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The school merged with [[Bishan Park Secondary School]] in 2018.
The school merged with [[Bishan Park Secondary School]] in 2018.
==CCAs==
{| class="wikitable"
!Clubs and Societies
!Performing Arts
!Sports
!Uniform Groups
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|Art Club
|Peirce Wind Symphony
|Table Tennis
|National Cadet Corps
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|Alpha Robotic Club
|Choir
|Judo
|Triace Scout Troop
|-
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|Drama
|Netball
|St. John's Brigade
|-
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|Modern Dance
|Basketball
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|Rugby
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|Volleyball
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|}
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'''The school song'''
:Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae
:The passion for glory is the torch to the mind
:We of Peirce do pledge to achieve
:Excellence, honour for our school
:We dare to venture; forward we go
:We know no obstacles along the way
:Those who fall will rise again
:And claim victory on another day
:Let our ambitions be fulfilled
:Let our minds be liberated
:Let the flame of Peirce be ignited
:Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae
|}


==Discipline==
==Discipline==

Latest revision as of 22:21, 26 April 2024

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Peirce Secondary School
培雅中学
Sekolah Menengah Peirce
Information
Opened 1994
Address 10 Sin Ming Walk, Singapore 575566
Principal Mr Benedict Keh
Vice Principals Mrs Esther Chee
Abbreviation PSS
Vision Resilient achievers, responsible citizens.
Mission Passion to Excel with Integrity, Respect, Care and Empathy.
Motto Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae
(The Passion for Glory is a Torch to the Mind)

Peirce Secondary School (PSS) is a government-aided secondary school located in Bishan. 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.

Merger[edit]

The Ministry of Education announced on 4 March 2016 that the school will be merging with Bishan Park Secondary School from 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".

The school merged with Bishan Park Secondary School in 2018.

CCAs[edit]

Clubs and Societies Performing Arts Sports Uniform Groups
Art Club Peirce Wind Symphony Table Tennis National Cadet Corps
Alpha Robotic Club Choir Judo Triace Scout Troop
Drama Netball St. John's Brigade
Modern Dance Basketball
Rugby
Volleyball
The school song
Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae
The passion for glory is the torch to the mind
We of Peirce do pledge to achieve
Excellence, honour for our school
We dare to venture; forward we go
We know no obstacles along the way
Those who fall will rise again
And claim victory on another day
Let our ambitions be fulfilled
Let our minds be liberated
Let the flame of Peirce be ignited
Fax Mentis Incendium Gloriae

Discipline[edit]

When a pupil breaks the school rules or commits offences, the pupil may be faced with one or more of the following consequences:

  • The pupil's name will be reported to the Ministry of Education through the School Cockpit system. The School Cockpit (Offence Module) system is a computerised system designed to track pupils' behaviour in school.
  • Pupil may be warned and counselled for the offence that he/she committed.
  • Pupil's parents may be called in to see the Teachers, Vice Principal or Principal.
  • Pupil may be caned for the offence (male students only).
  • Pupil may be internally suspended from lessons or externally suspended from school.
  • Pupil may be expelled from school.
  • Pupil may be referred to external agencies such as the Police or Homes of Juvenile Offenders.

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