CONTENT Our founder...Alice Fairfield-Smith
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Our ethos lives on
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In the beginning
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From the 40s & 50s
5
A decade of memories
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Pride, persistence and progress
17
Growing in strength
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Traditions of our time
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Three decades of progress
35
Into the millennium Inaugural milestones
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Recent development
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Our global community
47
Our 70th Anniversary celebrations
53
Investing in the future
55
KLASS learner attributes
57
Our
founder...
Alice Fairfield-Smith
Founder, Alice Fairfield-Smith, was born on 4th July 1905 as Alice Pierce Johnston in Santa Cruz, California. She passed away in December 1992 after a short illness, leaving behind her two children, Hugh and Lindsey. Her son, Hugh, has three sons: Cameron (with one daughter and two sons); Hilton (one son and one daughter) and Andrew (one son and two daughters). Lindsey, on the other hand, pursued a career.
Alice Fairfield-Smith (seated) and her descendants during Christmas celebrations in 1991. Her son, Hugh, and daughter, Lindsey, are directly behind. Next to them are her three grandsons, Cameron, Hilton and Andrew, with their wives and the first three great grandchildren
1 • Our founder...Alice Fairfield-Smith
Our ethos lives on... 1
The Alice Smith School was started in 1946 by Alice Fairfield-Smith at her home in Jalan Eaton, Kuala Lumpur, at the end of the Second World War. A biology graduate from Harvard University and an experienced teacher, Alice Smith had only a handful of expatriate students then, including her own daughter, Lindsey. When Alice left for America in 1950 with her husband and daughter, the school was officially named The Alice Smith School and passed into the capable hands of Anne Lilley. The Alice Smith Schools Association
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was formed, placing the responsibility for the administration of the school in the hands of a Council of Governors. Today, The Alice Smith School is owned by the Alice Smith Schools Association (ASSA), a not-for-profit educational foundation registered in Malaysia.
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First school logo
2 A group of the earliest pupils at Alice Smith as taken in 1948 by Malcolm Llewelyn’s box brownie camera when he was six years old 3 Mrs Lilley (left), Mrs Jackson (middle) with Mrs Muir (right) on the steps of the Masonic Hall 4 On the steps of the Masonic Hall waiting for cars to go home ~ Photo by Malcolm Llewelyn
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Our ethos lives on... • 2
In the
beginning...
Extract from a fictional reconstruction of Alice Smith’s diary as compiled by some of the pupils October 1946 You wouldn’t believe what happened today! Dr Baptist and Dr Pidford, my husband’s colleagues, insisted that I tutor their two children just to keep their skills sharp until the two schools at Cameron Highlands and Tanglin reopen. I was a little wary but my love for children outweighed my objections. I’m taking no salary and have agreed to start in November.
1st November 1946 It is exhausting to teach the children because of their differing abilities. For example, Susan (7), has learnt to read, but Brian (5), has not. But the effort paid off as they responded to the teaching, so I have hopes.
2nd November 1946 Pleasant surprise today: I acquired another two pupils! The Leach children. Another day of good progress.
January 1947 For the New Year, a new teacher - and has had some experience. She will teach the younger children whilst I take the older children. I have the feeling that my ‘temporary’ class has now become something more permanent, mostly due to word of mouth. Recently, I had to register the school with the Department of Education. Being unprepared, I did not have a suitable name for the school when I filled in the form, so I followed the official method of naming schools – we are now officially EATON ROAD SCHOOL!
3 • In the beginning...
February 1947 I can’t but pity poor Hugh. The school’s been so successful that it’s taking up all the space we can find, including the dining room, which means he can’t eat until the tables have been cleared!
December 1947 The school now contains quite a few children – so many that I can only remember some of their names here: the two Broomes, Peter & Penny Emery and Margaret Dunne. And we also have our first two local pupils: Ronald and Lionel Khoo.
August 1948 We have moved into the bigger wooden house next door and the school is occupying the whole of the ground floor including the porch and the garage (surrendered rather reluctantly by Hugh!)
January 1949 What a month! It started with the RRI (Rubber Research Institute) wanting to turn the lower floor of our house into bachelors’ quarters! This would have closed the school, if it hadn’t been for the help of the parents who persuaded the Governors of the Masonic Lodge to rent the ground floor of their hall to us. We have had to raise the fees again, but we have increased the range of activities, and introduced French into the curriculum.
February 1950 Tomorrow I leave for a new life in America with Hugh. After three year’s hard work, I can now reflect on what I have accomplished here. I think the things worth cherishing in my heart are the smiles of the children when they understand a lesson. And the proudest moment of my life: when they renamed the school “The Alice Smith School”! I leave it in the capable hands of Mrs Anne Lilley and the Board of Governors. They will have the task of establishing a permanent site for the school as I prepare for a long well-earned rest! In the
beginning... • 4
From the
40s & 50s...
