Hougang Secondary School

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School History

Hougang Secondary School (HS) was established in 2001 as a government co-educational school, located on Lowland Road. On 20 December 2001, the school moved to its current site at Hougang Street 93. The new environment offered opportunities for all Hougeans to strive for excellence and make a difference.

To provide a holistic and quality education for students to pursue their strengths and passion, the school partners parents and stakeholders to care, lead and inspire students to discover their passion and fulfil their aspirations. HS places strong emphasis on character and values education. It is committed to nurture every Hougean into passionate learners, principled leaders and grateful citizens. Students are imbued with the school’s core values of GRIT (gratitude, respect, ingenuity, trustworthiness and grit) through its Instructional, Character and Citizenship Education, student leadership, co-curricular activities, as well as the Learning for Life and Applied Learning programmes, which cater to the students’ different needs and interests.

HS believes that sound values are the bedrock of character development. Therefore, the school’s Learning for Life Programme in Community Youth Leadership, ‘Values in Action, A Hougean Way of Life’, provides a sustained and enhanced values education progressively over four to five years. Using the service learning approach, students take ownership of their involvement in Values-in-Action projects; seek to understand the needs of the community; and co-construct and mentor their peers to bring about awareness, action and advocacy in their chosen need areas.

To nurture Hougeans to be confident and competent speakers, the school’s Applied Learning Programme, ‘Effective Communication Skills through Authentic Learning’, promotes communication skills using real-life learning platforms. By furnishing students with authentic settings and problems, they can acquire useful and transferable communication skills. The programme includes broadcasting, public speaking, debates, drama and journalism.

HS was accorded the School Distinction Award in 2016 and recognised for Best Practices in Student All-round Development, Character and Citizenship Education, and Teaching and Learning.

Principals:
- Mr Chia Choon Kiat (2001–2008)
- Mr Ng Tiong Nam (2009–2016)
- Mr Arivazhagan Manickam (2017–present)

Key Milestones


2001	Establishment of Hougang Secondary School.
2003	Official opening of Hougang Secondary School at Hougang Street 93 with then Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, RAdm Teo Chee Hean as the guest-of-honour.
2014	Accorded Learning for Life Programme in Community Youth Leadership, ‘GRC (Gratitude, Respect and Compassion) in Action, a Hougean Way of Life’ (renamed Values in Action, a Hougean Way of Life in 2018).
2014	Received People’s Association Youth Movement (PAYM) Service Learning Champions Project Accolade Gold Awards for ‘Outreach To Households of Elderly Residents’ and ‘Serving the Handicapped with A Heart – Singapore Cheshire Home’.
2015	Accorded Applied Learning Programme, ‘Effective Communication Skills through Authentic Learning’ (renamed ‘Promoting Communication Skills through Authentic Learning’ in 2018).
2015	Received PAYM Service Learning Champions Project Accolade Gold Award for ‘Innovative Use of Performance as a Tool for Learning’ and Silver Award for ‘Outreach to Households of Elderly Residents’.
2016	Accorded the School Distinction Award and recognised for Best Practices in Student All-round Development, Character and Citizenship Education, and Teaching and Learning.
2017	Received President’s Award for Volunteerism and Philanthropy for sustained excellence in encouraging the spirit of giving in Singapore.

School Motto

Make the Difference

School Crest

The three white lines represent the acquisition of knowledge, skills and a positive attitude. The gold figure symbolises the nurturing of each Hougean to be a person with good character and other stellar qualities. The school colours of white, yellow and blue, symbolise purity, dignity and excellence, and nobleness respectively.

School Song

♫ Listen

We sing our song with joy and pride
To tell the world we do things right
Search ourselves to be true
Uphold the creed Hougeans learn in school

We learn the skills with grit and zeal
To stand the tests both tough and real
Urge ourselves to excel
Prepare for the future that none can tell

Chorus:
Respect ourselves, respect others
Thus, we develop noble characters
Work together for Singapore
Make the difference on any shore