Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[PiggyLalala]

naggo-nitemare:

PiggyLalala:

[quote=\"davos\"]Does anyone know what time is the year 2 briefing on 1.2.12 (wed)?thanks.

Has anyone recieved the RI email on the year 2 briefing on 1 feb? I have not recieved though i recieved the text fr RI to check my email last friday. Anyone know what is the reporting time and place. thanks.

I just called the gen office. The yr 2 briefing this wed is 5.15pm to around 8 pm.[/quote]Thank you. What about the venue? Auditorium? Did RI know we did not receive the latest email about the briefing?

[naggo-nitemare]

Hi! I called ri gen office again. Apparently, class briefing is held in the respective classes from 5.15-5:50PM tomorrow. The Year 2 Level briefing is held in the auditorium from 6PM-7ish PM. I informed the person tt not all of the parents are given this info, including myself.

[Kiasu singaporean]

Does raffles institution offers SAT and AP tests in Year 6 for admissions into ivy league colleges?

[friendship]

Is RI school motto ‘Sons of a Better Age’?

[verykiasu2010]

Kiasu singaporean:

Does raffles institution offers SAT and AP tests in Year 6 for admissions into ivy league colleges?

http://www.ri.edu.sg/main/schoolinfo/forstudents/studentservices/uniadmission

[verykiasu2010]

friendship:

Is RI school motto 'Sons of a Better Age'?

Auspicium Melioris Aevi

When Sir Stamford Raffles founded Raffles Institution (RI) in 1823, he sought to establish a premier educational institution which would serve the country well. This vision for the school to be the Hope of a Better Age is encapsulated in the school's Latin motto, Auspicium Melioris Aevi.

http://www.ri.edu.sg/main/rafflestradition/vision

[PiggyLalala]

naggo-nitemare:

Hi! I called ri gen office again. Apparently, class briefing is held in the respective classes from 5.15-5:50PM tomorrow. The Year 2 Level briefing is held in the auditorium from 6PM-7ish PM. I informed the person tt not all of the parents are given this info, including myself.

:thankyou:

[iFirefly]

verykiasu2010:

friendship:

Is RI school motto 'Sons of a Better Age'?

Auspicium Melioris Aevi

When Sir Stamford Raffles founded Raffles Institution (RI) in 1823, he sought to establish a premier educational institution which would serve the country well. This vision for the school to be the Hope of a Better Age is encapsulated in the school's Latin motto, Auspicium Melioris Aevi.

http://www.ri.edu.sg/main/rafflestradition/vision

Sir Stamford Raffles created the motto in Latin, or future generations of Rafflesians changed the motto to Latin? Afterall, Stamford Raffles was from England, so it made more sense for RI motto to be in English (easier to remember and pronounce), right?

[davos]

Thank you naggo-nitemare

[autolycus]

firefly38:

Sir Stamford Raffles created the motto in Latin, or future generations of Rafflesians changed the motto to Latin? Afterall, Stamford Raffles was from England, so it made more sense for RI motto to be in English (easier to remember and pronounce), right?

That's the Raffles motto. But I should point out that 'auspicium melioris aevi' literally means 'divinations of a better time'. The history is interesting: 'auspicium' means 'looking at birds' (from 'avis' and 'spice'), which the Romans used to do to predict the future. 'Melioris' means 'better', and 'aevi' means 'a period of time, an age or span of years'. Some unkind people have joked that it should mean 'looking for a good time'.

- old relevant discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Raffles_Institution_%28Secondary%29#Auspicium_Melioris_Aevi for linguistics buffs.