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词条 CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School
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  1. History

      Early History    World War 2 and Japanese Occupation  Attainment of SAP Status   Relocation to Toa Payoh  

  2. New campus in Ang Mo Kio

      Renaming as CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School  

  3. Principals

  4. Academic information

      CHS-SNGS-SCGS Joint Integrated Programme  

  5. Notable alumni

     Politics and government  Entertainment  Sports 

  6. External links

  7. References

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{{Infobox school
| name = CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School
| native_name = 圣尼各拉女校
Sekolah Perempuan St. Nicholas
| logo = Crest3d.png
| logo_size = 100px
| image =chijsngs.jpg
| motto = 娴雅少女,坚毅巾帼,仁爱领袖
| motto_translation = (Girls of grace, women with strength, leaders with heart)
| streetaddress = 501 Ang Mo Kio Street 13
| city = Ang Mo Kio
|country= Singapore
| coordinates = {{Coord|1.3737|N|103.8343|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = Government-aided
Autonomous
Special Assistance Plan
| established = 16 January 1933
| session = Single session
| principal = Mrs Fiona Tan
| gender = Female
| enrolment = Approx. 3,000
| colours = {{colour box|blue|Blue|white}} {{colour box|white|White|black}}
| affiliations = Eunoia Junior College and Catholic Junior College
| school code = 7118
| homepage = {{URL|chijstnicholasgirls.moe.edu.sg}}
}}

CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School (SNGS) is an all-girls Catholic primary and secondary school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. The school is one of 11 Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore. The school is one of the designated Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools.

History

Early History

Saint Nicholas Girls' School was established by the Sisters of the Infant Jesus near the Town Convent at Victoria Street in Singapore on 16 January 1933 as a Chinese-medium primary school for girls. The school began with an enrolment of 40 pupils in two classes, Primary One and Primary Two. At that time the entire teaching staff consisted of only two people, the principal who taught English, and another teacher who served as a Mandarin instructor.[1] At that time, the then-principal Sister Francoise Lee felt the need to cater to Chinese Catholic girls.[2]

She pushed for the expansion of the Town Convent to include a Chinese school. That school was built on the former building complex of Hotel van Wijk, run by missionaries to provide education for daughters of Chinese-speaking families, including disadvantaged families and wealthy Chinese merchants alike.[3] The decision to purchase Hotel van Wijk was in part a preventive measure against moral corruption. The former building complex was a hotbed for prostitution activities, thus the purchase would indirectly reduce such influence on the girls living in the Convent.[4] Sister Francoise led a fund raising to make the purchase possible. However, the English section of the Convent occupied the new building, while the Chinese section was relocated to the old buildings, citing reasons of a larger English population needing more space.[5]In 1941, the school expanded into a full school.

World War 2 and Japanese Occupation

During the war, the convent complex became a refuge for many, serving as an air raid shelter to safeguard the orphans, the sisters and some Carmelite nuns and the charges of the Good Shepherd Sisters. Many unfortunates, such as the poor, sick and handicapped were also sent to the convent to be cared for. One of the school’s buildings eventually became a shelter for as many as they could house.[6] During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, it was known as Victoria Street Girls' School until 1945. During this period, the Japanese paid for the wages of the sisters and were responsible for necessities in the Convent. The European nuns had to wear armbands to show they were not British, and were required to learn Japanese and to teach a Japanese curriculum.[7] The Japanese did, however, treat the sisters with civility, and those living on the complex were allowed to do so in relative peace during the Occupation, as long as they complied with the Japanese governmental system.[8] Despite this, the convent experienced a decline in students, having no more than 200 students.[9] After the war in 1964, the school was separated into primary and secondary sections.

