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St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School (Chinese: 聖若瑟英文中學; often abbreviated as SJACS) is an aided boys' secondary school in Kwun Tong District, [1] Hong Kong. Founded in 1958 by Rev. Bro. Paul Sun, it was the first secondary school located in Kwun Tong. It is a Catholic school affiliated with the Diocese of Hong Kong.
St. Joan of Arc Secondary School (SJA, Chinese: 聖貞德中學) is a Roman Catholic co-educational school founded in 1955 by a group of Catholic women who graduated from the University of Hong Kong. Chinese is the primary medium of instruction in St. Joan of Arc Secondary School.
The north and west blocks of the College are declared monuments of Hong Kong. [3] The extension of the campus at 26 Kennedy Road is also a Grade I historic building. The school has educated Olympians, local public figures and a Nobel laureate (Professor Charles Kao, Father of fibre optics), [4] and members of Hong Kong's most prominent families.
In April 1977, the Hong Kong University Students' Union suggested the removal of the words "anti-right wing" from the action guide of the HKFS but the standing committee refused to vote. All delegates from the Hong Kong University Students' Union withdrew from the HKFS in protest. In April 1979, the HKFS commemorated the May Fourth Movement ...
In September 2003, St. Margaret's became the first school in Hong Kong to adopt a "through-train mode" from Primary One to Secondary Six on the same school premises, allowing students from its primary section to directly enter its secondary section upon graduation.
The school campus was commissioned in 1978, and was of standard 1980s campus architecture. In 1978 the school had an area of around 4000 m^2, and had 24 classrooms. As the student population boomed, 2 classrooms, one staffroom, a Students' Union office and a Careers/Guidance Office were added to the Covered Playground in the 1990s.
In the aspect of student growth, the school is still aiming at fostering their all-rounded development in their intellectual, social, physical and spiritual dimensions. As a development of students’ capacities and abilities, a Student Union was established in 1991 and in 1995, four houses, Samuel, Enoch, Esther, and Deborah were also set up.
Some of the regular activities organized include the annual Leadership Interflow Camp since 1991, the Volunteer Training Scheme since 1998, the Hong Kong Youth Summit, a forum for students to discuss current issues, [11] since 2003, and the International Convergence, which is a multi-cultural experience scheme, [12] since 2005. These activities ...