SMK Kepong Baru

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kepong Baru, or more commonly abbreviated as SMKKB or SMKB, is a public coeducational secondary school located in the middle of the housing estate Kepong Baru in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. SMKB was established in the year 1969. When it was first established, the first batch of students had to use the facilities of a nearby school, SRK Batu 4, Jalan Ipoh. In the meantime, the construction of the school was in progress on an land in the heart of Kepong Baru. The students during that time were actually under the supervision of Allahyarham Khalid Murshid, the principal of SMK Raja Abdullah. There were 341 students being enrolled for the first time and the number grew drastically over the years. Up until now, the number of students is at least 3000. There are 6 blocks of classrooms, various chemistry, biology, and multidisciplinary labs, 2 staff offices (1 for morning session, another for afternoon session), a front office, technical skills labs, a large library, multimedia conference rooms, a computer lab with 2 levels, and a general meeting room. The school also has other recreational facilities such as the canteen, football field, basketball courts, hockey field, tennis court, fruit gardens and a multi-purpose badminton hall. Members of the board are required to have confidence and leadership skills. This dedicated group of people dress in uniforms with blue tops, dark blue skirts for the girls, white trousers for the boys, a tie, white socks and black shoes. Their sole purpose is to monitor the school's discipline and help discipline teacher to ensure the discipline of the school is kept under control. This board is the first and most important special unit in the school and they are divided into two sections which are the morning session prefects and afternoon session prefects. The morning session prefects are led by the leaders of the board which consist of form five prefects and they are easily identified as they are the only group of prefects which puts on a blazer while carrying out their duties.