) is a public secondary school located in Jalan College, Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

History

For the full text on the education system of Malaysia which this school is based on, see the wiki article on education in Malaysia.

SMK Batu Lintang, Kuching started public service as a government school in 1977 with 13 teachers and 320 students in its opening year. During that year, there were only two class forms: Transition and Form 1. Two years later, the school was resituated at a temporary building in Jalan College. Currently, the aforementioned temporary building is in active use as a school for the blind, SMK Pendidikan Khas. Forms 2 and 3 had already been introduced by this time, supporting its students up till the PMR mass examinations.

In 1982, SMK Batu Lintang offered Form 4 classes. By the following year, SPM examinations were held there for Form 5 students. Similarly, in the year 1988 and 1989, Lower Form 6 classes and STPM exams were offered, respectively. However, the classes and exams at this level were limited to the Literature stream; the Science stream classes were only available by the year 2003.[1]

The Special Education Integrated Programme (Vision Impaired) was introduced in the school's system in 1986, allowing visually-impaired students (or resource students) to study in the least restrictive environment possible. As such, resource rooms containing Braille typewriters and dedicated teaching materials are provided to these students. The programme is currently active in this school's system.

As of 2012, there were 127 teachers, 17 non-teaching staff and 1591 students taking part in the various academic and co-curricular activities under the school's banner. By percentage, 54.81% of the students were Chinese, 43.68% were Bumiputera, 1.01% were Indian and the remaining 0.50% were of other races.

List of Principals

Vision & Mission

This version of the school vision and mission is translated from the Bahasa Melayu version used since 2010.

Vision: SMK Batu Lintang is to be the leading school.
Mission: To produce quality education to produce individuals who are productive, have higher self-esteem and are able to adapt to the changing world and technology.

School Logo

School logo

The school logo is a yellow shield, decorated with the image of a lamp within a circle.
The shield is a symbol of mental and physical endurance which determines one's achievement, whereas the black circle encompassing the lamp represents the circle of life. The lamp symbolises the role of knowledge that 'lights up' a student's future path. Using this knowledge, they will be able to serve themselves, their family, community and country in tandem with the school's motto, Berilmu Berbakti.
The colour yellow represents discipline, practised by both student and teacher. The colour blue represents confidence and respect which forms a harmonic environment for conducive teaching and learning processes.[2]

School Magazine: Seri Lintang

Volume 31 cover

SMK Batu Lintang releases an annual school magazine titled Seri Lintang. The title is a mixture of two terms: Seri means 'beautiful' in Bahasa Melayu, whereas Lintang is derived from the second word of the school's name.
Regular contents include the school's performance in PMR, SPM & STPM public examinations, school activities, teacher and staff photos, as well as student essay entries in multiple languages.

School Anthem (Batu Lintang in Harmony)

The school anthem was composed by Phang Li Ern and used from the year 2004 onwards.

We Batu Lintang with one voice
Side by side we abide
Working hard, working smart
Creative, innovative we are
Loving and faithfully
In humility we come

Willingly we learn
Joyfully we serve
Together as one
We rise up and shine

Cheerfully we sow
Gracefully we grow
Together as one
Together as one

External links

References

  1. ↑ "SMK Batu Lintang explained". Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Liew Jou Yii, Joyce (2012). Seri Lintang. Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia: SMK Batu Lintang. p. 13.