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Name
Anglo-Chinese School
英华中学 Abbreviation
ACS Country
Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

Indonesia

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Founded
March 1, 1886 Community
Urban Religion
Christian (Methodist) Students
Boys

ACS (Junior), ACS (Primary), ACS (Barker Road)

Mixed

ACS (Independent), ACS (International) Singapore, ACJC,
STB-ACS (International) Jakarta Levels
Primary 1-6

Secondary 1-5

JC 1-2

IB 1-2 + Pre-IB 1-4
Colours
Red, gold, blue Motto
The Best Is Yet To Be Publications
ECHO magazine

The Anglo-Chinese School (ACS); is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore

Singapore

, and Indonesia

Indonesia

.

The name is usually abbreviated as "ACS", with the junior college as "ACJC", and its students and alumni referred to as "ACSians" , or "ACS boys" (and girls, for ACJC, ACS (Independent) IB Programme, ACS (International) and STB-ACS (International) Jakarta).

ACS was the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002.

The ACS Family

Singapore

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore, is the original primary school of the [ACS] family, located at the Barker Road campus adjacent to the ACS block. It opened in 1887 with the secondary school at Coleman Street, moving to a newly upgraded Coleman Street campus in 1961, leaving the Barker Road...
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
Anglo-Chinese School is one of the two ACS primary schools in Singapore. Established in 1951 at the old Coleman Street campus, it moved to its previous premises at 25 Peck Hay Road in 1985. In December 2008, it moved to its current premises at 16 Winstedt Road where Monk's Hill Secondary School...
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
The Anglo-Chinese School is a Methodist secondary school in Singapore. It is a descendant of a school established in 1886 by Rev William Fitzjames Oldham at 70 Amoy Street, Singapore, and one of a group of educational institutions collectively known as the Anglo-Chinese School...
Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Anglo-Chinese School is a secondary school of the Anglo-Chinese School family located at the Barker Road campus, Singapore. It offers the GCE 'O' Level Course for its students from Sec 1 to Sec 4/5. Students may then move on to Anglo-Chinese Junior College with affiliation favours...
Anglo-Chinese School (International) Singapore
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Anglo-Chinese Junior College in Singapore opened in 1977 and is the junior college arm of the Anglo-Chinese School family of Methodist schools. ACJC offers the standard two-year pre-university programme, with students taking the GCE 'A' Levels in their second year...

Indonesia

STB-ACS (International) Jakarta

School history

ACS was founded on March 1, 1886 by Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

William Fitzjames Oldham

thumb|William Fitzjames Oldham and his wife Marie Augusta MulliganWilliam Fitzjames Oldham was an Indian-born British-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Missionary Bishop for Southern Asia. He also distinguished himself as a Missionary, an Author, and a Church Official...

, as an extension of the Methodist Church. Its first location was a shophouse at 70 Amoy Street with a total of 13 pupils. The name of the school came from the fact that it conducted lessons in English in the nights and Chinese in the afternoons. By the following year, enrollment had increased to 104, and the school moved to Coleman Street

Coleman Street

Coleman Street is a street and one of the 25 ancient wards in the City of London.- The Ward :Warren Stormes Hale, Lord Mayor of London in 1864, was the Ward’s most notable civic dignitary...

.

Between 1914 and 1920, under the leadership of the Reverend J S Nagle, the school introduced regular religious (or "chapel") services and physical education

Physical education

Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

classes. Afternoon classes were also established for academically-weaker pupils. In a bid to ensure continuity in school life and keep the school adequately staffed, Nagle encouraged ex-students, known as old boys, to return to the school as teachers. To this day, the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association is a link through which many old boys continue to keep close ties to the school.

The Anglo-Chinese Continuation School was started by the new principal, the Reverend P L Peach, in 1925, for students who had to leave the school due to the newly imposed age limits on school-going boys by the government. Eventually, ACS was renamed the Oldham Methodist School. A secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

was opened at Cairnhill Road.

Between 1942 and 1945, the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese occupied Singapore

Japanese Occupation of Singapore

The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II occurred between about 1942 and 1945 after the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Military forces of the Empire of Japan occupied Singapore after defeating the combined Australian, British, Indian and Malayan garrison in the Battle of Singapore...

during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. During the Occupation, lessons were suspended, and the school only re-opened its doors in 1946, a year after the Japanese surrender and once the buildings at Cairnhill and Coleman Street were made safe from damage sustained during the war. The pre-war principal, T W Hinch, who had been interned by the Japanese during the Occupation and had been sent back to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

to recover, returned to the school in June. Among his first priorities was to set up "X" and "Y" classes, each with different levels of difficulty, for students who had missed years of their education due to the Occupation. In September, 1950, the secondary school relocated from Cairnhill to Barker Road.

Also in 1950, Post School Certificate Classes, later known as Pre-University Classes because they were supposed to prepare students for tertiary education

Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...

, were set up, and the first batch of girl students were enrolled in ACS. However, students in the lower grades continued to be all male, a practice which persists to this day. Dr Thio Chan Bee, the first Asian principal of ACS, took the reins in 1952. During his tenure, both the Cairnhill and Barker Road premises saw expansion, the latter with the building of the Lee Hall, a three-storey building housing twelve classrooms and four laboratories.

In January, 1961, the Oldham Methodist Secondary School merged with the Secondary School at Barker Road. The school completed the construction of the sports complex at Barker Road in 1970, with an Olympic-sized swimming pool (a first in a Singapore

Singapore

school) and a sports hall. In 1977, the Pre-University classes moved to the newly constructed Anglo-Chinese Junior College at 25 Dover Close East, off North Buona Vista Road, leaving the Barker Road site to the Secondary and Junior schools. The Junior School eventually relocated to new premises in its old neighborhood at Cairnhill, in 1985.

In 1986, ACS celebrated its centenary with the publication of a hardback history of the school detailing its rich student and teacher life over the years, titled, Hearts, Hopes and Aims.
1988 saw another reorganization of the school. The Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Singapore)

The Ministry Of Education is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to education in Singapore.-Statutory boards:...

started its Independent School program that year. Independent schools are allowed to be privately funded and subject to less government regulation in setting out their curriculum. The school was renamed ACS (Independent); in 1993 the Barker Road campus was vacated and the school moved to Dover Road. After strong lobbying by alumni, the Barker Road site was retained for a second secondary school. At the same time, Anglo-Chinese Primary School abandoned Coleman Street (the old building now housing the National Archives of Singapore) to share premises with the new Secondary School at Barker Road, now named ACS (Barker Road).

