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 | |
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| Address | |
Jalan Chantek 5/13 , Selangor Darul Ehsan , 46000 Malaysia | |
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| Type | National primary and secondary school |
| Motto | Sapientia Et Caritas (Wisdom and Love) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Established | 1959 |
| Founders | De La Salle Brothers Bro. Lawrence Spitzig |
| Headmaster | En. Gunalan (Primary) En Ganapathy (Secondary) |
| Grades | Standard One to Form Five |
| Gender | All boys |
| Age range | 7 - 12 (Primary) 13 - 17 (Secondary) |
| Campus type | High School |
| Colour(s) | Green, Yellow, White |
| Yearbook | La Sallian |
| Affiliation | Lasallian educational institutions |
| Website | www |
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
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
Head Masters
| Year service began | Year service ended | Name of Principal |
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| 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 | 2020 | Mr. Tan Junhao |
| 2020 | 2023 | En.Zakaria |
| 2023 | Present | En. Gunalan Arumugam |
- FSC - PAPZ, the group name of the De La Salle Brothers.
The Secondary School
Principals
| Year service began | Year service ended | Name of Principal |
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| 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 | Present | Dr. Teh Lah Hoong |
- 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
- Admin, Rentwise (7 April 2021). "A Better Future at SK La Salle PJ". Rentwise. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
