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History

San Yu Adventist School is made up of two schools - San Yu High School established in 1958 and the Seventh-day Adventist School established in 1908. The merger took place in August of 1996 and started operating as one school on January 1, 1997. It is a fully self-supporting school owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Mission (Singapore).

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Chronological History of the San Yu High School (297A Thomson Road)

1958	Opened and operated at Thomson Road by the West Malaysia-Singapore Mission.
1962	School was passed over to the Seventh-day Adventist Chinese Church.
1970	Started pre-university Arts Stream.
1972	Reorganized and jointly operated by the Chinese Church and the Mission
1978	Completed a four-storey (classroom) building at Thomson Road.
1980	Started pre-university Commerce Stream.
1982	Appointed as an examination centre for GCE 'O' and 'A' Levels examinations.
1984	Secondary One was converted to the National stream with English as the first
	language and Chinese as the second language.
1985	Completed another four-storey classroom building.
1987	Started Commerce Stream at GCE 'O' level.
1988	Completed setting up the school clinic and extension of the canteen and the library.
1990	Completed setting up the Youth Counselling Room, the covered walkway and the
	staircase connecting existing school building.
1995	Pre-university classes were discontinued.
1996	The school board voted a merger with the Seventh-day Adventist School in view of
	the acquisition of the land at Upper Serangoon Road by the Government.
1997	The 'new' school began to operate as one under the name San Yu Adventist School at Upper Serangoon Road. A new four storey block was to be built and the existing 2 blocks to be renovated at Thomson Road.
1998	Ministry of Education approved the merger and the new name San Yu Adventist School.
2000	New four storey block completed. Began the new school year at 299 Thomson Road.

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Chronological History of the Seventh-day Adventist School (273A Upper Serangoon Rd)

1907	Started as the Eastern Training School in a house called Mount Pleasant off Thomson
	Road.
1908	Moved to Dhoby Gaut.
1915	Renamed Singapore Training School at 400 Serangoon Road.
1916	Moved to 300 Serangoon Road.
1921	Moved to another location at 273 Upper Serangoon Road. A new building called
	North Hall was completed that year.
1922	Another wing called South Hall was completed.
1923	School renamed Malayan Union Seminary.
1924	Administration building was completed.
1925	Chapel and Science hall work completed.
1926	Girls' dormitory was completed.
1929	Name changed to Malayan Seminary of Seventh-day Adventists.
1938	Name changed to Union Training School.
1942	School closed due to World War II & capture of Singapore in February 1942.
1945	School reopened in October 1945.
1948	Offered courses from Primary One to Senior Cambridge.
1949	Name changed to Malayan Union Seminary. A new dining hall was completed.
	College level courses were offered - ministerial and teacher-training.
1951	New wood product building was completed.
1952	Science laboratory was equipped.
1958	Name changed to Southeast Asia Union College.
1961	By regulations from the Ministry of Education, Singapore, the primary and secondary
	education school adopted the name The Seventh-day Adventist School.
1972	The Seventh-day Adventist School separated from the Southeast Asia Union College.
	Each had its own governing board.
1989	Moved to Jalan Kayu while the new classroom block was being built.
1992	Four-storey classroom block completed. Moved back to Upper Serangoon Road.
1996	The Seventh-day Adventist School and the San Yu High School's school boards voted a
	merger and called itself the San Yu Adventist School.
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