... to the PRESENT...
... for the FUTURE
The RACE (Raise A Classroom Effort) began in 2001, as part of the fund-raising project for the building of the new ACS Barker Road campus.
Twenty-four members of our class, Secondary 4A, together with a member each from Secondary 4B, 4D, 4E and Secondary 4G of the year of 1976, took the challenge to fund a classroom.
We dedicated the classroom to our class teacher (Secondary 4A 1976), Mrs Lee Gek Kim.
Mrs Lee Gek
Kim presents Dr Wong Sin Yew a copy
of "The ACS Story" as a token of appreciation
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On the cool Saturday afternoon of 30 August, the past, present and future of ACS met at the sprawling new grounds of ACS (Barker Road). Eleven of us from the cohort year of 1976, some with family in tow, gathered with Mrs Lee Gek Kim and her husband, also an old boy of ACS, to tour the school. We were fortunate to have the guide-services of ACS teachers, Mr Chan Vee Bun and Mr Melvin Sim, together with their two assistants, Jonathan Tan and Michael Seow, both prefects of the school. Our first impression on stepping into the school was "What happened to the football field? Was this going to be another concrete jungle?!" Our fears were laid to rest when we saw that the buildings of the school were both aesthetic and functional with many oases of greenery spread throughout. We had some difficulty adjusting to the school that we knew more than 25 years ago but once we got our orientation right, fond memories of the years gone by just flooded back. Concrete as it may be, the spirit of the school could be felt in every nook and corner that we visited. All of us shared the same pride that we could be a part of the building process of this new institution and could not be happier with the way the school building turned out. |
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Along the way, we made a stop at the classroom that we completed the RACE for and was warmly greeted by Mr Alan Lim, the English Language and Literature teacher of the class, who kindly gave us a short welcome address.
ACS (Barker Road) - conceptualised by the Past; built for the Present; foundation laid for the Future.
Dr Tan Poh Heng
Class of 1976