Bowen Secondary School
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Bowen Secondary School is a government school in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It offers subjects like LifeLit, which is a combination of English & Literature and offers a wide variety of CCAs and subjects up for hold for the students.

History

Bowen Secondary School started in 1982 in the growing new town of Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio(宏茂桥) is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

.It has seen been striving to improve the quality of the school and has introduced " I Believe, Therefore I Am " as the goal of the school. Bowen Secondary is best known for its performing arts, including the military band and choir. Its military band achieved a gold in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging in 2008.

It has also won the Singapore Tourism Board(STB)'S Best Educational Event Organised by a Public Educational Institution in 2008 and has been actively been participating in exchange programmes with countries like India, China, Japan, Taiwan and etc.

On 4 December 1999 Bowen made its historic move to new premises along Lorong Napiri. In year 2000, the school started the new millennium as a single session school with 1374 pupil
Pupil
The pupil is a hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to enter the retina. It appears black because most of the light entering the pupil is absorbed by the tissues inside the eye. In humans the pupil is round, but other species, such as some cats, have slit pupils. In...

s and a much improved Secondary One intake.In 2009, the minimum aggregate score for PSLE, is about 221.

Principals

Since its establishment, the school has a total of 5 principals in office.
  • 1982 - 1985 Mr T P Naidu
  • 1985 - 1996 Miss Low Fook Yow
  • 1996 - 2003 Mrs Grace Lim Siew Meng
  • 2004 - 2007 Mr Paul Chua Meng Huat
  • 2007 to date Mr Frederick Yeo

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