La Salle School, Petaling Jaya

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National primary and secondary school in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

La Salle School

Address

Jalan Chantek 5/13

Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

46000

Malaysia

Information
Other names|

* La Salle PJ
* LSPJ

Type| National primary and secondary school
Motto| Sapientia Et Caritas
(Wisdom and Love)
Religious affiliation(s)| Catholic
Established| 1959 (1959)
Founders| De La Salle Brothers
Bro. Lawrence Spitzig
Headmaster| En. Gunalan (Primary)
Dr Premala (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.smklasallepj.edu.my

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]

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

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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 | 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

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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 | 2023 | Dr. Teh Lah Hoong
2023  | NOW≥  | Dr. Premala Jacob

* 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.

## External links

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* Official website

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Lasallian educational institutions in Malaysia

This list is incomplete. Only notable all-day and full-time schools should be listed.

Northern Region|

* Perlis: Stella Maris School (Kangar)
Kedah: St. Michael's School (Alor Setar)
* St. Patrick's School (Kulim)
* St. Theresa's School (Sungai Petani)
Penang: St. Xavier's Institution (George Town)
* St. George's School (Balik Pulau)
Perak: St. George's Institution (Taiping)
* St. Francis' School (Sitiawan)
* St. Michael's Institution (Ipoh)
* La Salle School (Ipoh)
* La Salle School, Kampar (Kampar)
* St. Anthony's School (Teluk Intan)

Central Region|

Selangor: La Salle School (Petaling Jaya)
La Salle School (Klang)
Negeri Sembilan: St. Paul's Institution (Seremban)

* Sino-English Chinese School (Seremban)
Kuala Lumpur: St. John's Institution (Bukit Nanas)
* La Salle School (Brickfields)
* La Salle Chinese School, Brickfields (Brickfields)
* La Salle School, Sentul (Sentul)
* La Salle School, Jinjang (Jinjang)
* La Salle School (Peel Road)

Southern Region|

* Melaka: St. Francis Institution (Melaka City)
Johor: St. Andrew's School (Muar)

Sabah|

* Sandakan: St. Mary's School (Sandakan)
Kota Kinabalu: La Salle School (Tanjung Aru)
Tambunan: St. Martin's School (Tampasak)

Sarawak|

* Kuching: St. Joseph's School (Kuching)
Sibu: Sacred Heart Secondary School (Sibu)

* Catholicism portal

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