Activities

Discover the vibrant boarding life at ACS (Independent), from student-led events and interhall activities to nightly study sessions and weekly fellowship meetings.

Last updated on 30 April 2026

Life in the Boarding School is rich and fulfilling. The Junior Common Room Committee (JCRC) provides student leadership opportunities in sports and adventure activities, cultural functions and special events. Some of these events take place at the end of each term:

Welcome Night
High Table Dinner
International Night
Thanksgiving Dinner.

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Several young women sit at tables with food in a modern cafeteria, many clapping or watching something off-camera.

| Welcome Night 2021

The JCRC committee also organises interhall activities ranging from sports-related to bonding activities to enrich the interactions between boarders, such as ACSpecial 2022

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Students wearing masks stand on a stage playing Jeopardy, with a large Jeopardy Board projected on screens behind them.

Two masked students on stage hold a large check for first place, one hundred fifty dollars, from ACS Special.

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A group of masked people posing with a cardboard Instagram photo frame prop, holding fun signs at an event.

| ACSpecial 2022

Academic support is provided through ‘Prep Time’, which involve nightly two-hour homework and study preparation sessions. They are supervised by hall staff, who are ACS (Independent) teachers.

There are also weekly fellowship meetings known as ‘Koinonia’, in which inspiring testimonies, songs, music and messages are shared between staff, boarders and invited guests.

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Several young people sit cross-legged on a tiled floor, writing on paper worksheets during a group activity.

Two masked young women holding papers stand presenting to a seated audience in a room with an orange wall.

| Hall-Based Koinonia