Certificate of Incorporation on 14th November 1950
The names of the original signatories to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the school on 7th November 1950
5 • From the 40s & 50s...
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1958 Christmas Concert
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Ann Dempster in the Wheelbarrow Race with Sally Mack. “Sally had had polio and although her legs were quite skinny, her arms were very strong - look how far ahead we are of the others!”
3 Dancing display organised by Mrs Margaret Duckworth at the Masonic Hall in 1951. Her daughter Rosemary, one of the earliest pupil at the Alice Smith School, is on the far left
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From the
40s & 50s... • 6
Bird eye view of the Primary Campus, Jalan Bellamy
7 • From the 40s & 50s...
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1952, Mrs Holmes’ class: Janet King (née Gregory), back row second from right
2 Playtime on the grass outside the Masonic Hall. Lindsey Fairfield-Smith turns to look at the camera as Malcolm Llewelyn clicks the shutter on his box brownie camera, Patrick Jackson is standing on Lindsey’s right 3 Class of 1948: Anthony H. Beadles (end of front row), one of the first Alice Smith School pupils. Peter Rowland (1946-1949) is in the centre of middle row, and Patrick Jackson is in the back row (on right)
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From the
40s & 50s...• 8
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The teaching staff in 1955: Back then, all the teachers were female! Back row, Mrs Holmes, 4th from left. Front row, 3rd from left, Mrs Muir
2 The teaching staff in 1957 3 Whole school in 1956
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9 • From the 40s & 50s...
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Mrs Holmes and her class in 1957
2 Class in 1955 3 Daphne Dempster with her class
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From the
40s & 50s... • 10
A decade of
memories...
The Alice Smith School was and is a great school. My mother’s philosophy from the beginning was: “It should be fun” and “We will not exclude non-Europeans”. As I recall mother’s account, she had no intention of starting a school. They were living in a kampung in Ampang Road. Other families who had their kids with them basically said “These are kids and you are a teacher”. The school started in a small house on Eaton Road. The school rapidly became too big for the one spare room in the “small house” and we moved into the “big house” on Eaton Road. The school took the whole ground floor (three large rooms) and we lived upstairs. Later in 1949, the school had outgrown the big house and the school moved to the Masonic Hall. I was stunned when I visited in 1995, by the houses remaining exactly as I remembered but with the two towers in the background soaring above the trees.
Lindsey Fairfield -Smith Alice Smith’s daughter, 2013
11 • A decade of memories...
Family get-together at Christmas 2015. On the far left is Alice’s son, Hugh. Cameron (back row in red checkered shirt) and Hilton (on the right of Cameron) are Alice’s two grandsons. Rosie, Alice’s great-granddaughter is in white
“On behalf of the (Fairfield) Smith family, we’d like to wish the school a huge congratulations on your 70th Anniversary. We are so proud of how far the school has come, as we know Alice would be too, and we are so honoured to be joining in on the celebration. Alice’s daughter, Lindsey, has told us that the school is a sanctuary of endless possibility and we know it is a school that provides a passion for learning as well as the opportunity to fulfil any child’s dream. We are so proud of how far the school has come, and even more proud it was our dear kind, compassionate Alice that got it started”. Lots of love,
Cameron and Rosie Cameron and Rosemary Smith
on behalf of the (Fairfield) Smith family
A decade of
memories... • 12
Malay Mail, 25th May 1954
Malay Mail, 12th August 1960
13 • A decade of memories...
Malay Mail, 12th August 1960
The Straits Times, 2nd June 1969
A decade of
memories... • 14
“We had just arrived from England after the war. We had managed to secure a passage on a boat which was carrying BMA Forces back to Malaya and we landed in 1946 at Singapore. I was ten years old at the time and had already begun school in England in a place called Baldock in Herefordshire. Shortly after our arrival here, I was sent to the Alice Smith School which had just started up. I was the first Malaysian pupil and was joined a couple of years later by my younger brother Lionel. Other pupils at the time were Olivia May-Clark, the Allen sisters, Elizabeth Lancaster, Michael Regester and Katharine Villiers”.
