Loyang View Secondary School (LVSS / LVS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in
Pasir Ris, Singapore. It was formed by the merger of Loyang Secondary School and Greenview Secondary School in 2018.
History
Loyang Secondary School (1989–2018)
Loyang Secondary School was founded in 1989. The school began operations with 14 teachers and 390 pupils in four Express and six Normal (Academic) classes. Initially housed in East View Secondary School in
Tampines
Tampines () is the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022. It is h ...
, the school moved to its present premises in Pasir Ris Street 11 in 1990. The school was officially declared open on 11 April 1992 by Senior Minister of State for Education
Tay Eng Soon
Tay Eng Soon (; 20 January 1940 – 5 August 1993) was a Singaporean politician.
Education
Tay was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School for his primary and secondary education. He was the top student for both schools. He obtained first class ...
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In 2004, the school underwent upgrading via the
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Greenview Secondary School (1994–2018)
Greenview Secondary School was founded in 1994. In March 2016, the
Ministry of Education announced that Greenview was one of the 11 schools that would be merged due to a lower intake of students. The school was closed down in 2018 and merged with Loyang Secondary School.
In 2002, Greenview was featured in a
Radio Television Hong Kong
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econom ...
documentary about home-school-community collaborations. Despite its academically-average student intake, the school did well on the national level, winning the Sustained Achievement Award (out of 12 schools nationwide) as well as two Achievement Awards in the Ministry of Education's annual Masterplan of Awards in 2005. It took the Sustained Achievement Award for the first time in 2004.
Notable alumni
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Shawn Tok
Shawn Tok (; born 8 January 1994) is a Singaporean singer. He is the overall champion of the 2007 Campus SuperStar singing competition. In 2007, Shawn, then a Secondary 1 student, was crowned the overall champion of the second season of Camp ...
, singer
References
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Educational institutions established in 1989
Secondary schools in Singapore
Pasir Ris
Loyang, Singapore
1989 establishments in Singapore