Maris Stella High

[usaik]

beanstalk:

Will MSHS Primary have an open house for parents interested in the school?


Or are open houses only for secondary schools.

I have seen banner on open house for the sec section when i sent my boy to sch but don't remember there's one for the primary section in the past years. Increasing, MSHS primary seems to be getting more popular, I really don't think they need to have an open house to attract applications.

[vicki]

usaik:

beanstalk:

Will MSHS Primary have an open house for parents interested in the school?


Or are open houses only for secondary schools.

I have seen banner on open house for the sec section when i sent my boy to sch but don't remember there's one for the primary section in the past years. Increasing, MSHS primary seems to be getting more popular, I really don't think they need to have an open house to attract applications.

I called up last year to ask if there was an open house and they answered no for P1 registration!! Actually i called a few schools - SJIJ included and all had the same answer!!

But then again -- me being a KS mother, i actually brought my kid to 'recce' the school when he was in K1 (one year b4 registration). More of letting him have a feel of the schools im interested in registering him in and see if he likes the school or not!! Infact - we brought him to a few schools!!

We went during the 2C registration of that year (on the pretext of registering the kid!) :oops: (so that was actually like a one year ahead kindof registering the kid planning!!)

Haha -- yup -- i was THAT KS!!

[24hr-mum]

if u hv choices of a few schs, can recee

but only got 1 choice, if u go n recee and ur child say dont like then how? u will change ur mind? if not, dont recee also nvr mind lah.
even if a sch after recee u feel its gd, but difficult to get in, or high risk of being ousted, will u take the chance?

[beanstalk]

vicki:

usaik:

[quote=\"beanstalk\"]Will MSHS Primary have an open house for parents interested in the school?


Or are open houses only for secondary schools.

I have seen banner on open house for the sec section when i sent my boy to sch but don't remember there's one for the primary section in the past years. Increasing, MSHS primary seems to be getting more popular, I really don't think they need to have an open house to attract applications.

I called up last year to ask if there was an open house and they answered no for P1 registration!! Actually i called a few schools - SJIJ included and all had the same answer!!

But then again -- me being a KS mother, i actually brought my kid to 'recce' the school when he was in K1 (one year b4 registration). More of letting him have a feel of the schools im interested in registering him in and see if he likes the school or not!! Infact - we brought him to a few schools!!

We went during the 2C registration of that year (on the pretext of registering the kid!) :oops: (so that was actually like a one year ahead kindof registering the kid planning!!)

Haha -- yup -- i was THAT KS!![/quote]That's really resourceful; I didn't think of that! I'm more or less decided on the school but have never stepped in, and wanted to get a feel instead of waiting till Orientation.

[24hr-mum]

so far how is the new principal, the teachers and the boys at maris pri？

[usaik]

24hr-mum:

so far how is the new principal, the teachers and the boys at maris pri？

The new principal is young and dynamic. As an old boy of MS, the new principal should be able to assimulate into the culture easier. I notice that there are quite a number of new initiatives by the school. One being, they are now offering scholarship to the primary boys who score well in PSLE and willing to stay back for the secondary education.

I can't help but also want to mention about Mrs Sim, the vice principal. Being a Catholic school, she definitely carry herself as a loving principal not just in words but in action. Call me shallow, but I completely respect her when she wouldn't hesitate and give a tight hug heartily to a sweaty (and smelly... ) MS boy who greeted her during a school celebration.

In general, the teachers I met are mainly quite strict with the boys, but I think it's absolutely necessary when they need to manage a class full of frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails. I have seen one cool teacher who demonstrate strictness in absolute calmness turning frogs and snails into gentlemen. I have also seen one whom after a school excursion just couldn't control the boys. In general, they are mostly responsiblle. I think as the primary level go higher, the level of stress in the teachers probably also increase - This year, I started to receive text messages from my boy's teacher even on weekends - I am grateful but at the same time I could feel the teacher's stress (or is it just my own stress?).