The Late Datuk Ronald Khoo
First Malaysian pupil of the Alice Smith School Chairman Selangor Turf Club, Malaysia
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Bellamy Road main entrance
2 Richard, 4th from left, with some of his classmates, including, 3rd from left, Shahriyar Pataudi, whose father was the first Pakistan High Commissioner to Malaysia
“My father was Comptroller of the Royal Household of the Sultan of Selangor and his ‘office’ was in Klang. We lived at No 11 Jalan Pantai in PJ, and there was only one small section of the Federal Highway in existence back then. We had a Burmese cat called Professor Sooty Bintang Meow! I remember being very happy at school - there was discipline and structure but lots of affection as well. When school finished, we used to sit outside the Bellamy Road building and wait for the driver to come into the grounds and collect us. Outward Bound trips were quite different to those today, but we used to go bird-watching up at Fraser’s Hill at weekends. Then in the summer holidays, we used to go on visits to tea estates, tin mines and local factories my mother was quite involved in organising these. Another major occasion was the visit by the founder of our school, Alice Fairfield-Smith. One of the biggest treats I recall, however, was going to Sungai Besi Airport to watch the Thai Airways Caravelle jet land - it even had a parachute!”
Dato’ Richard Curtis Pupil from 1957 - 1961
15 • A decade of memories...
Rosemary Duckworth was born in Durban, South Africa in 1942, and was one of the earliest Alice Smith pupils. Her mother, Margaret, became one of the first teachers at Alice Smith, joining in 1947. She taught gymnastics, games and dancing. Rosemary’s
father,
F.V.
Duckworth,
was
the
Commissioner for Labour and later the Member for Social and Industrial Relations in the Federal Executive Council. He later served as the last 1
British Advisor to Selangor, from 1954 to 1956. They lived at The Residency, now the Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Memorial.
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Alice Smith with pupils from the early days at Eaton Road as taken by Malcolm Llewelyn on his box brownie camera. Back row: Mike Regester, Katharine Villiers, Mandy, middle: Alison Clarke, front: unknown, Rosemary Duckworth, Jocelyn Leach
2 Rosemary Duckworth, Lindsey’s best friend, photographed here with with her mother in their garden near Lake Garden in 1949. In the background is Kuala Lumpur! 3 Rosemary’s father, F.V. Duckworth, seated in the front, 5th from right
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4 A few years ago, Rosemary visited us at the Primary Campus. She shared her recollections about how much she enjoyed her school days and being taught by Mrs Alice Smith
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A decade of
memories... • 16
Pride, persistence and
progress...
The Alice Smith School over the years has been under the helm of many great leaders.
DIRECTOR / HEAD OF SCHOOL 1996 - 2002
Andrew Homden
2008 - 2014
Valerie Thomas-Peter
2014 to current
Roger Schultz
PRIMARY CAMPUS PRINCIPALS 1946 - 1949
Alice Fairfield-Smith
1949 - 1951
Anne Lilley
1951
Doris Muir
- 1959
1959 - 1961
Ella Whitmore
1961
Denise Fleming
- 1964
1964 - 1989
Patricia Lee
1984 - 1992
Joseph Eales
1992 - 1997
Sue de Bohun
1997 - 1999
Anthony Richards
1999 - 2011
Steve Caulfield
2011
Kate Fuller
- 2016
2016 to current
Tom Verity
SECONDARY CAMPUS PRINCIPALS 1996 - 2000
Andrew Homden
2000 - 2003
Stephen Murray
2003 - 2007
Nikolas Bishop
2007 - 2009
Richard Dyer
2010 - 2014
Roger Schultz
2014 to current
Sarah Howling
17 • Pride, persistence and progress...
In their own
words...
“Many congratulations to the Alice Smith School on the occasion of its 70th Anniversary! Jan and I look back at our time at KLASS with great fondness and appreciation. It was a privilege to serve such a wonderful community of staff, parents, governors and friends of the school. Most of all, we remember the students, who had a very special sense of the school’s identity, and who always supported each other in and out of the classroom. We know KLASS will be celebrating in style: we’re sorry we can’t be with you for the party, but hope to visit soon!”
Andrew & Jan Homden
Director of School, 1996 - 2002 Andrew Homden
“The world has changed dramatically since the Alice Smith School opened 70 years ago but its enduring mission to ensure that its students ‘reach for the stars’ is as relevant today as it was then. I am proud to have been associated with the school and to have assisted in its further development during my six year tenure, developing amongst other things the scholarship initiative and also instituting the annual celebration of Founder’s Day on Alice Smith’s birthday. The school’s solid foundations will ensure its success for future generations in years to come”.
Valerie Thomas-Peter
Head of School, 2008 - 2014
Valerie Thomas-Peter
“Happy birthday KLASS! Being part of the Alice Smith story is a humbling experience and a great honour. Our anniversary year and our seventy year history is filled with people, accomplishments, events and happenings that have shaped the school. My sincere thanks to our organising committee for adding to our story by making our 70th anniversary so memorable. Congratulations”.
Roger Schultz
Head of School, 2014 to current
Roger Schultz
Pride, persistence and
progress... • 18
“A very special happening in the history of the school was the day, in April 1981 when our Founder paid us a visit. This milestone was even more memorable because it was totally unexpected! Alice Smith spent the morning walking around the school, most of which she had never seen before. The children could not believe that they were meeting a lady who to them was truly a legend. Alice departed feeling very, very happy at the development and progress of her school from what she called ‘such small beginnings’. And what an honour it was for us to have met her!”
