La Salle School, Petaling Jaya

La Salle School, Petaling Jaya (simply referred to as La Salle PJ or LSPJ) is a national primary and secondary school in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It was established in 1959 by the De La Salle Brothers.[1]

La Salle School
Address
Jalan Chantek 5/13

,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
,
46000

Malaysia
Information
Other names
  • La Salle PJ
  • LSPJ
TypeNational primary and secondary school
MottoSapientia Et Caritas
(Wisdom and Love)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established1959 (1959)
FoundersDe La Salle Brothers
Bro. Lawrence Spitzig
HeadmasterEn. Gunalan (Primary)
Dr Premala (Secondary)
GradesStandard One to Form Five
GenderAll boys
Age range7 - 12 (Primary)
13 - 17 (Secondary)
Campus typeHigh School
Colour(s)Green, Yellow, White    
YearbookLa Sallian
AffiliationLasallian educational institutions
Websitewww.smklasallepj.edu.my

The immediate aim in building this school was to ease the pressure for places in St. John's Institution, which was rapidly expanding at the time as well as cater for the needs of the growing township. Its primary and secondary school are formally known today as Sekolah Kebangsaan La Salle Petaling Jaya and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan La Salle Petaling Jaya.

The school was administered by the De La Salle Brothers until 1980 for primary and 1988 for secondary. Since then, the heads have been lay individuals appointed by the Ministry of Education in consultation with the De La Salle Brothers in Malaysia.

History

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On 2 April 1956, Brother Lawrence Spitzig, who was then Director of St. John's took a historic step by applying for a piece of land in Petaling Jaya on which to erect a school run by Christian brothers. The vision at that time was to acquire a ten-acre site on which to erect a primary school, with a secondary school to follow later.

As the population grew so did the pressure for places in existing schools, so on 15 July 1959, Brother Lawrence made yet another request for permission to commence work on the construction of six classrooms (now known to all PJ Lasallians as the ‘Old Block’) to house primary classes which had launched La Salle PJ on the educational scene in January 1959. A new building completed in 2003 was to replace the Old Block.

Standing in place of the Old Block is a two-storey New Block. This building houses a total of 10 classes, 2 workshops, a large surau and the long-awaited computer labs.

The Primary School

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Head Masters

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Year service began Year service ended Name of Principal
1959 1959 Mr. Hew Weng Kong
1960 1962 Mr. Reggie Pereira
1962 1965 Reverend Brother Cronan Curran, FSC
1965 1972 Reverend Brother Alban Rozario, FSC
1972 1979 Reverend Brother Sebastian Leo, FSC
1979 1984 Mr. John Ng Soo Chai
1984 1999 Mr. Ng Cher Chai
1999 2001 Mdm. Yeoh Mee Ee
2002 2009 Mr. Yeo Sai Lim
2009 2014 Mr. Thillainathan S. Arumugam
2015 2017 Mdm. Teo Boon Hwa
2017 2019 Mdm. Noriah binti Mohammad
2019 2021 Mr. Tan Junhao
2021 2023 Mr. Zakaria
2023 Present Mr. Gunalan Arumugam
  • FSC - PAPZ, the group name of the De La Salle Brothers.

The Secondary School

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Principals

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Year service began Year service ended Name of Principal
1963 1965 Reverend Brother Cronan Curran, FSC
1965 1967 Reverend Brother Philip Callaghan, FSC
1967 1975 Reverend Brother Lawrence Spitzig, FSC
1975 1987 Reverend Brother Felix James Donohue, FSC
1987 1992 Dr. Wong Sin Mong
1992 1999 Mdm. Hajah Ramlah Hasan
1999 2002 Mdm. Siti Nor Mohamed
2003 2008 Mr. A.Rajenthran
2009 2012 Mdm. P. Vasuthevan
2012 2015 Mdm. Chong Ah Loi
2015 2018 Mdm. Teo Boon Hwa
2019 2021 Mr. Ganapathy Bass
2021 2023 Dr. Teh Lah Hoong
2023 NOW≥ Dr. Premala Jacob

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  • FSC means [Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum; French: Frères des écoles chrétiennes];English: Brothers of the Christian Schools]; a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to education for all (the Last, the Least and the Lost) was founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and is now based in Rome.

References

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  1. ^ Admin, Rentwise (7 April 2021). "A Better Future at SK La Salle PJ". Rentwise. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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