| Founded by a group of far-sighted and highly educated Straits Chinese gentlemen, including Sir Song Ong Siang and Dr Lim Boon Keng, SCGS opened in July 1899 at Hill Street with an English headmistress and 7 girls on the register. In 1909, SCGS was registered as a company not for profit under the Companies Act. In 1923, the directors succeeded in acquiring a suitable 2.5 acre (approximately 1 hectare) site, belonging to Dr Lim Boon Keng, with frontages on Cairnhill Road and Emerald Hill Road for a new building purpose-built as a school. In 1989, the secondary school division of SCGS was accorded independent school status, one of two pioneer girls' schools to do so. On 4 July 1994, after 70 years at Emerald Hill, the School moved to new premises at the junction of Dunearn Road and Whitley Road and became a single-session school. Its website provides news highlights as well as information about its staff, board of directors, alumni, admission procedures, scholarships, primary and secondary divisions, co-curricular activities, etc. Includes links to parental portal, alumni and others.
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