Academics
FMSS offers the standard Normal Academic, Normal Technical and Express courses leading to GCE 'N' level, GCE 'O' level.
The school offers Chinese Language B for both Express and Normal Academic at upper secondary (Sec 3-5) level.
Special programmes include the Outdoor Education Programme, the Create And Construct Using Information Technology Programme, and the Research And Development Programme.
Service learning trips are offered to students in their final year. Destinations for these trips have been China, Nepal, India, Cambodia and Laos.
In 2007 the school introduced a course called Introduction to Enterprise Development.
Academic targets are set for each pupil for each subject, providing students with a goal they can work towards. Pupils record these targets in their diaries. Progress reports are issued each term, so that parents can compare their children's achievement with the target. Remedial lessons are provided for pupils who have not performed up to expectations.
On promotion from lower secondary to upper, pupils in Sec 2 N(A) may be laterally transferred to Sec 3 Express if they perform very well, and those in Sec 2 N(T) likewise to Sec 2 Normal(Academic).
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