The Barker Road campus was completely rebuilt in the late 1990s, with ACS (Barker Road) temporarily relocating during the project and ultimately split into primary and secondary school sections, the latter retaining the Barker Road suffix and the former becoming ACS (Primary). On 4 December 2002, the two schools, ACS Oldham Hall, the Methodist Church in Singapore and the Barker Road Methodist Church moved back to the newly built campus at Barker Road. It was officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan on July 15, 2003.

In January 2005, ACS (International) was officially opened to the public. A completely private school, it recruits students both from Singapore and other countries. Its students will take the International General Certificate of Secondary Education in their fourth year, then go on to take a two-year International Baccalaureate diploma from 2007. Before 2007, they will take the International A-Levels. ACS(I) has been officially authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation to offer the IB Diploma Programme commencing in January 2006. and is recognised as an IB World School.

STB-ACS (International) Jakarta formally joined the ACS family in July 2006. It is a co-ed school for students from Kindergarten to 12. It offers the Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP) at Grade 6, the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE

IGCSE

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education is an internationally recognised qualification for school students, typically in the 14–16 age group. It is similar to the GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Standard Grade in Scotland or Junior Certificate in the Republic of...

) at Grade 10 and either the Cambridge International A Levels or International Baccauaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) at Grade 12.

Today there are six schools under the Anglo-Chinese School umbrella. ACS (Junior) and ACS (Primary) are the primary schools while ACS (Barker Road), ACS (Independent), ACS (International) and ACJC provide secondary and post-secondary education. STB-ACS (International) Jarkata is the one and only ACS school outside of Singapore and offers classes to boys and girls from Grades 1 to 12.

When Bishop Oldham started the school in 1886, he also took in some students as boarders

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

. That boarding facility soon expanded and moved into larger and larger houses. First into Bellevue at Oldham Lane, then to Dunearn House at Barker Road. In 1986, when ACS celebrated its centennial year, the boarding school known as Oldham Hall moved into new premises within the ACS Barker Road campus. It moved back into the rebuilt premises in December 2002 and was renamed ACS Oldham Hall to emphasise its roots as a strong and vibrant member of the ACS family.

Aims, characteristics, and reputation

The school's stated philosophy is "To create conditions for students to embody excellence, to establish an environment for spiritual, intellectual and physical growth, to prepare pupils to meet the challenge of rapid change in society". This is reflected in the school motto, "The Best Is Yet To Be." The phrase is taken from the first line of the Robert Browning

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...

poem, Rabbi ben Ezra (1864), "Grow old along with me! / The best is yet to be...".

ACS is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Singapore. This is because of its long history and also because many of its graduates have gone on to be successful in business as well as professional fields such as law and medicine. Although morally conservative due to its religious roots, the school has a reputation for producing students with strong background in English. The literary, debating and drama societies are particularly well-supported. The ACS alumni network is also very strong and the close networking that ACS students have with each other after leaving the school adds greatly to the school's reputation.

School anthem and Coat of Arms

The school's anthem was written by teacher Henry Martyn Hoisington in 1926. It is adapted from the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

unofficial National Anthem, The Maple Leaf Forever
The Maple Leaf Forever
"The Maple Leaf Forever" is a Canadian song written by Alexander Muir in 1867, the year of Canada's Confederation. He wrote the work after serving with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in the Battle of Ridgeway against the Fenians in 1866....

and has served over the years as a means of bonding between students and alumni, evoking as it does memories of attending the institution.
Drawing inspiration from the anthem, Dr Yap Pheng Geck designed the school arms

Heraldry

Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...

in 1930.

Placed in chief azure above the three letters of the school name is a golden creature with a lion

Lion

The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...

's head, eagle

Eagle

Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

's wings and a dragon

Chinese dragon

Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Bhutanese, Western and Turkic dragons. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs...

's body with claws, representing that fact that the School was founded when Singapore was a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

colony, by an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Methodist mission and during the Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

in China. Technically, this creature is an heraldic wyvern

Wyvern

A wyvern or wivern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs , and a barbed tail. The wyvern is found in heraldry. There exists a purely sea-dwelling variant, termed the Sea-Wyvern which has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail...

.

The lower part of the field consists of two panels, blue and gold, which represent heaven

Heaven

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...

and earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

. The colours also symbolize both spiritual and material accomplishment. The letters "ACS" in red symbolize life forming a bridge between both; they also symbolize the blood of Christ uniting heaven and earth. In addition to the school name, the letters ACS are also variously said to spell out Academic achievements, Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

Character, and Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors...

or Service beyond self. Finally, the overall shield

Shield

A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace or battle axe to the side of the shield-bearer....

shape represents the knightly virtues of chivalry

Chivalry

Chivalry is a term related to the medieval institution of knighthood which has an aristocratic military origin of individual training and service to others. Chivalry was also the term used to refer to a group of mounted men-at-arms as well as to martial valour...

, honour

Honour

Honour or honor is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or corporate body such as a family, school, regiment or nation...

, loyalty

Loyalty

Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause There are many aspects to...

, valour and manliness

Manliness

Manliness is book by Harvey C. Mansfield first published by Yale University Press in 2006. Mansfield is a professor of government at Harvard University...

Achievements

The ACS schools have also been recipients of the annual school awards given out by the Ministry of Education (Singapore)

Ministry of Education (Singapore)

The Ministry Of Education is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to education in Singapore.-Statutory boards:...

. ACS (Independent) has achieved the Singapore Quality Award, all four Best Practice Awards, School Distinction and School Excellence Awards. ACS (Barker Road) and ACS (Independent) have also obtained Sustained Achievement Awards in sports, uniformed groups and the aesthetics

Aesthetics

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...

. ACJC has also obtained the Sustained Achievement Awards for sports, physical fitness and aesthetics.

Odyssey of the Mind

One of the proudest combined international achievements for ACS family of schools lies in the realm of the prestigious international Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...

(OM) Competition, the world's largest and most highly-contested creative problem-solving competition. ACS (Junior), ACS (Independent), ACJC, ACS (Primary), and ACS (Barker) are all winners of multiple national championships, and have represented Singapore at the World Finals. The ACS schools have a combined tally of more than 40 titles at the National Finals, and 13 trophies and four honourable mentions from the World Finals.

