SMK Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Gapor

SMK Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Gapor
Mudah, Logik, Praktikal (Simple, Logical, Practical)
Address
Lorong Stampin 23, Jalan Stampin, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak,  Malaysia
Information
Type	Public, Secondary school, Boarding school, Mixed-gender education
Established	1974
Session	Double
School code	YEA1201
Principal	Tn. Haji Rambli bin Zainudin
Grades	Form 1 - Form 6
Colour(s)	White      Yellow      Green      Red
Song	Usaha dan Yakin

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Gapor (SMK DPHA Gapor) is a public secondary school located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The school was named after Datu Patinggi Abdul Ghapur, who was a hero in Sarawak.

History

SMK DPHA Gapor was established by Sarawak State Education Department in 1974.

The first Principal of the school was Encik Haji Abdul Rahman bin Sahari. At that time, the school only had four classrooms, which were for one Transition class, 2 Form 1 classes, and 2 Form 2 classes. In 1974, there were only 182 students studying there and a fraction of them were staying in the school's dormitories. There were only four teachers teaching in the school.

April 1974 marked an important date for the school because it was moved from SRK Lumba Kuda to new premises at Jalan Tun Jugah, Stampin. Due to the fact that SMK DPHA Gapor is now located in Stampin, it is also being referred to as SMK Stampin. It was the first ever school in Sarawak to use Malay as primary language for communication.

In 1976, the first entry of students to SMK DPHA Gapor from student exchange programme boasted 20 students from Peninsular Malaysia and 6 from Sabah, with all of them being male students. The programme was initiated by the Sarawak Foundation.

In 1977, there were 26 classrooms, 8 of them for Transition classes, 10 for Form 1, 7 for Form 2 and 1 for Form 3.

The year 1986 was the most challenging year in the history of the school because in this particular year, for the first time, the school accepted admission of students into Lower 6 Literature classes, which consisted of 3 classes, and hearing-impaired students into Form 3 special class. Ergo, in 1987, the school issued its first Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) candidates and Sijil Rendah Pelajaran (SRP) hearing-impaired candidates. The Form 3 special class, together with the teachers, were transferred from SMK Batu Lintang because of the reasons that SMK DPHA Gapor was a boarding school and SMK Batu Lintang had established a special class for visually impaired students.

On 18 July 1987, SMK DPHA Gapor was officiated by the Minister of Finance, Yang Berhormat Mulia Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh.

In the beginning, the school emblem had the letters "BM" written on it which were short for Berjaya Maju or Bahasa Malaysia, meaning succeed excellently and Malay language respectively. Nevertheless the official meaning of the two letters was towards the path of excellence. However, Encik Bedui bin Une, who was the eighth Principal on SMK DPHA Gapor, did a little amendment to the motto of the school and changed it to "Mudah, Logik, Praktikal", literally meaning simple, logical and practical. The school anthem Usaha dan Yakin was written by Encik Zainuddin Haji Suut.

List of Principals

School identity

School emblem

The school emblem was designed by Encik Haji Abdul Rahman bin Sahari in 1974.

Achievements

• In 2010, SMK DPHA Gapor topped the secondary schools category with 16 gold and 2 silver medals in the 10th Sarawak Wushu Championship at Civic Centre.^[1]
• In 2011, the football team of SMK DPHA Gapor emerged as the champion of the 2nd Sarawak Football Development Programme (SFDP) Inter-Centre Southern Zone Football Tournament at SMK Tabuan Jaya field.^[2]
• In March 2015, students from SMK DPHA Gapor swept the top three and consolation prizes in a web development competition organised by the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus.^[3]
• In April 2015, Mohd Zuhayr Redza Noor Azrul, Melvin Gilbert Gimang and Marlon Umak of SMK DPHA Gapor 1 collected a total of 1,692 pinfalls and won the secondary schools category of the Megalanes Adventure World (MAW) Inter School Invitational Bowling Meet Saturday.^[4]

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