Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara

Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara (7 May 2009)


Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara (GPS: 5.31917, 100.27088) is a secondary school in Sungai Ara, Bayan Lepas. Also known as Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sungai Ara or SMK Sungai Ara, it was founded in 1962, and was originally called Sekolah Menengah Lanjutan. As the first secondary school in the area, it initially occupied classrooms of Sekolah Rendah Bayan Lepas.

In 1965, Sekolah Menengah Lanjutan changed its name to Sekolah Menengah Bayan Lepas. It relocated out of Sekolah Rendah Bayan Lepas, and moved into the grounds of Chong Cheng Primary School, where it remained until its own building was completed in 1971, and was officiated by then prime minister, the late Tun Hussein Onn.

Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara began classes with two school buildings, Blocks A and B, with Block C added in 1973. Block C houses workshops for Industrial Arts classes, while yet another block, Block D, completed in 1974, houses the science labs. Over the years, more buildings have been added to the school complex, including a multipurpose hall, Dewan SMKSA, new science labs and a surau.

Getting there

Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara is located along Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim, formerly Jalan Sungai Ara. It can be reached by taking Rapid Penang bus 302 and 308.

Sekolah Menengah Sungai Ara is on the Map of Sungai Ara, Penang

Reference

List of Schools in Penang and Schools in Malaysia