Month: August 2012

Clubs, Commentary 25 August 201212 May 2019

What the Straits Times Didn’t Tell You about the Big Quiz

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Lye Han Jun (13A01A)
Photos courtesy of Ryan Quek

st quiz 2 — The RI team with their competitors in the finals.

Yesterday, RI participated in the grand finals of the Straits Times – Ministry of Education National Current Affairs Quiz 2012 (also known, rather inventively, as the Big Quiz). The team of four, consisting of Chan Kai Yan, Loo Tien Pan, Ryan Quek and Teo Hoong Chen, triumphed over Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Hwa Chong Institution and River Valley High School to bring home the top prize of $5 000, together with a challenge shield for RI’s trophy cabinet.

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Commentary, Compilations, Eagle Eye 24 August 201212 May 2019

Who says Rafflesians are Selfish and Uncaring?

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Amy Ng (13A01E) and Hoy Yik (13S03N)

This week, we bring you exclusive previews of the upcoming edition of Eagle Eye, which will be distributed to all staff and students at the end of the month. Jointly produced by RI’s Corporate Communications Department and Raffles Press (Yr 5–6), Eagle Eye is the school’s official magazine.

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Commentary, Op-Eds, Student Issues 23 August 201212 May 2019

Don’t Put Out the Fire in the Prometheum Ceremony!

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Chua Jun Yan (13A01A)

Yesterday, the college marked the Prometheum Ceremony, in which Year 6 CCA Leaders handed over the mettle of leadership to their Year 5 successors. As we commemorate the formal transition of leadership, it is worth looking at how this exercise can be improved in future years. Here is the wish-list of this correspondent for next year’s Prometheum Ceremony.

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