In 2002, ACS (Independent) brought back Singapore's first-ever Division II (Under-15) trophy from the World Finals in the USA. The next year, ACS (Junior) followed suit, winning the most prestigious award at the World Finals, the Ranatra Fusca trophy, the top creativity award only given out to five teams at every competition.

In 2004, ACS (Independent)) achieved three National Champion titles. At the World Finals, they brought back an unprecedented one Silver Medal placing and two Bronze Medal placings.

Again in 2005, the ACS (Independent) broke the national record by clinching an unprecedented five Champion titles at the National Finals, a feat that remains unbeaten. At the World Finals, ACJC brought back Singapore's first Division III (Under-20) World Champions trophy, while ACS (Independent) again emerged as Under-15 World Champions and Under-20 Silver Winners.

At the 2006 World finals, ACS (Independent)'s first-ever Year 5 team, consisting of its pioneer batch of International Baccalaureate students, broke new ground by winning the school's first Under-20 World Champions, beating all expectations for them.

2007 was a particularly memorable year for the ACS schools. At the World Finals, ACS was represented by all five of the schools which take part in OM. ACS (Junior) won its first world champion title in the Under-13 category, ACS (Independent) won both World Champion titles in the Under-15 and Under-20 categories, while ACJC won the world champion title in the University category. Two other teams from ACS (Indepdendent) received honourable mentions, while ACS (Barker Road) and ACS (Primary) also fared well, beating many other top competitors.

At the 2008 OM World Finals in Maryland, two teams from ACS (Primary) went to the World Finals and emerged 1st and 3rd. The team that clinched 1st place was a team that took part in OM for 2 years but this is the first time they have got into the world finals. As for the team that got 3rd, it was their second year in OM and second time in the World Finals. The first time they were in the World Finals (2007), they clinched Champions. Four teams from ACS(I) also took part in the finals, with two of them returning World Champions. The two ACS(Barker Road) and the two ACS(Junior) teams also did well in the World Finals.

Now, ACS (International) will offer this programme as part of one of the many CCAs it offers.

Sports

Swimming has always been a traditional strong pillar of ACS. The various members of the ACS family of schools have also won the "B" Division (Under-17) Schools' Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

Championships for 43 consecutive years since the start of the competition in 1960. Their long reign was ended in 2003 by Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution

Raffles Institution , founded in 1823, is the oldest centre for pre-tertiary learning in Singapore. It is an independent school in Singapore providing secondary and pre-university education. RI consists of a boys-only secondary section , and a coeducational pre-university section...

, their academic and sports rivals, but the school won back the title in 2004. ACS has also produced national-level competition swimmers like Ang Peng Siong

Ang Peng Siong

Ang Peng Siong is a swimmer from Singapore, who once held the world no.1 ranking in the 50 m freestyle.-Biography:Ang was taught to swim at the age of five by his father Ang Teck Bee, who competed in judo at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo...

and more recently, Mark Chay

Mark Chay

Mark Chay Jung Jun is a Singaporean swimmer who has represented the Republic in amongst others, the SEA Games and Summer Olympics. His international swimming career began at the 1997 SEA Games, and stretched all the way till the 2005 SEA Games...

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In rugby, ACS has also been well represented by ACS (Independent) and ACS (Barker Road). These two schools have dominated school rugby in Singapore, with both emerging in the top four placings in both the "B" and "C" Divisions of the National School Championships. In particular, ACS (Independent) had always emerged in 1st place. However, their reign was brought to a halt when the "B" Division team lost to rivals St Andrew's Secondary School for three consecutive years since 2004. They have since regained the "B" Division title, after beating St Andrew's 15-3 in 2007. ACS (Independent) have also been champions in the International Festival of Youth Rugby

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

2000 in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

and the World Minis Under-13 and Under-14 Championships 2001 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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The "A" Division (Under-19) championship was also held by ACJC from 2000 until they lost to archrivals Raffles Junior College

Raffles Junior College

Raffles Institution offers the Raffles Programme at Year 5 and 6 . It is located in Bishan beside the Year 1-4 school campus of Raffles Institution. The Principal is Mrs Lim Lai Cheng...

in 2004 by a narrow margin. In addition to the victories by ACS (Barker Road), ACS (Independent) and ACJC, the ACS Family completed the Rugby Grand Slams in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

In sailing, ACS (Independent) has won gold medals in the annual Sailing Inter Schools Championship, having won the B and C Division titles for a number of years. Although Anglo Chinese Junior College's (ACJC) sailing programme has been discontinued, ACS (Barker Road), ACS (Junior) and ACS (Primary) have always been one of the top few secondary or primary schools in the field.

Choir

Since its inception into the Ministry of Education Choral Excellence Programme, the ACJC Choir has garnered both international and local accolades. Since 1989, it has toured Japan, South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and countries within Europe. The choir has also participated in choral competitions in the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. emerging with top honours in these festivals. The choir remains the only Singaporean choir invited by the International Federation of Choral Music to represent the country at the 4th World Symposium on Choral Music.

At home, the ACJC Choir is the 5-time winner of the Singapore Youth Festival "Choir of the Year" competition (2001, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1989) and holder of the "Best Junior College Choir title (2003, 2001, 1997). Most recently in 2005, the choir was accorded the "Gold with Honours" award at the SYF Choral Competition. The choir is conducted by Valarie Wilson.

In June 2008, the Anglo-Chinese Junior College Choir emerged as the only choir with three Gold medals at the 3rd Festa Choralis International Choir Competition in Bratislava, Slovakia. As the only Asian choir at the competition, the ACJC Choir competed in the Mixed Choir (Adult), Youth Choir (up to 19 years old) and Folk Song Categories. In all three categories, the ACJC Choir clinched gold medals with top marks and was the only choir in the competition whom the adjudicators accorded a rare perfect score of 100 points.

The ACS (Independent) Choir

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

is part of the Singapore Choral Excellence Scheme, and toured Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

in 2004. Under the leadership of its earlier conductor, Ms Grace Lo, the choir boasted a long and illustrious history in the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, it has won a Gold Award at the Singapore Youth Festival in 2005. Its conductor is Elaine Wan Chan

Elaine Wan Chan

Elaine Wan Chan is an award-winning music composer and music director in Singapore.-Biography:Elaine started her first composition at the age of eight. She made her mark at 18, when she wrote her first full length musical score and toured South New Zealand with it, winning songwriting awards,...

