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Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was originally established as the Secondary School section of Anglo-Chinese School in 1886 . It shifted its campus to Dover Road in 1992, where it now resides, and it 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(I) remains recognised for excellence in both education and sports, 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 both the Express stream and the Integrated Programme (IP), which is a 6-year course leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme . The campus has been expanded to accommodate pupils for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme that was first offered to students going on to Junior College in 2006. It was recognised as an IB World School in 2005 and houses a sports complex and as well as a Boarding School . Most, if not all of the school campus extension for the years 5 and 6 students has been completed. The construction has enlarged the total land area to 11 hectares. The total cost of the construction works is S$ 40 million. 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 . HISTORY 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 2007 . INTEGRATED PROGRAMME The school started to offer the Integrated Programme (IP), starting in 2004. This program prepares secondary students for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in years 5 and 6. The proportion between the amount of IP students and Express students is almost equal. Most of the school's top students make part of the IP cohort. The school accepts students into this program at Year 1 and Year 3 (mostly transferred from Express stream students). IP students take different subjects from the Express stream students. In Year 3 they are given the option to choose subject combinations. Special subjects worth noting offered in this program are Introduction to Human Societies (IHS), a multi-disciplinary humanities subject, Language Arts, a combined English language and Literature subject, and Philosophy of Disciplines (POD), which prepares students for the Theory of Knowledge course in IBDP. IP students also have to complete a combined 100 hours of Creativity, Action, Service, and Leadership in Year 3 and 4. They also must submit an Individualised Study Option (ISO) at the end of Year 4. 2007 will also see the school's first graduating batch of International Baccalaureate students. PRINCIPALS The current Principal is Dr Ong Teck Chin , having served as Principal in ACS (Independent) since 1994. HOUSES
THE SHAW LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTRE The school library is named after its financial benefactor, . CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (CCA) 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. ACHIEVEMENTS Sports and games ACS (I) has won nine "Top Boys School in Sports and Games" awards in the past ten years. The record so far is 13 Gold medals in one year, achieved in 2002. ACS (I) has traditionally been strong in, among others, swimming, water-polo and rugby. The school held a winning streak of both the "B" and "C" Divisions of the National School Rugby Championships from 1997 to 2003 . This ended in 2004 when Saint Andrew's Secondary School defeated them with a score of 10-7 in the "B" Division. Furthermore, ACS (Independent) lost to SASS again in by a score of 6-0 in 2005 and 12-7 in 2005 for the "B" division Police Cup. However, in the 2006 "C" Division Rugby Finals, ACS defeated SASS by 16-12 and Raffles Institution by 15-10. National schools championships (1989 onwards)
Odyssey of the Mind 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. {Link without Title} 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 2002 : ''University of Colorado, USA''
2004 : ''University of Maryland, USA''
2005 : ''University of Colorado, USA''
2006 : ''University of Iowa, USA''
2007 : ''Michigan State University, USA''
Cultural activities 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 Composer s, while the choreography was handled by professional Choreographer s 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 peformances on 4 August and 5 August 2006 . General awards ACS (Independent) has achieved the following awards for the year of 2006:
ACS (INDEPENDENT) BOARDING SCHOOL 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:
There are also plans to build two additional halls in 2007, including a hall housing ACS (Independent) female students. SEE ALSO
EXTERNAL LINKS GALLERY NOTES 1. ^ http://www.moe.gov.sg/press/2004/pr2004sea_sda.htm", School Excellence Award (SEA), Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2006 REFERENCES |
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