Dunman High School (Junior High)
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Louis:
Yes, agree that dunmanians have to be more inspired that they can do as well as pupils fr reputable JCs.
With time, Dunman High can be comparable with HCI and RI. In the early years of SAP, DHS results was 1st in Singapore. That was not the time Mata wearing shortsAugmum:
haha, it would never be as good as RI and HCI
as these 2 schools already attract and chope
the top coat of the cream of the crop from both PSLE and O lvl pupils.
:evil:
In addition, some of the high achievers, decide to leave for other JCs at the end of yr 4.
There is a long gap of 6 years between PSLE and A Level. Everything is possible. Dunman High students need to be inspired more and have the \"Can do\" attitude, both academically and in CCA.
What impressed me many years back when I went from Dunman High to HCJC was the then HCJC principal's welcoming address. He started by saying ,\"Every student coming to JC must aspire to be a President Scholar.\" How many PS can there be? But, that was a awesome inspiration. :salute:
With all good virtues, Dunmanians just need to be more competitive. 加油！
But.....
For DHS to attract the top cream PSLE pupils, not only the sch, itself, has to proved to the public its A level results,
the mindset of parents and pupils need to be changed too.
( of coz, good A lvl results is impt for the change of mindset)
Why do i say this ??
becos i always remembered one P6 ex-classmate
told my gal \" u must choose RGS lah, otherwise no face as what my mummy said\"
when she came to know that my gal would be choosing DHS instead of RGS,
needless to say this classmate of hers went to RGS ........
as these pple always perceive that they would have more face when their kids go to the R schs, and not others.....wink: :evil:
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Louis:
NJC planned for a capacity of more than 800-1000 but they can only take up to 500-550 at J1. If they increase the intake further, COP will increase above 5. So there is already an over capacity in resource even in good JC like NJC.
There are plots of empty land beside DHS
VJC would cut down its JC1 intake after VS IP. Similarly TJC JC1 intake may cut after it takes in Year 1 students. These are the only 3 IP schools in the east. Post O level students will have less choices. Some will prefer DHS if it is part of the MOE enrolment exercise. There are many late boomers. I just feel that there is no optimisation on economy of scale for a good school with only 400 students per cohort. -
Louis:
Yes, the number of pupils joining other JCs at the end of yr4 is indeed reducing.
DHS has proven itself with good A Level results, so the number of Year 4 students joining other JCs would be lesser.
Unlike the first batch, i heard fr a gal's senior that almost half of them transferred out. ( wonder was it true?)
In fact, after yesterday 's release of A level results,
some frens of gal might change their minds after indicating initial interest of transferring out. -
jtoh:
These days the newspapers don't write about top scorers with 9 distinctions. They talk about students who've overcome adversity and done well. :)[/quote]when i said \"newsapaper\" it refers to other mainstream media as well.....TV, online news,
Wow.....Augmum:
[quote=\"Louis\"]
Better still, aim to appear on newspaper!!! :rahrah:
it's good to aim high.....but have to be realistic lah....
how many names can appear on newspaper ?? .....
they def covered the top scorers, No ??
Anyway, news of A level results coverage is not of much interest to the public as compared to PSLE results.
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WeiHan:
Fully agree.......with the addition of the new 7 IP schs, by then , not many are left......
Moreover, there isn't much competitive O level takers left for J1 intake after 7 more schools go IP. Beside that, you can't be certain that those students taking O levels from TKGS, AHS, St Patrick etc.. will prefer DHS over VJC? -
I agree with Louis that DHS should participate in JAE and allow late bloomers to join the school in Senior High. We have the third or 4th best intakes in the country based on PSLE COP but let’s be honest, some of them may underachieve and the best ones may choose to leave for RJC or HCI (though I read on this forum the numbers are decreasing). What I’m worried about is losing out to NJC and VJC, which are of comparable standards with DHS but has access to late bloomers as they participate in JAE.
Capacity is not a problem. I realise that the Candidate size of DHS hovers around 360 to 380. There can be say 50-100 places for grabs at DHS to replace the students that have left or can’t make the grade.It will be to our advantage as we only take in the best O levels students. Introducing fresh competitions will keep the incumbent students on their toes. -
WeiHan:
Chinese High has always been ranked higher amongst the SAP schools, when ranking started; it has even replaced RI and RGS as no 1 school
In those late 70s and early 80s days, I read that the strongest SAP schools were DHS, RV and Saint Nicholas.Louis:
1984. There was no official ranking yet, but we know the first few batches of SAP, DHS was 1st, RV 2nd.
RI overtook after GEP was started. Chinese High after it went independent.
Note: The above is based on O Level Results. Glad that with IP, DHS can compete in A Level now.
DHS was even ranked second in the first school ranking exercise (late 80s or early 90s?)
the first batch of SAP school students who took O levels were in 1982; at that time, there were still many in SAP schools who were not among the top in S'pore (based on PSLE results) as it was still something new and many parents and pupils were not clear about the SAP school concept and cultures; and i think the SAP schools also took in primary school chinese stream students who were at most above-average
having said that, SAP schools have come a long way and parents and pupils sought after them now -
Louis:
Kinda agree with you. A likely merger between VS and VJC will further reduce the intake at JC1 for VJC.
There are plots of empty land beside DHSWeiHan:
But the schools (both DHS and RV) JC1 and JC2 capacity were only planned for 450 maximum. 500-600 is too stretched on the resource. Moreover, there isn't much competitive O level takers left for J1 intake after 7 more schools go IP. Beside that, you can't be certain that those students taking O levels from TKGS, AHS, St Patrick etc.. will prefer DHS over VJC?
VJC would cut down its JC1 intake after VS IP. Similarly TJC JC1 intake may cut after it takes in Year 1 students. These are the only 3 IP schools in the east. Post O level students will have less choices. Some will prefer DHS if it is part of the MOE enrolment exercise. There are many late boomers. I just feel that there is no optimisation on economy of scale for a good school with only 400 students per cohort. -
ok..I manage to find the newspaper article about the first school ranking. Dunman High was ranked third above Chinese High. But it was for one year only.
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/edu/pages5/edunews111218.shtml -
also, in the last few years calls of looking less at academic results, other aspects are impt too…there is too much emphasis on academic results
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