, whose many accomplishments include composing the NDP 2005 Theme Song.

Band

The ACJC Band has achieved Gold awards and was judged the top band for several Singapore Youth Festival Competitions. This included the recent SYF central judging in 2007 for concert bands whereby the band was one of the only three bands to be awarded with a Gold with Honours award. The Anglo-Chinese Junior College Concert Band has also participated in the 17th Australian International Music Festival where they were awarded a Gold award and selected as the adjudicator's choice for the command band of the festival. The ACS (Independent) Band finished in the top three in 2003, 2005 and the 2007 Singapore Youth Festivals, with the ACS(I) Band obtaining Gold with Honours. Both bands have also attained Gold in overseas competitions.

Orchestra

The ACJC String Ensemble won a gold award at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging. It is conducted by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a 96 members professional symphony orchestra. Its main performing venue is the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore although it has also toured widely in Asia, Europe and the United States...

violinist Chan Yoong Han.

The ACS (Independent) Philharmonic Orchestra achieved Gold as well in the SYF competitions for 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and attained two Gold with Honours awards for 2007. The Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by the associate director of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Chan Tze Law

Chan Tze Law

Chan Tze Law is Associate Director of Singapore's Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Music Director of the Singapore Festival Orchestra and Founding Chief Conductor of the Australian International Summer Orchestral Institute....

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The school's Guitar Orchestra achieved three Gold awards in the SYF central judging competition for 2003, 2005, 2007 and one Gold with Honours in 2009. The Guitar Orchestra is conducted by Mr Michael Gaspar, a prominent figure in the Singapore guitar scene, also a conductor for Junior Colleges such as Victoria Junior College.

The Chinese Orchestra of ACS (Barker Road) achieved the Gold award in the SYF Central Judging Competition for 2005, 2007 and 2009. The Chinese Orchestra is conducted by Benedict Tan, an alumnus of ACS (Barker Road).

Dance

ACS (Independent)'s Dance Venia, won the Gold with Honours Award at the Singapore Youth Festival

Singapore Youth Festival

The Singapore Youth Festival is an annual event in Singapore organised by the Ministry of Education to celebrate the achievements of youths in co-curricular activities...

2009, on their first time participating in the event. With the instructions of main choreographer Jennifer Pau and other guest choreographers, the club continues to excel the art of dancing by putting up performances including Festival of Arts 2008, 2009, the upcoming 2010, alongside with competing in various competitions including DanceWorks 2010.

Drama

The school's JC section, known as the Anglo-Chinese School Independent Stage (ACSIS), has won Gold with Honours in the Singapore Youth Festival 2008, ACSIS' very first time participating in this competition.

Debating

ACJC and ACS (Independent) have very strong repuatations in junior college-level debating, while ACS (Independent) and ACS (Barker Road) have also both enjoyed considerable success in debating at secondary school-level. ACS (Independent) won the national debating championship for pre-university institutions, the Ministry of Education Invitational Debating Championships (MIDC), in 2010; while ACJC won the tournament's forerunner, the Junior Colleges Debating Championships (JCDC), on a number of occasions. ACS (Independent) won the Singapore Secondary Schools Debating Championships (SSSDC) Division I title in 2005, while ACS (Barker Road) won the SSSDC Division II in 2010 and Division III in 2004. Many debaters from the schools have gone on to represent Singapore in the World Schools Debating Championships

World Schools Debating Championships

The World Schools Debating Championships is an annual English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries.In recent years, the championships have involved teams from over 40 nations each year.-History:...

Chess

In chess, the school has won numerous national titles, including those in the open-age categories and Gold awards at the 2004 South-East Asian (SEA) Games.

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) is the original primary school of the ACS family, located at the Barker Road campus adjacent to the ACS (Barker Road) block. It opened in 1887 with the secondary school at Coleman Street, and moved to a newly upgraded Coleman Street campus in 1961, leaving the Barker Road campus to be used for secondary and pre-university classes. At the end of 1984, the Junior School moved to 25 Peck Hay Road, while the Primary school continued lessons at Canning Rise until 1994. It merged with the Barker Road school in that year, but in December 1998 was relocated temporarily to 9 Ah Hood Road while waiting for the completion of the Barker Road campus rebuilding project. It moved back to Barker Road on 4 December 2002.

Its students sit for the local PSLE in Primary 6 and have the option to move on to the ACS Secondary Schools with affiliation favours.

The principal is Richard Lim Chew Hiong.

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) is one of the two ACS primary schools in Singapore

Singapore

. Established in 1951 at the old Coleman Street campus, it moved to its former premises at 25 Peck Hay Road at the end of 1984. In December 2008, it relocated to a new building at 16 Winstedt Road.

Its students sit for the local PSLE in Primary 6 and have the option to move on to the ACS Secondary Schools with affiliation favours.

The principal is Kathryn Koh.

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was opened in 1986 and is one of the four ACS secondary schools (ACS (Barker Road), ACS (International) and STB-ACS (International) Jakarta (in Jakarta, Indonesia).

After receiving its independent status in 1986, the Governors felt that the school had outgrown the Barker Road campus and plans were made to construct a new building. It relocated to 121 Dover Road in 1992 and has stood there ever since. The campus houses a sports complex, a boarding school. The campus is being expanded to accommodate the new influx of IB students.

ACS (Independent) offers the GCE 'O' Levels, Integrated Programme and the International Baccalaureate, after being appointed as an IB World School in 2005.

The current principal is Winston James Hodge.

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) was opened in 1994 and is located at the Barker Road campus. It moved to the former Swiss Cottage Primary School while waiting for the Barker Road rebuilding project to be completed. The school divided into primary and secondary school sections, the latter retaining the Barker Road suffix and the former becoming ACS (Primary).

ACS (Barker Road) offers the 4 year GCE 'O' Levels programme for its students. Some students then move on to Anglo-Chinese Junior College

Anglo-Chinese Junior College

Anglo-Chinese Junior College in Singapore opened in 1977 and is the junior college arm of the Anglo-Chinese School family of Methodist schools. ACJC offers the standard two-year pre-university programme, with students taking the GCE 'A' Levels in their second year...

to continue their ACS education.

