Serangoon Junior College

Infobox Singapore School
name = Serangoon Junior College
实龙岗初级学院
Maktab Rendah Serangoon


motto = Discere Servire
(To Learn, To Serve)
established = 1988
type = Government
session = Full Day
principal = Tan Teck Hock
city/town = Hougang
school code = 0710
enrollment = approx. 1700
colours = Maroon
homepage = [http://www.srjc.moe.edu.sg www.srjc.moe.edu.sg]
border_color = maroon
uniform_color = beige

Serangoon Junior College (SRJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to GCE 'A' Level examinations.

SRJC was established in 1988 as the 14th Junior College in Singapore. The college was located at temporary premises in Hougang before moving to its present campus along Upper Serangoon Road in December 1990. On 29 May 1992, the College was officially declared open by the then Minister for Education and MP for Cheng San GRC, Mr Lee Yock Suan.

Since establishment, the college has endorsed the concept of a well-rounded education by offering quality, value-added pre-university experiences to her students. The college aims to nurture every SRJCian into confident and accomplished individual. With balanced emphasis on academic excellence, CCA achievements, leadership training and character building, every experience- whether within or outside the classroom- becomes a learning experience for students.

College Uniform

The college uniform constitutes a light beige shirt or blouse for the boys and girls respectively. It is complemented by light beige trousers for the boys and skirt for the girls. This is a brand new set of uniform introduced in 2008. Prior to that, the trousers and skirts are brown. The old cotton-based college PE T-shirt has been replaced by a brand-new Dri-Fit T-shirt embraced with a new design in 2006. The PE T-shirt was modified again in 2008, bringing in identification of the students' respective Houses. The old House T-shirt has since been done away with. The college also allows students to wear school's bermuda short along with the school polo shirt on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Principals

Current Principal:
*Mr. Tan Teck Hock (Since Dec 2006)

Current Vice Principals:
*Miss Caroline Anne Yeow
*Mr. Looi Eng Chai (Administration)

College Motto

"Discere Servire" - To Learn, To Serve.

As a component of the integral education system of Singapore, Serangoon Junior College sees that it is of utmost importance to cultivate all rounded, resourceful, skillful and dedicated individuals whom will be an asset to the society, the country and of mankind. The Motto of the college is a constant reminder to the students on the importance of learning and serving.

School Vision

"Every SRJCian A Graduate With Imagination, Character and Values."

School Mission

"Fire The Imagination, Hone The Character, Strengthen The Values"

Values

As part of the all rounded education which Serangoon Junior college offers, there are five core values in which are highly regarded by the college. These values had been a part of the school's culture since the birth of the college and they are :

ASPIRE

SRJC Campus

Serangoon Junior College is situated on a 6-hectare piece of land along Upper Serangoon Road. The SRJC campus costs about S$30 million to build.

Facilities include:

- Fusion House

- 2 Cafés

- 1 Canteen

- 10 lanes shooting range

- 5 Lecture Theatres and 1 AV Threatrette

- 600-seater Auditorium

- 1 Air-Conditioned Multi-Purpose Hall

- 10 Science Laboratories

- Science Research Studio (The ReD Laboratory)

- 5 Computer Laboratories

- 58 Tutorial Rooms

- 5 Full-time Counselling Rooms

- a newly renovated Media Resource Library

- Renaissance Room (formerly known as the Music Room)

- GuZheng Practice & Guitar Storage Room

- Choir Practice Room

- Dance Studio

- 1 Air-Conditioned Study Areas

- Sports Field & 8-lane Track with spectators' gallery

- 3 Basketball Courts

- 2 Squash Courts

- 2 Tennis Courts

- Volleyball Court

- 2 Rock Walls, one of which is 50m high

- Rock Climbing Gymnasium

- Well-equipped Gymnasium

- Prayer Corridor

The College was the first junior college then in Singapore to complete its upgrading project. The Media Resource Library, track facilities, General Office and Staff Rooms have been refurbished. New additions such as additional classrooms, IT Rooms, a 600-seater Auditorium, a Students' Lounge, a cafe and an air-conditioned Study Area augment the already-comprehensive range of facilities. The college is the only junior college among the 600 Wifi hot spots that are under Wireless@SG in 2006. There are several locations in the campus where users can go online wirelessly for free. SRJC students can thus conduct online research and access our e-learning platform, ASPIRE anywhere in school.

In 2004, the school spent a total sum of $2 million on another overall upgrading of the school's facilities. Extensive upgrading was done in the canteen, the numerous sport facilities within the campus (rock climbing bouldering wall, soccer field, volleyball court), all the 5 Lecture Theatres and the Toilets. The Media Resource Library as of 2006 also includes a computer room for wireless internet surfing. The two-and-a-half Tennis Courts were renovated and expanded in August 2005 where a court draining network was installed.

The college underwent a repaint job in 2005. The whole campus has walls which are painted with motifs, patterns and drawings by various groups of students as a CCA or class. The most prominent walls which have these special paintings are outside the canteen, under a project entitled 'Walls of Hope'.

The college hall also underwent another renovation in June 2006 and became fully air-conditioned. The air-conditioned study area was fully renovated to become a multi-purpose area used mainly for studying, seminars, exhibitions etc. Towards the end of 2006, all the lecture theatres were again renovated and equipped with new seats and teaching equipments. In 2007, the college library underwent a full renovation and a new Science Research Studio was also set up.

Courses Offered

A course consists of H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue, H1 Project Work together with 3 or 4 H2 subjects. Students with flair in abilities may be offered subjects at H3 level. Students are placed in 2 streams of studies, namely the Arts Stream or the Science Stream. Various courses are offered in both streams. In line with the new 'A' Level syallbus lined out by MOE, students from both streams are also required to take a contrasting subject that is outside their area of studies. A student from the Arts Stream is required to study an H1 subject from the Science Stream and vice versa. Knowledge & Inquiry at H2 level is considered a contrasting subject for both streams.

These subjects are offered at Serangoon Junior College.

:H1 Art:H1 Biology:H1 Chemistry:H1 Chinese Language :H1 Economics:H1 General Paper:H1 Geography:H1 History:H1 Literature in English:H1 Malay Language:H1 Mathematics:H1 Physics:H1 Project Work:H1 Tamil Language:H2 Art:H2 Biology :H2 Chemistry :H2 Chinese Language and Literature :H2 Computing Science:H2 Economics :H2 English Language:H2 Geography :H2 History:H2 Knowledge & Inquiry:H2 Literature in English:H2 Malay Language & Literature:H2 Mathematics:H2 Physics:H2 Tamil Language & Literature

Co-Curricular Activities

The List of various CCAs in Serangoon Junior College:

Clubs & Socieities

Computer Club

Community Champions Council Library Club AVA Club Chess Society

Students' Council

Photographic Society

Literary & Performing Arts

Choir

Dance Team English Language Debate Society

Guitar Ensemble Guzheng Ensemble Publications

Symphonic Band

Sports Basketball Canoeing

Runners' Club Netball Outdoor Activities Club (ODAC) Rockclimbing (ROCMOC) Shooting Club Soccer Squash Table Tennis Taekwondo Tchouke Ball

Tennis Tenpin Bowling

Touch Rugby

Track and Field Volleyball

Pro-wrestling

Thai Boxing

Notable Alumni

Ezann Lee - Actress, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Ericia Lee - Actress, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Kang Cheng Xi - Actor, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

Jonathan Leong - Runner-Up, Singapore Idol Season 2.

Koh Yah Hwee - Actress, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.

External links

* [http://www.srjc.moe.edu.sg/ Official Serangoon Junior College Website]