📝 SEJARAH

1911-1915 (Miss Eveleigh – Miss Playne)

• 1911: Bishop Ferguson-Davie, the first Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore proposed the setting up of an English High School for girls

• 4th of November 1912: Miss Eveleigh was appointed the first principal. The school was reopened in a house at 18 Weld Road with Miss Eveleigh, Miss Chitty (In charge of Women’s Work) and three students

• 1913: The school moved to Ampang Road

• 1915: Miss F.C. Pope arrived and took charge of music

1917-1918 (Miss Pope – Miss Mc Neil)

• January 1917: The school was recognized as St. Mary’s School for girls and St. Mary Church took responsibility for it

• Miss Playne resigned and Miss Pope became the headmistress

• September 1917: The school moved to 17 Treacher Road, into a building which is now a bungalow with 54 day-students and 4 boarders

• The staff consisted of Miss Pope, Miss Kay, Mrs King and Miss Alice Chen

• Miss Pope resigned as the headmistress

1918-1930 (Miss Mc Neil – Miss Pring)

June 1918: Miss Mc Neil arrived as headmistress. Miss Pope gave up her work in St. Mary’s and returned to England at the end of the year

• 1919: The Reverend A.B. Champion opened the Boy’s Department and Boarding House

• November 1922 : Construction began on the Weld Hill Road and was completed the following year

• 1925: The St. Mary’s Association was formed

• 1930: An extension was added and Miss Marjorie Pring joined the staff

1931-1943 (Miss Pring – Miss Carpenter)

• 1931: Miss Mc Neil retired and Miss Pring became the headmistress

• 1934: Miss Sprenger became the acting headmistress during Miss Pring’s furlough

• The school badge was introduced and the symbols are as seen today

• 1937: The first issue of the school magazine was published

• The Girl Guide Movement was introduced with the formation in August of the Second Guide (K.L.) with 27 recruits

• March 1938: The Boy’s Department had to be closed down because there were insufficient boys to form a class

• October 1938: Miss Florence Carpenter, an Arts graduate from Reading University and a S.P.G. missionary arrived to teach Scripture, English and History in the upper classes

• 1939: The sports house system was introduced and the names of the Federal Malay states were used as following:

Blue: Negeri Sembilan House

Green: Pahang House

Red: Selangor House

Purple: Perak House

• 2nd June 1939: Miss Pring left for England on furlough and Mrs. Carpenter become the acting headmistress

• 1942: With the outbreak of war in the Far East, schools in Malaya were closed

• Miss Carpenter went to Singapore and later in the year was evacuated to India

• The school building was used as military hospital by the Japanese

• 28th of June 1943: Miss Pring was killed in a fall in Kashmir

1945-1946 (Miss Carpenter – Miss Edna Yzelman)

• 18th of October: The school was reopened with Miss Edna Yzelman as the acting headmistress

1946-1962 (Miss Edna Yzelman – Miss Carpenter)

• 1946: The kindergarten was opened with Miss Frank in charge

• 12th of February 1946: Miss Carpenter returned to Malaya and was appointed headmistress of St. Mary’s

• 6th of April 1946 : The Governor of Malaya, Sir Edward Gent, visited St. Mary’s

• The School Certificate class was combined with that of Pudu English School because of a staff shortage

• 1947: Full classes resumed when school reopened on 20th of January

• Great progress was made under acting headmistress, Miss Agnes Pinnick

• 8th and 9th of August 1947: The first drama, “The Siege of Pring” and “Alice in Wonderland” were presented to the public

• The name of the sport Houses were changed to that of past headmistresses: Blue: Mc Neil, Green: Pope, Red: Playne, Yellow: Pring

• 1949: The school enrolment reached 500

• 14th of October 1955: St. Mary’s birthday was being celebrated for the first time

• 10th of July 1956: The Parent – Teacher Association was formed

• 1st of November 1957: The new classrooms in the primary school were opened by Bishop Roland Koh

• 1st of January 1958: The primary and secondary schools were separated

• 15th of October 1959: The new block of science labs and canteen were opened by Bishop Roland Koh

• 4th of January 1960: Students of Form Four were introduced to Arts and Science

• 1962: The Golden Jubilee year of St. Mary’s was celebrated. A special jubilee edition of the school magazine was produced. Celebration began on the 18th of October

• Miss Carpenter retired as headmistress of the school

1963-1970 (Miss Carpenter – Miss Diana Sellors)

