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ST JOSEPH ’ S INSTITUTION • JOSEPHIAN ANNUAL 2014 PRINCIPAL ’ S MESSAGE
PRINCIPAL ’ S MESSAGE
2014 has been a year of transitions for all of us .
We moved to our holding school in Bishan and spent a fruitful year adjusting to the new campus . In this move , both staff and students have shown their true Josephian spirit by rallying together to make our temporary campus feel like home . We are especially proud of our Upper Secondary boys who had quickly settled down in the new campus and took the leadership to turn the campus into a thriving and buzzing community with the Lower Secondary boys .
This year , we also had our first cohort of Secondary 3 Integrated Programme ( IP ) students who were admitted into the programme from the O-level track . After two foundational years at the Lower Secondary level in the O-level track , our pioneer Secondary 3 IP boys have proven to be capable students . We are sure that they will make every effort to excel next year before they join the senior school in 2016 as our pioneer IP intake into the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme ( IBDP ).