This article was originally published on 24 March 2011
ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (ACS) is celebrating its 125th Anniversary this year with a series of events. This follows the year-long celebrations of the 125th Anniversary of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) last year.
Just a year after the Methodist Church was founded in Singapore in February 1885, ACS was established.
The ACS Family will kick off its celebrations with a Combined Thanksgiving Service at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 1 – Founder’s Day. The Minister for Education, Dr Ng Eng Hen, himself an Old Boy of ACS, will be the Guest-of-Honour.
Bishop Dr Robert Solomon will deliver the message to about 9,000 students, past and present staff, members of the various school boards and guests.
Later that evening, the Bishop will be the Guest-of-Honour at the Founder’s Day Dinner at the Ballroom of the Suntec Convention Centre.
As part of the celebrations, the ACS Board of Governors will publish a commemorative magazine, which will be distributed to the students, staff and Old Boys and Girls on March 1.
According to Mr Richard Seow, Chairman of the ACS Board of Governors, the magazine will be entitled OUR HEARTS, OUR HOPES, OUR AIMS ARE ONE – ACS CELEBRATES 125 GLORIOUS YEARS to echo the call for ONE ACS, and is a celebration of 125 glorious years the school has been blessed with.
The other celebrations include:
- A community event to be held on May 26 with each school planning its own activities for the day around the theme “environment”;
- The launching of an ACS 125 time capsule;
- An Arts Festival to be organised by each individual school;
- A combined Sports Festival to be held on the Friday (Aug 5) before the National Day; and
- A Teachers’ Event to be held on Sept 1.
An ACS 125 logo has been designed to be used on all school correspondence, T-shirts, souvenirs, etc.
