River Valley High School, Singapore
River Valley High School (RVHS) is a secondary school in Singapore which has been consistently ranked among the top secondary schools in Singapore in terms of academic results.
River Valley High School has embarked on a new milestone starting from 2008 and officially became a 6-Year Integrated Programme Full School. RV students no longer take the GCE 'O' Level examinations, and would instead follow a six-year Integrated Programme which allows students to proceed directly for the GCE 'A' Level examinations at the end of the 6 years. The final batch of GCE 'O' Level students graduated from River Valley High School in Year 2007.
The school name in Chinese, 立化, is drawn from the school motto 立德立功，化愚化顽.
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