DCIS Newsletter
June 2017
45 Year Celebrations: That’s a Wrap!
Special Friday Assembly culminates of two weeks of festivities
celebrating 45 years of teaching excellence in Singapore
Dover Court International School’s 45th
Birthday culminated on Friday 12th May
with a host of events and activities to
celebrate this important milestone. For two
weeks we had a video crew filming students,
parents and staff singing ‘You’ve Got a
Friend’ to commemorate the event; Check
out the link bit.ly/45YearVideo to see the clip
on youtube!
VIP guests, including dignitaries and previous
alumni, all shared in the celebrations at
a very special Friday assembly. As a non-
uniform day, everyone was asked to come in
their best 70s gear (since DCIS was founded
in 1972), and our amazing school spirit did
not disappoint. Students came decked out
in flourescent colours, tie-dye, headbands
and whatever they could find to fit into the
70s motif. Even the staff took part, donning
floral prints and afro wigs.
During assembly, children from the school
and staff members sang the birthday track
‘You’ve Got a Friend’, a song originally
written and recorded in 1972 by James
Taylor; we have uploaded a special video
clip of the song, sung by students, staff
and parents which was shot and produced
by Mark Lowther, a DCIS parent. We then
presented the winner of the badge contest
and showed off the metal time capsule
which was buried the following week, a time
capsule to be dug up in 50 years time.
As a finale, we sung the old DCIS school
anthem – based on Beethoven’s Ode to
Joy – to the delight of Dr. Maureen Roach,
former DCIS Principal and Guest of Honour
on the day. Dr. Roach kindly cut the cake
commemorating the event, a superb multi-
tiered dessert cake designed exclusively for
the school’s 45th birthday by local bakery,
2016-2017
Calendar Events and
Other School
Information
Academic Calendar 2017-2018
Revised Academic Calendar
2016-2017
Schedule of Fees and Payment
2017-2018
Lower Primary June Menu
Upper Primary/Secondary
June Menu
Little Miss Muffet Cakes. And the lovely
flower arrangements in Cooper Hall and
DCIS Cafe were provided by the Singaporean
floral company Urban Meadow Flowers.
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