Then Now 1995
The ethic of active community service was promoted by the SAS Social Services Club in the 1980s, and it continued to expand in the following decade. By 1994, the club was actively conducting 10 different projects in Singapore, supported by 150 students and 15 teachers. Early SAS service clubs initially planned activities that revolved around raising money for the needy, but the school later began to look at ways to actively involve students in community service. The first ecology club was organized by Kate Thorne and Richard Frazier at Ulu Pandan. The club participated in the Pulau Ubin Sensory Trail project, helped to clean up Sungei Buloh nature park, and promoted recycling.
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In high school, six elected students oversee all service clubs via our Executive Service Council. Students who join service clubs develop skills such as taking initiative, collaborating, organizing, and implementing plans. Encouraged to initiate their own service-learning projects, they work on valuable life skills and become more responsible, enlightened, and reflective global citizens. Blue Planet Initiative (BPI) is a service club in the high school that aims to practice and promote marine conservation and environmental sustainability through various service projects. This year, over 145 volunteers (students and educators) participated in four beach cleanups around the island, and more than 12,500 pieces of trash were removed from East Coast Park and Changi Beach.
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