| 1903 |
Rev.
James Hoover opened the Anglo-Chinese school for boys at the new
Foochow settlement at Sungai Merah, Sibu. |
| 1905 |
The
Anglo-Chinese school was moved to Sibu town. |
| 1913 |
The
Anglo-Chinese School was renamed to Yiik Ing Girls' school,
which offers lower Chinese education to girls. The boys were
transferred to the agriculture school at Bukit Lan. |
| 1925 |
English
stream classes began but it was closed later on. The English
classes started again in 1940. |
| 1941 |
Madam
J.B. Chong and Rev. Gerald Summers opened the Anglo-Chinese
school for boys at Island Road (Jalan Pulau) with 98 students. |
| 1942 |
Closure
ordered by the Japanese authority during the Japanese
Occupation. |
| 1946 |
The
Methodist Church council accepted the suggestion from Rev. Ling
Kai Cheng to set up a Methodist Secondary School. |
| 1947 |
Rev.
E.O. McGraw reopened the Anglo-Chinese School for boys after
World War II. |
| 1947 |
Yiik
Ing Girls School changed its name to Methodist Primary and
Secondary School and it accepts both boys and girls. A big piece
of land became the site of the Methodist Secondary School was
acquired with the efforts of Rev. Ling Kai Cheng. |
| 1948 |
The
Education Department of Sarawak approves the construction of the
Methodist Secondary School as planned. |
| 1949 |
The
historical beginning of SMB Methodist, better known as Methodist
Secondary School. This secondary school was officially launched
on the 19th January, 1949 with a grand ceremony at Masland
Methodist Church, Sibu. School started with 35 students at the
Hoover Memorial Building. The first principal was Rev. Ling Wen
Tsung. |
| 1950 |
The
double storey building was completed at the new school site. The
students took the 'Junior Cambridge' examination for the first
time. |
| 1951 |
All
students from the lower secondary and higher secondary in both
English and Chinese streams were shifted to the new building.
The
school management board was established and rev. Ling Kai Cheng
as the first Chairman.
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students took the 'Chinese Senior Middle' examination for the
first time. |
| 1952 |
Students
took the Senior Cambridge for the first time. |
| 1953 |
The
'Summers Memorial Building' which houses the old school hall
(currently converted into a library), library and administration
office. This building was named after Rev. Gerald Summers as a
memorial for the contribution to the school. |
| 1958 |
3
Science lab, a Home Economics room, toilet & basketball
court is constructed. |
| 1959 |
10th
Anniversary Celebration |
| 1960 |
Construction
of 6 classrooms extending the Science lab & Home Economics
building. A new workshop & girls toilet was constructed in
the same year. |
| 1962 |
Transformation
of Chinese stream classes to English stream classes began with
Junior Middle 1 class. |
| 1963 |
A
new boys hostel was built, complete with a recreation &
dinning room. |
| 1964 |
The
old boys hostel was demolished to pave way for a new double-storey
building for Form 6 classes which was expected to start in 1965. |
| 1965 |
Lower
6 Arts class began |
| 1967 |
The
end of Chinese stream classes |
| 1969 |
20th
Anniversary Celebration |
| 1971 |
Construction
of a 3 storey building which houses the senior Science labs
& library. |
| 1973 |
Alumni-Alumnae
Association of SMB Methodist was founded. Mr. Hii Yii Chiong was
its first President. |
| 1974 |
25th
Anniversary Celebration |
| 1975 |
Afternoon
session classes began to accommodate a larger number of
students. LCE Curriculum activities started at Form 1
|
| 1976 |
Form
3 students took the LCE examinations for the first time. |
| 1979 |
30th
Anniversary Celebration and the launching of the new 4 storey
building (Block A) which houses the Lecture Hall, Canteen
& 3 classrooms.
Students
took the MCE examinations for the first time. |
| 1980 |
School
had been declared a 'Category A' School |
| 1983 |
The
syllabus was changed from English to Malay starting from Form 1.
The
Alumni-Alumnae Association of SMB Methodist had contributed a basketball and tennis court to the school. |
| 1985 |
Form
3 students took their SRP examination for the first time.
The
Alumni-Alumnae Association
of SMB Methodist contributed by forming the Computer Club.
|
| 1986 |
Obtained
the best result in the SRP examination at the state level. Won
the first place in co-curiculum
activities in Sibu. |
| 1987 |
SPM
examination taken for the first time by the students. |
| 1989 |
STPM
examination taken for the first time by the students and
obtained the best result on
the state level. |
| 1992 |
Won
the “Piala Ketua Menteri” debate. |
| 1993 |
Won
the “Forum Remaja” at the state level. |
| 1994 |
The
new building project was started. Won the “Pertandingan
Peningkatan Keselamatan, Kebersihan
& Keceriaan (3K) Alam Sekitar Sekolah” at the national
level.
|
| 1995 |
Obtained
the “Sekolah Harapan” title at the state level. |
| 1996 |
Obtained
the “Sekolah Harapan Negara” title at the national level.
The new building fitting
the School Hall, 18 classes, special rooms and science
laboratories was completed.
|
| 1997 |
Won
the Chief Minister Special Title, “Sekolah Cemerlang”
Two
new tennis court were constructed. The old school hall was
renovated and converted into
the new School Library using the computer system, contributed by
the Alumni-Alumnae Association of SMB Methodist. The toilet for
boys were also renovated by the Alumni-Alumnae Association of
SMB Methodist. |
| 1998 |
The
road by the school was widen by the JKR by the help of Datuk
Wong Soon Koh to reduce
traffic congestion.
“Cover-way”
path from the main gate to the new building was constructed by
the Alumni-Alumnae Association of SMB Methodist.
“Cover-way”
drain was completed by the JKR and SMC to ensure the safety of
pedestrian and the smooth
flow of traffic.
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