Sembawang Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school located in

Sembawang Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...

, Singapore.

History

In the late 1990s, the housing estate of Sembawang began to expand. To meet the needs of the community, Sembawang Secondary School was established in January 1999. As the construction of the new premises was underway, the pioneering batch of Secondary 1 classes and school staff were housed temporarily at

Woodlands Ring Secondary School This is a list of secondary schools in Singapore. Most secondary schools in Singapore offer a four-year Express course (Special course for Special Assistance Plan schools) or a five-year course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary ...

. On 25 August 2001, the school finally was declared opened by Education Minister

Tony Tan Tony Tan Keng Yam (; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean former politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017. He did not seek for a second term as president in 2017 due to a constitutional amendment. ...

. In 2008, the school celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Lim Wee Kiak Lim Wee Kiak ( zh, s=林伟杰, p=Lín Wěijié; born 1968) is a Singaporean politician and ophthalmologist. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Canberra division of ...

, a Member of Parliament for

Sembawang GRC The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the northern area of Singapore. The GRC consists: Sembawang Central, Sembawang West, Woodlands, Admiralty and Canberra divisions. ...

, joined the school in unveiling a celebratory sculpture erected at the school's foyer.

Principals

Awards

In total, three teachers from Sembawang Secondary School have been conferred the President's Awards for Teachers, which recognises their passion and perseverance in teaching.

External links

Official website

Notes

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