International Friendship Day

1. What are the relationships that are important to you within the school context?

   - To me, my friends are the most important. They are the ones who comfort me, have fun with me and they are the ones I study with and depend on for help when I am lost. I cannot see school life in Chong Boon Secondary School without all my friends. My life would be dull and lonely. Teachers and all the staff including the cleaning aunties are also important. Teachers educate me and fill me with knowledge that will stay with me forever. The rest of the staff are the ones who keep the school running and organised. Without them, Chong Boon Secondary School would not be able to keep on running.

2. What do you know about the history of your school/CCA

  

 - I know that my school was founded in 1994 and went through a huge make over somewhere in 2003 or 2004. Even though my school is still young, I am proud that it is the first school in Singapore to receive the niche award in Environmental Education. 

3. Share a story about your school/CCA. It can be funny ones. successful ones and difficult ones.

   

-This year, my class took part in the Chinese New Year decorations competition. Many of us stayed back in school to decorate our class in red. Zachary and Hong Tao put in the most effort out of all of us as they spent many hours creating the tiger at the back of our classroom out of red packets. It was a great time to bond as a class. The end result was amazing. Our class was fully decorated in red and we even cleared out the mess around our tables. In the end however, we did not win first place but second. It was a disappointment but we did not regret a single second of it.

4. Have the stories you heard from your classmates changed the way you view/feel about your school? 

 - When I first came to Chong Boon Secondary School, I felt very miserable as I heard that Chong Boon was a 'gangster' school. My time during the orientation camp, however, totally changed the way I viewed Chong Boon. There are a few gangsters but there are also some really nice seniors who are always there to help us. I am proud to be a Chongboonite.