Serangoon Junior College (SRJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to GCE 'A' Level examinations.

SRJC was established in 1988 as the 14th Junior College in Singapore. The college was located at temporary premises in Hougang before moving to its present campus along Upper Serangoon Road in December 1990. On 29 May 1992, the College was opened by the then Minister for Education and MP for Cheng San GRC, Mr Lee Yock Suan.

College uniform

The college uniform is a light beige shirt and light beige trousers for the boys and blouse and skirt for the girls - introduced in 2008. Prior to that, the trousers and skirts were brown. The old cotton-based college PE T-shirt was replaced by a Dri-Fit T-shirt in 2006. The PE T-shirt was modified again in 2008, bringing in identification of the students' Houses. The new design features the colours of the House on the round neck and a backbone line. The old House T-shirt has been done away with. The college allows students to wear school's bermuda shorts along with the school polo shirt on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Principals

Principal:

• Mr. Tan Teck Hock

Vice Principals:

• Mr. Desmond Lim (Administration)
• Mrs. Woo Soo Min

College Anthem Lead us all to glory A glory to be told Every step we take Challenges ahead We turn them all to gold Learning for tomorrow We find our dreams today Reaching out along the way Lending a hand Being a friend Growing each day We lead her to glory Our best in all we do SRJC all for you Your call is ours too

SRJC Campus

Serangoon Junior College is situated on a 6-hectare piece of land along Upper Serangoon Road. The SRJC campus cost about S$30 million to build.

Facilities include:

• Fusion House
• Two Cafés (Wifi)
• One Cafeteria
• Ten lanes shooting range
• Five Lecture Theatres and one AV Theatrette
• 600-seater Auditorium
• One Air-Conditioned Multi-Purpose Hall
• Ten Science Laboratories
• Science Research Studio (The ReD Laboratory)
• Project Work Room (Research and Presentation Room)
• GP Seminar Room
• Two Innovative Teaching Rooms (ITRs)
• Two Computer Laboratories
• 58 Tutorial Rooms
• Five Full-time Counselling Rooms
• The Athaeneum (newly renovated Media Resource Library)
• Renaissance Room (Music Room)
• GuZheng Practice and Guitar Storage Room
• Choir Practice Room
• Dance Studio
• Air-Conditioned Study with Study Lounge
• Synthetic Field and 8-lane Synthetic Track with spectators' gallery
• Three Basketball Courts
• Two Squash Courts
• Two Tennis Courts (with a 1/2 training court)
• One Volleyball Court
• Three Rock Walls, one is 50m high
• Rock Climbing Gymnasium
• Well-equipped Gymnasium

The College was the first junior college then in Singapore to complete its upgrading project. The Media Resource Library, track facilities, General Office and Staff Rooms have been refurbished. New additions include additional classrooms, IT Rooms, a 600-seater Auditorium, a Students' Lounge, a cafe and an air-conditioned Study Area. The college is the first junior college among the 600 Wifi hot spots that are under Wireless@SG in 2006. There are several locations in the campus where users can go online wirelessly for free. SRJC students can thus conduct online research and access the e-learning platform, ASPIRE2 anywhere in school.

In 2004, the school spent $2 million on upgrading the school's facilities. Upgrading was done in the canteen, the sport facilities within the campus (rock climbing bouldering wall, soccer field, volleyball court), all the five lecture theatres and the toilets. The Media Resource Library includes a computer room for wireless internet surfing. The two-and-a-half Tennis Courts were renovated and expanded in August 2005 where a court draining network was installed.

The college underwent a repaint job in 2005. The campus has walls which are painted with motifs, patterns and drawings by groups of students as a CCA or class. The most prominent walls which have the paintings are outside the canteen, under a project entitled 'Walls of Hope'.

The college hall underwent another renovation in June 2006 and became fully air-conditioned. The study area was renovated to become a multi-purpose area used for studying, seminars and exhibitions. Towards the end of 2006, all the lecture theatres were again renovated and equipped with new seats and teaching equipments. In 2007, the college library underwent a full renovation and a new Science Research Studio was also set up.

At the end of 2008, the college renovated the Student Activity Centre and was renamed "The Study". The canteen was renovated and upgraded into a cafeteria. The running track and school field were resurfaced and is now synthetic. In 2009, plans are underway to renovate LT5 through the annual fund raising event into a Performing Arts Theatre.

Courses offered

A course consists of H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue, H1 Project Work, together with four content-based subjects (3H2+1H1 or four H2 subjects). Students with a flair in an area will be offered subjects at H3 level after the end of JC1 promotional exams. Students are placed in two streams of studies, namely the Arts Stream or the Science Stream. Various courses are offered in both streams.

In line with the new 'A' Level syllabus lined out by MOE, students from both streams are also required to take a contrasting subject that is outside their area of studies. The contrasting subject may be offered at either the H1 and H2 levels. i.e. A student from the Arts Stream is required to study a contrasting subject from the Science Stream (at either the H1 or H2 level) and vice versa.

Subjects offered are:

H1 Art

H1 Biology

H1 Chemistry

H1 Chinese Language

H1 China Studies

H1 Economics

H1 General Paper

H1 Geography

H1 History

H1 Literature in English

H1 Malay Language

H1 Mathematics

H1 Physics

H1 Project Work

H1 Tamil Language

H2 Art

H2 Biology

H2 Chemistry

H2 Chinese Language and Literature

H2 Economics

H2 English Language

H2 Geography

H2 History

H2 Literature in English

H2 Malay Language and Literature

H2 Mathematics

H2 Physics

H2 Tamil Language and Literature

Co-curricular activities

Clubs and Societies

• Nature Society Serangoon
• Community Champions Council
• Library Club
• AVA Club
• Chess Society
• Students' Council
• Photographic Society
• Society for the Scientific Training And Research (S STAR)
• Pilates
• Yoga
• The Podium

Literary & Performing Arts

• Chorale
• Dance Team
• English Language Debate Society
• Guitar Ensemble
• Guzheng Ensemble

Publications

• Symphonic Band

Sports

• Basketball
• Canoeing
• Runners' Club
• Netball
• Outdoor Activities Club (ODAC)
• Rockclimbing (ROCMOC)
• Shooting Club
• Soccer
• Squash
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tchouke Ball
• Tennis
• Tenpin Bowling
• Touch Rugby
• Track and Field
• Volleyball

Notable alumni

Kang Cheng Xi - actor, Mediacorp Studios, Singapore.Jonathan Leong - runner-Up, Singapore Idol Season 2.

External links

• Official website