• 1963: Miss Diana Sellors became headmistress of the school

• 1969: The new extension comprising the Art room, Domestic Science Room and classrooms were opened by the Minister of Education, Encik Mohd Khir Johari on the 4th of February

• 1st of August 1970: Miss Sellors went on leave prior to her retirement

• 14th of August 1970: Miss Maureen Morel became the first Asian headmistress to be appointed the post

1975-1976 (Miss Diana Sellors – Mrs. Rajendran)

• 1975: Mrs. Rajendran took over as headmistress

• Leadership Training Course and Prefects’ Installation were introduced to the students

• February & May 1975: Religious Emphasis week was introduced in February and Library Week in May

• October 1975: A full-length musical called "Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat" was put up for the public in conjunction with Speech Day

• 1976: The school band was formed

• The musical drama "The Boyfriend" was performed

1980-2001 (Mrs Rajendran – Miss Richards)

• 1980: Miss Richards took over as headmistress of St. Mary’s

• The full-length musical "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was staged

• 1987: The school celebrated its 75th anniversary

• 1991: The musical "The Sound of Music" was staged in the school hall for the public

• Dato' Stanley Issacs become chairman of the Board of Governors

• 1995: The last musical "Annie Get Your Gun" was produced at the premise on Jalan Tengah

• 10th of May 1997: The model of the new school was displayed to the public on Speech Day

• The guest of honour was Datin Seri Dr. Siti Hasmah, a past pupil of the school from 1931-1934

• December 1997: The big shift began to the new school situated in a 9-acre site at Taman Intan Baiduri, Selayang. The estimated cost of the building was 33 million

• 5th of January 1998: The school term started with the enrolment of 410 students in 10 classes

• 21st of February 1998: A "Reunion Dinner" was held by the St. Mary's Association at the school premise on Jalan Tengah with a total of more than 800 ex-students

• 31st of March 1998: The Anglican Diocese of Malaysia handed the keys of the old school to the Lion Group

• 6th of March 1999: The first fund-raising campaign was held at the new premises netting RM50,000

• 15th of July 1999 : The P.A. system for the whole school was set up using the funds of the “Pesta Ria”

• 4th of September 1999 : A row of "tembusu" trees was planted as a reminder of the old school

• July 2000: A new school building at Taman Intan Baiduri was officially opened by Y.A. Bhg. Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Haji Mohd Ali, a former pupil and wife of the Prime Minister

• Also present was Dato’ Endon Mohammed, also a former pupil and the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister. The school website http://www.smkstmary.homepage.com was launched

• 24th of February 2001: The second fund-raising campaign was closed with a jogathon

• 15th of June 2001: The official opening of the computer laboratory by Datin Amar Elizabeth Moggie, wife of the Minister of Telecommunications, Multimedia and Post

• 6th of July 2001: Farewell celebrations were held by the school, the PTA and the Board of Governors for Miss E.N. Richards. A farewell dinner was organized by the St. Mary’s Association at the Grand Seasons Hotel

2002-2005 (Miss Richards – Miss Goh Kai Lian)

• 2002: Miss Goh Kai Lian assumed her position as successor of the previous Miss E.N. Richards

• The musical "The Sound of Music", first staged in 1971 and the restaged in 1979 was restaged yet again for the public at the Malaysian Tourism Centre (WTC) in order to raise funds for the upgrading of the school band instruments

• 9th of April 2005: A "Pesta Ria" was held to raise funds for the school building. The target of RM100,000 was achieved

• 21st of October 2005 : A farewell ceremony was held for the retirement of Miss Goh Kai Lian as principal

2006-2010 (Miss Goh Kai Lian – Miss Goh Hai Bee)

• 2006: Miss Goh Hai Bee became the new principal replacing Miss Goh Kai Lian

• March 2007: A jog-a-thon was held to raise funds for the school building and about RM116,000 was collected. This exceeded the target of RM100,000. The money was used to improve the acoustics of the school hall

• 25th of October 2007 : Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye agreed to look into the appeal for basketball courts during the school's award-giving ceremony for extracurricular excellence

• A sum of RM8000 was donated by the Old Girl's Association for the school museum

• 26th, 27th and 28th of June 2008: "The Phantom of the Opera" revived the school’s tradition of staging musicals, this time in our very own school hall

• 20th of June 2009: A jog-a-thon proves yet another successful fund-raiser for the school