La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu

Infobox School
name = La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu
also, SM La Salle, Tanjung Aru.


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motto = Fides et Opera (By Faith and Deeds)
established = 1953
type = National Secondary School
affiliation = La Sallian Educational Institutions
district = Tanjung Aru
grades = Form 1 to Form 6
president = Ho Kin Wong
principal = Julia Willie Jock
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location = Jalan Murni, Tanjung Aru,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
country = Malaysia
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website = http://www.lasalle.edu.my

La Salle School, Kota Kinabalu ("Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan La Salle Kota Kinabalu") is a co-educational secondary school for boys and girls and one of the oldest schools in Kota Kinabalu.

La Salle Kota Kinabalu is famous for its high achievement in academic, sports and other activities for secondary school level in Kota Kinabalu.

This is one of the oldest schools in Kota Kinabalu. It was established in 1953 by Father Bernard Davies a Mill Hill Missionary. Despite being a mission school, the students consist of all kind of races regardless of religion.

La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu itself is divided into two pieces of land. The distance between the both is just a stone throw away. The Senior Block (form 4 to Form 6), remains at its current location. The Junior Block (Form 1 to Form 3) has been relocated to the new ground to accommodate the increase in student enrollment.

The single-session secondary school is located in Tanjung Aru. It is a few minutes walk from Pekan Tanjung Aru. Next to the Senior Block is SM Stella Maris.

The current principal is Mdm. Julia Willie Jock. She was previously Maktab Sabah, Kota Kinabalu's Principal.

History

The La Salle secondary school can trace its beginnings to the Sacred Heart primary school set up by Father Van Der Heyden in July 1903. From just a handful of students, the school's enrolment went up to 50 by June 1913 and 10 years later increased to 213.

Between 1941 and 1945, a wooden school building with eight classes was built on the site where the current site of the Sacred Heart primary school stands just adjacent to the Sacred Heart cathedral in Karamunsing.

Before the establishment of the secondary school in 1951, Father Bernard Davies, a Mill Hill Missionary started secondary classes at Karamunsing to prepare students for Senior Cambridge Examinations. In 1953, when the Catholic Mission obtained 7.653 acre of land in Tanjung Aru, the school was relocated to the current site. It was initially named Sacred Heart Secondary School.

In 1958, the La Salle Brothers came to Jesselton (present Kota Kinabalu and took over the management of Sacred Heart Primary School and Sacred Heart Secondary School. Brother Raphael Egan succeeded Father Arthur Crowther as the Principal. On 22nd May 1958, Sacred Heart Secondary School was renamed to La Salle Secondary School after the Founder of the La Sallian Brothers, St. John Baptist De La Salle whose dream for social change to touch the youthful heart was conceptualized.

From a single block with wooden plank walls and attap roof, La Salle has evolved into Kota Kinabalu's only two-campus school with the junior (Form 1 to form 3) and senior (Form 4 to Upper Six) blocks.

Brother Charles' retirement as the principal in 1986 marked the end of an era that began some 30 years earlier when the La Salle brothers took over the school's administration from the Catholic Mission.

Affliations

La Salle Kota Kinabalu is affiliated to other Lasallian educational institutions in Malaysia such as:
* La Salle School, in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
* La Salle School, in Jinjang, Kuala Lumpur
* La Salle School, Klang, Selangor
* La Salle School, in Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur
* La Salle School, in Petaling Jaya
* La Salle School, in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur
* St Andrew's School, in Muar, Johor
* St. Francis Institution in Melaka
* St George's Institution in Taiping, Perak
* St Joseph's School in Kuching
* St Martin's School in Tambunan, Sabah
* St. Michael's Institution in Ipoh
* St. Paul's Institution, Seremban
* St Xavier's Institution in Penang
* St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur

* International
** Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore
** Saint Patrick's School (Singapore)
** St Joseph's College (Hong Kong).

Vision

*GLORY AND DISTINCTION 2010

Mission and Objectives

*To support and fulfill the aspiration of the National Education Philosophy and the vision of the Malaysian Ministry of Education.
*To ensure students of La Salle are knowledgeable and morally upright and who have faith in God and have competitive spirit.
*To work hard to improve the administration of the curriculum, co-curriculum activities and character of La Salle students.
*To create a beautiful, clean and safe school environment.
*To ensure cooperation among the school, Board of Management, Parents Teachers Association and the Ex-students Association.

Uniform

La Salle is a gentleman school!

chool Anthem

Boys of courage, boys of daring,
Full of manliness and will,
Spirits nought for danger caring,
Hearts to conquer every ill

"Chorus:
""We are sons of La Salle everyone,
""And no matter where we go,
""High aloft her flag we will hold,
""And strive that her fame may grow"

There are famous schools in plenty,
With their heroes by their score,
And they flourish high and mighty,
But La Salle is Something More

"Chorus"

Come whatever kind of weather,
Come the stormy days along,
When the old boys get together,
They will always sing this song

"Chorus"

Principals

* Father Bernard Davies M.H.M (1952 - 1954)
* Father. Arthur Crowther M.H.M (1954 - 1958)
* Brother Raphael Eagan FSC (1958 - 1966)
* Brother Brendan Dunne FSC (1966 - 1969)
* Brother Charles Michael O’Leary FSC (1969 - 1985)
* Mr. Stanley Liew (1985 - 1999)
* Dr. Edward Miku Tionsu (2000 - 2003)
* Pn. Katherine Lo Yen Ken (2004 - 2006)
* Pn. Julia Willie Jock (2006 - Present)

List of Classes

Junior Block

Form 1
*1 Vega(best class)
*1 Rigel(2nd best)
*1 Capella
*1 Procyon
*1 Agena(last class)

Form 2
*2 Vega(best class)
*2 Rigel(2nd best)
*2 Capella
*2 Procyon
*2 Agena(last class)

Form 3
*3 Vega(best class)
*3 Rigel(2nd best)
*3 Capella
*3 Procyon
*3 Agena(last class)

Senior Block

Form 4
*4 Vega
*4 Rigel
*4 Capella
*4 Procyon
*4 Agena

Form 5
*5 Vega
*5 Rigel
*5 Capella
*5 Procyon
*5 Agena

Form 6
*Lower 6 Arts (L6A)
*Lower 6 Science (L6Sc)
*Upper 6 Arts (U6A)
*Upper 6 Science (U6Sc)

Sport Houses

There are five sport houses named after the former Principals of the school:
* Davies(Maroon)
* Crowther(Yellow)
* Raphael(Red)
* Brendan(Green)
* Charles(Blue).

Trivia

* La Salle is Kota Kinabalu's only two-campus school with the junior (Form 1 to form 3) and senior (Form 4 to Upper Six) blocks.

* The school was also the first in Malaysia to set up its own archive and with the students' involvement and technical advice from the Sabah Archive it has preserved volumes of its records.

* La Salle was also the first school in Sabah to set up a buy back system for recyclable materials such as paper and plastic items. During recess, counters were set up and people turned up and sold their materials to the students.

References

* [http://www.lasallesacredheart.org/DeLaSalle/Brothers/index.htm De La Salle Brothers Sabah]
* [http://www.lasalle.edu.my La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu]
* [http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2007/7/28/central/18396707&sec=central Preserving honour and tradition] , The Star, July 28, 2007.