The boys...what can I say. My boy is one of them. The boys I have met there are not much different from the boy I have at home. They can be loving, mischevious, hardworking, lazy, helpful, indifferent all rolled into one. They are gentlemen in the making....not there yet....but in progress :lol:

[24hr-mum]

wow, i m surprised the sch teacher got msged u!

my girl’s sch teachers very bochap this year. can give lots of hmwk but very slow in collecting, marking and returning the papers.

[24hr-mum]

the scholarship is gd. how much is the amt? is it becos many boys left the sch for other sec sch?

[nms1]

usaik:

24hr-mum:

so far how is the new principal, the teachers and the boys at maris pri？

The new principal is young and dynamic. As an old boy of MS, the new principal should be able to assimulate into the culture easier. I notice that there are quite a number of new initiatives by the school. One being, they are now offering scholarship to the primary boys who score well in PSLE and willing to stay back for the secondary education.

I can't help but also want to mention about Mrs Sim, the vice principal. Being a Catholic school, she definitely carry herself as a loving principal not just in words but in action. Call me shallow, but I completely respect her when she wouldn't hesitate and give a tight hug heartily to a sweaty (and smelly... ) MS boy who greeted her during a school celebration.

In general, the teachers I met are mainly quite strict with the boys, but I think it's absolutely necessary when they need to manage a class full of frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails. I have seen one cool teacher who demonstrate strictness in absolute calmness turning frogs and snails into gentlemen. I have also seen one whom after a school excursion just couldn't control the boys. In general, they are mostly responsiblle. I think as the primary level go higher, the level of stress in the teachers probably also increase - This year, I started to receive text messages from my boy's teacher even on weekends - I am grateful but at the same time I could feel the teacher's stress (or is it just my own stress?).

The boys...what can I say. My boy is one of them. The boys I have met there are not much different from the boy I have at home. They can be loving, mischevious, hardworking, lazy, helpful, indifferent all rolled into one. They are gentlemen in the making....not there yet....but in progress :lol:

I'm very pleased to read your positive comments. I'm not a MS parent yet but it's a foregone conclusion that both my boys will be going there as my husband is an alumni and my father-in-law used to teach there. I do have my concerns about how tough it will be academically for my little rascals (now N1 & N2) - my daughter is in P1 at CHIJ OLGC and I have been very impressed with how they have allowed them to settle in and find their feet in the new world of primary school. I'm not so sure if MS will be so understanding.

[beanstalk]

usaik:

24hr-mum:

so far how is the new principal, the teachers and the boys at maris pri？

The new principal is young and dynamic. As an old boy of MS, the new principal should be able to assimulate into the culture easier. I notice that there are quite a number of new initiatives by the school. One being, they are now offering scholarship to the primary boys who score well in PSLE and willing to stay back for the secondary education.

I can't help but also want to mention about Mrs Sim, the vice principal. Being a Catholic school, she definitely carry herself as a loving principal not just in words but in action. Call me shallow, but I completely respect her when she wouldn't hesitate and give a tight hug heartily to a sweaty (and smelly... ) MS boy who greeted her during a school celebration.

In general, the teachers I met are mainly quite strict with the boys, but I think it's absolutely necessary when they need to manage a class full of frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails. I have seen one cool teacher who demonstrate strictness in absolute calmness turning frogs and snails into gentlemen. I have also seen one whom after a school excursion just couldn't control the boys. In general, they are mostly responsiblle. I think as the primary level go higher, the level of stress in the teachers probably also increase - This year, I started to receive text messages from my boy's teacher even on weekends - I am grateful but at the same time I could feel the teacher's stress (or is it just my own stress?).

The boys...what can I say. My boy is one of them. The boys I have met there are not much different from the boy I have at home. They can be loving, mischevious, hardworking, lazy, helpful, indifferent all rolled into one. They are gentlemen in the making....not there yet....but in progress :lol:

Thanks for the inside knowledge! I absolutely agree that with boys, it is essential to be strict. They are such monsters sometimes.