SMK Hillcrest

SMK Hillcrest
English: Hillcrest National Middle School
SMK Hillcrest; English: Hillcrest National Middle School
Location
	Batu Caves, Selangor; Malaysia
Information
Type	Public School, Secondary School
Motto	Ilmu Panduan Hidup; (English: Knowledge; Guidance in life)
Established	1 December 1992; 31 years ago
Founder	Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail
Principal	Tn Abdul Samat bin Ismail
Grades	First form to fifth form
Enrolment	±2000
Colour(s)	Red, Yellow, Blue
Rival	SMK Taman Melawati
Yearbook	Majalah Bestari
Affiliations	Ministry Of Education Malaysia
Abbreviation	SMKHC
Website	Ministry of Education: SMK Hillcrest

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest is a public school situated in Taman Sri Gombak and is regarded as one of the schools in the state of Selangor in Malaysia. The school is widely known as ""Hillcrest"" among students of the school itself and the community.

History

The school construction was started in 1989 and the first block was completed in 1991, hence opening on 1 December 1990. The school area was originally an estate of 8.2 hectares. The school was named Hillcrest, by the Gombak Prefecture Education Office, after the developing company that have developed the neighborhood that the school is intended to serve, the Taman Seri Gombak neighborhood.

Encik Irwan Tan Abdullah, who was the then-senior assistant, was elected as the first acting-principal on 1 December 1992. The first principal is Puan Sukma Murni Bt Abdul Samad. During that time, only the Munsyi building is in operation and the other building, the Sri Lanang building was still under construction. Kajai building was officially completed in 1996. With the operation of the new building, the school now have a Kemahiran Hidup Lab (Life Skills Labs), three science labs and another two new classrooms in operation.

On 1 July 1997, Puan Rohani Bt Bakar became the principal succeeding the first principal, Puan Sukma Murni. She served the school for six months before she is transferred to SMK Melawati. She was then succeeded by Puan Hodaima Bt Haji Halil. She served seven years before her retirement in 2005. Pn Kamalyah Bt Teh Mohamed followed. Pn Nik Maryam bt Idris whom joined the school in 2007 succeeded Pn Kamalyah. Later in 2011, Pn Sharifah Bt Mamat succeeded Pn Nik Maryam. She is currently the incumbent principal. Starting from the year of 2009, the school is accepting Form 6 students for both Science and Arts Stream. Both the Zaaba and Sri Lanang blocks are occupied by Form 6 students. There are currently 130 Arts stream students and 160 Science stream students for Form 6.

Parent-Teacher Association

The first PIBG meeting was launched by then-Yang Berhormat Datin Paduka Zaleha Bt Ismail on 17 January 1993.

Administration

The incumbent key-people

Tuan Abdul Samat Bin Ismail, Principal
Nor Mariha Binti Bahauddin, Senior Assistant.
En. N. Nagarajah Nagappan, Student Affairs
Pn. Nor Azizah Binti Abd Aziz, Co-Curricular.
Pn. Chee Mei Ling, Afternoon Session.

Former principals

The school has been headed by female principal since its establishment.

Headmaster	Took office	Left office	Comments
Pn Sukma Murni Bt Abdul Samad	1993	1997	The first headmaster.
Pn Rohani Bt Bakar	1997	1998
Pn Hodaima Bt Haji Halil	1998	2005	The school's longest serving headmaster.
Pn Kamalyah Bt Teh Mohamed	2005	2007
Pn Nik Maryam Bt Idris	2007	2011	Former headmistress of the rival, SMK Taman Melawati.

Co-Curricular

Annual Sports Day

The school's first sports day was held on 12 February 1993 and was launched by Yang Berhormat Encik Ahmad Bahari Abdul Rahman, the then-parliamentary member of Gombak SETIA. The school's first sport flag was also launched by him. There are five sports house which are:

Munsyi House -Yellow
Kajai House -Green
Sri Lanang House -Red
Keris Mas House - Purple
Zaa'ba House - Blue

Sports

Badminton
Basketball
Chess
Football
Table Tennis
Softball
Hockey
Handball
Volleyball
Archery
Track & Field

Uniformed Bodies

Societies

Chinese Society of SMK Hillcrest
Crime Prevention Society
English Language Society
Economic Society
History Society
Islamic Studies Society
Mathematics Society
Malay Language Society
Moral Studies Society
Multimedia Club
Science Society

Hillcrest Middle School.

References

Majalah Bestari Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest (2011), Edisi 15, Versi 2011
Majalah Bestari Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest (2008), Edisi 11, Versi 2008
Majalah Bestari Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest (2007), Edisi 10, Versi 2007
[1] Ministry of Education Malaysia official websites
[2] UNESCO, Ministry of Education Malaysia

External links

[3] Unofficial students website