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.

La Salle School
Address
Jalan Chantek 5/13

Petaling jaya
,
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. Zakaria (Primary)
En Ganapathy (Secondary)
GradesStandard One to Form Six
GenderAll boys
Age range7 - 12 (Primary)
13 - 17 (Secondary)
Campus typeHigh School
Colour(s)Green, Yellow, White    
YearbookLa Sallian
AffiliationLasallian educational institutions
Websitesmklasallepj.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

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
19591959Mr. Hew Weng Kong
19601962Mr. Reggie Pereira
19621965Reverend Brother Cronan Curran FSC
19651972Reverend Brother Alban Rozario FSC
19721979Reverend Brother Sebastian Leo FSC
19801984Mr. John Ng Soo Chai
19841999Mr. Ng Cher Chai
19992000Mrs. Yeoh Mee Ee
20002010Mr. Yeo Sai Lim
20102014Mr. Thillainathan S. Arumugam
20152017Pn. Latifah Abdul Latif
20182019Pn.Noriah binti Mohammad
2019presentEn.Zakaria
  • FSC - PAPZ, the group name of the De La Salle Brothers.

The Secondary School

Principals
Year service began Year service ended Name of Principal
19631965Reverend Brother Cronan Curran FSC
19651967Reverend Brother Philip Callaghan FSC
19671975Reverend Brother Lawrence Spitzig FSC
19751988Reverend Brother Felix James Donohue FSC
19881992Dr. Wong Sin Mong
19921999Pn.Hajah Ramlah Hasan
19992003Pn. Siti Nor Mohamed
20032008Mr. A.Rajenthran
20092011Pn. P. Vasuthevan
20112015Pn.Chong Ah Loi
20152019Pn.Teo Boon Hwa
2019PresentEn. Ganapathy Bass
*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.

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