Assumption English School
{{Short description|Government aided school in Singapore}}
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{{Infobox school
| name = Assumption English School
| image =
| motto = Through Work Achieve Success
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1953}}
| type = Government aided
| session = Single-session
| principal = Vincent Toh
| address = 622 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678117
| city/town =
| pushpin_map = Singapore
| country =
| coordinates = {{Coord|1.3681024|103.7661047}}
| enrolment = approx. 1,500
| colours = {{color box|blue|Blue|white}} {{color box|white|White|Black}}
| homepage = [http://www.assumptionenglish.moe.edu.sg/ assumptionenglish.moe.edu.sg]
}}
Assumption English School (AES) is a co-educational government-aided Catholic secondary school in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. It is one of the seven institutions governed by St Gabriel's Foundation.{{Cite web|title=St. Gabriel's Foundation {{!}} Educating children, invigorating spirits|url=https://www.stgabrielsfoundation.org/|access-date=2021-12-09|language=en-US}}
History
AES was founded along Upper Bukit Timah Road in 1953 by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, as one of the three components of Boys' Town, a charity also run by the Montfort Brothers. It was then known as Boys' Town English School. By 1955, the school was established as a single-session full school with classes from Primary One to Secondary Four. In 1955, the first batch of students from the school sat for the School Certificate Examination.
In 1973, the secondary school section of CHIJ Bukit Timah merged with Boys' Town English School to form a co-educational Catholic school. The new school then took on the name of Assumption English School in honour of the Assumption of Saint Mary.
In 1989, the school decided to upgrade its facilities to better meet the demands of education in the years ahead. In December 1992, the primary school section of AES closed and its students transferred to St. Anthony's Primary School.
The construction of a new school building for AES started in 1993 at a cost of S$20 million. The new building was officially opened on 16 August 1997 by President Ong Teng Cheong.
From 2013 to 2015, the school was upgraded under the Ministry of Education's PRIME scheme at a cost of S$40 million. During this time, the school temporarily occupied a site at Queensway. It moved back to its Upper Bukit Timah Road campus on 28 December 2015{{cite web | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/long-winding-road-to-new-school | title=Long, winding road to new school | access-date=18 December 2018}} and the upgraded school building was opened on 7 July 2017 by Education Minister Ng Chee Meng.
Alumni
- Vernetta Lopez: DJ and actress
- Raphael Bautista Chrysler: Basketball Player for University of Santo Tomas
- Brightman Sio: SGAG Media Personality
- Sezairi Sezali: Singer
- Dante Chen: WWE Superstar
References
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Category:Catholic schools in Singapore
Category:Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel schools
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