ACS Foundation set up

to help needy students

and serve the community

THE ACS FAMILY of six schools commemorated its 125^th Anniversary with the setting up of the Anglo-Chinese Schools Foundation, an approved charity.

Announcing this at the Combined Thanksgiving Service at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Mr Richard Seow, Chairman of the ACS Board of Governors, said: “The ACS Foundation will be a major platform and resource for all the ACS schools, where students past and present can reach out and make a positive difference in our schools and in our communities.”

He said money raised for the foundation would also create more scholarships for the needy students.

But, he said, most significant of all is that “today is a day to give thanks to God, a day for praise and remembrance for God’s Grace, God’s Love and God’s Blessings that He has so richly given us through Anglo-Chinese School”.

Today, he added, “is indeed a day to give thanks and remember” ACS’ founder, Bishop William Oldham; the Church for its unstinting support, guidance and prayers throughout our history; Singapore’s leaders who have made education a priority and fostered an environment that has allowed the ACS brand of education to grow and flourish; the ACS benefactors; the principals past and present and teachers and staff past and present; generations of dedicated governors, OBA committee members, parents, Old Boys and Girls who have each played their significant role – sometimes recognised but often not – in building ACS into the One ACS that it has become today.

“We must remember our roots, our heritage and our mission. Our growth and success have created a very strong tie that binds us in the ACS Family but it is also an important tie that binds us as a community, as a people and as a nation.

“At the ACS Family of schools, our focus must continue to be on our students. To develop each student to his or her maximum potential. To allow them to achieve a truly well-rounded education, where success and results are not for selfish gain or ends in themselves but rather as a means to help others and contribute to our community and nation.”