Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor (English: Kuala Selangor Science Secondary School; abbreviated KUSESS) is a Fully Residential School, also known as Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) in Malaysia. KUSESS was then built under the Sixth Malaysia Plan. It is located near Bandar Melawati, Kuala Selangor which is about 70 kilometres from the nation's capital, Kuala Lumpur. The construction works on the school began on 24 April 1994 and finally completed in 1996.
The school started operating on 8 September 1996; with a first intake of 210 students,19 teaching staff and 4 support staff. The following year saw a sharp increase in the number of students that were admitted to the school. 187 students gained entry to Form 1 while 165 students were admitted into Form 4. The teaching staff almost tripled from 19 to 53. On 27 May 1997 the school was officiated then by the Deputy Prime Minister; Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
By 1998, the number of students had grown to 810 and the teaching staff had a strength of 63 people. The year also saw the retirement of the school's first principal Tuan Haji Khamis bin Maarof. He was replaced by Tuan Haji Ariffin bin Abdul Rahaman, who left his post at Sekolah Menengah Kadok, Kota Bahru, Kelantan to take the seat as the principal. It was also the year which saw the students of the school sit for Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) and Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations for the first time. The results were an overwhelming success as for PMR as the school was ranked as one of the top 5 Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP); while with the total of 147 students out of 148 students obtained first rank in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).
Today the school has 783 students in 25 classes, taught by 75 teachers.
School logo and flag
Flag of KUSESS
Logo
The Book represents knowledge obtain by the students in KUSESS,
The Three Circles represent academic and co-curricular activities,
Berilmu Beramal Berbakti is the school's motto, which translates to being knowledgeable, doing good deeds and having a level of devotion in all courses that been dedicated by each and every student in KUSESS.
Gear and Conical Flask represent outstanding students achievement in science and technology.
Flag
Yellow represents incredible achievement that has been achieved by the student in KUSESS.
Red represents bravery, persistence, and spirit that was implanted in KUSESS' student.
The merging triangles of red and yellow represent unity between the passion the students in KUSESS in achieving success.
Tradition
The school hosts the "Hari Penganugerahan Kecemerlangan", an annual weekend event celebrating the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia result achievers. It is modelled after the convocation ceremony of universities. The graduation robe is maroon.
Students wearing the ceremonial robe during "Hari Penganugerahan Kecemerlangan".
The school has a lot of dress codes for each student to solidified their standing as a outstanding student based on the day of the week and time. On Mondays, students would wear a white shirt with long sleeves for boys; Baju Kurung with black skirt for girls. While on Wednesdays, they would usually wear the uniform of their respective uniform units. On Thursdays, they will wear their sport attire based on their houses whether it is Waja, Perdana, Wira and Satria; while they will wear an exclusive design of traditional batik clothes specifically on the first week of the month. Fridays on the other hand, they will wear a white Baju Melayu completed with a beautiful blue samping for the boys while Baju Kurung is worn by the girls.
The school stages an assembly every weekday morning in which started with shouting out 'KUSESS SUKSES' prayers are recited was then followed by the singing of Malaysia's national anthem (Negaraku), the Selangor State song and the school songs. The national pledge (Rukun Negara) is also recited during the assembly. It was then closed with sending regards to the teachers. During the days of Puan Rosida; the school's third principle, 'spot talk' was held during the assembly. A student is chosen at random and given a topic to talk about in English.
While in much more recent days, a speech or presentation regarding other language being teach at KUSESS during assembly such as Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Arabic and German every Wednesday. This is so the student at KUSESS can learn other language than English and Malay.
The School Songs
The school song is a symbol of incredible identity the school imprinted on the student not only to succeed in school, but also in society and will later on committed towards serving the country.
The Association of Parents and Teachers are an association being created to create an harmony relationship between parents and student in order for students in KUSESS to succeed. Usually, they are the one who gives out donation for a better life of the students at KUSESS.
Beginning
Ended
Chairman
1996
2000
YM Raja Razman Raja Rome
2001
2007
no records
2008
no records
Tuan Haji Ishak bin Samsudin
2017
present
Prof. Dato` Dr. Ir. Mohd Dali b. Isa
Head Students
The Head Students is selected amongst the ranks of the Student Representative Council (MPP) to assist in commanding, running and managing school affairs. He is assisted by a committee (Majlis Tertinggi) and primarily follow the guidance and orders of the current Senior Student Affairs Teacher (PK HEM).
Year
Name
2015
Muhammad Hazzim bin Muhammad Hamdan
2016
Muzaffar bin Mustaffar
2017
Muhammad Haziq Haiqal bin Nazrie
2018
Mior Daniel Hakeem bin Mior Md Salleh
2019
Anas bin Zahari
2020
Muhammad Fazrul Bin Muhammad Dali
2022
Firhad Iydaniel bin Faidrul Iqmar
2023
Mohammad Amar bin Mohammad Ali
2024
Muhammad Nazif
Full Colours Award recipient
The Full Colours award is awarded by the Fully Residential School (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh; SBP) body for students with incredible academic and co-curricular achievements as well as their contributions not only to their school but basically to the SBPs as a whole. The students from KUSESS have received the award in the following years:
Year
Award recipient
2000
Tursina bt Abd Rashid
2002
Junaidah binti Mohd Yusof
2003
Aini Hanan bt Azmi
2004
Kamal Hakim b Kamaruzzaman
2005
Hanan bt Othman
2006
Basirah Anati bt Basaruddin
2014
2015
Vynson Kuan Zhi-Rong
List of Gold Achievement students
Definition of Gold Achievement Student
Year
Gold Achievement student
Year
Gold Achievement student
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Essam bin Saleh
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Hanan bt Othman
2006
Basirah Anati bt Basarudin
2007
Mohd Al-Jundi b Abdullah
2008
Megat Syazwan Shah bin Megat Shahridan Nahar
2009
Nurhazirah 'Aqilah binti Salim Musa
2015
Vynson Kuan Zhi-Rong
2016
Ahmad Taufiq bin Ahmad Zakuan
2017
Ahmad Ehsan Hafizi
2018
Meor Daniel Hakeem bin Meor Md Salleh
List of Full Colours students
Definition of Full Colours students
Year
Full Colours student
Year
Full Colours student
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Hanan bt Othman
2006
Basirah Anati b Basarudin
2007
Mohd Al-Jundi b Abdullah
2008
Fawwaz b Nik Abdul Aziz
2015
Vynson Kuan Zhi-Rong
Pencapaian Kokurikulum 2008/2009
KUSESS Team achieving first runner-up in 2008 IIUM National Interschool Engineering Challenge
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