Methodist Boys’ Secondary School Kuala Lumpur

Three MBS students, Ernest Cheah Hock Kuan, Kwa Bee Bee and Wong Ken Sheng stole the limelight in the graduating class of December 2008/09, Bachelors of Applied Science, University Malaysia Terengganu by emerging with First Class Honours. There were seven First Class Honours and three of them were MBS students. All of them are now gainfully employed in the corporate world. All three finished their Form 6 in MBS in 2005 with good STPM results and entered the same course the following year. It is indeed proud to know that many of the MBS students are performing very well in the local universities. The education they received in their years in MBS has contributed tremendously to their success.

Wong Ken Sheng proudly showing his graduation certificate

The Bangsar Zone chess tournament organized by the State Education Department saw a near clean sweep by the MBS boys in the U-15 category. Lead by national ranked chess players Yap Eng Chiam, Albert Ang and Tan Wei Hao, who were champions, first runners-up and second runners-up respectively, our boys swept nearly all the first 12 places, except for fourth, tenth and eleventh placings. It was indeed a great feat and the training by the coaches and guidance of their teacher Yong Lai Yean have come to fruition. The U-18 boys did not fare so well but still managed to clinch second runners-up and fourth placings. Let us hope they will produce the same feat in the state championship. Chess is a niche area in MBS under the Cluster School of Excellence Program. Go forward MBS!

Once again MBSSKL has a 100% passes for the SPM 2009 for the mainstream students. Overall the results are quite commendable with a total of 319 A+ (90 marks and above). A+ is a new scoring system introduced for distinguishing A’s which is A+, A and A-. Noteworthy in last year’s results is that 17 students had straight A’s, though no one had straight A+. Four students had 10A+’s. They are Eric Khong Mun Kit, Anson Lim Jia Shern, Chong Zhang Min and Liew Ern Khai. On a subject basis, 34% of the students scored more that 90 marks (A+) for Additional Mathematics, 29.9% for Mathematics and 25% for English. For a detailed analysis of the SPM 2009 results and that of previous years please click here. Please note that the overall grade of the SPM 2009 is not comparable to the previous years as the scale used is different.

The latest version of the school calender of events (version 1.2) can be downloaded from here. The updates include dates of SPM dan STPM examinations

Once again MBSSKL shows very good results for the STPM 2009. One of our students, Lim Thiam Sang was on of the 15 students in the nation that obtained a maximum of 5A’s. Three other students Tan Sock Mun, Chong Siew Ling and Lau Kar Mun obtained a Cumulative Gross Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0. It was a inspiring feat by Sock Mun, as she is suffering from a mild cerebral palsy which affects some of her motor movements, including writing. She is indeed proof that the disabled have great potential given the right support and opportunities. Interestingly, all the top performers of last year’s STPM results were from the Arts stream. The detailed analysis shows that most of the Arts subjects had significant improvement while the Science subjects showed mild declines. Notable improvements are seen in Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, Visual Arts and Mathematics S, while declines are seen in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics T. Overall, the school has a CGPA of 2.73, the best in 5 years. The analysis of each subject from 2001-2009 can be downloaded from here.

Siew Ling, Kar Mun, Sock Mun and Thiam Sang are all smiles with their results

Notice is hereby given that the PTA Annual General Meeting for the 2009/2010 Session will be held as follows:
Date: Friday, 12 March 2010
Time: 5.00 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre,
Methodist Boys’ Secondary School,
Jalan Hang Jebat,
50 150 KL