Student Features

Compilations, Features, Humans of RI, Special Editions, Student Features

Project Hongzhong: Red At Its Centre (CE01 Spotlight Special Edition 2026)
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Michelle Lee (26S07A) and Tara Teo (26A01D)

If you asked any of the members in a formal setting why their project’s called Hongzhong, they would’ve told you it means red centre–the beating heart of a community, symbolising the importance of having people come together. But if you asked them anywhere else, they would’ve told you it’s because the “Hongzhong” tile is the only Mahjong tile that has an emoji for it. And that’s exactly how a project centred around Mahjong got approved by the CE committee. 

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Compilations, Features, Humans of RI, Multimedia, Special Editions, Student Features, Videos

Project STEMulate (CE01 Spotlight Special Edition 2026)
Reading Time: < 1 minute

By Sonia Chang (26A01A)

Introducing…Project STEMulate! Founded by a group of RI students passionate about making STEM education more accessible for underprivileged children, find out more about the team and the wonderful work they have done for our community 🧬❤️

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CCA Events, Humans of RI, School Life, Sports, Student Features

Boomerang: Cricket NSG 2026 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Prajna Girish (27S06O) and Harish Arun Prasad (27S05B)

All photographs provided by Zhu Taiwu (26S06K)


The Coin Toss

3 games against VJC this year. 2 losses for RI’s Cricket Team. But they earned their redemption just in time. 

The air in Ceylon Sports Club was hot and engulfing—not just because temperatures were crossing 34°C, but because tensions were thick enough to slice with a knife. 

“Everyone was charged up and ready to make a statement when it mattered the most.” 

Swarit Thakur (27S05B)

After a relatively-good NSG run, both the VJC and RI players were warming up—rehearsing batting motions and lobbing balls, while spectators took to the stands for the match that would determine the 2026 champion after multiple face-offs. For the RI team, the stakes were especially high. They had to defend their title from last year, didn’t they?

The coin was tossed, RI was batting first. The first ball landed on the pitch, and the finals had officially begun. 

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Humans of RI, Opinion, Student Features, Student Issues

Letter To My 17 Year Old Self
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Tara Sim (26A01C)

(For the full reader experience, kindly listen to “Letter To My 13 Year Old Self” by Laufey before/while reading.)

Your time in JC could be some of the most fulfilling years of your life, or nothing like the Teenage Dream. And to be frank, with J1 long gone and more than a quarter through J2, I’m still not sure which of those two categories my RI life falls in. 

Aptly put by American Songwriter in their article explaining Laufey’s “Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self”: 

“You don’t know who you are and thus everything about you feels wrong.” 

This quite perfectly captures my JC experience so far, and with the high of orientation over for J1s and the rigor of JC and CCA in full swing, although scrolling through r/SGExams might provide you with some good—albeit dated—tips on how to survive JC, here’s 3 things I wish I knew when I was in J1. 

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Features, Humans of RI, Student Features

A Level Features 2026: Balancing Research, Service and Academics
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Kunchur Bharat (26A01B) and Sophie Sim (27S05A)

For most, research is another bullet point used to pad a resume. Felicia Tan Ee Shan (25S02A) and Low Li Ying Amy (25S06F) live and breathe it. Between the two of them, they have achieved everything a student researcher could dream of. 

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