Patricia Lee
Primary Principal, 1964 - 1989
Patricia Lee
“It gives me enormous pleasure to be asked to make a contribution to the 70th Anniversary Commemorative Book. I joined the staff as Deputy Principal in January 1984. I was appointed as Principal a year later. I was quick to learn of the excellent reputation the school enjoyed in both the expatriate and local communities. The school has undergone enormous changes over the past years, but some things have remained constant: The Alice Smith School has an undisputed reputation in every aspect of education, and although the number of international schools has mushroomed over the intervening years, Alice Smith continues to be the school of choice for the majority”.
Joseph Eales
Primary Principal, 1984 - 1992
Joseph Eales
“While change is a natural element of development and growth, it was obvious from the start that there was one thing that should never change. Something that needed to be nurtured and preserved at all costs; the superb ethos of the school and the quality of the relationships between pupils and staff. It was a privilege to see such intelligent children grow into articulate, confident and caring young adults. The teachers, of course, led their development, some highly experienced and some young, both local and overseas, they inspired high standards and were energetic and enthusiastic. I also remember the generosity of the parents’ response to the ‘new school’ project, despite the fact that some of their children would never benefit from its facilities or opportunities. Working with the ‘new school’ committees and architects on the development of the Taman Equine site was a ‘three year’ highlight of my Alice Smith experience, both challenging and exciting”.
Sue de Bohun Sue de Bohun
19 • Pride, persistence and progress...
Primary Principal, 1992 - 1997
“Walking around the school each day, I never failed to be impressed by the purposeful calm and the ambience of care within every classroom, where children are happy but also focused on their learning, under the watchful eyes and direction of the teaching staff. There are many happy memories upon which to reflect. But my abiding memory of the school will be the vitality, kindness and generosity of spirit that abounds”.
Anthony Richards
Primary Principal, 1997 - 1999 Anthony Richards
“We often refer to the sense of Community Spirit at Alice Smith and this was nowhere more evident than during our Activity Week. What an amazing effort by parents and staff and a fantastic experience for the children. Proving that not all learning happens through books!”
Steve Caulfield
Primary Principal, 1999 - 2011
Steve Caulfield
“What a pleasure to be part of such an amazing institution. I was delighted to have been given the honour of leading the Alice Smith School Primary Campus for five years, just a small part of it’s history... We loved making our small contribution to the legacy that is KLASS. On the school’s 70th Anniversary, I want to congratulate all who have been instrumental in making Alice Smith such a success over the decades gone by, and look forward to watching it go on from strength to strength in the future”.
Kate Fuller
Primary Principal, 2011 - 2016
Kate Fuller
Pride, persistence and
progress... • 20
“I find that I have joined Alice Smith at a most auspicious time. The events that I have so far experienced - the opening of the athletics field at Equine Park and the 70th anniversary year celebrations, are testament, not only to the school’s excellent past, but also the result of a generosity of spirit started by Alice Smith 70 years ago. The investment in the future, in facilities, in children and in staff will reap rewards for decades to come, not just here in Malaysia, but through the citizens that both campuses send out into our community. I am fortunate to be just one of those Alice Smith has invested in and I am proud to be part of that and all the great things Alice Smith School does and aspires to be. Sic Itur Ad Astra”.
Tom Verity Tom Verity
Primary Principal, 2016 to current
“What makes Alice Smith students so remarkable is the fact that many of them are involved in so many different activities. For some, these include sporting activities, the challenging performances, charities’ work, fundraising and more. Another important part of life at Alice Smith is building cultural awareness and social skills. All the while, the students and teachers are hard at work ensuring that the ever-important academic studies do not slip!”
Nikolas Bishop
Secondary Principal, 2003 - 2007
Nikolas Bishop
“As we celebrate our school’s 70th anniversary this year, we look back on many years of rich educational history, providing an outstanding British education for a successful international future. The Alice Smith School has a unique past and its ethos continues today; nurturing, inspiring and enriching the lives and characters of young people. We look forward to the future with enthusiasm and optimism. Happy Birthday Alice Smith! It really is an honour and a privilege to belong to something so very special”.
Sarah Howling
Secondary Principal, 2014 to current Sarah Howling
21 • Pride, persistence and progress...
By 1959, we are a growing force!
Growing in strength... • 22
Growing in strength... Over the course of the years, the Alice Smith School grew rapidly from its original small start in Jalan Eaton, to the Masonic Hall in Jalan Damansara in 1949, to Weld Road in 1951 and, finally, to its present 1
building in Jalan Bellamy in May 1955. In August 1960, Alice Smith visited the school and was delighted to see its growth. When she left Malaya in 1950 after running the school for four years, there were only 70 pupils and seven teachers. Returning on a sentimental journey, she was astonished to learn that enrolment had topped 250!
