Catholic High School

[floppy]

FatherOfSon\" post_id=\"1935417\" time=\"1568565463\" user_id=\"181077:

Curious why it’s not as highly sought after as the others (Dunman, Nan chiau etc)? Is there something that we miss (offer more subject)? We went to a few open-house & CHS really gave us a sense of belonging with it ‘my blood is green’ slogan. The students are very well-behave & actually more refine than those from the more reputable school :)!

Why did you say it’s not as highly sought after?
Comparing IP, COP of CHS (boys) is 253, COP of DHS (coed) is 255.
Comparing OP, COP of CHS is 250, COP of NCHS (coed) is 243.
Statistically, it is not far from DHS, and definitely more sought after than NCHS. In fact, based on COP, it is the 6th most sought after school for boys in Singapore for IP (after 3 other boys’ schools and 2 coed), and the most sought after school for boys for OP.

There are also not many “more reputable” schools than CHS (you can probably count them with your hands).

[MerlionInGermany]

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Curious why it’s not as highly sought after as the others (Dunman, Nan chiau etc)? Is there something that we miss (offer more subject)? We went to a few open-house & CHS really gave us a sense of belonging with it ‘my blood is green’ slogan. The students are very well-behave & actually more refine than those from the more reputable school :)!

I am curious why you say it is not as highly sought after as the others. Is it just because the people you are talking to, prefer the others? How can Nan Chiau be more sought after than Cat High? I guess NC is only in popular Sengkang, is it because your friends whose kids prefer NC live in SK?

Could it be one is boys and the others are co-ed schools?

[FatherOfSon]

Hi MerlionInGermany. Ya, most would suggest RI, Dunman or SJI or Nan Chiau. Some of them don’t even know about CHS & most was surprise when we told them the score needed to get in was around 250. Actually we never heard of CHS until 1 of the ex-student recommended it & ask us to check it out

[floppy]

FatherOfSon\" post_id=\"1935502\" time=\"1568614063\" user_id=\"181077:

Hi MerlionInGermany. Ya, most will suggest RI, Dunman or SJI or Nan Chiau. Some of them don’t even know about CHS & most was surprise when we told them the score needed to get in was around 250. Actually we never heard of CHS until 1 of the ex-student recommended it & ask us to check it out

:scared:

Not surprising that CHS is unheard of. I mean, they only count 1 of out 3 PMs in Singapore (the other 2 coming from RI) as her alumni (P/S: 1 of the PM SPECIFICIALLY send his son to CHS, who would then become a PM, because he find this school more suitable than his own Alma Mater).

[Careermum]

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FatherOfSon\" post_id=\"1935502\" time=\"1568614063\" user_id=\"181077:

Hi MerlionInGermany. Ya, most will suggest RI, Dunman or SJI or Nan Chiau. Some of them don’t even know about CHS & most was surprise when we told them the score needed to get in was around 250. Actually we never heard of CHS until 1 of the ex-student recommended it & ask us to check it out

:scared:

Not surprising that CHS is unheard of. I mean, they only count 1 of out 3 PMs in Singapore (the other 2 coming from RI) as her alumni (P/S: 1 of the PM SPECIFICIALLY send his son to CHS, who would then become a PM, because he find this school more suitable than his own Alma Mater).

Hey floppy, I am surprised that CHS is unheard of by yourself

It is one of the pioneer schools with a long history, which used to be situated in town, together with RI, SJI, CHIJ.
Then, during my time when I did PSLE, it became one of the SAP schools that took in the top 10% of students from each PSLE cohort, to do 2 languages as 1st language, together with other SAP schools eg Hwa Chong, Nanyang Girls, St Nicholas Girls etc

When I mentioned CHS to anybody (whether English educated friends, Chinese educated friends, customers who are senior citizens, any random persons who tried to strike up conversations by asking what schools my kids went to), all have heard of it, and all said it is a good school and the students are humble and well mannered.

I also have another son in a nearby top secondary school, and the respond that I get are \"wah, must be very stressful/competitive\"

[Davischew]

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floppy\" post_id=\"1935507\" time=\"1568614549\" user_id=\"97579:

[quote=FatherOfSon post_id=1935502 time=1568614063 user_id=181077]Hi MerlionInGermany. Ya, most will suggest RI, Dunman or SJI or Nan Chiau. Some of them don’t even know about CHS & most was surprise when we told them the score needed to get in was around 250. Actually we never heard of CHS until 1 of the ex-student recommended it & ask us to check it out

:scared:

Not surprising that CHS is unheard of. I mean, they only count 1 of out 3 PMs in Singapore (the other 2 coming from RI) as her alumni (P/S: 1 of the PM SPECIFICIALLY send his son to CHS, who would then become a PM, because he find this school more suitable than his own Alma Mater).

