Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
Sekolah Perempuan Raffles (Menengah) (Malay)
莱佛士女子中学 (Chinese)
இராஃபிள்ஸ் பெண்கள் பள்ளி (உயர்நிலை) (Tamil)
Address
Map
2 Braddell Rise

Singapore
318871[2]

Singapore
Coordinates1°20′34″N 103°50′36″E / 1.3428°N 103.8434°E / 1.3428; 103.8434
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoFiliae Melioris Aevi[1]
(Daughters of a Better Age)
Established1879; 145 years ago (1879)[1]
Sister schoolRaffles Institution
School code3008
ChairmanJudith Prakash[3]
PrincipalMrs Ong Hong Peng
GenderGirls
Enrolment1600[4]
Colour(s) Green   Black   White 
Websitewww.rgs.edu.sg

Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore.[5] Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six-year Raffles Programme,[6] which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations at the end of Year 6.

The school was recognised by the Ministry of Education in 2006 by being awarded the School Excellence Award (recognising schools with 'exemplary school processes and practices'), among other awards.[7]

It was a member of Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.[8]

History

Before RGS became a school in its own right, it existed as a section of Raffles Institution (RI).[9]

The precursor to RGS opened in the RI campus of Bras Basah Road on 4 March 1844 with 11 students, five day-scholars and six boarders, who were clothed, fed and instructed by the RI management. The demand for education grew and in 1847, the school moved to RI's eastern wing, extending towards Bras Basah Road. Edmund Augustus Blundell, the Governor of the Straits Settlement, described the school as "a female school designed for the education and religious training of the children of poor Protestant parents" in 1855.[10] In 1871, the school moved into a house, the George Family's Old Mansion at the corner of Bras Basah Road. In 1879, the school separated from RI and M. Nelson was appointed the school's first headmistress. Together with three assistants, she ran the school which had an enrolment of 77. Since then, 1879 has been officially regarded as the year of the founding of RGS.[11]

On 21 October 2019, RGS moved from Anderson Road, where it had been located since 1959, to its new campus at Braddell Rise, located opposite RI.[4]

School culture and identity

Uniform

Semi-formal RGS uniform with school tie
Formal school attire

The usual school uniform is a belted, deep blue pinafore and a white collared blouse.[12]

Awards and accolades

A group of four students from RGS emerged Champion at the Kids' Lit Quiz 2018, and represented Singapore in New Zealand in July that year.[13]

Joseph Toh Kim Leng won the Teaching Award in 2016, which honours outstanding teachers of English language, English literature and General Paper in Singapore.[14]

Jodie Lai, a 2015 Optimist World Championships Under-15 champion, was conferred the title of Best Sportsgirl for sailing at the 46th Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) Colours Awards in 2016.[15]

Students from the school have won the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition.[16][17][18]

Notable alumnae

See also: Raffles Institution (Secondary) § Notable alumni, and Raffles Institution (Junior College) § Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b "Vision Mission Values". www.rgs.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Site directory". Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Board of Governors". www.rgs.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b hermes (22 October 2019). "Raffles Girls' School moves to new home, across from RI". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ "School Information Service (SIS)". sis.moe.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Historical Milestones". www.rgs.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. ^ "SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2006" (PDF). Ministry of Education. 19 September 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)". Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. 19 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  9. ^ "A CENTURY OF EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 8 October 1935. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  10. ^ Chandy, Gloria (17 March 1980). "Rise and rough times of RGS". New Nation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  11. ^ Zhu, Melissa (20 October 2016). "New RGS campus expected to be ready earliest 2019". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ^ "A-Z guide to the top school". (20 August 1994). Straits Times.
  13. ^ "Raffles Girls' School tops literature quiz and will represent Singapore in global round". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Well versed in the art of teaching English". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  15. ^ "School sports: Over 8,000 student-athletes recognised at annual SSSC Colours Awards". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Singapore High Commission in London and Embassy to Ireland and Iceland". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  17. ^ "2019 essay world finalists". The Royal Commonwealth Society Canterbury (NZ) Branch Incorporated. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Teen poet wins literature prize". AsiaOne.com. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Ang Swee Chai /Singapore Women's Hall of Fame". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  20. ^ "SingTel Organisation Chart". Archived from the original on 23 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Amy Khor's profile on the Singapore Parliament website". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  22. ^ "30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Arts". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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