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The original Alice Smith house in Jalan Eaton
2 The sports field and the annexe in Jalan Bellamy back in 1980s 3 Alice Fairfield-Smith (in dark blue) being greeted by Samboo in the company of (left to right) Mrs Lee, Mrs Purchase and Mr Hartley “Mr Alice Smith” 4 Bird eye artist impression of the Jalan Bellamy site
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23 • Growing in strength...
“This year, we have reached a milestone in the history of our school. Albeit, James is a very small milestone at only three and a half years old! But he is our first ‘second generation child’ and his entry into Nursery gives us a feeling of being a truly established school with a tradition behind it and, we hope, a bright future ahead”.
Patricia Lee Principal, 1967
The ‘milestone’ in question is James Chilton, son of Susie Chilton (née Fenner) one of the earliest pupils of the Alice Smith School (1948 - 1950).
Susie Chilton née Fenner: Pupil circa 1948-1950 “After the war ended, my mother and I travelled back to Malaya as soon as we could to rejoin my father. He was the Officer in Charge of Police District (OCPD) in Kuala Kubu Bahru but with the start of the Emergency, was recalled to a Special Branch in Kuala Lumpur. I was five years old and needed to go to school. My mother had heard that Mrs Alice Fairfield-Smith was educating her daughter Lindsey and about five or six other children at home. I was sent to join the group which by then had moved to the slightly bigger premises of No 7 Eaton Road. This house was to have special significance later on because my husband proposed marriage to me there in 1961! He and two friends had rented the house from the Rubber Research Institute. After the school moved to the Masonic Hall, which was known as the Rumah Hantu (!), new teachers were appointed to take four separate classes. My mother volunteered to do the accounts and send out the termly bills to parents. Mrs Jackson was my new class teacher and I adored her. For five year olds, lessons were fun and very relaxed, but the following year I went up a class and we had to take the business of learning a little more seriously. This was when I decided on a course of action which resulted in a little lesson that has stayed with me ever since. One day, having made sure that Mrs Smith’s car was in the drive to take me home, I put my head on the desk and tried to look sick. My teacher, Mrs Muir, enquired what was wrong and I said, “I’ve got a sort of headache which is giving me a tummy ache,” and was sent off to see Mrs Smith. She sympathised and said she would drive me home. Hurrah! My plan was working.
Nursery class: Some of the poses and expressions are priceless!
After having spoken to my mother, Alice appeared and said, “Susie, I must tell you about the two little frogs who fell into a barrel of cream. One was very lazy and he sank to the bottom and drowned. The other was very busy and brave and kicked as hard as he could until the cream turned to butter. He jumped out and was saved”. Then she looked me in the eye and said in a gentle voice, “Well Susie, which little frog are you?” After a moment, I decided that I would go back to school and start behaving like a brave little frog! I loved my happy times at Alice Smith; certainly enough to send our son James there in 1967 when he was aged 3, to become the first of Alice’s second generation pupils”.
Growing in strength... • 24
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The Pied Piper of Hamlyn as performed by Ann Munro (long hair) and her classmates in 1959
2 The Nativity Scene: “Do you think anyone will notice if I just take this nice parcel?” 3 In the Science lab 4 Guest of Honour: We asked a number of people but we couldn’t find anyone who was able to identify the Guest of Honour on this very important looking occasion. Does anyone know? We’d love to find out!
25 • Growing in strength...
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the e period was ession of th tricia Lee, the pr im d in m Pa by Mrs d “My top of part played diment of the school an a tremendous bo r em he e e th ow as s ew their parent d Principal. Sh ol an ho n sc re e ild of ch ran th itude. She generations ch debt of grat dication whi de d an e tremendous nc te pe alt m de co e g Sh in . superflous with outstand rnors largely ficials, of ve n go tio e ra th ig rendered parents, imm ty n, teachers, ith calm abili with childre big events w d an major ce of an s en or nt ct ai re m school managing di ”. k very few of their salary which I thin at a fraction ed ch at m ve ha d ul firms co
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Growing in strength... • 26
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Bright beaming smiles for their class photo
2 How our Alice Smith baskets have evolved...but still retain its classic charm 3 Our dress-up tradition have already started way back then 4 Last day at school on 3rd December 1976 - from left Ivan Pauling, Rosli Weldhen, Stephen Goode, Paul van Slooten, Tony Fernandes and Lim Chao Liang 5 Sports day, photo courtesy of Datin Chandra Sri Ram ​ Datin Chandra Sri Ram with Puan Khatijah at a PTA event. As treasurer, Datin Chandra introduced tokens in lieu of cash for 6 use at school fairs 7 The Queen comes a-calling...what a proud moment for the school!
