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Founded in 1887, the Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) is among the oldest and most established schools in Singapore. Barbara Quek, a former MGS student, shares with us the history of the school and memories that left a deep imprint on many who passed through its doors. The maypole dance, traditionally performed on Sports Day at 11 Mount Sophia.
Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) was founded by Miss Sophia Blackmore on 15 August 1887. Supported by the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America, Miss Blackmore, an Australian missionary, came to Singapore with a mission – to provide girls with an education.
Founded in 1887, the Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) is among the oldest and most established schools in Singapore. Today, 125 years later, it is still regarded as one of Singapore’s popular and premier girls’ schools. MGS occupied 11 Mount Sophia from 1928 to 1992.
Nov 20, 2012 · By Remember Singapore | Published November 20, 2012 | Full size is 640 × 417 pixels. old school at mount sophia2. Loading... remember the good old days...
Mar 7, 2020 · 1. National Archives of Singapore, 1 Canning Rise. Source. Today it is the National Archives of Singapore, previously this concrete building by local architect Ng Keng Siang was a primary school...
Apr 11, 2024 · Background. Mount Sophia was one of Singapore’s earliest middle-class residential neighborhoods in the 1800s.1 Early residents included William Flint, who was appointed by Stamford Raffles as Singapore's first master attendant,2 as well as August Behn, V. Lorenz Meyer and F. A. Schreiber of Behn, Meyer & Co. who were listed as ...
St Margaret’s School is the oldest girls’ school in Singapore. 1 It was founded in 1842 by Maria Dyer of the London Missionary Society, who had sought to provide a home and education for young girls who would otherwise be sold to rich families as domestic servants. 2 The school was originally known as the Chinese Girls’ School and later ...
