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Nan Hua High School
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| Established | 1917 |
| Type | Autonomous, Single |
| Principal | Mr Foo Suan Fong |
| MOE Code | 3047 |
| Colours | White, blue, red |
| Locale | Clementi, Singapore |
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| Website | www.nanhuahigh.moe.edu.sg/ |
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Nan Hua High School (Chinese: 南华中学) is a secondary school located in Clementi, Singapore. The school is operated by the Ministry of Education.
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Nan Hwa Girls' School was founded on June 14, 1917 by Mr Xiong Shangfu, an overseas Chinese. It was to provide an opportunity for young girls to receive an education. It originally had 100 Chinese girls but it grew so rapidly that its school campus at Coleman Street could not accommodate them. So a new school building had to be built at Bencoolen Street and it was ready in 1921.
However in 1924, due to financial problems, the school closed temporarily. It was only after a series of public appeals that debts were settled and the school re-opened.
By 1928 new programs such as a Teachers' Training Program (TTP) were being introduced, resulting in space constraints once again. Thus, a new campus located at Adis Road was completed in 1941. This campus was used to conduct the TTP and lessons for some primary classes were held there. Other students still studied at the Bencoolen Street campus.
The school closed during February 1942 to September 1945 due to World War II. The Japanese Army used the Adis Road campus as their headquarters in Singapore.
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When the British government returned in October 1945, the school raised funds to rebuild their campuses and conduct lessons. It also provided High school classes on top of the primary school lessons. The school's name changed to Nan Hwa Girls' High School in 1956 and stopped accepting primary school pupils in 1964, meaning the Adis Road campus was solely reserved for the high school students. The Bencoolen Street campus was also transformed into Nan Hua Primary School later on. Contrary to popular belief, there was no affiliation between Nan Hwa Girls' High School and Nan Hua Primary School.
The school moved to the campus in 330 Clementi Ave 1 on 12 December 1982. It had already opened English-medium classes then. In 1984 boys were also admitted, resulting in overenrolment. Following its transformation into a co-ed school, the name was changed to Nan Hua Secondary School.
The School was unable to pay the $4 million for building the campus. Thus, on April 1, 1986 it was handed over to the Government, ending its 69-year history as an aided school. More than a decade later, the school became the 10th SAP school under the 1999 Chinese Language Review.
On 20 December 2003 it moved again to 41 Clementi Avenue 1. It was officially opened on 17 July 2005 by Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore.
On 28 October 2005, it was officially announced that Nan Hua Secondary School would be renamed Nan Hua High School starting from 01 January 2006.
- Autonomous Status from 2006 onwards
- Singapore Quality Class (2005-2008)
- School Achievement Award
- Ministry Of Education TAF Programme Gold Award
- Lotus Award (2005 Singapore Green Audit)
- Singapore Green Plan 2012 Award
- National Arts Education Award (2 Silvers - 2003 & 2004; 1 Bronze - 2006)
- CHERISH Award (Platinum Award, 2005)
- Outstanding Developing Award in National Education
- School Distinction Award (2005-2009)
- Best Practice Award - Staff Well-Being (2005-2009)
- Outstanding Development Award - National Education (2005-2009)
- Sustained Achievement Awards for Physical Fitness, Academic Value-Added and Uniform Groups
The school values are "Loyalty, Filial Piety, Humanity, Love, Courtesy, Righteousness, Integrity, Sense of Shame," a translation of the Chinese , 忠 孝, 仁, 爱, 礼, 义, 廉, 耻 (pinyin: zhōng, xiào, rén, aì, lǐ, yì, lían, chǐ, ).
The current principal is Mr Foo Suan Fong, a noted Chinese language expert in his field. He was appointed as vice-principal on July 2003 and took over Mr Loh Leong Beng on 15th December 2003.
The current vice-principal is Mr Lam Mun Yin, taking the post in 1996.
There are currently six student correspondents in the school writing school articles for Singapore Press Holdings' student newspapers, known as Popcorn and Friday Weekly.
- Tablet PC programme (emulating m-learning pioneer Crescent Girls' School)
- Research Mentorship Scheme
- Collaboration with Institutions of Higher Learning & Industrial Partners, E.G. Fuji Xerox
- NAFA Visual Arts Modules
- Overseas Exchange Programme, e.g. Ho Shun High School (Taiwan) and Changshou Foreign Language School
- Integrated IT & Project Work Programme
- Industrial Attachment
- NYAA Programme
- YEAH Programme
- PIE @ Nan Hua
- DSA for various CCAs
Nan Hua High School lies on 292,710 square feet of hillland at Clementi Road and is used for 2 years currently. The total construction cost for the school is a sum of S$12,281,240.00, consisting of an auditorium, an aesthetics block and a parade square.
An eco-garden was constructed on August 31 2005, opened by Mr Howard Shaw, the Executive Director of the Singapore Environment Council. A sky garden was finished recently and is located at the 5th floor of the Administration/Aesthetics block. It was recently opened by the Minister for Education, Tharman Shanmugaratnam on 25th April 2007 in conjunction with the launching of the school's 90th Anniversary celebrations. [1] The Sky Garden is managed by two separate groups, namely the Sky Garden Student's Committee and the Sky Garden Teacher's Committee. They work hand in hand to ensure the functioning of the Sky Garden. It is currently used for formal lessons and student-initiated activities.
- Mrs Ho Woon Ho, former principal of Nanyang Junior College.
- Mdm Fong Yuet Kwai, a former principal of Nan Hua Primary School. She has spent 55 years, first studying in Nan Hwa Girls' High (presently Nan Hua High School) and then teaching and leading in Nan Hua Primary. She retired in 2003, after spending 55 years in the Nan Hua family.
- Hong Junyang, 1997 graduate, a contestant in Project SuperStar, a TV programme in Channel U, Singapore
- Carrie Chong Pei Joe, Radio DJ (Perfect 10 98.7FM), actress and TV host.
