Tuesday, 23 April 2013

CCA of Chung Cheng High









Chung Cheng High Main is an excellent Chinese school that have Chinese related CCAs (performing arts) that are related to Chinese as well.
The CCAs are Chinese Orchestra ,Wushu,Dance etc....
      For example,the long existing Chinese Orchrestra of CCHMS,,have won high awards and achievements that also made the school proud.The standard of the awards/achievements they achieved range from Silver-Gold with honour,or whether Distinction.
   Like the Chinese Orchrestra,the Dance,otherwise known as Chinese Dance in the past,has also achieved much and also made the school proud and famous for it.

Founded in 1939,Chung Cheng High School first began as an all-boys school at Kim Yan Road, admitting female students only after World War ll.

The school achieved top honours among Singapore schools in the first National Examination in 1946. To accommodate the increase in student population, Mr Lin Shi Wan, the Chairman of the Management Board, purchased a 14-acre plot of land at Goodman Road for a new campus. The school at Kim Yan Road became Chung Cheng High School(Branch) (renamed as Chung Cheng High (Yishun) in 2005).

Chung Cheng students were very actively involved in performing arts, in particular drama, since the early days. The completion of the Zhulin Building which houses the Grand Auditorium, helped consolidate its niche in this area.Zhulin Building was named after the founding Principal Dr Zhuang Zhulin.



The school song is in chinese and goes like this:

曰吾中正  至大至刚

 

矗立星洲  巍巍昂昂

 

华夏声教  广披炎荒

 

欧印文明  他山之长

 

好学力行  知耻是倡

 

日新月异  不息自强

 

止於至善  万国同光

 

大哉中正  悠久无疆 

 




And the meaning of it in english is: 
Overlooking the eastern shore of Singapore,
Gallantly stands the magnificent Chung Cheng of ours.
Spreading far and wide our cultural heritage and traditions,
Enriching it with the best of all great civilizations,
By this we fulfil our mission.
With enthusiasm and perseverance we strive
To achieve moral virtues and excellence.
With new knowledge and wisdom we seek
To constantly reinforce our confidence.
To be the best we can be,
Our success and glory we share
With people of all countries.
To eternity we perpetuate
The aspirations of our magnificent Chung Cheng,
Far beyond all boundaries.


The famous Chung Cheng High Lake(above)



The school has a rich chinese culture and became the "Centre Of Excellence" for chinese in the year 2005.
The school offers both English and Chinese as first languages to preserve Chinese Culture and also other subjects such as Chinese Calligraphy,Chinese Tea Appreciation and "Appreciation Of Chinese Culture" as compulsory subjects for the students.

The school does well in their performing arts such as Dance,Wushu and Chinese Orchestra.

School culture and tradition


 This picture shows that the Chinese Orchestra  already existed long ago in our school,and is still continuing on. -taken from chung cheng history gallery
 Calligraphy is learnt by chung cheng students since 1980s. -taken from chung cheng history gallery

Wushu is practiced among chung cheng students since 1980s. -taken from chung cheng history gallery
Shirts used by chung cheng students that represented chung cheng in a variety of fields.- taken from chung cheng history gallery