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Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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| Motto | The Best Is Yet To Be |
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| Established | March 1, 1886 |
| Type | Independent, Single Morning Session |
| Principal | Dr Ong Teck Chin |
| MOE Code | 7001 |
| Colours | Red, Blue, Gold |
| Locale | Dover, Singapore |
| Enrollment | {{{enrollment}}} |
| Website | Link |
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Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was originally established as the secondary school section of Anglo-Chinese School in 1886. In recognition of its Independent status, the school became known as ACS (Independent) when it shifted to its current Dover Road campus in 1992. Further extension work began in 2005 and the total school campus now consists of 11 hectares of land, various classrooms and laboratories, a boarding school and multiple sporting facilites. The school extension cost S$40 million of which a large proportion was subsidised by the Ministry of Education. The remaining amount, (roughly 12 million) was funded through many fundraisers such as Project 118 and Project 120.
ACS (Independent) was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. ACS(Independent) remains recognised for academic, cultural, and sporting excellence, and was awarded the pinnacle award of MOE's Masterplan of Awards, the School Excellence Award (SEA) together with the School Distinguished Award (SDA).
Currently, the school offers two main Education Routes - the Express Stream and the Integrated Programme Stream. The Express Stream is a 4-Year Course cumulating to the GCE 'Ordinary' Level Examinations while the Integrated Programme Stream is a 6-Year Course leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It was recognised as an IB World School in 2005.
Its current principal and CEO is Dr Ong Teck Chin, who began his administration in 1994; its principal prior to this was Associate Professor Lawrence Chia.
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ACS (I) was handed its Independent status by the ACS Board of Governors in 1986. Between 1987 and 1989, plans were drawn up for the establishment of a new campus for ACS at Dover Road. Several fund-raisers were organised. 1 March 1989 marked the groundbreaking ceremony at the new site at Dover Road. This was held in conjunction with the annual Founder’s Day celebrations. In January 1992, the move to the new campus was completed. The site was officially opened by Dr Richard Hu, Minister of Finance of Singapore, on 1 March 1993, the 107th anniversary of the school’s founding by Bishop Oldham.[1]
ACS (Independent) has long offered the GCE 'Ordinary' Level Examinations for its students, and excelled in this respect, consistently being ranked amongst the top 10 institutions in Singapore. In recognition of their academic excellence, ACS (Independent) was invited by the Ministry of Education to run an Integrated Programme, which is targeted at the top students. As the top students are expected to attend university, the Ministry of Education deduced that it would benefit them to bypass the GCE 'O' Level Examinations, and sit directly for a pre-university examination. In 2004, ACS (Independent) began its Integrated Programme, in view of preparing its students to sit for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Intakes for the Integrated Programme are at Years 1, 3 and 5.
IP students take different subjects from the Express stream students, helping them to adjust to the rigours of the IBDP. Amongst the subjects specially catered for the Integrated Programme include Introduction to Human Societies (IHS): a multi-disciplinary humanities subject; Language Arts, an English Literature subject; and Philosophy of Disciplines (POD): a Philosophy subject. In addition, they also have to complete a total of 100 Hours of Creativity, Action, Service, and Leadership (CASL) and submit an Individualised Study Option (ISO) which prepares them for the IBDP's Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) and Extended Essay (EE).
2007 will also see the school's first graduating batch of International Baccalaureate students.
The current Principal is Dr Ong Teck Chin and has served as Principal in ACS (Independent) since 1994. He is also known as the Chief Executive Officer of ACS (Independent). As of next year, he would have been the longest serving principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, outserving T.W.Hinch.
- Cheong Koon Seng
- Goh Hood Keng
- Oldham
- Tan Kah Kee
- Thoburn
- Lee Seng Gee
- Shaw Vee Ming
- Tan Chin Tuan
The school library is named after its financial benefactor, Runme Shaw. It has 20 computers, 25,000 books and a heritage walk at the back to educate others on the history of ACS. The school's Library Services Team runs and maintains the school library alongside professional librarians. An extension of the library was opened in 2007.
Like all secondary schools in Singapore, it is compulsory for every student to take up a CCA. In ACS (Independent), however, every student is required to either join a Uniformed Youth Organisation (UYO) and a Club/Society/Cultural Activity/Sports and Games or two Sports and Games.
ACS (Independent) is renowned for its sporting excellence through the years, having produced many National Champions and National Sportsman. ACS (Independent) has traditionally been strong in, among others, swimming, water-polo and rugby. Even in the current day, it is still a sporting powerhouse that has won the "Top Boys School in Sports and Games" Award 9 times in the past 10 years. The record number of Gold Medals in a single season was achieved in 2002, where ACS (Independent) won 13 Gold medals and 11 Silver Medals. The school has held many winning streaks such as the 'B' Division Rugby Title from 1997-2003 and the 'C' Division Rugby Title from 1997-Present.
