SMS Kuala Selangor

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.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor Kuala Selangor Science School KUSESS
Main entrance of KUSESS
Address
Bandar Malawati, Kuala Selangor Selangor , 45000 Malaysia
Coordinates	3°19′21.00″N 101°16′27.96″E
Information
Type	Fully Residential School
Motto	Berilmu Beramal Berbakti
Established	8 September 1996
School district	Kuala Selangor
School code	BEA3083
Principal	Puan Hajah Feizatul Akmar Nor Binti Nurbi
Staff	86
Grades	Form 1 - Form 5
Number of students	700
Average class size	30
Language	Malay, English
Classrooms	Berlian, Delima, Intan, Mutiara, and Nilam
Houses	Satria   Wira   Perdana   Waja
Yearbook	Paradigma
Website	kusess.edu.my

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.

Student Vows

Maka kami, murid SMS KUALA SELANGOR, berikrar, akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut

Co-curriculum

Clubs and societies

• Language & Cultural Society
• English Language & Drama Society
• Guidance & Counseling Club
• Mathematics & Science Club
• Islamic Student Society
• History & Geography Club
• Arts Club
• STEM Club

Uniform units

• Malaysia School Youth Cadet Corps
• Boy Scouts
• Malaysian Red Crescent Society
• Fire Brigade Cadet
• Puteri Islam
• Girl Guides
• Police Cadet

Games

• Chess & Archery Club
• Netball Club
• Basketball & Handball Club
• Takraw & Volleyball Club
• Ping Pong & Badminton Club
• Soccer & Rugby Club
• Hockey & Tennis Club
• E-sports & Extreme sports Club
• Taekwondo Club
• Silat Gayung Fatani Club

Principals

Beginning	Ended	Name
1996	1998	Allahyarham Tuan Haji Khamis B. Maarof
1998	2002	Tuan Haji Ariffin B. Abdul Rahman
2002	2006	Puan Rosida Bt. Mohd. Zain
2006	2008	Puan Che Kamaliah bt. Endud
2008	2011	Puan Hajjah Rossminah Bt Yamin
2011	2014	Dr. Hajah Rosnah Bt Selamat
2014	2020	Tuan Mohd Shahadan B. Abd Rahman
2020	2021	Puan Monarazmah Binti Abdul Razak
2021	2023	Tuan Haji Hassan Abrar bin Haji Halidi
2023	Present	Puan Hajah Feizatul Akmar Nor Binti Nurbi

• 
  Puan Hajah Rossminah Bt. Yamin
• 
  Puan Che Kamaliah Bt. Endud
• 
  Puan Rosida Bt. Mohd. Zain

Senior Administrative Teacher (PK Pentadbiran)

Beginning	Ended	Name
1996	2000	Tuan Haji Mohd Shafiebin Syed Mansor
2001	2006	Puan Marpuaton binti Sastero
2006	2010	Tuan Haji Hasan Abrar bin Haji Halidi
2011	2015	Tuan Haji Kamarularipin bin Jaffar
2015	2017	Tuan Hamzani bin Suien
2017	Present	Puan Normidza binti Md Kamel

Senior Student Affairs Teacher (PK HEM)

Beginning	Ended	Name
1996	2000	Tuan Haji Rezazali bin Ahmad Ansar

Association of Parents and Teachers (PIBG)

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 bin Othman

Full Colours Award (SBP) recipient

The Full Colours award is awarded by the Fully Residential School (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh; SBP) body for the 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
2001	Tursina binti Abd Rashid
2003	Junaidah binti Mohd Yusof
2004	Aini Hanan binti Azmi
2005	Kamal Hakim bin Kamaruzzaman
2006	Hanan binti Othman
2007	Basirah Anati binti Basaruddin
2008	Muhammad Al-Jundi bin Abdullah
2009	Fawwaz bin Nik Abdul Aziz
2012	Muhammad Aidil bin Kashry
2016	Vynson Kuan Zhi-Rong
2018	Mior Danial Hakeem bin Mior Md Salleh

Gold Award recipient

The student who receive gold award in SPM

Year	Gold Achievement student
1998	Ahmad Fedtri bin Yahya
1999	Khairil Raezwan bin Rashidi (in 1999 he took PMR, so how could he won the SPM award?)
2000	Tursina bin Abdul Rashid
2001	Norzafry bin Norhalim
2002	Shahrin bin Samsuddin
2003	Aini Hanan binti Azmi
2004	Kamal Hakim bin Kamaruzaman
2005	Hanan bin Othman
2006	Basirah Anati bt Basarudin
2007	Muhammad Al-Jundi bin Abdullah
2008	Megat Syazwan Shah bin Megat Shahridan Nahar
2009	Nur Hazirah 'Aqilah binti Salim Musa
2010	Qani'ah binti Abdul Rahman
2011	Ern Suci Cahyani binti Imam Sunaryo
2012	Muhammad Aidil bin Kashry
2013	Siti Nabilah binti Shamsudin
2014	Muhammad Ali bin Md Aliman
2015	Vynson Kuan Zhi-Rong
2016	Muhammad Syafiq bin Mohd Rozi
2017	Ahmad Ehsan Hafizi bin Ahmad Latiffi
2018	Mior Danial Hakeem bin Mior Md Salleh
2020	Sara Sofea binti Muhammad Illaham
2022	Umar Asyraf bin Mohd Khair

List of Full Colours students

Full Colours students are excentiantly student who are exceptional not only in academic but also in co-curricular activities. They are the people who stays excellent even after going

Year	Full Colours student
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006	Basirah Anati b Basarudin
2008	Fawwaz b Nik Abdul Aziz

Co-Curricular Achievement 2008/2009

KUSESS Team achieving first runner-up in 2008 IIUM National Interschool Engineering Challenge

Achievements	Level	Championships/Competitions	Year
Champion	National	Merdeka Open Chess Championship	2008
Champion	National	Scout girl navigation competition	2008
Champion	National	Piala Perdana Menteri English Debate	2008
Champion	National	YTL Green Ribbon Award Project	2008
Second place	National	Arabic Language Carnival	2008
Second place	National	National Interschool Engineering Challenge	2008
1 Silver	National	UUM Open Archery Championship	2008
4 Gold 1 Silver	National	Karnival Pendidikan dan Kerjaya	2017
1 Silver	International	Fully Residential School International Symposium	2017
Second place	State	English Drama Competition	2008
Second place	State	Career Education Carnival	2008
Second place	State	Teen forum competition	2008
Second place	State	Selangor Police Cadet Camping	2008
11 Silver	State	MSS Selangor Archery Competition	2008
Second place	State	NGO March competition (scout)	2008
Champion	National	MSSM Chess Championship	2009
Champion	State	MSS Selangor Sepak Takraw Championship	2009
Gold	State	MSS Selangor Sailing Championship	2009
Second place	State	MSS Selangor Chess Championship	2009
Second place	SBP Middle Zone	English Drama Competition	2009
Champion	State	Selangor Petanque Angkasa Championship	2009

Notable Alumni

• Ahmad Fedtri bin Yahya, a famous Malaysian speaker, television personality and radio presenter

External links

• http://www.kusess.edu.my