On 27th February 2015, forty-one ACSians, former teachers of ACS and ACS (Independent) as well as family members met to mark the 129th ACS Founder’s Day.

The event was organized by Sathisvaran Kanavathy (ACJC class of 2008), assisted by Donovan Ouyong and Prasad Palanisamy (both of ACS IB Class of 2009). Among those present were two stalwarts of our annual gatherings: Mano Thevathasan and Balraj Dhaliwal. Also with us was Shantha Coomaraswamy from Perth, Western Australia. Shantha started the Music Elective Programme in ACS in the early 1980s. Suresh John (Class of 1978) read the special message from Richard Seow, Chairman of the ACS Board of Governors, thanking us for taking the time to remember our oldschool and putting together this Founder’s Day Dinner.

This was the 10th anniversary of the re-union dinner of the ACS Alumni in Melbourne and it was all the more timely that we had the ACS flag “flying” before us to mark this milestone. Having the school flag in our midst was a personal wish fulfilled: last year I expressed how meaningful it would be if we could have the school flag at our Founder’s Day dinner celebrations. On one of his visits to Singapore, Quek Joo Meng (ACS Class of 1976) liaised with Mrs Aw Meng Yin, Vice-Principal of ACS (Barker Road) who generously made a personal gift of the flag to us.

Our re-union dinner was simple but meaningful with much time spent on catching up on memories of our days spent in ACS: remembering teachers, recalling the pranks they played, the extra-curricular activities they engaged in and the lessons learnt.

The evening came to a close with the singing of the ACS anthem when our eyes were focused on the flag before us, with its humble reminder that “The Best Is Yet To Be”.

Mrs Lee Gek Kim
Melbourne, Australia