27 • Growing in strength...
​Sports activities - good times with good friend
Traditions of our time... • 28
29 • Traditions of our time...
Traditions of our time ~
Origins of the house colours...
When Mrs Patricia Lee first arrived as Principal, the houses were just colours without names. To add a bit more interest and to act as a tribute to the faithful Alice Smithians, she decided to name the houses. The establishment of the houses was to bring the children of all ages together in an effort to give their best academically and physically. This system was and is a great success.
Traditions of our time... • 30
FAIRFIELD - BLUE This was named after Mrs Alice Fairfield (Smith), the founder of the school in 1946. She was also responsible for the establishment of the Alice Smith School
until
her
departure
from
Malaya in 1950.
MUIR - YELLOW Mrs Doris Muir was Headmistress from 1951 to 1959. Mrs Muir was an Australian who joined Alice Smith first as a teacher in 1948. During her time at the school, she progressed from teaching 12 students to become the head teacher.
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FLEMING - RED Mrs Muir’s successors were Mrs Ella Whitmore and Mrs Denise Fleming. Both were Principals at the school from 1959 to 1964. It was in 1964 that Mrs Patricia Lee succeeded Mrs Fleming.
SCOTT - GREEN Reverend
Thomas
Presbyterian
Scott
Minister
in
was
a
Kuala
Lumpur and in the very early years, our kindergarden was housed in his church. Reverend Scott showed a great deal of interest in the school’s development.
Traditions of our time... • 32
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Traditions of our time... • 34
Datin Lynn Davies (former Chair, Council of Governors) presents Patricia Lee with a special memento at the 50th Anniversary celebrations
35 • Three decades of progress...
Three decades of progress
1970s to 1990s...
Under the leadership of Headmistress Patricia Lee, the Preparatory building for older students was opened in January 1971. By the end of the year, more classes were being added. Patricia Lee was Principal for 25 years between 1964 to 1989. The Primary Campus gym was named, ‘The Wilkinson Gym’ until 2008. From 1982, under Mr Wilkinson’s consistently active encouragement, the school continued to flourish and grow in numbers, exceeding 350 students during the 1980s.
Three decades of
progress... • 36
In 1996, when the Alice Smith School had been in existence for an entire half a century, planning for the new Secondary Campus at Equine Park was well underway. The 50th Golden Anniversary celebration took place in May that year in the knowledge that very soon a new era of Alice Smith was about to begin.
37 • Three decades of progress...
Two
years
after
the
Golden
Anniversary in September 1998, the school
was
honoured
to
welcome
HRH The Prince Edward CVO, the youngest son of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England, for the official opening of the brand-new, purpose-built RM33 million Secondary Campus at Equine Park.
Three decades of
progress... • 38
The RM3.2 million four storey Smurthwaite Gym at the Primary Campus, Jalan Bellamy was officiated on 14th January 2010
39 • Into the millennium...
Into the
millennium...
As the world entered a new millennium in 2000, the Alice Smith School continued to go from strength to strength. The first cohort of Sixth Form students graduated that year; a very proud moment for the school and the students themselves. In February 2004, the new library and Sixth Form Centre were officially opened at the Secondary Campus. A glittering Diamond Jubilee Ball took place in 2006 in conjunction with the school’s 60th anniversary celebrations. In 2010, a new milestone was achieved with the opening of a RM3.2 million four storey gym at the Primary Campus. The new gym was named ‘The Smurthwaite Gym’ after John Smurthwaite, parent and Governor who has a great passion for sports.
Into the
millennium... • 40
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Moon exploration day
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Annual school assembly
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Technology fun
4-6 Bright, spacious and colourful areas at the Secondary Campus
41 • Into the millennium...
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The Jubilee Centre at the Primary Campus
The design of the Jubilee Centre for parents at the Primary Campus was awarded GOLD at the Malaysian Architecture Malaysia (PAM) Awards 2015. In June 2016, the centre was officially opened by HRH The Duke of York Prince Andrew.
Into the
millennium... • 42
Alice Smith
Our scholarship
scholars...
r 2010/2011
recipients - Yea
Our scholarship recipients - Year
Our scholarship recipients - Year 2012/2013
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Our scholarsh
Our schola
rship recipi
ents - Year
43 • Inaugural milestones...
2014/2015
2011/2012
014 - Year 2013/2
Our scholarship recipients - Year 2015/2016
Inaugural
milestones...
