Orientation Day

Here we were, the five of us from the alumni committee trying to sell our towels to the incoming new Cedar students. Some harried parents avoided our eyes and stepped quickly out of the way when they saw one of us approaching. Others were really nice and when they heard that we were trying to raise funds for scholarships for needy students, they bought a towel or two without hesitation. Hard work and loads of perspiration on our part and we sold almost 150 towels in that few hours. Hooray! Next sales day will be 31st December, when the entire school, parents and ex-Cedarians will be participating in the school's homecoming. If you're joining in the fun, don't forget to visit our stall and do your bit for Cedar's needy students!

Dinner was a blast!

Did we have a blast! Dinner at the Orchard Hotel on 14th Nov 09 started off the same time as the APEC show and Orchard Road was a mess! Guests arrived late but still in good humour though MC for the night, Ser Lee, looked out of breath after battling the traffic. ('Cos she must not be late, yah). VIP guests were just as relaxed and that bode well for the rest of the evening. The ladies mixed, mingled and hugged old friends and took pictures with the retired teachers.

The gals were generous and the Cedar towels were bought up by the bags full, literally. The towels are to raised funds for scholarships for needy Cedar students. 

Principal Mrs. Ou Yang brought us up to-date with Cedar's achievements, which were applauded, and there were oohs and aaahs at the pictures of the renovations. A wonderful harp performance and a belly-shaking dance by young Cedarian grads showed just how talented some of us are. Lucky draw prizes included a diamond pendant from Goldheart and a beach resort stay for two at the Kempinski Resort & Spa Sanya, Hainan Island. 

All in a great night of fun, laughs, eats and zesty bonhomie. If you missed this gathering, you'll just have to wait awhile to join the next one! Click on the photo albums link on the right sidebar to see pictures of that night.

Open House at Cedar

Well, looks like most of the furniture have gone in. The school is throwing an Open House on Saturday 28/11/09 and is inviting all Cedarian graduates to come and take a look at the completed renovations. Bound to impress is the new auditorium, the seminar rooms, the Alumni Hall (yep, we have one) and the running track. Times are 9 am to 2 pm. So, take a trip back. You won't recognise it!

Yearbook 1970 to spare, anyone?

A Cedarian graduate (class of 1971), doing a spot of spring cleaning, found two copies of the Cedar yearbook '69 and '71, but missing is the year in-between - 1970. Now she is desperately seeking a replacement copy. If you have a 1970 copy to spare and willing to part with it, contact the Cedarian Alumni. Our email addy is on this website.

Dinner is coming up

It's almost time for dinner - the Cedarian Alumni dinner, that is, coming up this Nov 14th weekend. We hope you are all looking forward to this one special evening that you will spend with former classmates and your old teachers. If you have not booked your tickets yet, well, shall we say, there just a tiny bit of room left. Contact us! 

By the way, the Cedar towels will be sold at this dinner. Funds raised will be for scholarships for deserving Cedar students, who may be facing financial difficulties. Do a kind deed this weekend and buy a towel!

Do you know Alice?

Do you recognise any of these gals in the two pictures? The photos were emailed to the alumni by ex-Cedarian Alice Kum-Lai Kong (Leung) who was in the graduating class of '65. That's Alice (red arrow) and in the inset picture (above). This other picture (right) was taken in 1967. If you were in her class, contact us. Alice lives in Canada now.

It's almost finished!

The renovations at 1, Cedar Avenue that is. Representatives of the SAC and the alumni committee were invited to tour the almost completed school today. Classrooms and the hall are bigger; the domestic science classroom is impressive with shiny, stainless-steel cooking hobs; a two-story carpeted library, etc.. but let's have the pictures reveal some of the changes.

Here is the front porch just about needing the name of the school to be put up.

 Mrs. Lim looking happy with the new, shiny, stainless-steel counter tops and cooking hobs in the domestic science classroom.

Front of the hall: some changes.

How's this for sitting comfortably - veerry comfortably! Plush seats in the new auditorium.

                                                                                                                                                      

A peek at the running track which is still under construction. It's where that blue truck is, in the far distance!

We hope you like this brief preview. More to come in the following weeks!

Going home

2009 is whizzing past and if you've been observing developments in Cedar, you will be glad to know that renovations at Cedar Avenue are entering its final stage and sometime towards end December, there will be a ceremonious March Back. Teachers and staff at Cedar are already putting their heads together to organise this home-coming event. Perhaps some of you "old" girls may want to join in. Details later so watch this space.

Cedar Towels

Do you have any souvenirs from your days in Cedar? Well, apart from the uniform and T-shirt and shorts, that is. We have come up with a very practical and useful souvenir for all Cedar gals - a sports towel with the words CEDAR on it. It's made up of 100% fluffy, soft, terry cotton. Measuring 36 cm (W) x 88 cm (L), it's small enough to stuff into your gym bag, but large enough to wipe yourself down after a hard workout. It's $10 each and comes in yellow and grey. (The pictures show both sides of the towel). These towels are to raised funds for scholarships for needy Cedar students.

You can buy the towels from the bookshop in Cedar school, or contact the alumni for orders. Reminder: the school is now at a temporary location at 3, Geylang Bahru Lane, while the the Cedar Avenue site is being renovated. From 2010, the school will be back at its original site at 1, Cedar Avenue.

Hello Cedarian Graduates!

Ladies, have we some exciting news for you! Before our annual 2007 AGM started, Cedar's principal Mrs. Ou-Yang Geok Cheng briefed us on school events to-date and what to expect in the near future.

First off - and the most exciting - there's that iconic bitumen track that we "lost" in November 1994, when Cedar moved to its present premises. This sense of something missing continues to be felt by many ex-Cedarians today, especially those who were privileged to have seen it in its glory days or ran on it.

Track and field events were so much a part of our lives then and this was reflected in the many years the B and C divisions won top positions in the secondary and junior college nationals. This humble running track bonded us strongly to the school and imbued in us an indomitable spirit that awed our peers! Its continued absence seems to be making itself felt. In year 2000, only the B division managed to keep the top spot. Is the school losing its running edge? Mrs. Ou-Yang hopes this dismal showing can be re-addressed with a new running track within the school grounds, just like before.

The school will be moving out of its present premises at end 2006 so that renovation works can begin next year. Plans are ongoing and the details are still being worked out but a running track is included and this, plus other "non-standard" facilities, will require fund raising on the part of the school and the alumni. We will keep you updated on this as events develop.

Another wonderful event that you may have missed out is the School Excellence Award 2006. This is one of the highest and most prestigious awards given out by the Ministry of Education in its Masterplan of Awards and brings Cedar on par with some of the best-known secondary schools in Singapore. This is something to shout about!

Where events in the alumni are concerned, we have a new committee in place for 2007-2008: Berinderjeet Kaur - Vice-president (picture left), Shariffah Alsagoff - Hon. Secretary, Tsang Sau Yin - Assistant Hon. Secretary, Betty Tan - Treasurer and committee members are Dolly Leong, Maureen Teo, Linda Seah, Tan Suan Hwee, Teo Ser Lee, Heng Tung Hwa, Judy Lim and Shanti Govindan. Our Hon. Auditors are Ngiam Siew Wei and Heng Tung Lan.

During her briefing, Mrs. Ou-Yang also expressed the hope that Cedar and the alumni will continue to cement their partnership by collaborating and supporting each other as much as possible. Towards this end, we are planning a number of fun and exciting events in the following months and I would like to appeal to all ex-Cedarians to join us and to help in any way you can. To quote a Chinese proverb: "When you drink the water, remember the spring".

Louise Lim, President, Cedarian Alumni