Malacca High School

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Malacca High School
SMK Tinggi Melaka
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Location
Malacca High School
61, Jalan Chan Koon Cheng

Malacca City
,
Malacca
,
75000

Malaysia
Coordinates 2°11′30″N102°15′17″E / 2.191775°N 102.254654°E / 2.191775; 102.254654
Information
Other nameMHS
Type State school, secondary school
Motto Latin: Meliora Hic Sequamur
(Here we strive for better things)
Established7 December 1826;198 years ago (1826-12-07)
FounderThomas H. Moor
SessionMorning
School codeMEB2090 [1]
PrincipalTn Hj Johan Bin Othman
Teaching staff119 [1]
Forms1-6
GenderMale
Enrollment831 [1]  (2022)
LanguageEnglish, Malay
Classrooms60 approx.
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)   Mauve and green
YearbookThe Optimist
Affiliations Xin Min Secondary School, [2] Eltham High School [3]
Website sites.google.com/moe-dl.edu.my/smktinggimelaka/laman-utama
Last updated: 30 November 2022

Malacca High School (MHS) is a secondary school in Malacca, Malaysia. Founded on 7 December 1826, it is the second oldest recorded school in the country after only Penang Free School. It was awarded cluster school status and is known as one of the premier schools in Malaysia.

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History

Establishment

On 7 December 1826, MHS was officially established; just after Malacca was made a British colony on 17 March 1824, when the Dutch ceded Malacca to the English after the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

The establishment of the school (then known as Malacca Free School) was initiated by Thomas H. Moor, who came to Malacca in 1825 on the orders of William Milne, who was one of the educators at the Anglo-Chinese College. In his letter dated 4 January 1825, he stated his wishes to Arundel in London to establish a school. The establishment of the school was also supported by some influential people, including James Humphrey, a superintendent in the London Missionary Society. The startup of Malacca High School was directly related to the closing of the Dutch-Malay school which was established in January 1815 by Christian missionaries during the Dutch administration. The school was closed when Malacca was handed over to the British by the Dutch.

School motto

Meliora Hic Sequamur

This old main motto stands for "Here We Strive For Better Things". The motto was introduced by the principal of Malacca High School L.W. Arnold. He was stationed in the school from 1931 to 1934. The use of the motto coincided with the shifting of the school from the High Court Building to the current location. The official opening of the school was in October 1931. The motto may have been chosen to coincide with the abbreviation of MHS for the school.

School emblem

The school emblem was introduced in 1931. During this time the School Board of Governors was established and the motto "Meliora Hic Sequamur" was established. Originally, the school emblem reflected ‘History, ’Resilience’ and ‘Strength’.

The ‘A Famosa’ logo was used and the colour of green and maroon were used. At the bottom of the logo, ‘ Meliora Hic Sequamur‘ was etched. At the beginning, this logo was used by the school prefects only but from 1970 all students wear the logo.

Principals

Notable alumni

Royalty

Politics and Civil Service

Literature

Education

Extra-curricular activities

There are now nine uniform units. Among them are Scouts, Red Crescent Society, PKBM (Land), Police Cadets, KRS, Fire Brigade Cadets, Marching Band, Silat Seni Gayong and JPA3.

Sports houses

The house system was introduced in 1923. Every student was assigned a "house" named after historical figures. The sports houses in the school are:

Starting from January 2014, all the sports houses were changed from 6 to 4. The new names for the sport houses are:

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Senarai sekolah". MOE (in Malay). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Xin Min Secondary School Internationalisation Programme".
  3. ↑ "Malaysia-Victoria Sister School Program" (PDF).
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