East Spring Secondary School

East Spring Secondary School
东源中学
Sekolah Menengah East Spring
Address
30, Tampines Street 34
Singapore
Information
Type Government
Motto

Towards Excellence and Success

Aim High Act Now
Established January 1999
Session Single
School code 3609
Principal Mr Teoh Teik Hoe
Enrolment 1,000+
Colour(s)      Maroon,      Brown
Song Champions, we are!
Nickname East Springians
Website http://www.eastspringsec.moe.edu.sg

East Spring Secondary School (ESSS) is a government secondary school located in Tampines, Singapore.

History

East Spring Secondary School

East Spring Secondary School was founded in January 1999.

Due to reduced demand and falling enrolment rate, The Ministry of Education(MOE) announced on 20 April 2017 that East Spring Secondary would be merged with East View Secondary School by 2019. The merged school will be located at the current site of East Spring Secondary School.[1]

On 29 December 2017, MOE announced that the merged school name will remain as East Spring Secondary School, which is the host school for both merging schools.[2]

East View Secondary School

East View Secondary School
东景中学
Sekolah Menengah East View
Address
Tampines Street 42
Tampines
Singapore
Coordinates 1°21′28.4″N 103°56′57.4″E / 1.357889°N 103.949278°E / 1.357889; 103.949278Coordinates: 1°21′28.4″N 103°56′57.4″E / 1.357889°N 103.949278°E / 1.357889; 103.949278
Information
Type Government
Motto Excellence - Being the best that we can be
Vision - Having clear aims and goals to steer our future
Service - Caring for the community and the environment
Established January 1987
Session Single
School code 3237
Principal Ms Lau Wan Sze
Enrolment 0 (Enrolment ceased in 2018)
Colour(s)  Black   Green   Blue 
Website www.eastviewsec.moe.edu.sg
(will cease in 2019)

East View Secondary School was established on 2 January 1987 at Tampines Secondary School, occupying 14 classrooms in the afternoon session. The school started with ten Secondary One Classes (4 Express stream and 6 Normal stream classes), which were run by thirteen teachers and four non-teaching staff. After a six-month stay at Tampines Secondary School, the school shifted to its new premises at 3 Tampines Street 42 in June 1987.

On 24 March 1990, the school was officially opened by the late Dr. Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education, and MP for Eunos GRC. To commemorate the occasion, the school donated $1000 to the Community Chest of Singapore and $1000 to the National Kidney Foundation. The school has also contributed to many public events.

On 20 April 2017, it was announced that East View Secondary will be closed down, and merged with East Spring Secondary School. [3]

School song

The school song was created by the pioneers of the school and each letter of the sentences add up to spell out the school's name, EAST SPRING SEC.

Principals

Years Principal
1999–2003 Mr Yong Kwei Leong
2004–2009 Mrs Sng Teck Hui
2010–2014 Mrs Jalil-Ong Suat Eng
2015–present Mr Teoh Teik Ho

Co-curricular activities

There are a total of 17 co-curricular activities (CCA) in East Spring Secondary School. The CCAs provided by the school are as follows:

Uniformed groups

Performing arts

  • Chinese Dance
  • Malay Dance
  • Choir (East Spring Chorale)
  • Drama Club
  • Symphonic Band

Clubs and societies

  • Art Club
  • AVA@ESSS[4]
  • Green Club
  • Journalism Club

Sports

  • Badminton (Boys/Girls)
  • Basketball (Boys)
  • Floorball (Boys/Girls)
  • Softball (Boys)
  • Netball (Girls)

References

  1. ↑ Chia, Lianne (20 April 2017). "14 primary schools, 6 secondary schools to merge in 2019". ChannelNewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Names of primary and secondary schools merging in 2019 announced". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  3. ↑ "14 primary schools, 6 secondary schools to merge in 2019". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  4. ↑ "AVA@ESSS". eastspringsec.moe.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
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