Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[autolycus]

ngbrdad:

Hi can I check will there be CCA activities during the year end school holidays for ACSI?

Especially for uniform groups like St John Ambulance ?

Roughly when will that be ?

At the beginning, middle or end of the holidays ?

Generally, all activities are cleared by Week 2 of December. After all, teachers need a break too. Some activities start in the last week of December in preparation for the new school year. Most teachers are happy to get a total of 3 weeks of holiday each year, contrary to the popular belief that teachers have a lot of leave.

[BeContented]

autolycus:

BeContented:

Hi,

DS has DSA into ACSI IP via academics & managed to get CO. Guess I'm now trying to find out more stuff before submitting his acceptance in ~2 weeks' time.

Understand students are required to take up 2 CCAs of which one is a uniformed group. As a DSA student via academics, what is DS commitment? Unlike sports, does it mean he will have to join Maths Club or he can join other CCA? DS is still interested to pursue & participate in Maths-related activities, does ACSI place any focus on Maths competitions?

Thanks.

All ACS(I) students must take up 2 CCAs of which one is a uniformed group unless they are national-level sportsmen. ACS(I) has no academic societies such as a Math Club. However, they may take on commitments such as joining the Math Olympiad team — the closest that ACS(I) gets to academic societies are competitive academic teams. You might say that ACS(I) places a strong focus on competition of any kind.

Hi Autolycus,
Thanks for the reply. So the next question is then....
a) Is MO team considered one of the CCA? So if DS joins the MO team, that can be considered as his 2nd CCA? ie. Uniform + MO.
b) Is the MO team very competitive? How often do they need to meet up? Do you know what is the selection criteria? DS has participated in NMOS & SMOPS (Silver), Mathlympics (Gold) etc....what is your opinion of his chances to get into the MO team?

Thanks.

[twilight]

It's not called MO team, it's called MCT, math competition team. I'm in MCT, but trainings for different years are conducted separately, so I'm not sure how junior training session is. It's twice a week, 2 hours each session.

You can find more info here
http://cca.acsindep.edu.sg/mathcompetition/about/

[BeContented]

twilight:

It's not called MO team, it's called MCT, math competition team. I'm in MCT, but trainings for different years are conducted separately, so I'm not sure how junior training session is. It's twice a week, 2 hours each session.

You can find more info here
http://cca.acsindep.edu.sg/mathcompetition/about/

Hi Twilight,
Thanks. Have gone to the link. Got my answers. Thank you

[autolycus]

The Math and Science Competition Teams are both legitimate CCAs that can be taken as a second CCA and will fulfill the ‘second CCA’ requirement.

[autolycus]

A full list of all the legitimate CCAs is given here:

http://www.acs.sch.edu.sg/acs_indep/pages/CCAList

[BeContented]

Hi Autolycus, thanks.

I have another query. I am reading through the ACSI thread, some have mentioned that you should choose the school only if your values in-tune with the school values.

DS comes from non-feeder, neighborhood school, a free-thinker and is pretty adaptable (or so I believe). Though hubby and I believe that the school values should be good (as should all schools be), but guess I am a little concerned or rather want to be more informed. Would you care to give your opinion of what is the value system of ACSI (besides those stated on the website) and what would make a child blend in/suitable for ACSI?
I believe if DS is happy in his environment, academically he should be able to cope.....hence my first concern is his mental well-being.

Thank you.

[autolycus]

ACS(I) is a Methodist institution. Historically, Methodist institutions work with existing social conditions and place education first — Oldham and his successors stated their priority as the preparation of students for life beyond school.


Generally, ACS(I) and its affiliated/related schools go out of their way to offer a broad range of developmental options. In my involvement over almost 40 years with such institutions, and a later career as an educational researcher, I have come to realise that such breadth is uncommon within the local school system — most schools, even many premier schools, cannot adapt to such freedom of choice.

However, ACS(I) while remaining socially conservative has got a down-side as well; there has been in the past years a slightly increasing percentage of materialist or over-competitive students. I still think that this is not a serious problem, and ACS(I) is in general a good school.

[Oodles Mummy]

autolycus:

The Math and Science Competition Teams are both legitimate CCAs that can be taken as a second CCA and will fulfill the 'second CCA' requirement.

I understand that a student has to join a uniformed group plus a sport or club. Can he join any 2 CCA, such as a sport and the MCT?

[autolycus]

Oodles Mummy:

autolycus:

The Math and Science Competition Teams are both legitimate CCAs that can be taken as a second CCA and will fulfill the 'second CCA' requirement.

I understand that a student has to join a uniformed group plus a sport or club. Can he join any 2 CCA, such as a sport and the MCT?

The default is one UG and another CCA. Exceptions are normally only made where one CCA is a sport in which the student is performing at a high level (national, regional, international). Mostly in such cases, the sport becomes the dominant CCA and the UG becomes the recessive or vestigial CCA.