| Instituto Salesiano 慈幼中學 | |
| Motto: | PURI ET FORTES (Latin) 純潔與剛毅 (Chinese) |
| Established: | 1906 |
| Type: | Government subsidized |
| Principal: | Mr. Leong, Su Weng |
| Enrollment: | 1896 |
| Gender: | Male Only |
| System: | Secondary Section:GCE |
| Grades: | P.1 - F.6 |
| Medium Of Language: | English&Cantonese |
| Affiliation: | Salesians of Don Bosco |
| Location: | 16 Rua de Lourenço Macau |
Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição,) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish), Macau.[1] The school is one of the oldest educational institutions founded in Macau. The medium of instruction is English, although some particular subjects such as Chinese Literature and Chinese History are taught in Cantonese. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association.
Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia.[2] [3] The school is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, aims at giving the students a complete and balanced education in different aspects. The campus, front of St. Lawrence's Church, was originally owned by the British East India Company. Since 1976, the school has become an exam center of General Certificate of Education as well as an exam center of City and Guilds of London Institute.
profiled the school in 1999.[4] The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government.[5]
In 2016 the 8008sqm campus included a building that was built sometime before 1916. In 2016 the school made plans to raze the building so it could build new buildings as part of an expansion.[6]
| Chinese Names | English Names | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 聖雷鳴道神父 | Saint Fr. Luigi Versiglia, SDB | 1906 | 1918 | |
| 2 | 金以義神父 | Fr. Vicent Bernardini, SDB | 1918 | 1925 | |
| 3 | 路加神父 | Fr. Lucas Da Silva, SDB | 1925 | 1927 | |
| 4 | 楊春忱神父 | Fr. John Pedrazzini, SDB | 1927 | 1931 | |
| 5 | 溫普仁神父 | Fr. John Guarona, SDB | 1931 | 1937 | |
| 6 | 陳基慈神父 | Fr. Marius Acquistapace, SDB | 1937 | 1946 | |
| 7 | 溫普仁神父 | Fr. John Guarona, SDB | 1946 | 1951 | |
| 8 | 時乃德神父 | Fr. Martin Schneidtberger, SDB | 1951 | 1960 | |
| 9 | 司馬榮神父 | Fr. Guilherme Schrid, SDB | 1960 | 1966 | |
| 10 | 馬耀漢神父 | Fr. Alexander Ma Tiu-hon, SDB | 1966 | 1968 | |
| 11 | 馬士沖神父 | Fr. Matthias Mo Tze-tsong, SDB | 1968 | 1969 | |
| 12 | 魯炳義神父 | Fr. Luigi RUBINI, SDB, SDB | 1969 | 1972 | |
| 13 | 朱懷德神父 | Fr. Mario Rosso, SDB | 1972 | 1976 | |
| 14 | 陳日君樞機 | Fr. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, SDB | 1976 | 1978 | |
| 15 | 馬耀漢神父 | Fr. Alexander Ma Yiu-hon, SDB | 1978 | 1984 | |
| 16 | 麥觀黔神父 | Fr. Joseph Mak Keun-kim, SDB | 1984 | 1987 | |
| 17 | 孔智剛神父 | Fr. Francis Hung Chi-kong, SDB | 1987 | 1995 | |
| 18 | 胡德鎏神父 | Fr. Estanislaus Vu Tak-lau, SDB | 1995 | 2003 | |
| 19 | 周伯輝神父 | Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB | 2003 | 2015 | |
| 余富強神父 | Fr. Useless Yu Fu-Qiang, SB | 2015 | 2017 | 20 | |
| 21 | 周伯輝神父 | Fr. Chow Pak-fai, SDB | 2017 | 2022 | |
| 22 | 梁樹榮老師 | Mr. Leong, Su Weng | 2022 | Current |
The anthem was transcribed by Austrian missionary Fr. Guilherme Schmid
School Anthem of Instituto Salesiano of Macau 澳門慈幼中學校歌(Chinese)
Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school.
ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year("Music's Demo" in 2010,"Blue's End" in 2011)
Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm