Maris Stella High

[Missho]

Hello everyone,

This is my maiden post and hope someone could enlighten me. Is it possible for my 2nd child to be registered under phase 2A for Primary 1, if my eldest son is studying in the MSHS despite he was from another primary school?

Many thanks in advance.

[gixmoz23]

Hi all,


1st time posting here. This year is my turn to register for P1 and I am interested in Maris Stella ! Do you all know if they hold any open house? Or I should email the school directly to check ?

[lil_han_mummy]

Can I check if anyone knows 2018 within 1km for phase 2C requires balloting? What are the chances for phase 2C this year within 1km?

[Viiv]

lil_han_mummy:

Can I check if anyone knows 2018 within 1km for phase 2C requires balloting? What are the chances for phase 2C this year within 1km?

62 balloted for 43 vacancies within 1km. Stats taken fr schoolpicker.sg

[raistlyn]

Hi there! I am thinking of trying for Maris Stella for my son next year (registering this year). We are Catholics but living more than 2km from the school. I've seen the balloting history for the school and it seems like there will likely be balloting. Just wanted to know how \"fierce\" the balloting will be and what my chances are since it will be snake year (less babies) compared to dragon last year.


Also, any parents with sons in the school that considered diversity of students a concern, since the school focuses on Chinese that I believe there will be few if any non-Chinese students? I would prefer my son to mix with kids of all races

Thanks!!

[zac's mum]

Maris Stella is a SAP school, meaning the only mother tongue being offered in the school is Mandarin. What s more, Higher Chinese is compulsory from P1 onwards.


As an outsider, I would guess that there are maybe at most a handful of non-Tamil Indian race students there who are offering Higher Chinese as their mother tongue.

And quite possibly, zero Malay Muslim students willing to study at a Catholic school that doesn’t offer Malay as a Mother Tongue option.

But please correct me if my guess is wrong, current parents.

[raistlyn]

I see, thanks Zacs mum!


I would love to hear the experiences of parents with kids currently there, how they’ve managed to cope with Higher Chinese. Are their kids adapting well? We are rather Jiak gan tang type and I don’t speak Chinese to my son at home. I wonder if it will be too much for him if he does Higher Chinese. Like fail!

[mumenetan]

Hi,

My boy is currently in P1…we had to go thru balloting to get in (within1km) . The school emphasize alot on Chinese. Every other days there are chinese revision, online portal assignments to do as compared to English homework. Parents has to be able to teach them at home too… We as parents has to revise with them… esp the hanyu pinyin and the strokes.

[mumenetan]

Hi,

My boy is currently in P1…we had to go thru balloting to get in (within1km) . The school emphasize alot on Chinese. Every other days there are chinese revision, online portal assignments to do as compared to English homework. Parents has to be able to teach them at home too… We as parents has to revise with them… esp the hanyu pinyin and the strokes. Overall i find the school system is still pretty good.

[redchocolatte11]

Hi, any thought on 2B phase for SC > 2km for this year registration ? should i consider to rent out nearby there to eligilbe as SC <1km , does this make higher chance to get in ?