The principal is Peter Tan Chong Tze.

Anglo-Chinese School (International) Singapore

Anglo-Chinese School (International) is a private school. Students take a 6-year course, with the IGCSE

IGCSE

in the fourth year and the International Baccalaureate (commencing 2007) in the sixth year. Before 2007, students will take the International A-Levels. The school opened its doors on January 2005 with 150 students, located in Holland Village

Holland Village, Singapore

Holland Village is a small busy enclave near the Buona Vista MRT Station close to the Queenstown area in Singapore. A popular venue for younger Singaporeans and expatriates, it is dominated by and often visited solely for its eateries and watering holes, along with some specialist shops selling...

on the former premises of the now defunct Buona Vista Secondary School at 61 Jalan Hitam Manis. The current principal is P. Kerr Fulton-Peebles. The school's previous principal, Rev Dr John Barrett

John C. A. Barrett

Rev Dr John Barrett is an English Methodist and chairman and elected president of the World Methodist Council, succeeding Nigerian Sunday Mbang at the World Methodist Conference in Seoul on 24 July 2006...

, used to be the principal at The Leys School

The Leys School

The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years...

, Cambridge

Cambridge

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...

and the chairman of the World Methodist Council.

Anglo-Chinese Junior College

Anglo-Chinese Junior College opened in 1977 and offers the standard two-year pre-university program of other junior colleges, with students taking the GCE A-Levels in their second year. The school is located at 25 Dover Close East. In the late 1990s, the campus was upgraded and extended and a sports complex was built. Kelvyna Chan is the principal.

STB-ACS (International) Jakarta

STB-ACS (International) Jakarta was started in July 1996 as Sekolah Tiara Bangsa (STB) and formally joined the ACS Family as STB-ACS (International) Jakarta in July 2006 after a few years of collaboration. Students in Grades 1 - 6 follow the syllabus prescribed by the Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP), while Grade 10 students will sit for the IGCSE (beginning their preparation in Grade 9). The IB Diploma Programme will be offered to students in Grades 11 and 12. The Executive Principal is Ng Eng Chin, an Old Boy of ACS, who was formerly Principal of ACS (Barker Road). He took over the leadership of the school from Daryl Forde who retired in June 2008. Mr Forde continues to be the chairperson of the Association of National Plus Schools (ANPS) in Indonesia

Indonesia

of which the school is a member.

Notable alumni

Politicians
- Vivian Balakrishnan
  Vivian Balakrishnan
  Vivian Balakrishnan is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources....
  
  , Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
- Chen Show Mao
  Chen Show Mao
  Chen Show Mao, J.D. is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, and has been a Member of Parliament for the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency since 7 May 2011. He represents the Paya Lebar ward, replacing PAP's Cynthia Phua.-Personal...
  
  , Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Chiam See Tong
  Chiam See Tong
  Chiam See Tong is a politician and lawyer from Singapore. He is the country's longest-serving opposition Member of Parliament . Between 1984 and 2011, he represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Singapore's Parliament....
  
  , former Member of Parliament and Head of the Singapore People's Party
  Singapore People's Party
  The Singapore People's Party is a left of centre opposition political party in Singapore. The party's leader is Chiam See Tong.-Foundation:...
  
  , Singapore
- Eunice Olsen
  Eunice Olsen
  Eunice Olsen is known for having been the winner of the Miss Singapore Universe pageant in 2000.In November 2004, Olsen was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore by President SR Nathan, making her the youngest ever at the age of 27...
  
  , Nominated Member of Parliament
  Nominated Member of Parliament
  A Nominated Member of Parliament is a Member of the Parliament of Singapore who is appointed instead of being elected into office by the people, and who does not belong to any political party or represent any constituency. There are currently nine NMPs in Parliament...
  
  , Singapore
- Fong Jen Arthur
  Fong Jen Arthur
  Fong Jen Arthur is a Singaporean Member of Parliament for West Coast Group Representation Constituency.Fong became an MP in 2001 and has represented West Coast GRC since. In both the 2001 and 2006 general elections, Fong's party, the PAP, enjoyed a walkover for their constituency.Prior to his...
  
  , Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Geh Min
  Geh Min
  Dr. Geh Min is the former President of Nature Society in Singapore. She was formerly a Nominated Member of Parliament from January 2005to April 2006.Dr Geh is a former student of Methodist Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School...
  
  , Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Goh Keng Swee
  Goh Keng Swee
  Goh Keng Swee was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years...
  
  , former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Finance and Minister for Education, Singapore
- Ho Peng Kee
  Ho Peng Kee
  Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he was the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and a Member of Parliament representing the Nee Soon East Single Member Constituency...
  
  , Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs, Singapore
- Dr Richard Hu
  Hu Tsu Tau Richard
  Richard Hu Tsu Tau is a former Singaporean politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1985–2001 and is affiliated to the People's Action Party...
  
  , former Minister for Finance and Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore
- Lam Pin Min
  Lam Pin Min
  Dr. Lam Pin Min is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who represents Ang Mo Kio GRC. He is currently the Adviser for Sengkang West Division, which encompasses Anchorvale and Fernvale of Sengkang New Town, of the GRC....
  
  , Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Lee Teng-hui
  Li Denghui
  Li Denghui , was the president of Fudan University of Shanghai during 1917-1937.-Biography:Li's ancestors came from Fujian, but he was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. He went to study in Singapore, then continued at Yale University, becoming one of the first few Nanyang Chinese to ever study...
  
  , first President of Fudan University
  Fudan University
  Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
  
  , Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
  , China
  China
  Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
- Alvin Lie Ling Piao
  Alvin Lie
  Alvin Lie, MSc. is a member of People's Representative Council of Indonesia as the representative of National Mandate Party ....
  
  , member of People's Representative Council of Indonesia as the representative of National Mandate Party
  National Mandate Party
  The National Mandate Party is a moderate Islamist political party in Indonesia. It was founded by reformists, including Amien Rais, chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian reformation...
- Lim Kim San
  Lim Kim San
  Lim Kim San ; was a Singaporean politician. He was credited for leading the successful public housing program in the Southeast Asian city-state during the early 1960s, which eased the acute housing shortage problem at that time....
  
