Presbyterian High

[parentof3]

Any idea whether this sat CCA brief are parents invited? It’s before the meet the parent session.

[kitty2]

Can anyone share more about PHS?How are the teachers ,discipline,principal…How’s the standard there as my friend was telling me it’s quite low.


Thanks for sharing

[DILEMMA_MUM]

:?: JUS WANTED TO SHARE MY GIRLFRIEND'S EXPERIENCE AFT SHE ENROLED DAUGHTER IN PHS. BEGINNING EVERYTHING OK & IMPRESSIVE.


HWR WHEN SCHOOL STARTED :?: . WHY U ASK? APPARENTLY AFT SEC 1 ORIENTATION SCHOOL DECIDES CCA TO TAKE. U HV NOT MUCH OF A CHOICE. HER GIRL GOT :?: NPCC :?: . SO STRESS. IT SEEMS THEY HV A RULE TT STATES U MUST HV A CORE CCA. IF U WANT TO TAKE OTHER CCA THAT IS NOT A CORE THAT WLD BE IMPOSSIBLE. UNLESS U TAKE I CORE & 1 NON CORE. CHECK IT OUT ON SAT 30/10 COZ THEY R HVING OPEN HSE.

ALSO TEACHERS REALLY NOT DEDICATED EXCEPT FOR MATH & ENGLISH ONES. SO FORGET IT IF U WANT TO MAJOR IN SCIENCE. JUST RECENTLY 1 DAY BEFORE EXAMS TEACHER CONDUCTED REMEDIAL FOR TOPICS YET TO BE COVERED BUT STILL WILL COME OUT FOR EXAMS. IMAGINE 1 DAY BEFORE EXAMS.

THEY HV WIRED RULE LIKE NO USAGE HANDPHONES IN SCHOOL PREMISES. OR THEY WILL CONFISCATE. BUT MOST OF THE TIME TEACHERS SEND REMINDERS & MSGS THRU HANDPHONE. SOMETIMES MGS CAN BE SENT AS EARLY AS 0130AM. NO JOKE. MY FRIEND WAS SO FRUSTRATED WHEN SHE GOT MSG AT 1AM REMINIDING STUDENTS TO BRING TIE FOR THEIR THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION OR MASS. SO GO FIGURE.

MY GIRLFIREND SO FRUSTRATED & REGRETS HER DECISION TILL THIS DAY

[DILEMMA_MUM]

MY GIRLFRIEND JUST WENT TO SCH TO COLLECT THE REPORT BOOK. REALLY PITY HER. SHE WAS SO MAD! HER CHILD’S CLASS DID SO BADLY IN SCIENCE. MIND U THIS IS THE SAME TEACHER WHO HELD REMEDIAL CLASS TO COVER UNFINISHED TOPICS ONE DAY BEFORE EXAMS. KENA SABO OR TEACHER JUST CANT BE BOTHERED.


BUT THE FUNNY THING IS THE TEACHERS ARE THERE TO SELL DON’T KNOW WHAT BOOK, NOTHING THAT WILL HELP THE STUDENT IN THE STUDIES, AT $25.00. IT SEEMS IT IS COMPLUSORY. JUST TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL. WHAT TO DO SHE BOUGHT THE BOOK. AFRAID HER CHILD GOT "BLACK MARKED"!

[nothing2do]

hi, a friend link this to me. OMG. after seening this i must think twice.

thks for the post.

[DILEMMA_MUM]

IF U R INTERESTED IN SENDING YR KID TO THIS SCHOOL PLS GO FOR THE OPEN HOUSE ON 30/10 THIS SATURDAY & CHECK OUT WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY REGARDING CCAS.

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BUT IF U ASK ME THERE IS ALOT OF COMPLUSION. DONATIONS, ATTENDING CHAPEL & CCAS. REALLY TOO MUCH FOR OUR KIDS TO HANDLE. THERE IS MORE THAT MY GIRLFRIEND HAD SHARED BUT ITS TOO… I REALLY HAVE NO WORDS TO SAY.
I HAVE 3 KIDS AND I DON’T WISH THEM THIS AT ALL. I JUST WANT THEM TO ENJOY LEARNING AND SCHOOL LIFE.

[kitty2]

DILEMMA_MUM:

IF U R INTERESTED IN SENDING YR KID TO THIS SCHOOL PLS GO FOR THE OPEN HOUSE ON 30/10 THIS SATURDAY & CHECK OUT WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY REGARDING CCAS.

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BUT IF U ASK ME THERE IS ALOT OF COMPLUSION. DONATIONS, ATTENDING CHAPEL & CCAS. REALLY TOO MUCH FOR OUR KIDS TO HANDLE. THERE IS MORE THAT MY GIRLFRIEND HAD SHARED BUT ITS TOO........ I REALLY HAVE NO WORDS TO SAY.
I HAVE 3 KIDS AND I DON'T WISH THEM THIS AT ALL. I JUST WANT THEM TO ENJOY LEARNING AND SCHOOL LIFE.

Thanks for sharing,hope you'll share more as one will not know much in the open house.The staffs and students will definitely say nice things about the school.

[DILEMMA_MUM]

MY GF GOT THE SUBJECT COMBINATION OPTIONS. NOT MUCH CHOICES EITHER. SO SAD FOR HER

[parentof3]

I feel that judgement cannot be make based on 1 person. My son is in sec 1 this year and he is very happy in the school. In fact he looks forward to having CCA and Chapel.


I too collected the report book and was not "FORCED" to buy the anniversary book. In fact, during the mid-yr PTC, the form teacher is not so concerned on my son’s result but is concerned that my son seems not to be adapting to sec school life.

PHS is a missionary school therefore do not get 100% funding from MOE to build the Indoor Sports Hall hence the need for fund raising.

Most "GOOD" sec school student need core CCA in order to earn CCA point not only PHS.

And yes the discipline is rather strict like detention for the smallest mistake or 1 minute late for school. Their punctuality is monitored by scanning their ezlink when they "book in/out". If your child did not book in on that day, a SMS will be immediately sent to your mobile.

that’s all i have to say for now.

[verykiasu2010]

most sec schools have the following :


1. ban handphone use in school premises, else confiscate

2. strict penalty for being late, long hair, illegal uniform modification,

3. compulsory CCA - students must learn to handle both acad and non-acad stuff, part of growing up process

4. choose the school with eyes open - this is a mission school, chapel session is expected

5. mission school - not a gov’t school, hence fund raising is expected but there is no compulsion on minimum amount to be raised by the students

6. if the school can’t raise the amount, the church may have to top up, or delay the project till fund is raised. fund raising is also good learning process for the kids