Methodist Boys’ Secondary School Kuala Lumpur

MBS Alumni New Zealand Chapter made a memorial visit to MBSSKL with the planting of an olive tree. Two members of the chapter, Robert Chan and Foong Kok Chuen helped to plant the tree which is hoped to spur the students about the significance of the alumni regardless of where they are residing. With the tree in the school compound, students will appreciate the role of the alumni in the development of the school, even they are far away in New Zealand. The ceremony was witnessed by Dato’ Teo Chiang Quan, president of the MBSKL Alumni Association and Wong Chee Kheon, the principal of MBSSKL.

Again MBSSKL boys emerged as KL champions in the RHB Spelling Contest in both the team and the individual events for 2009. With 26 top and premier schools like VI, Convent Bukit Nanas, Sekolah Aminuddin Baki and Sekolah Bintang Selatan taking part, the school still managed to clinch the title. Team work and diligence had contributed to this win. The team was represented by Liew Ern Khai, Quah Zhong Yan, Samuel Ong and Lim Kar Wee. The individual title was bagged by Liew Ern Khai, after a nail biting win over a very talented Form 1 boy from SMK Taman Maluri. Ern Khai was also last year’s KL Champion. Both titles carry cash prizes of RM2000, certificates and trophies. The school’s effort in excelling in co-academic areas of English has bore fruits as shown by this win the second time around. English Language is a niche area of the school as a Cluster School of Excellence.

MBBSKL Under 15 boys achieved a historic first in the 5th National Robotic Competition (NRC) at the local (Bangsar) level. Competing in a field of premier and well known schools, two of our four teams came back with a gold and bronze medal respectively. Robotics being part of our ICT niche area has seen much improvement over the past year with the boys training diligently under the guidance of their teacher advisors. The boys will now represent Bangsar in the state level competition. Let’s hope they will perform even better in the state competition. The NRC is part of the government’s effort in creating students who are creative and innovative in the field of Science and Technology. Globally the Robotics Competition sees the participation from many countries each year.

The dedication service and the opening ceremony of the West Wing, hereby named the Yong Chee Seng Block will held at 0830 on Saturday, July 18.  The dedication service will be officiated by the Bishop and the opening by Mr Yong himself. Alumnus Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay has also been invited to jointly open the block with Mr Yong. Built in 2007 and opened in 2008, this block was built from donations from the alumni, PTA and other well wishers. With this block, the school has additional 12 classrooms which has enabled it to fulfill its aspriration as a single session school. Further news on this block can be found in the article in The Star. Please click here to read the article.

In conjunction with KL Teachers’ Day celebration on 21 May 2009, awards were given to teachers who have shown their dedication and skills in their areas of expertise.  Two teachers made the school proud. S. Munnimiah, an ICT teacher was honoured as KL ICT Teacher for 2009 for her dedication, committment and skills in helping MBSSKL to be a Smart School which is way ahead in terms of implementing ICT in education and management. A long serving teacher in the school, she also teaches General Paper in Form 6 and has a Masters Degree in Educational Technology.

The other award winner is Mrs Tay Chong Kiat, who walked away with a prize for short story writing. Well known as an English and MUET teacher, Mrs Tay is no stranger in winning awards in story writing for this is the third time she has won such a similar award.

The school congratulates these two teachers and hopes that they will serve as role models in inspiring other teachers in improving their skills and dedication in the related fields. Go Forward MBS.

Our hearing impaired boys showed that disability is not a hindrance to their achievement in sports. In the recent KL sports meet organised by the State Education Department, they overcome the odds to make MBSSKL proud. The school emerged the overall champion for athletics and one of our boys, Mohammad Syamil Ilias was judged the best athlete. He also bagged the best scorer in the futsal championship.  Truly a tremendous effort by our boys, but tribute must also be given to our teachers who have worked hard in training them for the meet.

Sekolah Menengah Laki-Laki Methodist telah mengadakan Hari Anugerah Cemerlang 2009 pada 25 April bagi memberi pengiktirafan kepada pelajar yang mengharumkan nama sekolah dan cemerlang dalam bidang akademik serta ko-kurikulum. Majlis ini telah dirasmikan oleh seorang bekas pelajar, En Lee Kok Khee yang kini menyandang jawatan CEO Kenanga Investment Bank. Dalam ucapan beliau, En Lee telah menggesa pelajar terus menunjukkan kegigihan dan kesungguhan dalam bidang yang diceburi selaras dengan ethos dan budaya MBSSKL.  Semasa bersekolah di MBSSKL, En Lee pernah menyandang jawatan Penolong Ketua Pengawas dan merupakan seorang ahli sukan yang aktif dan berjaya. Majlis diserikan lagi dengan kehadiran Cik Hajah Nik Ramas, Ketua Sektor Akademik JPWPKL sebagai wakil Pengarah.

Pada 31.3.09 (Selasa) telah diadakan sambutan Hari Kadet Polis kali ke-39 peringkat kontinjen Kuala Lumpur bertempat di Ibu Pejabat Kontinjen Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Hang Tuah. Seramai 7 orang pelajar dan seorang guru MBSSKL telah terpilih untuk perbarisan kawalan kehormatan.

In the recent National Junior Judo Championship Circuit, our Judo boys put up very impressive performances. Trained by judokas Susan Cheah and Wong Joon Meng, our Form 3 boy won the U-15 title in the 81 kg category. His friend Chew Chee Han won the U-15 silver in the 66 kg category. Chee Han’s brother Chee Hui took the U-19 bronze in the 73 kg category. MBSSKL is working towards a centre of excellence for judo and a dojo is being built to cater for this purpose.