Scholarships 17th January 2011... It was a joyous celebration at the Alice Smith School as four Malaysian students
received
their
inaugural
full
scholarship amounting to more than half a million ringgit enabling them to pursue their A Level studies. The students who received the scholarship award
were
bright
and
deserving
post-
SPM/GCSE students who were enrolled into the Secondary Campus. To date through its scholarship programme, the Alice Smith School has helped to support over twenty young Malaysians to pursue their ambitions for higher education and future careers. Founder’s Day Thursday, 4th July 2013 was a fitting moment in our history, to celebrate the school’s first Founder’s Day; a day to reflect on and understand the unique story of how the school began. This day also marks the birth of our school’s founder, Alice Smith on 4th July 1905.
Inaugural milestones...
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Recent
development...
In September 2016, the Secondary Campus Sports Complex officially opened with a world class 8-lane synthetic athletic running track conforming to the standard of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), a natural turf football field, a 5-a-side hockey field and a versatile multi-sport playing area accommodating three futsal fields, netball and tennis courts. The Alice Smith School is the first international school in Malaysia and the third in the world to receive this IAAF certification. In addition, for compliance with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) standards, the school is also one of the first in the world to gain this level of certification for its new artificial 5-a-side hockey turf field. These are major investments for the school and the importance placed on meeting the highest standards for all levels of play from elite level competition to community development, has not been overlooked.
45 • Recent development...
fih.ch/hockeyturf
This is to certify that the Hockey5s court installed at
Alice Smith School, Selangor, MAS on which the Hockey Turf product
GreenFields TX PE08 produced by FIH Preferred Supplier
TenCate Grass was tested by an FIH Accredited Test Institute and shown to meet the requirements of a Hockey5s Multi-Sport Court, as specified by the Federation.
LEANDRO NEGRE PRESIDENT
Date of Certificate: 28th July 2016 In accordance with the FIH Quality Programme for Hockey Turf, this certificate is valid until 28th July 2019
QUALITY
Certificate number:
2016-049
PROGRAMME
International Hockey Federation Fédération Internationale de Hockey
FOR HOCKEY TURF
Recent
development... • 46
Year 12 students raise money for charity through their annual Charity Dinner
47 • Our global community...
Our
global community...
The Alice Smith School is a multi-cultural school where students develop a profound understanding of different cultures and customs, gain essential international experience and enhance their global awareness. From only a handful of students, the school has grown in many dimensions since 1946 into a diverse and dynamic community with an extensive web of alumni representing over 50 nationalities globally.
Our global community...
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49 • Our global community...
In their own
words...
“I had a fantastic trip down memory lane at the Primary Campus in Jalan Bellamy. Thank you so much! The Alice Smith School is a remarkable, evolving institution and may it continue to nurture future generations!”
Tunku Zain Al -’Abidin Alumnus 1988 - 1995
Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin
“My closest friends are still guys from Alice Smith. I have great memories. I wasn’t the best student. I remember being stood outside, thrown out of the class many times. Once we were told to stand on our desk, outside the classroom for about 5 hours in Prep 2, I think. And I loved the sports. It was amazing how so much sport was played on one pitch…Rugby, hockey, rounders, football and we had really great times, probably some of my finest times. What I remember the most was trying to eat lunch as quickly as possible to play football at lunch break. And then at the end of class there were sports activities after that. Good friends, good times and good education as well”.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes
Alumnus 1970 - 1977 AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes
“Alice Smith was a fantastic 2.5 years I had. I joined in November 1977, the interim between a local school and going to boarding school in the UK. It was quite a shock to the system to go from a local school to Alice Smith. I remember on day one, I walked into class and the teacher asked a question. It was a YES/NO question, and I remember I had it down to a tee. I kinda stood up and said, “Yes Sir” and then I sat down again. The whole class burst out laughing. Obviously, it was much less formal at Alice Smith. And of course, it was about the diversity of the friends I could make and, most importantly, it was about going to school with girls for the first time...and that was fantastic! The sports and Conrad Arief made Alice Smith a few of the best years of my life”.
Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak
Alumnus 1977 - 1980 Chairman, CIMB Group
Our global community...
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“It’s an honour and privilege to have attended the school as a child and now to walk these same corridors as an adult. To be able to give back something to the school that was such a huge influence in my formative years is special to me. The education I received was foundational but the biggest lessons I learned at Alice Smith, to which I remember to this day, were always outside of the curriculum”.
Charles Lim
Chair, Council of Governors, parent and alumnus 1971 - 1976
Charles Lim
“My brother, Andrew and I were both pupils at the school in 1947 - 1951. I was Headboy when Lindsey was Headgirl. Visiting the modern school and looking at the old photographs was marvellous and brings back great memories. I was in love with Lindsey at the age of 7, but whether she knew, I’m not sure…!”
