St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School Explained

St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School
Motto:First Things First[1]
City:Sandakan
State:Sabah
Country:Malaysia
Established:1963 (as primary sch)
Type:Government Secondary School
Religion:Roman Catholic
Grades:Forms 1–5
Principal:Mr. Soo Tian Hock
Enrolment:1560+

St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School (SCCSS), Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Konven [[Saint Cecilia|St. Cecilia]] (SMK Konven St. Cecilia), is a secondary school in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.[2] [3] Its Ministry of Education code is XFE2037.

Located within the newly formed Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan, SCCSS is situated at 4km (02miles) from Sandakan. Nearby schools are SM St. Mary's (boys secondary school), SK St. Mary Town, SR St. Mary's Convent, SK St. Mary and SMJK Tiong Hua. It is also near to the Duchess of Kent General Hospital and the local Polyclinic. Students of St Cecilia's are known as "Cecilians". It is one of the 30 Convent secondary schools in Malaysia.

History

St Cecilia's was founded in 1963 as a primary school under Rev Mother St. Leonard. It was one of a number of schools in Sabah staffed by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, also known as the "Blue Sisters". In 1966 it became the first girls' secondary school in Sandakan. The primary school was closed and its students transferred to SR St. Mary's Convent, one of St Cecilia's present-day feeder schools.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://mycecilian.yolasite.com/profil-sekolah-ii.php School Profile II
  2. http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/print.cfm?NewsID=33867 Daily Express Dramas way to teach English Published on: Sunday, 10 April 2005
  3. http://www.rc.net/malaysia/kotakinabalu/stmary/schools.htm Catholic Mission Schools in Sandakan
  4. http://mycecilian.yolasite.com/ School History