St. Louis School, Hong Kong
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| Established | 1927 |
| School Type | Catholic Catholic The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"... Govt. Subsidized |
| Organizing Body | Salesians of Don Bosco Salesians of Don Bosco The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution... |
| Supervisor | Fr. Simon Lam |
| Principal | Fr. Ng Dor Lok Peter |
| Students | Boys |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1,200 students |
| Grades | Form 1 to 7 |
| Medium of Instruction | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
| School Song | All Hail, All Hail |
| School Colours | Red, Blue and White |
| Patron Saint | St. Aloysius |
| Area | Approx. 100000 sq ft (9,290.3 m²). |
| Location | 179 Third Street, West Point, Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
| Website | http://www.stlouis.edu.hk |
Chinese language
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聖類斯中學), located in Western District
Central and Western District
The Central and Western District located on northern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 261,884 in 2001...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, is a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
primary
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
(privately-run) and secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
(government-subsidized) school run along the lines of an English grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
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St. Louis School was founded in 1864 by the Fathers of the Catholic Mission. St. Aloysius
Aloysius Gonzaga
- Early life :Aloysius Gonzaga was born at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantova in northern Italy in what was then part of the Papal States. He was a member of the illustrious House of Gonzaga...
was chosen as the Patron
Patron saint
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of the school. The School was initially known as the West Point Reformatory. The Brothers of the Christian Schools (commonly known as the La Salle Brothers) succeeded the Fathers in the management of the school in 1875.
In 1921, Bishop Pozzoni, the Ordinary of Hong Kong, asked the Maryknoll
Maryknoll
Maryknoll is a name shared by three organizations that are part of the Roman Catholic Church and whose joint focus is on the overseas mission activity of the Catholic Church in the United States...
Fathers to take over. Some of the boys were orphans while the remainder were remanded by the Hong Kong government, the government giving a small monthly grant for each student. The Maryknoll
Maryknoll
Maryknoll is a name shared by three organizations that are part of the Roman Catholic Church and whose joint focus is on the overseas mission activity of the Catholic Church in the United States...
Fathers renamed the School as St. Louis Industrial School and equipped it with a printing press. The students became expert in this line and seven years later when the French Foreign Mission society started their celebrated polyglot press at Nazareth in Pokfulam, they took into their employ many of these boys. When Brother Albert Staubli arrived, he added manual training to its curriculum in the way of carpentering. The famous American Maryknoller, Fr James Edward Walsh
James Walsh (priest)
James Edward Walsh was an American Roman Catholic priest and a bishop in China. He was a member of the Maryknoll order, and a missionary in China....
, who was one of the first four American missioners to arrive in China and the last Westerner Missioner to be released by the Communist China in 1970, spent some time at the School too.
Early in 1926 Maryknoll’s Father Superior and one of cofounders, Fr. James Anthony Walsh
James Anthony Walsh
James Anthony Walsh was the co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.- Background :The son of James Walsh and Hanna Shea, James Anthony was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
, made a visitation of his fledgling mission fields in South China, and spent some weeks in Hong Kong before visiting Kongmoon (now called Jiangmen
Jiangmen
Jiangmen , is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province in southern China with a population of about 4.48 million in 2010. The 3 urban districts are now part of Guangzhou - Shenzhen built up area.-Names:...
) and Kaying (in Meixian). In the course of his stay the position of the Industrial School was reviewed, and eventually it was handed back to the Diocese. In 1927 the School was further given to the Salesian Fathers and has, since then, been run by them. The School was then transformed from a vocational school to a grammar school and became one of the best grammar schools in Hong Kong. The primary section of St Louis School was particularly famous -- in the 1970’s and 1980’s she almost won all the inter-school quizzes competition organized by the television section of the Radio Hong Kong, a Hong Kong government broadcasting machine.
St. Louis School aims to "provide an education which embraces the joy of learning and stresses the spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, communal and aesthetic development of students." The motto of the school is "Scientia et Pietas", which means "Knowledge and Piety".
The school is famed for its culture of "freedom and discipline". Students and members of staff enjoy an extent of freedom unseen in other schools in Hong Kong. As a result, its students develop a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and independence that makes them prominent in the community through their contribution and achievements.
There are currently 1,073 secondary and 800 primary school students. As of 2004, Fr. Ng Dor Lok Peter is the principal of both the secondary school and primary school sections. Fr. Simon Lam is the supervisor of St. Louis School.
The school's sports facilities include a soccer-field (with a stand for about 1,300 pupils) a basketball court
Basketball court
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and a covered playground
Playground
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. The school's soccer playground is the largest among those of all the schools in West Point. The St. Louis school song
School song
A school song, alma mater, school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools.-Australia:*Melbourne High School - Honour the Work...
"All Hail, All Hail" was written by Rev. Fr. Janssen in 1957.
Notable alumni
- Joseph YamJoseph YamThe Honourable Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. Yam was the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from April 1993 to 1 October 2009.-Biography:...
(任志剛) - former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityHong Kong Monetary AuthorityThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority or HKMA is Hong Kong's central banking institution . It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 via the consolidation of "Office of the Exchange Fund" and the "Office of the Commissioner of Banking"...
(HKMA) - Andrew WongAndrew WongAndrew Wong Wang Fat OBE, JP, was the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule. He was the only person of Chinese ethnicity to have served in the position during British rule....
(黃宏發) - former President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council - Tony Kwok(郭文緯) - former Deputy Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
- William Lo(盧永仁) - Vice Chairman of I.T. Limited
- Gary Chow(周鼎文) - Managing Director of commercial group of PCCW Limited
- Ronald ChengRonald Cheng-Biography:Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a composer and record producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father ’s company EMI— which included doing back-up vocals for the likes of Alan Tam and Priscilla Chan — during summers as a youth...
(鄭中基) - Canton pop singer and actor - Lai Yiu Cheung(黎耀祥) - actor
- Dr. Lee Shing -Academic Pschiatrist
Fathers
- （Fr. Patrick Deane）田惠民 神父 1926-2007
- （Fr. Bruno Gelosa）伊思高 神父 1914-2005
- （Fr. William Joyce）曹文值 神父 1918-2005
- （Fr. Julian Carpella）家思齊 神父 1923-2006
- （Fr. Clement Wong）黃光照 神父
- （Rev. Fr. Peter Ng）吳多祿 神父
- （Fr. Simon Lam）林仲偉 神父
- （Fr. Anthony Bogadek）鮑嘉天 神父