  , former cabinet minister, Chairman of the Housing and Development Board and Chairman of the Port of Singapore Authority, Singapore
- Lui Tuck Yew
  Lui Tuck Yew
  Lui Tuck Yew is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Transport Minister and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs...
  
  , Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Chief of Navy and former Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority, Singapore
- Sellapan Ramanathan, 6th President of Singapore
- Ng Eng Hen
  Ng Eng Hen
  Dr Ng Eng Hen is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Minister for Defence and Leader of the House.-Early life:Ng was born in Singapore in 1958...
  
  , Education Minister and Second Defence Minister, Singapore
- Ong Kian Min, Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Sin Boon Ann
  Sin Boon Ann
  Sin Boon Ann is a Singaporean Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC. He has represented Tampines GRC since 1997, when he also first became an MP....
  
  , Member of Parliament, Singapore
- Tan Chuan Jin, Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, former Army general
- Tan Soo Khoon
  Tan Soo Khoon
  Tan Soo Khoon , is a former Member of the Parliament of Singapore, and a member of the current ruling party, the People's Action Party. He was first elected in 1976, and stepped down in April 2006 after seven terms as the PAP began fielding new candidates for the nation's 12th General Elections....
  
  , Member of Parliament, former Speaker of Parliament, Singapore
- Dr Tay Eng Soon
  Tay Eng Soon
  Dr. Tay Eng Soon was a Singaporean politician. A member of the People's Action Party, he was Senior Minister of State from 1988 until his death in office....
  
  , deceased Senior Minister of State (Education), Singapore
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam
  Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Minister for Manpower. He previously served as the Minister for Education from 2003 to 2008...
  
  ,Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Manpower, Singapore
- Yeo Cheow Tong
  Yeo Cheow Tong
  Yeo Cheow Tong is a former politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he served in the Cabinet from 1990 to 2006, and was a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2011....
  
  , Member of Parliament, former Minister for Transport, Singapore
- Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel
  Senior Counsel
  The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...
  
  , Senior Partner of WongPartnership LLP and Member of Parliament, Singapore

Athletes
- Ang Peng Siong
  Ang Peng Siong
  Ang Peng Siong is a swimmer from Singapore, who once held the world no.1 ranking in the 50 m freestyle.-Biography:Ang was taught to swim at the age of five by his father Ang Teck Bee, who competed in judo at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo...
  
  , former Singapore national swimmer, co-founder and Managing Director of APS Swim School & Aquatic Performance Swim Club
- Alex Chan, Chairman of Singapore Sports Council and former Singapore national swimmer
- Mark Chay
  Mark Chay
  Mark Chay Jung Jun is a Singaporean swimmer who has represented the Republic in amongst others, the SEA Games and Summer Olympics. His international swimming career began at the 1997 SEA Games, and stretched all the way till the 2005 SEA Games...
  
  , Singapore national swimmer
- Desmond Koh
  Desmond Koh (swimmer)
  Desmond Koh Mun Kit is a former competitive swimmer from Singapore and represented the nation in numerous international competitions over a period of more than 10 years including 5 years as Captain. He started his foray in banking in investment banking London in 1996 and is currently a director...
  
  , former Singapore national swimmer, Rhodes Scholar
- Oon Jin Teik, CEO of Singapore Sports Council and former Singapore national swimmer
- Poh Seng Song
  Poh Seng Song
  Poh Seng Song is an athlete from Singapore who specialises in the 100 metres sprint and 4 x 100 metres relay.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved seventh place in his 100 metres heat, thus missing out on a placing in Round 2 of the event.Seng Song received his education in...
  
  , Singapore national sprinter
- Ronald Susilo
  Ronald Susilo
  Ronald Susilo is a Singaporean badminton player of a Chinese-Indonesian origin.He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Pelita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he...
  
  , Former Singapore national badminton player
- Gary Tan
  Tan Lee Yu Gary
  Tan Lee Yu Gary is a swimmer from Singapore who holds several national swimming records in Singapore.-Achievements:On 7 December 2003 at the 22nd SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam Gary won the Men 200 LC Meters Medley with the time of 02:05.94 which is a record in Singapore.On 24 June 2005 at the 1st...
  
  , Singapore national swimmer
- Thum Ping Tjin
  Thum Ping Tjin
  Thum Ping Tjin , better known as PJ, is the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. He is also the first Oxford University graduate student to do so. He was a member of the Singapore national swimming team and has represented Singapore at every level, including the 1996 Summer Olympics in...
  
  , former Singapore national swimmer, Rhodes Scholar

Business leaders
- Lim Siong Guan
  Lim Siong Guan
  Lim Siong Guan is the current Group President of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation .-Biography:Lim was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. He was awarded the President’s Scholarship to study at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he graduated with First Class...
  
  , former Head of Singapore Civil Service, Group President of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited is a sovereign wealth fund established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves...
- Dr Lee Seng Gee, Chairman, Lee Foundation and Lee Rubber Group
- Ong Beng Seng, Managing Director Hotel Properties Limited, brought Formula 1 back to Singapore
- Philip Ng Chee Tat, CEO of Far East Organization
  Far East Organization
  Far East Organization is the largest private property developer in Singapore. It was founded by Singaporean billionaire Ng Teng Fong in 1960s. It has two listed subsidiaries, Orchard Parade Holdings Limited and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited...
  
  and Singapore Ambassador to Chile
  Chile
  Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
- Seow Poh Leng
  Seow poh leng
  Seow Poh Leng , one of the first few Peranakan Babas at Emerald Hill, was a prominent and successful Singaporean banker, founding member of the Ho Hong Bank, member of the committee of the Straits Settlement , philanthropist and benefactor of public development works...
- Seow Sieu Jin
  Seow Sieu Jin
  Seow Sieu Jin was a prominent and successful Singaporean banker brought up in a banking family, trained in China and England and was an important contributor to the growth and development of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation during its early years.Seow Sieu Jin's great-grandfather was from...
- Richard Seow Yung Liang, Non-executive Vice Chairman of Parkway Holdings
- Dr Donald Tan, All American Scholar, former Global Marketing Head for several listed MNCs, marketing consultant to many listed and government agencies, Certified Professional Marketer - Asia (CPM - Asia) examiner.
- Tan Sri Dr. Tan Chin Tuan, former Chairman of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
  Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
  The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited , abbreviated as OCBC Bank , is a publicly listed financial services organisation with its head office in Singapore. OCBC Bank is one of Singapore's leading local banks, with group assets of more than 224 billion SGD. It has one of the highest bank...
  
