GIS celebrated the graduation of Class of 2014 on 20th June 2014. It was an exciting evening, and highly anticipated by the graduands and their families! The evening started with a speech by Mr. Graham Wilson, Head of Secondary, followed by the presentation of the subject awards by the President of Taylor’s Schools, Mr. B.K. Gan. Here is the list of awards and its recipients: 1. Applied ICT - Sze Wen LEE 2. Art & Design - Guang Li LOY 3. Biology - Ming Hong GAN 4. Business Studies -...
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We recently got in touch with Taranjeet Singh to ask if he can share his experiences with the alumni community. Taranjeet joined Garden School in Junior 3 after spending his early childhood in the UK as a result of his father reading Law at the Inns of Court. Taranjeet was the Head Boy and he witnessed many changes to the school by the time he graduated in 1984. He’s had to move to 3 campuses as Garden School expanded. He started at Jalan Stonor, then Jalan Kia Peng, and finally...
Recently, the Alumni Relations Office has had the opportunity to get in touch with one of our most charitable alumni members, Mr. Ralph Dixon, who is putting in great efforts to raise funds for the Malaysian AIDS Foundation (MAF) by running the Marathon Des Sables – a run that is dubbed to be ‘the toughest footrace on earth’, in April 2014. Seeing that it is a seven-day 250km ultra-marathon in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates, the Sahara desert, one would naturally...
On 24th January 2014, we were able to hold the second Annual Alumni Gathering in London. This year the event attracted many more ex students. Encouragingly we saw many more alumni from the earlier years. This included a number of students from the Classes of 1985 and 1986 as well as 1989. Several of them had travelled considerable distances to meet with their friends, many of whom had not been in contact for up to 20 years. We also had the honour to be joined by David Nicklin who...
One of our valued alumni members - Dr. Ying Wei LUM (Class of 1997) returns to share valuable tips and advice about studying medicine as a career. Dr. Lum was aspire to become a doctor since young, mainly because he was inspired by his father (who is also a surgeon) to pursue a career in medicine. Naturally, after graduating from GIS, he took up A-levels with Taylor's and moved on to International Medical University. After that he continued in Jefferson Medical College in the United States....
Dear Alumni, To keep the ball rolling from last week’s Year 11 Careers Day, here are some biographies of the speakers, together with their reflections of that day. Edwin Koh (2005) Edwin has a great love for business and innovation. He stems from a finance background and has been working in the hospitality industry for the past few years. Edwin has worked with Melbourne based product designers to invent a one of a kind beer dispensing technology called the...
On 10th October, 7 alumni speakers returned to GIS to share their experiences, tips & advice to the Y11 students! The sessions were very well received and we've received very positive feedback from the students: - "It was beneficial because I learned many key points from them" - "I learned about different jobs and got great ideas from these sessions. It has broadened my knowledge on different areas" - "It gives us insights into the working world" - "The sessions were very...
We launched our cashless system this week, with all primary students being issued with green wrist bands.
GIS Ready to Go Cashless!
No more worrying about your wallet, what to do with your change, or how to carry your food and cash at the same time.
Just Touch & Go!
We are very keen to hear from any ex GIS students who would be willing to give up some time to talk to Yr10 and Yr11 students about making study and career choices. Please do get in touch if you would like to support our Careers Programme as the sharing of your experience will be an invaluable tool for our current students. Please click here for more information. If you would like to contribute towards our KS3-4 Career Programme, please write to us at: alumni@gardenschool.edu.my or...