2011 Request for Advice on Selecting Secondary Schools

[tisha]

Augmum:

phankao:

[quote=\"HappieNewbie123\"]Hi,

I've attended Dunman High's open house this year. One of the students there took me around for a tour around their school. My parents could not understand english and asked if he could explain what he had explained(in english) in chinese. But what surprised me is that he could not speak chinese and had to ask for another student for help!! The student then explained to us that he could not speak chinese!!If that is so, then why the school says that the students there are quite good in chinese??

maybe he's exempt from chinese.

perhaps so.......[/quote]This raises a new Q in my mind. Can students who are exempted from MT go to a SAP school? :scratchhead:

[OrangeJuice]

phankao:

OrangeJuice:

Phankao, I forgot to ask at njc whether we have to pay a fee for the boarding program, I am pretty sure we must but can I check with you how much does it cost for the student to stay at the boarding house each term ? Thank you !

When my son boarded in year 1 in 2010, it wasn't very expensive. Around S$60 (maybe less) per month. They only boarded for 10weeks last year. This year's boarding -year 2 was more expensive bc lesser funding from MOE. ;(

:thankyou:

[OrangeJuice]

VitoRelax:

OrangeJuice:

Phankao, I forgot to ask at njc whether we have to pay a fee for the boarding program, I am pretty sure we must but can I check with you how much does it cost for the student to stay at the boarding house each term ? Thank you !

Afaik, the boarding program is heavily subsidized. So don't worry ...

:thankyou:

[OrangeJuice]

VitoRelax:

OrangeJuice:

Hi everyone, went to NJC open house yesterday, had a comprehensive tour (not crowded, prob becos DSA over) and spoke to the students and teachers there. The students there are pleasant and humble and some teachers even took the initiative to speak with me. I like the fact that the class sizes are small there around 24 and I kinda like the boarding program which the kids a chance to be independent and a taste of hostel life (in universities in the future maybe ?)


Phankao you are right. There is no alternative O level program there, the njc students told me that the teachers monitored their grades v closely and if extra lessons are conducted to help the weaker ones to catch up. I asked some JH3 students if they have heard of anyone \"kicked out\" of the school becos of weak academics, they said they didnt know of such case(s).

In anycase, my DD was quite comfortable there, she spoke to some of the students there and particulary liked the humanities program, she even thought abt which core CCA to take if she were to be admitted by the school (if she can make it ....) It was a good experience for her. But we are still keeping our options open to our schools, so Mommy here will keep reading posts on KSP.

I also visited DHS website and am impressed with the achievements, watched the video and was wowed by the school's facilities. DHS kinda reminded me of NYGH, in a good way of course


THANKS to all the helpful parents on this forum, keep your comments/views coming !

I think NJC is good except that the course are sometimes run a haphazard manner, not so smoothly run like a Primary school where everything is established. If you can take that, NJC is fine ...

Care to share some examples / your experience with the school's haphardness in how some of the courses are run ?

[OrangeJuice]

Augmum:

OrangeJuice:

THANKS to all the helpful parents on this forum, keep your comments/views coming !

u're welcome......we share what we know......
I would say either sch is a good choice....
i understand the headche when comes to the time whereby need to indicate which is the first choice...

yes big headache plus I am also looking at tier 2 (mid to low 250s) and tier 3 schools (240s) just in case DD didnt do as well as expected...things happen at exams sometimes but we are keeping our fingers crossed :xedfingers:

[Augmum]

phankao:

Augmum:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
er... max is 4.3. Where to get 4.5. hmm. .... okie, I did a search - I have this reverse section of my son's performance report in my documents, so have uploaded it for you to refer, lah.

At this link:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6248999184_92d344e71f_o.jpg

thanks phankao...........
oh....so the max is 4.3 not 4.5 (btw, any sch with max of 4.5??)
is rare to see a 1/2 mark range of marks.....

I heard nush is 4.5[/quote]So we have 4.0, 4.3, 4.5 and 5.0 ......let ' s see which is a fairest one.... :boogie:

[Augmum]

VitoRelax:

You're welcome, Augmum.

Feel free to ask anything about NJC ...

Cheers

thanks...... me juz kaypo abt the GPA computation lah.....
Other potential parents will likely to have more queries to ask abt NJC.

[VitoRelax]

Augmum:

VitoRelax:

You're welcome, Augmum.

Feel free to ask anything about NJC ...

Cheers

thanks...... me juz kaypo abt the GPA computation lah.....
Other potential parents will likely to have more queries to ask abt NJC.

No worries .... GPA computation basically the mechanics of it is roughly the same lah ...

So what is the system used in DHS ? (Your children went to DHS, right ?)

[Augmum]

tisha:

Augmum:

[quote=\"phankao\"]

maybe he's exempt from chinese.

perhaps so.......

This raises a new Q in my mind. Can students who are exempted from MT go to a SAP school? :scratchhead:[/quote]Dunno leh.....
I still dunno under what conditions will the students be exempted fr CL ??
How come there is student who can't speak CL in DHS :?

[Augmum]

OrangeJuice:

Augmum:

[quote=\"OrangeJuice\"]
THANKS to all the helpful parents on this forum, keep your comments/views coming !

u're welcome......we share what we know......
I would say either sch is a good choice....
i understand the headche when comes to the time whereby need to indicate which is the first choice...

yes big headache plus I am also looking at tier 2 (mid to low 250s) and tier 3 schools (240s) just in case DD didnt do as well as expected...things happen at exams sometimes but we are keeping our fingers crossed :xedfingers:[/quote]Oh yes......u def need to do research for schs in diff cat....
Like what u said, above 258/7, low 250 and ard 240.....juz in case, unexpectations happens.......
Yes, shall that all turns well for yr child.......