Our Good Stories
Read up-to-date news articles, speeches, and press releases here.
18 items
18 May 2025
Student Leaders Win Hearts at Community Mini Funfair
Our student leaders received glowing praise from a community member for organising a student-led mini-funfair for residents, with the letter commending their creativity, warmth, and initiative in managing the event independently from planning to execution.
14 October 2024
Small Gesture, Big Impact: Orchidian’s Compassion Shines
Our student was commended for spontaneously helping an elderly woman board a bus and carry her trolley to her seat, exemplifying the school's vision of developing compassionate leaders through everyday acts of kindness.
24 November 2022
To Lend a Helping Hand
Student stepped up to help a blind woman who was calling out for assistance at Admiralty MRT station, patiently guiding her off the platform, out of the station, across the road, and waiting with her at the bus stop until she boarded the right bus safely.
25 September 2022
Done Out of Instinct
A Secondary Three student stepped in without hesitation to help an elderly woman who had been pushed off the pavement by her own son, supporting her back up, staying with her until police arrived.
21 September 2022
Helping a Chromebook Find its Owner
A Secondary Two student went out of her way to return a lost Chromebook she found on a bus, handing it in anonymously at the school's General Office and later spending 1.5 hours at a police station to report the find.
4 July 2022
Animal or Not
A group of Secondary One students went out of their way to rescue an injured pigeon they found on school grounds, coordinating with ACRES and eventually ensuring the bird received veterinary care.
16 November 2021
Stepping Up
A student who once benefited from arts enrichment programmes has since channelled her passion for dance into raising funds for charity, performing at multiple ChildAid events across Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta to support underprivileged children, and inspiring her peers to do the same.
7 July 2021
A Helping Hand
A student spent nearly an hour helping an elderly cardboard collector push her trolley across several roads and void decks to a lorry, loading the boxes for her, and walking her home — moved to act by the thought of his own grandmother and the hope that others would do the same for her.
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25 January 2021
Concern for Neighbours Sparks Heroic Action
Orchidian and his family honoured with the Community First Responder Award after their quick actions to douse a void deck fire, potentially preventing it from spreading.
2 December 2020
Orchid Park's Youngest Author
Our first ever student author published her debut teen fiction novel at just 11 years old, independently navigating the entire writing and publishing process, with her second book in the same duology now in the works and available on platforms like Amazon and Book Depository.
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