Jy-2015

Principal’s Address 2015
20th Anniversary cum SG50 Celebration on 26 May 2015.
Living the Legacy, Nurturing for Tomorrow
Good evening. A very warm welcome to all
Mr Alvin Yeo, our Guest-of-Honour, and Adviser to Nanyang GROs
Mr Richard Dawson, Cluster Superintendent, West 3
Dr Ong Ann Tee (BBM), Chairman, Juying Secondary School Advisory Committee
This year, 2015, marks a key milestone in the history of Juying
Secondary. Not only are we celebrating the school’s 20th
Anniversary, we are also very privileged and honoured to be
able to commemorate Singapore’s 50th birthday in the same
year.
“Living the Legacy. Nurturing for tomorrow” - the theme
to mark Juying Secondary’s 20th Anniversary cum SG50
celebration – sums up our aspirations and hope to continue
the great legacy left behind by our pioneer educators, and to
nurture the new generation of tomorrow. There is definitely no
better opportunity than this special occasion, for us to join the
nation in paying tribute to the pioneer and senior educators
of Juying Secondary, who have made significant contributions,
and impacted the lives of many Singaporeans and JYians.
We are indeed very happy and honoured that many of our
Pioneer Generation staff and Senior staff of Juying Secondary
are here with us this evening. They include our Founding
Chairman of our School Advisory Committee, Dr Ong Ann Tee,
Superintendent for 18 years Mr Richard Dawson, Founding
Principal Mrs Lee Yin Ling, Vice-Principal Mrs Tay Kheng Siong,
HODs Mr Koh Chong Khye and Mrs Mun-Tan Ling Cheng,
Cikgu Sies Senan, Mr Lim Chye Lye, Mdm Chia Wang Kiang,
Operation Manager Chong Kim, OSO Mdm Ong Kim Chor and
Mdm Syamala, just to name a few.
We also have a number of very senior Pioneer Generation
Educators who are still teaching or serving in our school. They
are Retired Principals Mr Billy Goh, Mr Thomas Ong and Mr
Johari, Retired HODs Mr Watt Chan Meng, Mrs Chew Suit Mei,
Teachers Ms Agnes Yong, and OSO Mr Ng Poh Huat.
Please join me to thank all our Pioneers and Seniors, once
again, for taking the time to come and join us on this joyous
occasion. You deserve our loudest applause today as you not
only have served Juying Secondary, you have played a key role
in the progress and development of modern Singapore today.
Please allow me to share some of the contributions of our
pioneer staff who started Juying Secondary.
Living the Legacy – Special Mention of Pioneer
Educators of Juying Secondary vis-à-vis JY20
Our founding Principal, Mrs Lee Yin Ling, played a significant
role in starting and building up a new school which has grown
to what it is today, from the earliest campus in the 4th level
of Pioneer Secondary, to the former Jurong Institute premises
which is now our present site. Her visionary leadership and
exceptional people management skills had impacted many
staff members. Mr Michael Low, our Lead Teacher, remembers
Mrs Lee’s “fantastic motivation skills and her dream of making
the school to be the best secondary school in the west.” He
appreciated her care and concern for the personal well-being
and welfare of her staff which also extended to their families. In
his own words, “Such thoughtful leadership was what endeared
the staff towards Mrs Lee and made Juying a wonderful place
to be in.”
In addition, Mrs Lee co-wrote the lyrics of our school song
which we sang earlier on, together with one of our current
teachers, Mrs Choong Lay Len. Her talent also extends to
Chinese Calligraphy that resulted in the creation of a Spring
Couplet which is still hung at the front of the school building
during Chinese New Year. Her couplet encourages all of us to
create a conducive learning environment in the school. One of
our senior teachers, Mdm Sophia Goh who remembers Mrs Lee
fondly has this to say, and I quote, “Mrs Lee has impressed a lot
of younger staff for her self-discipline and learning. Mrs Lee set
a very good tone, created a great learning environment for the
school and she is an excellent example of one who never stops
learning. Even after she retires, she continues to write books.”
Thank you, Mrs Lee for being an inspiration to our teachers.
Working alongside with Mrs Lee is one of our longest serving
Vice-Principals, Mrs Tay Kheng Siong, who helped to compose
the school song. Due to her passion in music, Mrs Tay started
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