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Bowen Secondary School

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Type
  
Government Secondary

Session
  
Single session

Principal
  
Bernard Chew

Phone
  
+65 6385 9466

Established
  
1982

School code
  
3043

Colour(s)
  
Grey , purple , blue

Founded
  
1982

Address
  
2 Lor Napiri, Singapore 547529

Motto
  
“I Believe, Therefore I am”

Similar
  
Xinmin Secondary School, Hougang Secondary School, North Vista Secondary School, Pei Hwa Secondary School, Zhonghua Secondary School

Bowen Secondary School is a government school in Singapore. It offers subjects like LifeLit, which is a combination of English and Literature and offers a wide variety of CCAs and subjects for the students.

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History

Bowen Secondary School started in 1982 in the growing new town of Ang Mo Kio. It has seen been striving to improve the quality of the school and has introduced "I Believe, Therefore I Am " as the goal of the school. Bowen Secondary is best known for its performing arts, including the military band and choir. Its military band achieved a gold in the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging for over 20 years.

It won the Singapore Tourism Board's Best Educational Event Organised by a Public Educational Institution in 2008 and has been actively been participating in exchange programmes with countries like India, China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.

On 4 December 1999 Bowen made its historic move to new premises along Lorong Napiri. In year 2000, the school started the new millennium as a single session school with 1374 pupils and a much improved Secondary One intake. In 2016, the minimum aggregate score for PSLE is about 225.

Principals

Since its establishment, the school has a total of 7 principals in office.

  • 1982 - 1985 Mr T P Naidu
  • 1985 - 1996 Miss Low Fook Yow
  • 1996 - 2003 Mrs Grace Lim Siew Meng
  • 2004 - 2007 Mr Paul Chua Meng Huat
  • 2007 - 2011 Mr Frederick Yeo
  • 2011 to date Mr Bernard Chew
  • Notable alumni

  • Michelle Chia: Television presenter and actress, Mediacorp
  • References

    Bowen Secondary School Wikipedia