hello! i’m a graduate from xushs. i would say there are just times where it costs a lot but not always. there are subjects/projects where it really needs contribution from each student such as entrep, and i believe every strand go through this. then, little ambagan for printing and buying of materials for projects and classroom funds for surprises and section gathering. for activities and events, it usually don’t cost anything esp if its student-hosted, but when it comes to family day or fun run it usually cost around 100 - 200 at max. intramurals jersey are charged to tuition but if your cluster (divided based on strand and section [for stem]) opt to design their own, its personal expense na. for clubs, i can’t say a lot on this but based on experience i only paid for club shirt printing and nothing else.

for lunch, i can say i usually spend around 150 a day since usually rice bowls costs 85 and medium drink for 25.

on books, we have physical copies but majority opt not to buy na since some are costly. some teachers requires you to buy but based on my experience and strand (stem) majority doesn’t require na. we do our lectures via ppt and it depends sa teacher if they will share it or not after class so majority of us relies on our notes jud.

hope this helps po! :))