Sacred Heart Secondary School

Sacred Heart High School is a secondary school in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

There is another school with the same name at Penang, Malaysia.

History

1902 The School was founded by Fr. A. Hopfgartner. He was born on the 5th of January, 1874. He suffered a stroke and died peacefully on the 15th of May, 1949. A clock tower and bronze plaque was erected in his memory in a prominent position in the school premises.

1905 The School was moved to Lanang Rd. where the Ice Factory was situated until recently. The School, at that time was a two storied building. The lower floor was used as classrooms. The upper floor was used as hostels.

1907 The School moved again. This time to Mission Rd. At that time, the school Principal was Fr. Vincent Halder.

1924 There was an increase in attendance where the number rose from 30 students to 70 students.

1929 In this year, there was an additional level which was Standard 5, now known as Form 1.

1932 By this time, Form 3 was introduced. There was a great increase in the enrollment. About 300 students attended the school.

1937 Rev. Fr. John Vos took over as Principal of the school.

1938 Rev. Fr. James Buis took over as the Principal of the school.

1941 In the next 4 years, the School was forced to end its classes because of the Japanese Occupation during the Second World War. Half of the School was destroyed by the bomb raid by the Australian Forces.

1947 When the school was opened again, Rev. Fr. John Dekker took over as Principal.

1948 SRB Sacred Heart Chinese was founded. The enrollment for the school increased to 600 students. At this time, Rev. Fr. Wagenaer was the Principal.

1949 New subjects were introduced. Besides that, sports like Volley Ball was introduced. 1950 Rev. Fr. Adrian de Vos became Principal.

1951 The School was divided into two parts, the English stream and the Chinese stream.

1953 The boys were separated from the girls. The girls were moved to another school which was built especially for them. The school was St. Elizabeth Secondary School. 1954 The De la Salle Brothers came along and took control of the school. Bro. Fridolin became Principal.

1955 The First Cambridge School Certificate was held (Form 5).English was taught in the morning and in the afternoons, the students were taught Chinese Language.

1956 Sacred Heart Secondary School became an aided school. SRB Sacred Heart, a Primary School, was founded and Bro. Austin became its first Headmaster.

1958 New buildings like the Assembly Hall, Science Labs and Workshops were built.

1960 The Marist Brothers took control of the Chinese stream school.

1963 Bro. Adrian became Principal. The Chinese Junior Section became part of SMB Sacred Heart. The Chinese Language was taught.

1964 The Malay Language was introduced.

1965 The First Cambridge Higher School Certificate was opened. These were the first Science classes held in the school.

1967 The School moved to Oya Rd. The school remains there until now.

1972 Bro. Albinus took over as Principal in this year.

1973 The Lower 6 classes were introduced. The School was renovated. A library, canteen, Administration Block and Science Labs were built.

1987 Me. Samuel Tan Yang Pheng, a Malaysian citizen, became the first Malaysian to become Principal of the school.

External links

* http://www.shssibu.edu.my