Patrick Jackson (son of Mary Jackson, who was a teacher at the school) Patrick Jackson
“What an amazing school. Part of what I remember is still there - but what really remains is the culture I know as a pupil in the late 1960s. Thank you for making me so proud to be an old pupil of this great establishment tradition. All the best for the next 70 years!”
Peter Foskett Alumnus 1969
Peter Foskett
51 • Our global community...
“I’d always wanted to meet the Queen. One day, the Queen was on her way to the airport and we were told she would pass by the school. We waited in a straight line by the roadside and waved excitedly when her car passed. It was like a dream come true”. “I enjoyed so much coming back to my old school after 40 years. Thank you for allowing me to share my memories with the students at the school assembly. I still remember the school hall, school playing field and the school uniform…”
Andrew Watts
Alumnus 1970 - 1972
Andrew Watts
“I was a pupil from 1999 through to 2011. Alice Smith had opened so many doors, one of which led me to competing at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio! I am forever grateful for the experience I had here over my years!”
Ben Proud
Alumnus 1999 - 2011 Ben Proud
“Alice Smith has done so much for me. I was able to play the flute with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and also climbed the second highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya. It took me all over the world. I got a scholarship to go to America to play my flute and that has built my musical culture; on top of all the academia as well. Alice Smith was so much more than a school to me”.
Ellery Nadarajah Alumnus 1999 - 2013
Ellery Nadarajah
“When I entered Alice Smith in Year 7, it exposed me to more creativity. It gave me opportunities to raise my opinion, share ideas and think out of the box. I got to mix with different nationalities at Alice Smith, which help me to understand about different cultures. I have many good memories. One memory that I can recall was a year end appreciation and celebration assembly that our Head of Year, Mr Jeremy Wyre held. He awarded each of us a mini award about who we were and the role we played in the year group. I think he even had our parents send some childhood photos in and then gave out awards like “The funniest” or “Most creative” person in the year group. Even though everyone got an award and it wasn’t a prestigious award, I thought it was great at making everyone feel part of the year group in their own unique way”.
Francesca Chia
Francesca Chia
Alumnus 1999 - 2004 Our global community...
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Our
70th anniversary celebrations
winners of the October 2015 • Proud n o design competitio 70th Anniversary log
Staff Appreciation 23rd March 2016 • PTA Coffee Morning
it ff Lunch. Special vis 8th January 2016 • Sta 3) 197 64(19 k bin Ab by alumnus, Lizette
11th May 2016 • 70th Anniversary Alice Smith Celebration Luncheon with BMCC - ‘Our Journey Through Time’
Art and Design Show 16th June 2016 • Media, n Subritzky, New Joh Dr . H.E by ced gra er to Malaysia sion mis Com h Hig Zealand
53 • Our 70th anniversary celebrations
16th Januar y 2016 • 70th Anniversa Alumni Get ry -together in London
27th June 2016 • Visit by HRH The Duke of York Prince Andrew KG
4th July 2
016 • Fou n
der’s Day
celebrati
ons
1st November 2016 • 70th Anniversary Day celebrations in school
f ening o 16 • Op lex mber 20 s Comp rt te o p p e th S S s u 7 p m a C ondary the Sec
7th September 2016 • Launch of the 70th Anniversary Heritage Wall at the Secondary Campus
10 th N o ni No vember 2 016 • stalgic Walk in sch oo
th niversary r 2016 • 70 An 10th Novembe d an r he et og Alumni Get-t Evening at n io iat ec pr Ap er ’s Residence gh Commision the British Hi
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• Platinum Gala 11th November 2016 KL at the Majestic Hotel,
Ball
9th December 20 16 • Staff Appr eciation and Awards Ev ening
Our 70th anniversary celebrations •
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The top A Level and (I)GCSE scholars of 2016, who achieved outstanding A Level and (I)GCSE results. They are our new rising stars. 71% of the (I)GCSE students achieved A*- A. Over 90% A* and A grades were awarded at A Level
55 • Investing in the future
Investing in the
future
Exciting developments continue on both campuses, demonstrating not only creativity and innovation, but also a commitment to providing world class facilities and an outstanding education for our students. Pivotal to our vision for the future is that Alice Smith is a world class school environment where caring and inspirational teachers; happy, determined and motivated children; and encouraging, supportive parents
develop
practices
and
partnerships
for
learning excellence for the 21st century. With our rich heritage of educational excellence, our vision is to build upon our strengths and further raise our ambitions for quality and excellence as a regional and world leader for learning.
Sic Itur Ad Astra In this way you shall reach the stars
Artist impression of the proposed new annex buildings and refurbishment to the existing sports hall, library and humanities block at the Secondary Campus in Equine Park
Investing in the
future • 56
KLASS Learner
Attributes
are developed to provide our students with an outstanding British education for a successful international future. Our students are happy and healthy, respectful, community minded, independent learners, communicators and problem solvers.