in French). On the top-right quadrant there is a sailboat at sea. On the bottom-left quadrant there is a star and a man in the boat. The crest is adorned with green olive branches, derived from Ancient Greece, to symbolize peace and prosperity. It carries the Latin motto "Labor Omnia Vincit" ("Labour conquers all things"). Affiliations Montfort Secondary School is affiliated to Catholic Junior College. Graduating students may opt to move on to Catholic Junior College with affiliation favours. Affiliation favours improves net L1R5 aggregate score by removing 2 points, the junior college has to be selected as 1st or 1st and 2nd choice school. Academic information Being a government-aided secondary school, Montfort Secondary School offers three academic streams: the four-year Express course, and the five-year Normal Course, comprising Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) academic tracks. O Level Express course The Express course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination. Academic subjects The examinable academic subjects for Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level offered by Montfort Secondary School for upper secondary level (via. streaming in secondary 2 level), as of 2017, are listed below. Notes: Subjects indicated with ' * ' are mandatory. All students in Singapore are required to undertake a Mother Tongue Language as an examinable subject, as indicated by ' ^ '. "SPA" in Pure Science subjects refers to the incorporation of School-based Science Practical Assessment, which 20% of the subject result in the national examination are determined by school-based practical examinations, supervised by the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board. The SPA Assessment has been replaced by one Practical Assessment in the 2018 O Levels. Normal Course The Normal Course is a nationwide 4-year programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination, which runs either the Normal (Academic) curriculum or Normal (Technical) curriculum, abbreviated as N(A) and N(T) respectively. Normal (Academic) Course In the Normal (Academic) course, students offer 5-8 subjects in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. Compulsory subjects include: English Language Mother Tongue Language Mathematics Combined Humanities A 5th year leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination is available to N(A) students who perform well in their Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. Students can move from one course to another based on their performance and the assessment of the school principal and teachers. Students who perform exceptionally well are given opportunity to take O level Mathematics and/or