Bendemeer Secondary...

saw the news article below on Channelnwesasia.com a while ago...

Bendemeer Secondary was my alma mater...
it was my other choice after Victoria Secondary back in 1984 after my PSLE...
did not manage to get into Victoria with my 3As and 1A star results...
the selection was based on the school’s vicinity to the St. George’s area i lived in then...
my secondary school days have been the best period of education in my life...

also noticed that the new channel 5 series, First Class, was filmed in Bendemeer Secondary and uses their school uniforms too...

suddenly this “ah beng ah lian” neighbourhood school has achieved some positive limelight...

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SINGAPORE: Bendemeer Secondary School celebrated the return of Paralympian swimmer Yip Pin Xiu and sailor Jovin Tan.

Yip, a secondary four student at the school, won Singapore's first Paralympic gold and a silver medal at the recent Beijing Paralympic Games. Aside from clinching the medals, Yip rewrote two world records along the way.

Tan is a former student of the school.

Both Yip and Tan were treated to a heroes' welcome when they wheeled into school, as some 1,300 students congratulated the pair for their achievements at the Games.

To remember the momentous occasion, a teacher catalogued Yip’s achievements in a binder and the principal presented it to the teenager.