Alam Shah Science School (abbreviated as ASiS; ) is a boarding

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secondary school located in

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, Malaysia. The school was established on 16 June 2003 at the former site of

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, which was relocated to

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History

Sekolah Alam Shah Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah or simply Alam Shah (abbreviated as SAS) is a fully residential school situated in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah is one of the schools in the country awarded with the title ''High Performance School' ...

, initially located at Kampung Congo (now

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, was relocated after its 40th anniversary in 2003 to a new school complex in Putrajaya. On 16 June 2003, Alam Shah Science School was founded at the site in Bandar Tun Razak, named after the Selangor ruler. The ASiS campus is located on the outskirts of metropolitan Kuala Lumpur, the capital of

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. The school site covers , comprising three administration and classroom buildings, four hostel blocks, one dining hall, one teachers' apartment, one staff apartment, six teachers' quarters and a principal's bungalow. Facilities include tennis,

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, basketball courts and rugby field shared with Institut Perguruan Ilmu Khas. ASiS is surrounded by education institutions: the

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, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Cheras, Institut Perguruan Ilmu Khas, Institut Perguruan Teknik, and the

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. KL Football Stadium, the venue of ASiS' Annual Athletics Day, is also nearby. The first batch of students, sat for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia SPM in 2004 with 84 candidates. Each enrolment may cater for over 200 boys and is divided into three intakes. The first principal was Tn. Hj. Mohd Idrus bin Abdul Hamid, who officially took up the position on the same day ASiS was inaugurated. The administration board remained unchanged until 2011, when Mohd Idrus retired after eight years. The initial faculty comprised thirteen teachers; some of them, like Mohd Idrus, were previously teachers at Sekolah Alam Shah. On 12 September 2003, 12 more teachers were hired. In 2009, there were 51 ASiS teachers and 22 staff. The number of students reached around 500.

Principals

School housing system

ASiS students are divided into four houses. Their placement in the hostel is made according to their respective houses. The houses compete for the House of the Year award during the annual Nostalgia Abadi Dinner, a graduation dinner.

Performance

ASiS has been in the top ten SBPs in SPM examinations. Nationwide, ASiS places itself in the top ten schools. On 17 February 2011, in an announcement made by Education Minister

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, ASiS was conferred the status of High Performance School, or

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(SBT), along with 22 other schools.

Co-curriculum

ASiS has three areas in its curriculum. They are: # Science & Innovation # English Debate # Internationalisation Programme

References

External links

* * http://oasiskl.blogspot.com, Old Boys Association of ASiS' blog {{Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur 2003 establishments in Malaysia Educational institutions established in 2003 Boys' schools in Malaysia