Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg Singapore American School I SECTION PAGE SECTION PAGE CONTENTS Why SAS? 1 Time to Shine: The Arts 41 Cultivating Exceptional Thinkers 5 The Eagle Way: Athletics 45 Six Decades of Community, 7 Broadening Horizons: 51 Innovation, and Growth Extracurricular Activities Faculty Excellence 11 A Commitment to Serving Others 55 Many Stories, One Family 13 A Campus Where Eagles Can Soar 59 Academic Results 17 Green Surroundings, Green Outlook 63 SAS Graduates: Ready for the World 21 Cafeterias: The Spice of Life 67 Early Learning Center: Preschool 25 On the Bus: Twenty Years of Safety, 69 and Pre-kindergarten Efficiency, and Reliability Elementary School: Kindergarten 27 The SAS Uniform 71 Through Fifth Grade Belonging to a Community 73 Middle School: Sixth Grade 29 Through Eighth Grade Philanthropy: The Spirit of SAS 75 High School: Ninth Grade 31 Our Alumni: Once an Eagle, 79 Through Twelfth Grade Always an Eagle Meaningfully Integrated 33 Living in Singapore 81 Technology Joining the SAS Family 83 World Languages 35 Beyond the Classroom 37 Six Decades of Success Singapore American School has been transforming lives since before Singapore became a country! Today, more than 20,000 alumni worldwide see their SAS education as a crucial factor in their achievements. We are proud of our decades-long legacy 1 of academic excellence, extracurricular opportunities, community support, and student-centered focus. WHY 100 Percent Non-Profit SAS is a true community school and one of the few non-profit independent schools in Singapore. Our board is made up of parent volunteers and all proceeds are SAS? reinvested in the school itself. This means every dollar paid in tuition and fees goes 2 to providing outstanding educational experiences for our students. Inspiring Teachers Our teachers are highly educated, with over three-quarters holding qualifications beyond a bachelor’s degree. They are also inspiring, with a wide range of expertise and interests. Students love knowing that their teachers can play ultimate frisbee, build a boat from scratch, 3 perform in a blues band, or help them clear trash from the mangroves on International Coastal Cleanup Day. World-Class Facilities Our verdant 36-acre campus stands out on an island where space is limited. State- of-the-art class and laboratory facilities are complemented by top-notch libraries, auditoriums, sports facilities, a rainforest, an eco-garden, and multiple playgrounds. 4 SAS students learn, grow, and develop lifelong skills in innovative settings, all while being nurtured by a tight-knit community. 1 Singapore American School Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg/About-us/The-SAs-Story Singapore American School 2 Extraordinary Care Outstanding Student Results Positive student-teacher relationships We don’t just claim your child will get and supportive peers are vital for a top-notch education, we prove it. personal and academic success. In different grades, our students take From the moment of admission, the MAP, SAT, ACT, and Advanced our students are encouraged and Placement tests. SAS students score nurtured. New students are paired higher on average than students at with a buddy, and counselors and most other schools in the world. 5 specialists support their growth 8 and learning. Personalized Learning Top University Admissions We believe that students succeed Top-notch academics and extracurriculars academically when they are interested, make SAS high school students confident challenged, and supported. Subject-area college applicants, while our experienced teachers, advisory teachers, counselors, counselors help them navigate the process and specialist support teachers all of selecting and applying to best-fit teach SAS students how to reach their universities. Each year, SAS students are learning goals while exploring personally admitted to top colleges and universities 6 compelling, real-world topics through in the United States and beyond. 9 project-based learning. Commitment to Innovation An American Spirit with An International Perspective We are always seeking new ways to best prepare our students for the future. The American approach to education Innovative courses and programs— embraces choices and possibilities like Advanced Topic, Catalyst, Global while encouraging critical thinking, Online Academy, Interim Semester, and civic responsibility, and respect for others. Quest, as well as immersive language We teach our students to try new things, options, mentor experiences, and service explore their interests, collaborate with learning opportunities—support a culture peers, and work hard to reach their goals. 