St. Margaret's School, Brunei

St. Margaret's School (Malay: Sekolah St. Margaret, Abbrev: SMS) is a private school in Seria, Brunei Darussalam.

St. Margaret's School
Sekolah St. Margaret
School Badge
Address
Jalan Bolkiah

Pekan Seria
,
Belait District

Brunei
Coordinates4.6097600°N 114.3351496°E / 4.6097600; 114.3351496
Information
TypePrivate
MottoBe Strong and of Good Courage
Established1955
StatusOperational
PrincipalLiew Yong Kim
GenderCoeducational
Colour(s)Red, White, Blue    [1]
NicknameSMS
AffiliationsCIE
Websitestmargaretseria.org

History

The school was founded by Mr Amir a resident priest at St. Margaret's Church, in 1955. The first school was an old wooden building which was a vehicle repair shop opposite St. Margaret's Church. The school started with three classes and had 60 children. It was inaugurated by R.E. Hales, the Managing Director of British Malayan Petroleum Company on 8 April 1956. The school moved to its present site, which was given by the government, in 1959.

The school was established by the efforts of founder Principal Rev L R Melling and the parishioners of St Margaret’s Church in Seria at Lorong Tiga to cater for those who wanted English as the medium of instruction. It was officially opened by R E Hales, managing director of British Malayan Petroleum Company on 8 April 1956.

St. Margaret's School, circa 1956

In January 1960, the school opened a secondary section with Form 1.

In February 1960, John Heath took over as the principal.

The ARCON building was inaugurated by the Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum, PM Linton, on 7 May 1961.

The first batch of candidates from St Margaret's entered the Brunei Certificate of Education in November 1962 (which was later changed to PMB) and the Cambridge School Certificate of Examination in 1964.

A new classroom block was inaugurated by the Bishop of Borneo on 26 February 1967, and the principal's quarters were completed in October 1967.

Mr Curie (Australia) took over for a short while as acting principal. John Heath served the school as principal until 1970.[2]

A new school block was opened in December 2012.[3]

Principals
John Heath, Olwyn Parker, Sheila Vicars and David Vicars
PrincipalYears served
Rev L. R. Melling1956–1958
John Heath1960–1970
Rev. J. G. R. Osborne1971–1974
Rev. A. J. TudballMay–December 1975
Abraham Thomas1978–1996
Siew Kuan Keasberry1997–2007
Hjh Kertini Binti OKPSD Abang Hj Abu Hanifah2007–2009
Mohan Varghese2009–2011
Koh Hong Puah2011–2017
Liew Yong Kim2017–present

See also

References
  1. "Brunei Tourism and Travel Information". bruneidesi.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. History in a nutshell. "History in a nutshell". Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. "St Margaret's School launches 'Mellings Block'". Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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