30th August 2010
Dear Parents and Stakeholders,
Early Dismissal on 31st August 2010
We will celebrate Teachers' Day on 31 Aug 2010 . The school will be dismissed at 11.15am that day. 1 Sep 2010 , being Teachers' Day, will be a school holiday; however, the General Office will remain open.
Regards,
Principal
20 August 2010
Dear Junyuan Champs
2010 PARTNERS AWARD - MERIT
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Junyuan has clinched the Merit Award in the 2010 PARTNERS Award Validation Exercise held early this year. This Award is testimony of our belief that the holistic development of every Junyuan Champ is not the work of the teaching staff alone but also the strong partnership that exists between the school and its key stakeholders – Parents, School Advisory Committee, Alumni and external agencies.
My deepest appreciation to Mr Ling Khoon Chow, former VP, Mr Ang Keng Kiat, HOD/CCA & Chairman of Partnership Special Committee 2009, and teachers in this special committee for their contribution towards the planning and implementing the school's partnership framework.
I am also very grateful to the various individuals who have helped in availing themselves for the interviews during the validation exercise. I value their ardent support and strong partnership with the school.
Special thanks to:
Dr LIM JUAY YONG, SAC Chairperson
Mr HENSON DEREK GERARD, Parent (non-PSG) of Child in 4N2
Mdm WONG SOON HEONG, Parent (non-PSG) of Child in 2E4
Mdm JANET CHEW, Parent, (non-PSG) of Child in 3E5
Mr HUSSEN YUNOS, Parent (PSG) of Child in 4E5
Mr TEN KAM WAH, Parent (PSG) of Children in 4E3 and 1T1
Mr MOHAMED SHAIFULBAHRI, Alumni Chairperson
Ms JUNAIDI BTE JUMAT, Alumni Exco member
Mr ABU BAKAR B MOHD SHERIF, Community Partner, Temasek Polytechnic
Mr DEREK CHAN, Community Partner, Saint Andrew Autism Centre
Ms VIOLET ONG, Community Partner, Tampines West CC
As we envision Junyuan to be 'A Champion School for the Community' , we will continue to foster strong partnerships with all our key stakeholders as well as external agencies so that our students can be developed holistically and be significant community contributors.
Warmest regards
Mrs Janet Oh
16th August 2010
Dear Parents and Stakeholders,
Medical Certificates Required for Absence from School
In order to justify for your child’s absence from school, you are reminded that the school only accepts official medical certificates endorsed by a certified doctor practising at a Singapore clinic or hospital.
For urgent cases such as a death of a next-of-kin or any other official reasons (supported by an official letter) the school may consider to grant compassionate leave to our student on a case-by-case basis. However, such leave grants may take effect only if the student gives prior notice to their Form Teacher and seek prior approval from the school via an email to junyuan_ss@moe.edu.sg. The student has to produce the official certificate immediately upon return to support the approval of such absence. Late submission of such certificates will not be entertained.
All other forms of letters from parents/guardians (especially those written by students themselves) will not be accepted.
We seek your co-operation on this important matter as we strive to instill in our students the core values of Integrity, Responsibility and Respect.
Regards,
Principal
12 August 2010
Dear Junyuan Champs
2010 NATIONAL DAY AWARDS
We heartily congratulate and rejoice with Mr Ling Khoon Chow, our former Vice-Principal and Mr Khong Weng Keong, HOD/Humanities, for being awarded the Commendation Medal.
GCE ‘O’ LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ORAL EXAMINATION
Our Sec 4E/5N champs will be taking the EL oral exam from 13-26 August. Please note that the Library, Eureka and i-HUB will be out of bounds in the afternoons throughout the duration of the exams. All students are to exercise social responsibility towards our fellow champs who will be taking this exam. We wish each of them ‘All the Best’ in this exam.
Regards
Mrs Janet Oh
28 July 2010
Dear Junyuan Champs
LEE KUAN YEW AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NORMAL COURSE STUDENTS
We congratulate and rejoice with Daryn Joshua Henson (4N2) for having been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Stream Students (Normal Technical Category) this year. We are indeed very proud of Darren.
I am truly grateful for the unfailing support from Daryn’s parents, and my sincere thanks to all the teachers who had taught Daryn. Special thanks to Mrs Sharon Tan, Head of Level Sec 4/5 (2009) for contributing a very detailed write-up on Daryn to support his application for this Award.
Because of his outstanding results, Daryn was accepted to pursue a Higher Nitec course at ITE this year, a course offered only to NA or Express students. This is the first time ITE accepted an NT student for such a course. Having completed the 10 week preparatory programme at ITE early this year, Darren realised that the ITE route is not suitable for him. In March, he requested to return to Junyuan to complete the GCE N(A) exam in 2010 and on to GCE 'O' level exam in 2011.
Below is an excerpt of Daryn's personal statement which he submitted to apply for the Award.
When I was in Primary 5, I had a medical condition that literally crippled my life. I could not attend school for almost two months. My family was there for me the whole time. They encouraged me to exercise more and never to give up. Once I was strong enough to overcome this obstacle, I got back to school. I barely managed to get through the End-Of-Year Examinations. I ended up in the Primary 6 EM3 stream and scored 98 for my PSLE. I was very disappointed. With such an aggregate, I was accepted into the Normal
Technical course at Junyuan Secondary School.
Ever since then, I made a promise to myself that I would prove to everyone that a Normal Technical student can also achieve academic excellence. In Secondary 2, I was given the opportunity to take up Mathematics at a higher level. In Secondary 3, I topped the cohort and was the top scorer in all the Normal Technical stream subjects, except the Malay language.
In Secondary 4, the Principal and teachers of the school recognised my potential and gave me a challenge to take up English Language at a higher level. Even though it was just two months to the GCE N level exams, I willingly accepted the challenge and by the grace of God, I became the top GCE N(T) student in the school in 2009. I also achieved Grade 3 for English (Syllabus A) as well as Grade 1 for Mathematics (Syllabus A).
Through this experience, I understand now that failure is NOT my
Undertaker. It is my Teacher.
I believe all Junyuan Champs also have this ‘Can Do’ attitude and can excel as well.
All the Best!
Warmest regards
Mrs Janet Oh
Dear Parents and Students,
Access To Teachers During Lesson Hours
At Junyuan Secondary School, we encourage parents to participate and partner with our teaching staff in the holistic education of our students. Teachers and parents often meet and communicate with each other on platforms such as scheduled Meet-The-Parents sessions, email, phone calls etc.
However, when the school is in session, we often have parents showing up personally requesting for personal meetings with teachers without an appointment . We also have parents calling in expecting to speak immediately with the teachers during lesson hours . By acceding to such requests, the teacher must interrupt his/her lessons and cannot be effective in fulfilling his/her duties and responsibilities.
We hope to seek the co-operation of all parents to use the email platform (http://junyuansec.net/about%20us/orgchart.html) and make an appointment with the teacher before any personal meeting. Parents may also call in to the General Office to leave a request with our Support Officers and Teacher Assistants so that they can inform our teachers about your request to return your call as soon as he/she is available.
In this way, our teachers can be more efficient and effective in giving the best attention to our students during the prime lesson hours.
Regards,
Mrs Janet Oh
Junyuan Secondary School