Attainment of SAP Status

St. Nicholas Girls School faced an enrollment crisis in the late 60s to the 70s as the Government was emphasizing English as the main medium of instruction over Mandarin, and thus many parents were pulling away from St. Nicholas when they realized it was a Mandarin-only school. Mdm Lee Poh See, the second principal of the school, played an integral role in rebranding the school as a bilingual institution in the late 60s to the early 70s, purchasing English textbooks en masse to supplement the then-dominantly Mandarin education of the students. This was done in an effort to appeal to parents who were seeking English-medium schools, whilst still retaining its Chinese roots.

This move paid dividends in 1979 when St. Nicholas received Special Assistance Plan (SAP) status under the new long-term government initiative to preserve the best Chinese-stream schools as bilingual schools to nurture effectively bilingual students inculcated with traditional Chinese values. Under this scheme, the school offers both the English and Chinese languages as first languages to Special Stream students. The already strong bilingual culture of the school thus allowed it to adapt seamlessly to the SAP scheme, bringing it out of its precarious situation and giving it a new shot at prominence.[10] Also in that year, a pre-primary section was established.

Relocation to Toa Payoh

By 1980, the Victoria Street premises could no longer hold the whole school and some classes had to move out. They were temporarily held at the former Tao Nan School building at Armenian Street and the former Raffles Girls' Primary School at Queen Street.

In 1982, St. Nicholas Girls' School was provisionally relocated to Toa Payoh and reopened in the following year as CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) and CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) respectively.

New campus in Ang Mo Kio

In 23 August 1986, the new campus at Ang Mo Kio Street 13 was declared open by Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam, then Minister for Education.[11] [12]

Renaming as CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School

In 1992, St. Nicholas Girls' School was renamed "CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School". The school was granted autonomous status by Ministry of Education in 1995 for recognition in value added academic performances.[13]

In 2012, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School topped the O-level examinations for the 4th consecutive time.[14]

In January 2010, the Primary section was temporarily relocated to the former Kebun Baru Primary School site at 6, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2, and the Secondary section moved to the former First Toa Payoh Secondary School site at 430, Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, while waiting for completion of the school's renovation under the PRIME programme (Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools). [15] Finally, in 2013, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School finished its rebuilding and was declared open by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

In 2013, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School introduced the Integrated Programme (IP) in collaboration with Catholic High School and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School. The schools are designated a new junior college, Eunoia Junior College, to cater for the programme.[16][17]

In 2018, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School introduced the return of a popular canteen stall from the old Convent. It made The Straits Times for the nostalgia invoked in the alumni.[18]

Principals

Name of PrincipalYears Served
Sister Francoise Lee1940–1971
Mdm. Lee Poh See1972–2000
Ms. Helen Choo Chieh Chen2001–2006
Mdm. Chan Wan Siong2006–2011
Mrs Tan Wai Lan2012–2016
Mrs Fiona Tan Su Ling2017–present

Academic information

CHS-SNGS-SCGS Joint Integrated Programme

CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School jointly offers the Integrated Programme (IP) in collaboration with Catholic High School, Singapore Chinese Girls’ School and Eunoia Junior College from 2013. Under the programme, students may skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination in the respective schools, and complete year 5 & 6 of pre-university education in Eunoia Junior College leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination.[16][17]

As a dual-track school, 4-year Secondary Special/Express course is offered alongside the Integrated Programme.

Notable alumni

Politics and government

  • Hazel Poa: Former Secretary-General, National Solidarity Party
  • Koh Juat Jong: Solicitor-General, Singapore; President's Scholar
  • Sun Xueling: Member of Parliament, People's Action Party

Entertainment

  • Sharon Au: Actress and presenter, Mediacorp; lead of styleXstyle
  • Michelle Chong: Actress and presenter, Mediacorp; Founder of Left Profile
  • Tanya Chua: Mandopop singer-songwriter; Record three-time winner of Best Mandarin Female Singer; Recipient, Golden Melody Awards
  • Rebecca Lim: Actress, Mediacorp; Best Actress, Asian Television Awards, 2010; Best Actress, Star Awards, 2015; Runner-up, Miss Singapore Universe
  • Diana Ser: Actress and presenter; Nominated for Best Current Affairs Presenter, Asian Television Awards, 2004
  • Lynn Tan: Winner, Miss Singapore Universe, 2012
  • Charmaine Yee: Deejay, SPH Radio 987 FM

