Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Melawati (Taman Melawati National Secondary School, often abbreviated as SMKTM or MWT) is a co-educational

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located in

Taman Melawati Taman Melawati is an affluent, self-contained town located in Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Although the township's postcode is 53100, which gives it a Federal Territory postal address, it is actually in the Gombak constituency of Selangor, admi ...

Gombak The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capi ...

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, 20 km from the centre of

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. The school has outperformed other high schools within the

district in annual rankings of academic performance. Top scorers in the SPM (Malaysian Certificate of Education) national examinations make up the school's alumni, and will typically be awarded a full scholarship from the government to pursue their tertiary studies. The school has participated in events such as marching competitions, choir competitions, drama competitions and debate tournaments. SMK Taman Melawati has a student body of approximately 1800 pupils, aged between 13–17 years. Due to space constraints, classes are divided into two sessions, with the first session of classes running in the mornings (Forms 3, 4, and 5) and the second in the afternoons (Form 1 and 2). There are 12 classrooms in every form, with an average of 35 students in each class.

History

1991 *The school was established with 2 blocks of buildings, Block C and Block D, and a canteen with the number of students at 403. 1994 *The third block, Block B, was opened to accommodate the number of students. 1998 *A Surau was built for students to perform their prayers. 2001 *The school hall was built with the cost of RM1.8 million. 2003 *Two new blocks were built, Block A and Block E 2010 *The sixth block, Frangipani, was opened, housing a second art studio and one Sixth Form classroom.

School Administration

Co-Curriculum

Students join three co-curricular activities (clubs, sports/games, uniformed society) which meet every week starting from early in the year until the end of first term in June. Additional meetings may be held in the second term with agreement from the supervising teacher.

Clubs

Academic

*Malay Language Club *English Language Club *Islamic Education/Arabic Language *French Language Club *Tamil Language Club *STEM/Innovation and Design *Visual Art Club *Computer and Multimedia

Non-academic

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'' *''Koperasi'' *Tourism (''Pelancongan'') *''PNB dan Pengguna'' *''Pencinta Alam'' *Photography Club *Cultural Arts and Performance *Career *Crime Prevention *''SPBT'' *''Kembara''

Sports/Games

*''Olahraga'' *Football *Volleyball *Netball *Handball *Badminton *''

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'' *Ping Pong *Chess *Archery *Rugby *Softball *''

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'' *Hockey *Cricket *Basketball *Dodgeball

Uniformed societies

Scouts
*Girl Guides *Malaysian Red Crescent Society (BSMM) *Police Cadets *Youth Cadets (KRS) *Seni Silat Gayong *Fire Brigade Cadets (Kadet Bomba) *Persatuan Kadet Bersatu Malaysia (PKBM) *Puteri Islamic

Facilities

The school consists of six main blocks and other facilities as follows: *School Hall *Library with a computer room *School Mosque *Two parking lots for cars, motorbikes, and bicycles *Basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts *A field *Six General Science laboratories *Two Chemistry laboratories *Two Physics laboratories *Two Biology laboratories *Two Art studios

School magazine

The school magazine, Persada, has been published annually since 1995.