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ACS (Independent) boasts a long affiliation with the international Odyssey of the Mind competitions, with its school teams representing the nation as early as 1998 at the World Finals in Disneyworld, Florida. OM's early years in Singapore in 1999, 2000 and 2001 also saw ACS(I) dominating the nation's scene, consistently sending teams to the Finals at the University of Tennessee and University of Maryland respectively. Dr Ong Teck Chin, the school's principal, is also the chief regional representative for OM in Singapore.[1]
In 2006, ACS (Independent) sent 3 teams to compete in the World Finals in Iowa State University, USA. All 3 teams sent excelled, with ACS (Independent) winning its first-ever under-20 World Champions title. It also won the Under-20 Silver Medal and Under-15 Bronze Medal. The World Champions team was composed of year 5 students, the first batch of ACS (Independent) students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
In 2007, ACS (Independent) sent 4 teams to the World Finals in Michigan State University, USA. For the first time, two teams were crowned World Champions in the Under-15 and Under-20 categories. The other two teams did well too clinching the 4th place in another Under-15 division as well as 5th place in another Under-20 division.
Recent results
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2002: University of Colorado, USA
2004: University of Maryland, USA
2005: University of Colorado, USA
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2006: University of Iowa, USA
2007: Michigan State University, USA
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ACS (Independent)'s Philharmonic Orchestra has obtained five consecutive Gold Awards in the Singapore Youth Festival competition, and is the only youth string ensemble that has done so. The Orchestra achieved two Gold with Honours awards at the recent 2007 SYF competition, for both its Secondary and College String groups. It has collaborated with the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band in March 2007, and also became the featured orchestra in the 2007 HSBC Young Talents' Concert.
The Symphonic Band also won a Gold with Honours award in the 2005 and 2007 SYF competition. It was also ranked as one of the top three bands in both the 2005 and 2007 SYF competition. The band recently took part in the 17th Australian International Music Festival in Sydney, Australia, and attained a Gold Award.
The Guitar Orchestra, established in 2003, has won 3 consecutive Gold medals in the SYF competitions, with a Gold award for its Secondary Orchestra and a Gold with Honours award for its College Orchestra in the 2007 SYF competition. The Guitar Orchestra now has a total of 3 Gold medals and 1 Gold with Honours medal from 3 consecutive SYF Central Judging competitions.
In 2002, the school staged a musical, 'Godspell'. The students were directed by a Singaporean actor and director, Glen Goei. The music was handled by the Iskandar Ismail and Elaine Wan Chan, both Singaporean composers, while the choreography was handled by professional choreographers under supervision of Richard Tan.
In 2006, a combined orchestra featuring members of the Symphonic Band, Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir and Guitar Orchestra took part in an original musical, 'Haven'. The script was written by Vijitha Ranjee, the music was composed by Elaine Wan and directed by Ferdinand Quek, all of whom are teachers at the school. It received three performances on 4 August and 5 August 2006.
ACS (Independent) has achieved the following awards for the year of 2006:
- Best Practice Award for Organisational Effectiveness
- Best Practice Award for Staff Well-Being
- Best Practice Award for Student All-Round Development
- Best Practice Award for Teaching and Learning
- Achievement Award for Academic Value-Added
- Sustained Achievement Award for Physical and Aesthetics
- Sustained Achievement Award for Sports
- Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Groups
- CHERISH Platinum Awards
- Singapore Quality Award
- School Distinction Award
- School Excellence Award
The ACS (Independent) Boarding School is located on 119 Dover Road, Singapore 139650. It houses around 400 students, mostly overseas scholars from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. There are currently eight halls in the Boarding School, named after famous figures that contributed to the school in the past:
- Hall 1: T.R. Doraisamy
- Hall 2: Lee Kong Chian
- Hall 3: Tay Eng Soon
- Hall 4: Thio Chan Bee
- Hall 5: Runme Shaw
- Hall 6: H.M. Hoisington
- Hall 7: T.W. Hinch
- Hall 8: William F. Oldham
There are also plans to build two additional halls in 2007, including a hall housing ACS (Independent) female students.
- Anglo-Chinese School
- Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
- Anglo-Chinese School (International)
- Anglo-Chinese Junior College
- Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
- Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
- Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
1. ^ http://www.moe.gov.sg/press/2004/pr2004sea_sda.htm", School Excellence Award (SEA), Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2006
- ^ ACS History, www.acs.sch.edu.sg, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f School Information Service, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ ACS (Independent) - Cricket, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ ACS (Independent) - Rugby, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ Record of Past Champions, redsports.sg, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ ACS (Independent) - Softball, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ ACS (Independent) - Squash, accessed 27 August 2007.
- ^ ACS (Independent) - Swimming, accessed 27 August 2007.