When
ACS (Junior) first made its debut in the Odyssey of the Mind World
Finals in 2003, our pioneer team returned with the prestigious
“Ranatra Fusca Award”. This was then a truly commendable achievement.
This year, we sent two teams to the
World Finals to represent Singapore and one of the teams comprising
Jonathan Chua Eu Wei, Barry Quek Jing Jet, Chew Chia Shao Yuan, Samuel
Khaw Wei Hng, Jordan Steve, Christopher Mak Jie Hao and Alexander Sun
E-Wei did our nation and the ACS family proud by beating 46 other
state champions to be the first primary school team from Singapore
to win the Championship title!
Participating in OM has been a most
rewarding experience for our boys. It inspired Barry Quek, taught
Jonathan Chua to challenge himself to the limit and enlightened Alex
Sun the importance of teamwork.
Summing up, Samuel Khaw said, “OM is a
once in a life time experience that allows me to express myself”,
while Shao Yuan nonchalantly remarked, “OM is probably the best thing
that has happened in my life!”
Well done, boys!
We could not have done it without the
help of our supportive school, our Principal Mr. Peter Tan who always
challenges us to do beyond our potential and our wonderful coaches,
Marion Nicole Teo and Mr Sathis Kumar.
OM is a school based programme in ACS
(Junior). The school encourages all P1 to P6 Boys to participate in
OM. Almost 90% of the teachers in ACS (Junior) have been exposed to
OM.
