Anglican High School
| Anglican High School (Singapore) 圣公会中学 |
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600 Upper Changi Rd, 487012 Tanah Merah Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°19′49″N 103°56′31″E / 1.330302°N 103.941937°ECoordinates: 1°19′49″N 103°56′31″E / 1.330302°N 103.941937°E |
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| Type | Government-aided Autonomous Co-educational Special Assistance Plan (SAP) |
| Motto |
圣洁公义" (Aspiring towards Holiness And Righteousness) |
| Established | 9 January 1956 |
| Session | Single Session |
| School code | 7101 |
| Principal | Mdm. Maureen Lee |
| Enrolment | approx. 1250 |
| Colour(s) |
Green and White |
| Website | anglicanhigh.moe.edu.sg |
Anglican High School (AHS) is an autonomous, Special Assistance Plan (SAP) and Government-aided co-educational secondary school in Tanah Merah, Singapore.
Anglican High School was founded in 1956 by the Chinese-speaking congregations of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. It was the only Anglican school in Singapore with Chinese as its medium of instruction. All others were English-medium schools. The school was officially opened on 9 January 1956, and led by Rev. Huang Yang Yin. Three Chinese teachers, three English teachers were employed, and 123 male students started lessons at St Andrew's Secondary School. Later on, female students were admitted.
The "8-and-a-half mile" site of the present Upper Changi Road campus was acquired in the late 1950s, and on 15 March 1959, the new school's foundation stone was officially laid by the Archdeacon of Singapore, Ven. Dr. D. D. Chelliah. It was to be built with a new school facility with 16 classrooms, three science laboratories, an administration-cum-staff room, an assembly hall and a clock-tower. And finally on 25 January 1960, the new Anglican High school officially opened and blessed by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Balnes.
Pre-university education (Pre-U 1 and 2) was initially introduced along with the commencement of lessons at the new campus, and was phased out in 1978 when Junior Colleges were introduced in Singapore. In 1979 AHS became a bilingual Special Assistance Plan school, and in 1995 the government awarded it Autonomous status, giving the school greater control over its affairs.
In 2005 a new school building and the AHS Heritage Centre were officially opened by the Rt. Rev. John Chew, Bishop of Singapore. An indoor sports hall was completed in 2008 and was the hosting venue for the inaugural 2009 Asian Youth Games FIBA 33 (3-on-3 basketball) event.
The school celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2016, and conducted its first of the kind musical on 18 and 19 March as a commemorative event. Named Chrysalis, more than 300 students and teachers come together to put up the musical. Songs in the musical are composed by past and present teachers of Anglican High.
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