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]
Principalsedit
John Heath, Olwyn Parker, Sheila Vicars and David Vicars
^"Brunei Tourism and Travel Information". bruneidesi.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^History in a nutshell. "History in a nutshell". Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^"St Margaret's School launches 'Mellings Block'". Retrieved 3 April 2012.
External linksedit
stmargaretseria.org, the school's official website
May 01, 2024
margaret, school, brunei, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, o. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St Margaret s School Brunei news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message St Margaret s School Malay Sekolah St Margaret Abbrev SMS is a private school in Seria Brunei Darussalam St Margaret s SchoolSekolah St MargaretAddressJalan BolkiahPekan Seria Belait DistrictBruneiCoordinates4 36 35 N 114 20 07 E 4 6097600 N 114 3351496 E 4 6097600 114 3351496InformationTypePrivateMottoBe Strong and of Good CourageEstablished1955StatusOperationalPrincipalLiew Yong KimGenderCoeducationalColour s Red White Blue 1 NicknameSMSAffiliationsCIEWebsitestmargaretseria wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Principals 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe 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 nbsp 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 edit nbsp John Heath Olwyn Parker Sheila Vicars and David Vicars Principal Years served Rev L R Melling 1956 1958 John Heath 1960 1970 Rev J G R Osborne 1971 1974 Rev A J Tudball May December 1975 Abraham Thomas 1978 1996 Siew Kuan Keasberry 1997 2007 Hjh Kertini Binti OKPSD Abang Hj Abu Hanifah 2007 2009 Mohan Varghese 2009 2011 Koh Hong Puah 2011 2017 Liew Yong Kim 2017 presentSee also edit nbsp Asia portal nbsp Schools portal Education in Asia List of schools in BruneiReferences edit Brunei Tourism and Travel Information bruneidesi com Retrieved 29 April 2022 History in a nutshell History in a nutshell Retrieved 1 July 2011 St Margaret s School launches Mellings Block Retrieved 3 April 2012 External links editstmargaretseria wbr org the school s official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Margaret 27s School Brunei amp oldid 1197645338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
