Xinmin Secondary School

Xinmin Secondary School was very much a part of old Serangoon history. Originally located along Serangoon Road as this vintage photo shows, the building was an easy landmark along the main road.
This page comes from the July page of the ATC 2009 Heritage Calendar.
In the old days, it was known as Sin Min High School. There was also Sin Min Primary School.
Today, the original building has been taken over by the Helping Hands Organisation. The school was founded in 1945 and relocated to its present site in Hougang Avenue 8 in 1990/1991( See map below ).


Looking at the old photo carefully will revive many forgotten memories of what sports and PE were like in those bygone days. Did you notice the girls were all running barefooted?
And that was an official race! You can clearly see the competitor's number tag on them...370, 395 and 51 seemed to be ahead of the others...387 etc.
They were running on everyday cowgrass! No school had tartan tracks yet.

The other new photos ( from Xinmin official website) show the spanking new buildings and facilities in their present location.




What a major contrast...the past and the present.

Today, Xinmin Sec is regarded as a top school ( not just top neighbourhood school ). They have won the highest School Awards given out by the MOE...the School Distinction Award and the School Excellence Award.
The transformation from an ordinary school to one of note has been heralded in the media and press and makes a worthwhile case study.
unk Dicko