A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT
“IJ Friends are Friends for Life”
Dear Members, Family and Friends of the CHIJ Community,
2024 was a significant milestone for CHIJ. On 7 September 2024, CHIJ Alumni celebrated CHIJ’s 170th anniversary with two key events commemorating our legacy, heritage and timeless values of truth, justice, freedom and love. Firstly, the CHIJ Alumni 2024 commissioned our time capsule, “Tapestry of Time”, in order to leave a tangible legacy for our future generations of CHIJ girls. The items enclosed in this time capsule were contributed by students and teachers, both past and present, of CHIJ Victoria Street, CHIJ Primary and CHIJ Secondary. Secondly, the CHIJ Alumni presented the “Women of Distinction” awards to 13 recipients who were nominated by their family and friends as remarkable ex-IJ girls who embody the CHIJ spirit and have contributed to their communities. These events highlight CHIJ Alumni’s commitment to the CHIJ mission.
CHIJ Alumni provides the network and platform for bringing past and present students together, to preserve the IJ community spirit, long after graduating from the school. We continue to strengthen our network with the school, youth members, mothers, career ladies, and our extended IJ community (including IJ Sanctuary for Children, “IJSC”) to keep the IJ spirit burning bright, ever seeking and ever serving.
The activities we help to organise include career seminars for the graduating cohort, Fiesta, mentorship programme, networking events, reunion dinners and outings for the children at IJSC. Through these events, past IJ girls share their valuable experiences with our present girls, in turn maintaining our rich, common heritage.
Our CHIJ Alumni committee is made up of dedicated ladies who continuously seek to serve and give back to our school and the CHIJ community, in spite of busy careers and family lives. We are also very appreciative of the CHIJ principals who have been so supportive of the alumni’s activities.
“Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty” - Our CHIJ school motto binds every single one of us CHIJ girls together, an identity that shines through in everything we do in life. Let us continue the legacy of the IJ spirit, allowing it to stretch far and far beyond!
Sincerely,
Dr Lena Ng
President
CHIJ Alumni