Tanjong Katong Secondary School

Tanjong Katong Secondary School
130 Haig Road, Singapore 438796
Information
TypeAutonomous
Government
MottoDiligentia, Ingenium, Dexteritas[1]
(Diligence, Ingenuity, Dexterity)
Established1956 (1956)[2]
School code
3512
Principal
Ruby Khoo[3]
GenderMixed
Enrolment~1000
Colour Green   White 
Team nameTeam TK
WebsiteOfficial website

Tanjong Katong Secondary School (TKSS) is a co-educational government autonomous school in Singapore.

History

The school's Assembly Plaza

The school was first opened in 1956 as Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School, accepting boys only.[4] In 1969, the school began to take in female students, and in 1970, new centralised workshops, science laboratories and classrooms were constructed.[5] By 1979, the number of students had risen to 5,000.

The school was renamed Tanjong Katong Secondary School in 1993, and in 1996 the school acquired the premises of the neighbouring Tanjong Katong Girls' School. Two years later, the school moved to its new premises at 130 Haig Road, which is about 550 metres away from its old location.

In 2004, the school was accorded Autonomous status, and Best Practice Award for Teaching and Learning

TKSS was presented the School Excellence Award in 2007[6] and 2011.

Culture

Crest

Scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci is featured on the school crest depicting an 'all-round' education. The bird and the flying machine on the crest represent a desire to go beyond the realms of ordinary education.[1]

Houses

The four houses, named after Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Rabindranath Tagore, and Ernest Rutherford, are represented by the colours red, purple, blue and yellow respectively.

Year 1 students are sorted into houses by class. The results from inter-house sports and academic competitions are summed up in a yearly points system. House allocations used to be student-based, instead of class-based. However, since 2020, there are no longer houses in TK.

Uniform

TK uniform (2005)

Boys wear white short-sleeved shirts with a school badge on the breast pocket. Lower Secondary boys wear white short trousers. Upper Secondary boys wear long white trousers. Girls wear a short-sleeved blouse with the school badge on the left. The skirt is jade-green with box pleats. A green and yellow striped tie is worn on some occasions.

The current building of Tanjong Katong Secondary School (year 2017)

Student life

Leadership Development Opportunities

A select 15 PHL students will form the panel of the CCM Grant, a programme by the National Youth Council. As the CCM Panelists, they will be assessing community service project grant applications supported by their peers. Year 4 PHL students will attend an annual mass training on Effective Communication and Presentation Skills.[7]

Band practice
An inter-class sports event

Tanjong Katong Band

The TK Band has its roots in the school bands of the former Tanjong Katong Technical School and Tanjong Katong Girls' School. The bands started separately in 1965 with only 26 members. In 1967, the two bands came together for a combined performance that marked their long relationship. The band split again in 1989, with TKGS going its own way. Since established, it has represented the republic in several overseas events and International Bands' festivals. In 1998, the band was invited to put up a solo performance in the National Day Parade (NDP), the first ever for any school band. It also appeared on National Day Parades 2002, 2004 (during the pre-parade segments in both years), NDP 2012, Chingay Parades, etc., in solo performances. In 2014, TK Band was invited to play at the Taoyuan Band Festival in Taiwan (Republic of China). TK Band was also invited to play at the Singapore Youth Festival Opening Ceremony 2014 held at Gardens by the Bay. After 2 years of no school performers TK Band was invited to perform at NDP 2022 as an opening act titled "GO LIVE"

Other

The school also has a choir that in 2011, as part of the annual Jubilate Festival of Choirs, participated in a choral exam by the London College of Music. In 2014, TK Choir took part in Asia Cantate in Hong Kong.

Notable alumni

Politics and government

Academia

  • Chua Beng Huat – Singaporean sociologist[10]
  • Subaraj Rajathurai - Singaporean wildlife specialist

Arts

Sports

  • Lim Tong Hai – Singaporean professional footballer
  • Amanda Mak – Singaporean Shooter, Youth Olympian (2018), SEA Games Gold Medallist in Hanoi 2021

References

  1. 1 2 "Our Vision and Motto" (PDF). Tanjong Katong Secondary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ↑ "New technical schools will each cost $1m". The Singapore Free Press. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. ↑ "School Management Committee". Tanjong Katong Secondary School. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "New technical schools will each cost $1m". The Singapore Free Press. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  5. ↑ "'Technical schools should market things they make'". The Straits Times. 6 June 1970. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  6. ↑ "Our Rich Heritage" (PDF). Tanjong Katong Secondary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Talent Management" (PDF). Tanjong Katong Secondary School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  8. ↑ "GE2025: Who are the 32 new PAP candidates being fielded in the election?". The Straits Times. 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  9. ↑ "Muka baru WP sebenarnya 'orang lama' di Sengkang". Berita Harian (in Malay). 29 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Chen, Kuan-Hsing; Goh, Daniel P. S. (2016-04-02). "What's it like to be a Singaporean intellectual? An interview with Chua Beng Huat". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 17 (2): 252–271. doi:10.1080/14649373.2016.1184432. ISSN 1464-9373. S2CID 147921352.
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