Sports

  • Ng Xuan Hui: Former national sailor

External links

  • School website

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/tkyt19860823s.pdf |title= Tony Tan Speech excerpt |website= www.nas.gov.sg |access-date= 2019-03-05}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/viewer?uuid=bfefc753-115f-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad-OHC001390_059|title=E-Book|website=www.nas.gov.sg|access-date=2019-01-25}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/image.aspx?id=88ec0819-2c62-463a-a506-1502905dcb9a|title=St. Nicholas Girls' School at Victoria Street, between 1949 and 1980 – BookSG – National Library Board, Singapore|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=8 November 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=3i5IDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=van+wijk+hotel+demolition&source=bl&ots=Z54IlwE6Ow&sig=ACfU3U2tvL_uSbzuNKxv7EDqkVES1q5dsw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLx5yR0ojgAhUJu48KHU6ICeAQ6AEwC3oECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=van%20wijk%20hotel%20demolition&f=false|title=The Site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore: Entwined Histories of a Colonial Convent and a Nation, 1854–2015|last=Hudd|first=Sandra|date=2016-06-17|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9781498524124|language=en}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/viewer?uuid=22950b9a-115e-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad-OHC001390_057|title=E-Book|website=www.nas.gov.sg|access-date=2019-01-25}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://history.catholic.sg/infant-jesus-sisters-ij-2/|title=CHIJ during WW2|website=history.catholic.sg|access-date=2019-03-05}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url= https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/peace-still-reigns-at-site-of-oldest-catholic-girls-school |title= CHIJ during Japanese Occupation|website= www.straitstimes.com |access-date=2019-03-05}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url= http://history.catholic.sg/infant-jesus-sisters-ij-2/|title= CHIJ during Japanese Occupation|website= history.catholic.sg |access-date=2019-03-05}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/viewer?uuid=39251f91-115f-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad-OHC000255_004|title=E-Book|website=www.nas.gov.sg|access-date=2019-01-25}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url= https://video.toggle.sg/en/series/tuesday-report-when-the-bell-rings/ep5/523895 |title= “When the Bell Rings: CHIJ St Nicholas”|website= video.toggle.sg |access-date=2019-03-05}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/45acac43-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad|title=Minister for Education Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam delivering …|website=nas.gov.sg|access-date=8 November 2016}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url= http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/tkyt19860823s.pdf |title= Tony Tan speech transcript|website= www.nas.gov.sg |access-date=2019-03-05}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2002/pr30072002.htm|title=NEW AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL – MOE Press Releases – 27 July 2002|website=moe.gov.sg|access-date=8 November 2016}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120110-320835.html|title=St Nicholas girls top O-level exams again|website=news.asiaone.com|access-date=2019-01-25}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url= http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/image.aspx?id=88ec0819-2c62-463a-a506-1502905dcb9a |title= CHIJ Rebuilding |website= eresources.nlb.gov.sg }}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://chijstnicholasgirls.moe.edu.sg/secondary/integrated-programme|title=Integrated Programme – St Nicholas Girls' School|website=chijstnicholasgirls.moe.edu.sg|access-date=8 November 2016}}
17. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/new-jc-named-eunoia-to-take-in-chij-st-nicholas-catholic-high-scgs-ip-students|title=New JC named Eunoia; to take in CHIJ St Nicholas, Catholic High, SCGS IP students in 2017|last=hermesauto|date=29 December 2015|newspaper=The Straits Times|access-date=8 November 2016}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/famous-fried-chicken-wings-from-chij-st-nicholas-girls-canteen-make-a-comeback|title=Famous fried chicken wings from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' canteen make a comeback|last=hermesauto|date=2018-09-21|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}
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