Peirce Secondary School
| Peirce Secondary School 培雅中学 Sekolah Menegah Peirce |
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10 Sin Ming Walk, Singapore 575566 Bishan Singapore |
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| School type | Government-aided Co-educational |
| Motto | Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae (The Passion for Glory is a Torch to the Mind) |
| Established | 1994 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3061 |
| Principal | Chow Betty |
| Houses | Falcon (Green), Hawk (Red), Eagle (Blue), Swift (Yellow) |
| Colour(s) | Yellow Grey |
| Mission | Passion to Excel with Integrity, Respect, Care and Empathy |
| Vision | Resilient achievers, responsible citizens |
| Website | peircesec |
Peirce Secondary School (PSS) (Chinese: 培雅中学; pinyin: Péiyǎ Zhōngxué) is a government-aided secondary school located in Bishan, Singapore. Founded in 1994, Peirce Secondary School is known for its niche in Uniformed Group Co-Curricular Activity (CCA).
Peirce Secondary School started functioning in 1994 on the premises of Bishan Park Secondary School. Mr Chia Choon Kiat was its first Principal. It began with an intake of 356 Secondary 1 pupils. On 17 February 1995, the school moved to its current premises at 10 Sin Ming Walk.
From 2007 to 2008, the school embarked on an upgrading exercise (PRIME Phase 8) of its premises to include an Indoor Sports Hall and other facilities. The school temporary relocated to 2 Ang Mo Kio Street 23 during the upgrading. The project was completed on schedule and the school returned to its home campus in December 2008.
Today, the school have a total of 23 classes distributed among 5 levels - 13 Express and 10 Normal (Academic) classes.
Peirce Secondary celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014, with the anniversary assembly as the flagship event. Themed "Peirce, Our Home", the event saw students, parents and teachers contributing more than 1,400 photos on Instagram with the hashtag #Peirce20anniversaryStudents and #Peirce20anniversaryParents. Photos shared by users were printed out to form a heart shape logo located at the 4th level of the school building.
A commemorative musical production was also staged on 1 August 2014. Entitled "Dreams do come True", the musical is a showcase of students’ talents through an entertaining and inspiring story of how one can fulfill his or her dreams through a spirit of adventure.
The Ministry of Education announced on 4 March 2016 that Peirce Secondary will be merging with Bishan Park Secondary School with effect from January 2018. About 300 students from Bishan Park Secondary School will be affected by the merger. The merged school will be located at the current premises of Peirce Secondary School. The merged school will have 2 Distinctive Programmes for Secondary 1 Intake from 2018 onwards, namely "Developing Community Leaders with the Heart to Serve Through Uniformed Groups", as well as "Broadcast Journalism".
Being a government secondary school, Peirce Secondary School offers three academic streams, namely the four-year Express course, as well as the Normal Course, comprising Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) academic tracks.
The Express Course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination.
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