  , philanthropist
- Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow
  Teh Hong Piow
  Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Teh Hong Piow , the Chairman of Public Bank Berhad in Malaysia, was born in Singapore on 14 March 1930. He attended his formal primary and secondary education at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore...
  
  , Chairman of Public Bank
  Public Bank
  Public Bank Berhad is a bank based in Malaysia. Public Bank is currently the biggest domestic bank in Malaysia by shareholders' funds. It focuses on retail customers and small to medium sized enterprises. The bank was founded in 1966 by Teh Hong Piow, the then general manager of Malayan Banking...

Arts
- Terence Cao
  Terence Cao
  Terence Cao is a Singaporean Chinese MediaCorp television actor.-Biography:Cao was educated at Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore. Prior to joining SBC in 1989, Cao worked as a flight attendant...
  
  , Mediacorp 8 actor
- Mark Chan
  Mark Chan
  Mark Chan is a Singaporean composer, recording artist, singer, instrumentalist, poet and painter. He is recognised as one of Singapore's premier composers, particularly for his unique blend of Eastern and Western styles of music...
  
  , composer and former Singapore national swimmer
- Clement Chow, musician and composer
- Irin Gan, former actress and top model
- Glen Goei
  Glen Goei
  Glen Goei is one of Singapore's leading film and theatre directors. His broad ranging body of work embraces the full gamut of performing and visual arts from film, theatre, musicals, large scale shows, World Expos, dance, music to architectural design.Glen Goei was the Artistic Director of Mu-Lan...
  
  , international director
- Colin Goh
  Colin Goh
  Colin Goh is a Singaporean film maker, satirist and cartoonist. He was a former practicing attorney who has turned to full-time writing and illustration....
  
  , filmmaker and editor of TalkingCock.com
  TalkingCock.com
  TalkingCock.com is a Singaporean satirical and humour website. The website features various articles and jokes spoofing Singapore current affairs,which occasionally pokes fun of world happenings...
- Goh Soon Tioe
  Goh Soon Tioe
  Goh Soon Tioe is known in Singapore musical history as a key player in the development of classical music for the post-war Singapore. He is also the father of Singaporean violinist-conductor Vivien Goh....
  
  , violinist and conductor of Singapore Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Ivan Heng
  Ivan Heng
  Ivan Heng is a Peranakan- -Hokkien-Chinese-Singaporean stage actor and director. He is the founding artistic director of W!LD RICE, a theatre company in Singapore....
  
  , actor, director
- Nat Ho
  Nat Ho
  Nathaniel "Nat" Ho is a Singaporean actor who is most notable for his debut in the show, Honour and Passion . He is one of the up-and-coming artistes in MediaCorp....
  
  , Actor
- Amos Kwok, writer
- Jeremy Lelah, filmography, executive director
- Hossan Leong
  Hossan Leong
  Hossan Leong is a stage and screen actor from Singapore.Educated at the Anglo-Chinese School for most his primary and secondary school years, Hossan was active in many stage productions even before he left the school system and embarked on a 2 year diploma course in electronics at the...
  
  , actor, Radio DJ
- Lin Junjie
  JJ Lin
  JJ Lin is a Singaporean Mandopop Singer-songwriter, Composer and Actor based in Taiwan. JJ Lin is managed by Ocean Butterflies. Lin won Best New Artist for his work on his debut album Music Voyager at the 15th Golden Melody Awards in 2004....
  
  , singer
- Jazreel Low, actress and businesswoman
- James Lye
  James Lye
  James Lye is a former MediaCorp Singaporean TV and Raintree Pictures movie actor. He is currently working as a Product Manager with Citibank in Singapore.-Awards:* TCS Star Awards Best Newcomer...
  
  , former TV actor
- Stella Ng, singer
- Ong Keng Sen
  Ong Keng Sen
  Ong Keng Sen is a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks, which was founded in Singapore in 1985.Ong is a member of the Asia-Europe Network, which promotes the artistic exchange between Asia and Europe...
  
  , director
- Adrian Pang
  Adrian Pang
  Adrian Pang is a Singaporean Chinese actor who trained at the ARTTS International in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Born in Malacca, Malaysia, he was educated at Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, and in the United Kingdom. Although he studied law at Keele University, he has not...
  
  , actor
- Benson Puah, CEO Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
  Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
  Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is a waterside building located on six hectares of waterfront land alongside Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing arts for the island nation of Singapore...
  
  , ACS Board of Governors
- Mark Richmond, sports commentator
- Bernard Tan
  Bernard Tan
  Bernard Tan Tiong Gie was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, the University of Singapore and Oxford University...
  
  , musician and composer
- Tan Han Jin, musician and composer
- Melvyn Tan
  Melvyn Tan
  Melvyn Tan is a Singapore-born British classical pianist, noted for his study of historical performance practice....
  
  , international pianist
- Seow Yit Kin, international pianist
- Eleanor Wong
  Eleanor Wong (playwright)
  Eleanor Wong is a writer and playwright in Singapore. Her plays have been produced in Singapore and regionally. She is best known for "Invitation to Treat", her trilogy of plays centred around the experiences of the character Ellen Toh, a lesbian lawyer in Singapore...
  
  , playwright
- Russel Wong
  Russel Wong
  Russel Wong is a Singapore-born Hollywood celebrity photographer. He had his primary and secondary education at Anglo-Chinese School, and his bachelors degree at University of Oregon, Eugene....
  
  , photographer

Other professions
- Alex Au
  Alex Au
  Alex Au Waipang, also known by his Internet nom de plume as Yawning Bread, is part of the Singapore gay equality movement.He is the author of a website, where he provides analyses of Singaporean politics, culture, gay issues and miscellaneous subjects.-Biography:Au, English-educated and of...
  
  , social activist
- Belinda Ang
  Belinda Ang
  The Honourable Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean is a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Justice Ang was first appointed Judicial Commissioner in February 2002, and Judge in January 2003...
  
  , Singapore Supreme Court Judge
- Cavinder Bull
  Cavinder Bull
  Cavinder Bull, Senior Counsel, is a lawyer and director of the Singapore law firm Drew & Napier. Bull graduated with First Class Honours from Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales the next year. He was ranked fourth in the Bar Examinations, and...
  
