Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Location
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60 Barker Road, Singapore

309919
Coordinates1°19′10.9″N 103°50′8.7″E / 1.319694°N 103.835750°E / 1.319694; 103.835750
Information
TypeGovernment-aided
MottoThe Best Is Yet To Be
Religious affiliationChristianity
DenominationMethodist
Established1 March 1886; 140 years ago (1886-03-01)
FounderWilliam Fitzjames Oldham
Sister schoolMethodist Girls' School, Singapore
SuperintendentToh Chye Seng
School code7032
ChairmanRichard Seow (ACS Board of Governors)
PrincipalTse Horng Khoo
ChaplainMalcolm Tan
GenderBoys
Enrolment1450
Colour Red   Blue   Gold 
SongACS Anthem
AffiliationsAnglo-Chinese Junior College
Websitewww.acsbr.moe.edu.sg

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) is a Methodist all-boys' secondary government-funded school situated at Barker Road in Newton, Singapore. It is a member of the Anglo-Chinese family of schools in Singapore. It offers the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level Certificate and SBB full subject-based banding G1, G2, and G3 courses for its students from Sec 1 to Sec 4/5. Students may then move on to Anglo-Chinese Junior College or Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) if wanting to continue this ACS tradition. ACS was also the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002. ACS has many partner schools, such as the Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. The school is close to Newton MRT station sitting on Bukit Timah road

It was a full school which subsumed Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) as its primary school section until 1998, when the school split into two. The school has been based at the newly rebuilt Barker Road campus since 2003.

Barker Road campus

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) with its distinctive clock tower. The Barker Road Campus also houses Anglo-Chinese School (Primary).

In 1999, ACS (Barker Road) moved out of the campus after a closing ceremony on 4 November, to allow the campus to be redeveloped. A replica now stands 20 metres from the old clock tower, with the original clock mechanism installed in the new tower.

The 5.7-hectare campus now contains the primary and secondary blocks of ACS (Primary) and ACS (Barker Road), respectively. In between the primary and secondary buildings is an administrative block housing the administrative office as well as the two libraries. The landscaped, open-air Student Plaza links the three buildings together. The cafeteria, bookstore, CCA rooms and Music Studios are one floor below the Plaza. The Arts Centre contains the Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall, Tan Cheng Siong Drama Theatre and the Lee Kong Chian Auditorium, which can seat 830, 270 and 1,200 respectively.

The sports complex also sits on the campus, containing the Shaw Pool and the Tan Chin Tuan Sports Hall. The Sports Hall has three basketball courts, a racket centre, full recreational facilities, including a gym and changing rooms. The Olympic-size pool has eight lanes. The Transport Centre/carpark is below the complex.

Barker Road Methodist Church and the Methodist Centre (housing the Methodist Church in Singapore) have also been relocated to the redeveloped Barker Road campus. ACS Oldham Hall has also been renovated with improved facilities, such as air-conditioning in some rooms, a cafeteria, and the capacity to house 500 boarders. The Barker Road campus was designed by SAA Architects Pte and the entire project cost was S$95 million, of which S$15 million had to be raised by the school. In 2004, the campus won the CIDB Award for Construction Excellence.

Construction of the Indoor Sports Hall Complex was completed in January of 2022, and features 2 full sized basketball courts, and a futsal court. The block also features multiple fully air conditioned classrooms, and a university styled lecture theatre.

Events

In 2026, ACS Barker played a key role in the joint celebration of ACS’s 140th anniversary, held at the Singapore National Stadium.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  • Earnest Lau and Peter Teo, The ACS Story, ISBN 981-04-8746-0
  • ECHO Magazine, Oct-Dec 2004
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Chinese_School_(Barker_Road)