7 of possibilities at SAS. We know our Eagles will be productive 10 members of society and confident world citizens, making a positive difference wherever they land. 3 Singapore American School Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg/ABOUT-us/THE-SAS-STORY Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg/About-us/The-SAS-STORY Singapore American School 4 The SAS Vision A World Leader in Education Cultivating Exceptional Thinkers CULTIVATING Prepared for the Future EXCEPTIONAL THINKERS The SAS MISSION Singapore American School Education in the past has been good at making is committed to providing each children fit into boxes: the IB box, the AP box, student an exemplary American the IGCSE box. These boxes determine what is educational experience with an international perspective. possible and what is not. At Singapore American School, we allow students to think outside the box. School Our Eagles are encouraged to pursue their passions rather than letting a system define what they can Choice become and how far they can go. Tip At SAS we draw on a long tradition of innovation to create a culture of excellence, extraordinary care, ASK: and possibilities for every student. Our Eagles grow Does this school have up in a community where all students learn at high The SAS a clear mission and levels, all students are known and advocated for, Strategic Anchors vision? How do you ensure that everyone and all students personalize their own learning. in the community supports them? A Culture of Excellence A Culture of Extraordinary Care See if the school’s guiding principles A Culture of Possibilities are apparent as you visit its website or tour the campus. 5 Singapore American School Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg/about-us/strategic-focus Singapore American School 6 SAS Through the Years 1952 1955 American Association The American community of Malaya sees need for a donates S$100,000 toward school for American children the new school living in the British crown DECADES OF colony of Singapore COMMUNITY, INNOVATION, 1963 1962 1956 The New Federation With help from First The Singapore American of Malaysia National City Bank (now School opens with 98 includes Singapore Citibank), US State Department, students in a "black and companies, and individuals, white” colonial house AND GROWTH SAS moves to the larger on Rochalie Drive purpose-built King’s Since the first day of school in 1956, Singapore Road campus American School has aspired to provide the best possible education for its students. Through six decades, three campus moves, new teaching strategies, shifts in the student body, and Singapore’s transformation from British colony to independent nation, the school has fostered a vibrant learning environment. The enduring characteristics of an SAS education include a broad range of courses, an excellent faculty, diverse extracurricular activities, a welcoming campus, and a supportive community. 1964 1965 1968 SAS’s first foreign-hire Singapore separates from Advanced Placement (AP) teachers arrive, introducing Malaysia to become an program begins at current American independent country Singapore American teaching methods School with AP English 7 Singapore American School Read More at: www.sas.edu.sg Read More at: www.sas.edu.sgwww.sas.edu.sg/about-us/The-SAS-Story Singapore American School 8 1985 1991 1992 1996 1997 1999 Enrollment drops to 1,500 Economy recovers and President George H.W. and All SAS students are Strategic Planning SAS has largest enrollment during recession; Americans SAS’s enrollment rises First Lady Barbara Bush reunited at the new Committee includes of any expatriate school decrease from nearly above 2,000; school board visit SAS during the first Woodlands campus; community service in in Asia; nearly 80 percent of 75 percent to 58 percent begins discussing ever US presidential visit enrollment rises to 2,700 its vision for the school students are American of student body expansion options to Singapore 1980 1974 1973 2009 2006 2004 First computer classes offered Renowned boxer Singapore American Dr. Jane Goodall visits Minister Mentor Lee Kuan S$65 million expansion during Interim Semester; and poet Muhammad Community Action Council Singapore American School Yew inaugurates the school's creates an early childhood computer science and Ali visits SAS (SACAC) is established 50th anniversary celebration; center and new high school; programming soon become to help support young enrollment stands at major gift funds the Khoo regular courses Americans in Singapore 3,450 students from Teck Puat library over 50 nations 1969 1970s 1973 2013 2017 2018 The US becomes Singapore becomes one Enrollment surpasses 1,200; New school vision adopted; New school vision adopted; Over 4,000 students from Singapore’s primary source of Asia’s tiger economies. the elementary and middle enrollment stands at 3,900 enrollment stands at 3,900 65 countries, with 55 percent of