Hey floppy, I am surprised that CHS is unheard of by yourself

It is one of the pioneer schools with a long history, which used to be situated in town, together with RI, SJI, CHIJ.
Then, during my time when I did PSLE, it became one of the SAP schools that took in the top 10% of students from each PSLE cohort, to do 2 languages as 1st language, together with other SAP schools eg Hwa Chong, Nanyang Girls, St Nicholas Girls etc

When I mentioned CHS to anybody (whether English educated friends, Chinese educated friends, customers who are senior citizens, any random persons who tried to strike up conversations by asking what schools my kids went to), all have heard of it, and all said it is a good school and the students are humble and well mannered.

I also have another son in a nearby top secondary school, and the respond that I get are \"wah, must be very stressful/competitive\" :)[/quote]haha, not Master Floppy unheard lah, he is being sarc.....
— FatherOfSon started this

[floppy]

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[quote=floppy post_id=1935507 time=1568614549 user_id=97579]

:scared:

Not surprising that CHS is unheard of. I mean, they only count 1 of out 3 PMs in Singapore (the other 2 coming from RI) as her alumni (P/S: 1 of the PM SPECIFICIALLY send his son to CHS, who would then become a PM, because he find this school more suitable than his own Alma Mater).

Hey floppy, I am surprised that CHS is unheard of by yourself

It is one of the pioneer schools with a long history, which used to be situated in town, together with RI, SJI, CHIJ.
Then, during my time when I did PSLE, it became one of the SAP schools that took in the top 10% of students from each PSLE cohort, to do 2 languages as 1st language, together with other SAP schools eg Hwa Chong, Nanyang Girls, St Nicholas Girls etc

When I mentioned CHS to anybody (whether English educated friends, Chinese educated friends, customers who are senior citizens, any random persons who tried to strike up conversations by asking what schools my kids went to), all have heard of it, and all said it is a good school and the students are humble and well mannered.

I also have another son in a nearby top secondary school, and the respond that I get are \"wah, must be very stressful/competitive\"

haha, not Master Floppy unheard lah, he is being sarc.....
— FatherOfSon started this[/quote] :rotflmao:

I thought my comment, “there are also not many “more reputable” schools than CHS (you can probably count them with your hands)” is a giveaway.

P/S: I passed by the school regularly - same for the other top secondary school nearby. So even though I have never heard of CHS and the top secondary school nearby, I see them often enough

[floppy]

By the way, FatherOfSon, if you wanna know more about CHS (or you want your friends to learn more about CHS), go to Toggle and search for the programme “When the bell rings (钟声响起时)”.


Season 1 Episode 6 双轨火车 is about CHS.

[Careermum]

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floppy\" post_id=\"1935507\" time=\"1568614549\" user_id=\"97579:

[quote=FatherOfSon post_id=1935502 time=1568614063 user_id=181077]Hi MerlionInGermany. Ya, most will suggest RI, Dunman or SJI or Nan Chiau. Some of them don’t even know about CHS & most was surprise when we told them the score needed to get in was around 250. Actually we never heard of CHS until 1 of the ex-student recommended it & ask us to check it out

:scared:

Not surprising that CHS is unheard of. I mean, they only count 1 of out 3 PMs in Singapore (the other 2 coming from RI) as her alumni (P/S: 1 of the PM SPECIFICIALLY send his son to CHS, who would then become a PM, because he find this school more suitable than his own Alma Mater).

Hey floppy, I am surprised that CHS is unheard of by yourself

It is one of the pioneer schools with a long history, which used to be situated in town, together with RI, SJI, CHIJ.
Then, during my time when I did PSLE, it became one of the SAP schools that took in the top 10% of students from each PSLE cohort, to do 2 languages as 1st language, together with other SAP schools eg Hwa Chong, Nanyang Girls, St Nicholas Girls etc

When I mentioned CHS to anybody (whether English educated friends, Chinese educated friends, customers who are senior citizens, any random persons who tried to strike up conversations by asking what schools my kids went to), all have heard of it, and all said it is a good school and the students are humble and well mannered.

I also have another son in a nearby top secondary school, and the respond that I get are \"wah, must be very stressful/competitive\" :)[/quote]Haha ok. Yup, kudos to our Master floppy

My post should be directed to FatherOfSon instead

[Careermum]

FYI FatherOfSon,

This is CHS cop for this year, obtained from moe website. As you can see, there are boy(s) who got 267 & chose CHS.
https://postimg.cc/kDkLNWWW

This is Nan Chiau cop for this year. The student(s) who got 266 probably stay in SK & prefer not to travel far although he/she could have gone to any top schools.
https://postimg.cc/GHSnbTHS

But we couldn’t say the same for that 267 boy(s) who chose CHS, could we?
Since there’s a better top school within walking distance from CHS. So distance is definitely not a factor but other X factors that attracted the boy(s).