SMK Hillcrest

History

The school construction was started in 1989 and the first block was completed in 1991, hence opening its doors to the pioneer batch of students on 1 December 1990. The school area was originally an estate of 8.2 hectares. The school was named Hillcrest, by the Gombak Prefecture Education Office, after the developing company that have developed the neighborhood that the school is intended to serve, the Taman Seri Gombak neighborhood; Hillcrest Garden Sdn Bhd

Encik Irwan Tan Abdullah, who was the then-senior assistant, was elected as the first acting-principal on 1 December 1992. The first principal is Puan Sukma Murni Bt Abdul Samad. During that time, only the Munsyi building is in operation and the other building, the Sri Lanang building was still under construction. Kajai building was officially completed in 1996. With the operation of the new building, the school now have a Kemahiran Hidup Lab (Life Skills Labs), three science labs and another two new classrooms in operation.

On 1 July 1997, Puan Rohani Bt Bakar became the principal succeeding the first principal, Puan Sukma Murni. She served the school for six months before she is transferred to SMK Melawati. She was then succeeded by Puan Hodaima Bt Haji Halil. She served seven years before her retirement in 2005. Pn Kamalyah Bt Teh Mohamed followed. Pn Nik Maryam bt Idris whom joined the school in 2007 succeeded Pn Kamalyah. Later in 2011, Pn Sharifah Bt Mamat succeeded Pn Nik Maryam. She is currently the incumbent principal. Starting from the year of 2009, the school is accepting Form 6 students for both Science and Arts Stream.Both the Zaaba and Sri Lanang blocks are occupied by Form 6 students. There are currently 130 Arts stream students and 160 Science stream students for Form 6.

Parent-Teacher Association

The first PIBG meeting was launched by then-Yang Berhormat Datin Paduka Zaleha Bt Ismail on 17 January 1993.

Administration

The incumbent key-people Puan Halimah ,Headmistress

Former Principals

The school has been headed by female principal since its establishment.

Annual Sports Day

The school's first sports day was held on 12 February 1993 and was launched by Yang Berhormat Encik Ahmad Bahari Abdul Rahman, the then-parliamentary member of Gombak SETIA. The school's first sport flag was also launched by him. There are four sports house which are:

Sports

Uniformed Bodies

Societies

Original (Malay Language)

Tersergam indah di bumi bertuah,
Bersemangat melangkah
Sentiasa tabah,
Bersih, cekap serta amanah,
Bersama ceria terserlah.

Berwawasan menuju kecemerlangan,
Iman dan taqwa jadi pegangan,
Disiplin dan ilmu mari sematkan,
Generasi cemerlang jadi impian.

Harapan guru,ayah dan bonda,
Menjana semangat membara,
Bersatu harmoni, gigih berusaha,
Menggapai impian jadi nyata.

Kita maju terus maju,
Kita menuju semangat baru,
kitalah barisan warisan,
Untuk kita di masa hadapan.

Sekolah Menengah Hillcrest.

English Language Translation

Dwell in the land of abundance,
Eager steps with perseverance,
Clean, efficient and trustworthy,
With that, we will shine,

With visions, we move toward excellency,
With faith and piety,
Let's be disciplined and knowledgeable,
Excellent generations are our dream,

The hope of our teachers and parents,
Generating our passion,
Together we unite harmoniously and work hard,
To achieve our dreams,

We develop to advance,
We lead with new enthusiasm,
We are whom who will succeed the present generation,
For the sake of our future,

Hillcrest Middle School.