The Ministry of Education granted the ACS “independent” status in 1987. This was accepted by the ACS Board of Governors. In 1992, the school moved to a new campus on Dover Road. The website was opened by Finance Minister Richard Hu on March 1, 1993, on the 107th anniversary of the school`s founding by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham. When Bishop Oldham founded the school in 1886,[2] he also accepted some students as boarding schools. The boarding school was soon expanded and moved to larger and larger premises, first at Bellevue on Oldham Lane and then at Dunearn House on Barker Road. In 1986, as the ACS celebrated its centennial, the boarding school known as Oldham Hall moved to new premises on the ACS Barker Road campus. In December 2002, he moved to the converted premises and was renamed ACS Oldham Hall to highlight his roots as a strong and dynamic member of the ACS family. [Citation needed] The school has been invited by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to work with several other schools to develop an integrated curriculum for the most successful students. Since these students are expected to attend university, the Ministry of Education decided that it would be advantageous for them to bypass the “O” level of the CME and take a pre-university exam directly.

As a result, ACS(I) began its integrated programme in 2004 and adopted the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for this purpose. Admission levels for the integrated program are in years 1, 3 and 5. In keeping with its history as a boys` school, ACS(I) offers secondary education only to boys in grades 1 to 4. Since 2012, ACS(I) and the affiliated Methodist Girls` School (MGS) have joined forces for an integrated curriculum that allows ACS(I) and MSM students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE regular level exams and move directly to grades 5 and 6 of ACS(I) to complete the IB Diploma Programme. CPHA left the Coleman Street campus in 1994; they are now replaced by the National Archives. In 1988, the Ministry of Education launched its programme for independent schools. Independent schools are allowed to be funded by the private sector and are subject to unless government regulation determines their curriculum. The school was renamed ACS (Independent); In 1993, the Barker Road campus was cleared and the school moved to Dover Road.

After strong lobbying from alumni, the Barker Road site was retained for a second high school. At the same time, the Anglo-Chinese primary school moved from Coleman Street (the former building that now houses the National Archives of Singapore) to share the premises with the new secondary school on Barker Road, now called ACS (Barker Road). 5. School work must be constantly recalled (e.g. delay in case of non-submission). The school`s stated goal was for each student to be “a scholar, an officer, and a gentleman.” The school`s motto “The Best Is Yet To Be” comes from the second line of Robert Browning`s poem “Rabbi ben Ezra” (1864),[15] and serves to encourage students to reach higher heights by reminding them that their best performances are yet to come. Between 1914 and 1920, under the direction of reverend J. S.

Nagle, the school introduced regular religious services and physical education. Afternoon classes have also been set up for the most academically weaker students. In order to ensure continuity of school life and maintain adequate staff, Nagle encouraged former students known as “old boys” to return to school as teachers. To this day, the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys` Association is a bond through which old boys can maintain ties with the school. The principal of the school is also the general director of the school. [3] The first principal of the independent school was Lawrence, associate professor of chemistry at the National University of Singapore and a former Presbyterian. resigned at the end of 1993 and one of his two deputy directors was chosen to replace him. Ong Teck Chin held this position from 1994 to October 2010. [4] Effective October 5, 2010, Fanny Tan was appointed Acting Director in her place,[5] until Winston James Hodge was appointed as the new Director effective June 21, 2011. [6] In December 2018, Arene Koh was appointed principal of the school.

Not all smartwatches (for example, a portable computing device capable of communicating and transmitting information) are allowed in our school. Students who wear smartwatches are their devices confiscated. Confiscated smartwatches can only be recovered by the student`s parents. The home system is a way to group students into mutually competing groups. It was introduced on April 16, 1929, during the tenure of Director Thomas W. Hinch. The ACS houses were originally named after the clergymen Bishop James Thoburn, Bishop William F. Oldham and the Reverend Goh Hood Keng; and philanthropists Tan Kah Kee and Cheong Koon Seng. [18] In 2005, three other benefactors of the school were honored by naming the houses in their honor: Lee Seng Gee, Shaw Vee Meng, and Tan Chin Tuan. [19] Students must wear the prescribed school uniform. A change of uniform is not allowed.

Misconduct will not be tolerated and will be treated accordingly. For serious violations, disciplinary measures include, but are not limited to, caning, probation, suspension, expulsion and/or other measures deemed appropriate by the school. If necessary, the support of the students` parents/guardians will be used to obtain home support for corrective measures. 3. Constantly late to school and has absenteeism problems. All students are expected to demonstrate exemplary behavior in paying attention to the values of the school The Society of Young Diplomats of the school has been recognized in several Model United Nations conferences both at home and abroad, and also organizes the annual United Nations Model International Conference. ACS(I) was also one of the first schools to offer the Gifted Education Program and is the only school to offer it alongside the Integrated Program. Starting in 2012, after their first four years in Grade 5, Students at methodist school for girls will move on to ACS(I) to complete their 6-year IP leading to IBDP with the ACS(I) lot without completing CME levels “O”. Students who cannot cope with either of these two levels can opt for the “O” levels of the CME instead.

The GEP is also offered in ACS(I)`s subsidiary, the Anglo-Chinese School (Primary).