  , Senior Counsel
  Senior Counsel
  The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...
- Assistant Professor Emrys Chew, Lecturer, RSIS, historian
- Choo Han Teck
  Choo Han Teck
  Justice Choo Han Teck is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1995, and later appointed Judge in January 2003.-External links:*...
  
  , Singapore Supreme Court Judge
- Steven Chong
  Steven Chong
  Steven Chong Horng Siong SC is a Judge of the High Court of Singapore. A former litigation lawyer and managing partner of Rajah & Tann, he is one of the leading shipping lawyers in Singapore. Chong obtained his LL.B. from the National University of Singapore in 1982. In that same year, he, together...
  
  , Senior Counsel and Managing Partner of Rajah and Tann
- Winston Choo
  Winston Choo
  Lieutenant General Winston Choo Wee Leong is a retired Singaporean general who served as the first Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces from 1974 to 1992. He is currently Singapore's ambassador to Israel.-Career:...
  
  , Lieutenant-General (Retired), former Chief of the Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces
  Singapore Armed Forces
  The Singapore Armed Forces is the military arm of the Total Defence of the Republic of Singapore; as well as the military component of the Ministry of Defence. The SAF comprises three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Navy...
  
  , Chairman of Singapore Red Cross
  Singapore Red Cross
  The Singapore Red Cross started out in 30 September 1949 as part of the British Red Cross Society. In 6 April 1973, the Singapore Red Cross was officially incorporated by the Parliament of Singapore...
- Phupinder Gill, CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) President
- Khoo Boon Hui
  Khoo Boon Hui
  Tan Sri Khoo Boon Hui , born in 1954 in Singapore, is the Senior Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the current president of INTERPOL...
  
  , Senior Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, President of INTERPOL
  Interpol
  Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
  
  and former Commissioner of Police
- Glenn Knight
  Glenn Knight
  Glenn Jeyasingam Knight is a Singaporean lawyer. He was the first Director of the Commercial Affairs Department when it was founded in 1984. He lost his post in 1991 after being convicted of corruption in a much-publicised trial. In 1998, he was again tried and convicted for misappropriating...
  
  , lawyer
- Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
  
  Desmond Kuek Bak Chye
  Desmond Kuek Bak Chye
  Lieutenant General Desmond Kuek Bak Chye was the 6th Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces. He relinquished his appointment to Major General Neo Kian Hong on 31 Mar 2010.He received his then-appointment as Chief of Defense Force on 23 March 2007, taking over from Lieutenant...
  
  , ex Chief of the Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces
  Singapore Armed Forces
  The Singapore Armed Forces is the military arm of the Total Defence of the Republic of Singapore; as well as the military component of the Ministry of Defence. The SAF comprises three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Navy...
- Li Denghui
  Li Denghui
  Li Denghui , was the president of Fudan University of Shanghai during 1917-1937.-Biography:Li's ancestors came from Fujian, but he was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. He went to study in Singapore, then continued at Yale University, becoming one of the first few Nanyang Chinese to ever study...
  
  , founding President (1917–1937) of Fudan University
  Fudan University
  Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
- Brigadier General
  Brigadier General
  Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
  
  Hugh Lim U Yang, ex Chief of Staff-General Staff, Singapore Army
  Singapore Army
  The Singapore Army is the branch of the Singapore Armed Forces responsible for land operations. It is the largest of the three armed services and heavily reliant on a conscript army, comprising the majority of Singapore's Operationally Ready National Servicemen .-Capabilities:The mission of the...
- Andrew Phang
  Andrew Phang
  Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang Boon Leong is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.Born in Singapore in 1957, he received his LL.B. from the University of Singapore in 1982, before earning his LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard University in 1984 and 1988 respectively...
  
  , Judge of Appeal
- V K Rajah
  V K Rajah
  Born in 1957, Justice Vijaya Kumar Rajah graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1982 and obtained his Masters of Law from the University of Cambridge in 1986. His father was the former Barisan Sosialis leader Thampore Thamby Rajah, better known as T.T...
  
  , Judge of Appeal
- Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, lawyer, Head, Portfolio Management and Co-Head, Singapore, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and former Managing Partner of WongPartnership LLP
- Sim Kee Boon
  Sim Kee Boon
  Sim Kee Boon was one of Singapore's pioneer civil servants - men who worked closely with the Old Guard political leaders and played a key role in the success of Changi Airport and turned the fortunes of Keppel Shipyard around....
  
  , former head of Singapore Civil Service
- Dr. Tan Chi Chiu, former Executive Director of Singapore International Foundation
  Singapore International Foundation
  The Singapore International Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to build a better world through shared ideas, skills and experiences, so as to uplift lives and create greater understanding between Singaporeans and world communities....
- Dr. Chong Yeh Woei, President, Singapore Medical Association
- Rear Admiral
  Rear Admiral
  Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
  
  Ronnie Tay
  Ronnie Tay
  Rear Admiral Ronnie Tay is the former Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy . During his naval career, his appointments included Commanding Officer, RSS Sea Lion; Commander, 188th Squadron; Commander, 1st Flotilla; Head Naval Intelligence; and Fleet Commander. RADM Tay stepped down from the...
  
  , former Chief of Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy
  Republic of Singapore Navy
  The Republic of Singapore Navy is the naval component of the Singapore Armed Forces , responsible for the defence of Singapore against sea-borne threats and protection of its sea lines of communications. Operating within the crowded littoral waters of the Singapore Strait, the RSN is regarded as...
- Tye Yew Meng, Brigade Secretary, The Boys' Brigade in Singapore
- Woo Bih Li
  Woo Bih Li
  Justice Woo Bih Li is a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.Justice Woo received his LL.B. from the University of Singapore in 1977, and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court the following year. He joined the law firm Allen & Gledhill in 1970 and in 1992, he...
  
  , Singapore Supreme Court Judge

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The ACS Family

School history

Aims, characteristics, and reputation

School anthem and Coat of Arms

Achievements

Odyssey of the Mind

Sports

Choir

Band

Orchestra

Dance

Drama

Debating

Chess

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)

Anglo-Chinese School (International) Singapore

Anglo-Chinese Junior College

STB-ACS (International) Jakarta

Notable alumni

See also

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