Bishan Park Secondary School

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Bishan Park Secondary School
碧苑中学
Sekolah Menengah Bishan Park
Information
Opened 1993
Closed 2018
Address 2 Sin Ming Walk, Singapore 575565
Former Principal Mdm Valerie Goh
Abbreviation BPSS
Motto Reach & Excel

Bishan Park Secondary School (BPSS/BPS) was a government-aided co-educational secondary school located in Bishan. The school has merged into Peirce Secondary School in 2018.

Built at a cost of $17.3 million, Bishan Park Secondary was founded in 1993 at 2 Sin Min Walk. It had a career resource centre equipped with 12 computers, two huge television sets and a library of CD-ROMs on polytechnic education, job-interviewing skills and assessment tests that match personalities to jobs. This centre was shared with 40 other secondary school nearby. Students from Peirce Secondary School attended lessons at Bishan Park Secondary School for a year (1994-1995) while waiting for their new school to be completed near Sin Min Walk.

The Ministry of Education announced Bishan Park Secondary School as one of the schools to be affected by the merger programme. As a result, it merged into Peirce Secondary School in 2018. The Principal was Mdm Valerie Goh.

CCAs[edit]

Bishan Park Secondary School a total of 14 CCAs categorized into 4 sections Clubs, Performing Arts, Sports and Uniform Groups

Clubs Performing Arts Sports Uniform Groups
  • Art Club
  • Media Club
  • Lots Of Love Club (LOL)
  • Band
  • Choir
  • Dance
  • Basketball
  • Judo
  • Netball
  • Lightning Scouts
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC)
  • National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC)
  • Girl Guides

The Student Council[edit]

The student council members are selected by requesting to join and being accepted the teachers in charge or the teacher requesting students to join. Student Council members must wear their school ties and student council badge everyday. They have morning meetings every Monday before school starts in the parade square except for exam days however, the 14th EXCO president changed this so morning meetings happens only if there are events coming up or for student council bonding activities.

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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