Boon Lay Secondary School

Boon Lay Secondary School (BLSS) is a government secondary school located in Jurong West, Singapore.

Boon Lay Secondary School
Sekolah Menengah Boon Lay
文礼中学
Address
11 Jurong West Street 65
Singapore 648354

Boon Lay

Singapore
Coordinates1.34335°N 103.69969°E / 1.34335; 103.69969
Information
TypeGovernment
MottoCreating possibilities, realising dreams.
Established1977
SessionSingle
School code3224
PrincipalMr Inderjit Singh
GenderMixed
Colour(s) Blue   Green   Silver 
Websitewww.boonlaysec.moe.edu.sg/

History

The school commenced operations in 1977 at a S$3.59 million campus at the junction of Boon Lay Way and Jalan Boon Lay,[1] with 13 classes, seven of which were English-medium and the remaining six Chinese-medium. It was officially opened in 1979 by the then-Member of parliament for Boon Lay Ngeow Pack Hua.[2] It became a solely English-medium school in 1998, and started operating single-session in 2000.

Merger with Pioneer Secondary

In 2017, Boon Lay Secondary School absorbed Pioneer Secondary School due to falling enrolment in both schools.[3]

School identity and culture

Crest

The current school crest was introduced in November 2016, in order to commemorate the merger of the school with Pioneer Secondary from then on. It depicts two people moving as one moving towards their goals, embodying a teacher and student working together. Its resemblance to a ladder also calls for its students to spur on to greater heights. The crest is accompanied by the acronym of the school and its Chinese name, the latter indicating the school's early years as a Chinese-medium school.[4]

Co-curricular activities (CCAs)

Performing arts
  • Chinese Orchestra
  • Concert Band
  • Chinese Dance
  • Malay Dance
  • Choir
  • Drama Club

Uniform groups

Sports
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Netball

Clubs and societies
  • Cyberace
  • Public Address (PA) Club

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Boon Lay School To Open". The Straits Times. 18 November 1976. Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. "School to open officially". New Nation. 27 July 1979. Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. Lim, Kenneth (4 March 2016). "22 secondary schools to merge over next 2 years due to falling demand". ChannelNewsAsia. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. "School Crest". boonlaysec.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/kenzhu_xiao_tian/biography.html&date=2009-10-26+01:19:20
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