1935 In April, the French priest founded Gongjiao Middle School. Edward Bechellas. Catholic Middle School was originally named "Chinese-English Catholic School". In the early years, the name of the school was "Huaying" because my old father thought that students at that time should be proficient in both Chinese and English, and advocated that both Chinese and English should be the purpose of running a school. He once said: "public middle schools are like a double-track train, which pays equal attention to both Chinese and English, but is not tired." It will go straight to its destination. Whoever follows it will be really happy and get a sound education. " The early Catholic church was just a small room in front of the church, with few students. Later, Singapore and Malaysia received enthusiastic response from the church and the people, giving generously, from primary school to junior high school, from junior high school to senior high school. By 195 1 year, the number of teachers and students has greatly increased, the scale of running a school has expanded, and the reputation has also improved.
In the 1970s, the Catholic Church entered its heyday, and 1979 was selected as an SAP school by the Ministry of Education of Singapore. Besides bilingual education, the Catholic Church has trained tens of thousands of talents. Since 1967, public education graduates have received scholarships from governments of various countries and honorary awards from Singapore civil society. So far, 19 Catholic graduates have won the presidential scholarship. Lee Hsien Loong, the eldest son of the first Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, and Li Xianyang, the second son, both graduated from this school.
In recent years, the Catholic Church has actively carried out a series of comprehensive education programs of "morality, intelligence, physique, group and beauty" to help students discover their self-worth and tap their potentials in all aspects, hoping to continue to cultivate bilingual scholars and gentlemen with noble sentiments, tough personality, love of learning and willingness to serve the people.
[Edit this paragraph] Achievements in recent years
The main achievements of the school in recent years are as follows:
2004: The national ranking of middle school scores 1 1.
2005: Ranked third in the national middle school performance.
In 2006, the participating schools ranked first in China.
It was rated as a first-class school by the Ministry of Education of Singapore.
Won the gold medal for academic progress and value-added
Won the Excellence Award in Cooperative Education.
2007: Ranked among the top three top universities in China.
Won the gold medal in the Singapore Olympic Mathematics Competition.
Singapore Best School Governance Award
Outstanding achievement award
Creative school award
Gold medal for improving school academic performance and appreciation
Silver Award for Joint Education
Award for Excellence in Students' Moral Cultivation
The school has a strong artistic atmosphere and won many awards:
The choir won the Asian Junior Choir Team Champion in the 14 International Singing Festival Competition.
National Youth Day Honorary Gold Award
China Orchestra National Youth Honorary Gold Award
National Youth Honorary Gold Medal of Wind Orchestra
National Gold Awards for China Drama and English Drama.
National Silver Award in English Debate Competition
Gold medal of national youth day of student modern dance troupe
Champion of the National Student Library Knowledge Competition
Student Robot Making Competition Champion
Student Multimedia Club National Spelling Competition Champion
There are dozens of gold and silver awards in the National Soft and Hard Pen Calligraphy Competition of Chinese Cultural Society.
From 2004 to 2007, student sports groups in public middle schools were continuously accepted:
Basketball-three consecutive championships
Cross-country race-second place in the country
Tennis-National Champion
Volleyball-National Champion
Wushu-National Champion
Softball-National Champion
Table tennis-national runner-up
Track and Field —— Fourth place in China.
Student Army-National Gold Award
Student Police Force-National Gold Award
Student Air Force-National Gold Award
Student Scouts-National Gold Award
San Jose Student Rescue Team-National Gold Award