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Catholic High School Petaling Jaya (CHSPJ), more commonly known as SMJK Katholik, is a coeducational government school in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, recognised as a ''Cluster School of Excellence'' by the Malaysian Ministry of Education. Founded in 1956 by Rev. Bro. Philippe Wu of the Marist Brothers, it has over 3100 students. It has an area of with six blocks of classrooms, two blocks of science laboratories, a school hall, a sports complex and a school field. CHS has 14 uniform bodies, 36 societies, five sports houses and 14 sports and games clubs. The students of CHS are known as 'CHSians'. ==History== Established by Brother Philippe Wu, a Marist Brother from the Marist Congregation based in Singapore, it was first called Marist High School. The Marist High School shared classrooms with the Maxwell Secondary School as there were no school buildings available. A School-Building Planning Committee was formed to design a new building to house the school. The government approved and allocated a piece of land in Cheras but the committee decided that it was unwise to build the school on the piece of land allocated due to its poor location and expensive building costs. Later in 1956, the committee purchased a piece of land in Petaling Jaya that spanned with the money collected from a fund-raising project. A new two story building with 20 classrooms was constructed. The foundation stone was laid by the Right Reverend Monsignor Tan Sri Dominic Aloysius Vendargon, the first local Roman Catholic Lord Archbishop of the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur. In the same year, Rev. Bro. Dominic Liu was appointed the Brother Provincial of the Marist Brothers and the premiership of the school was passed to Rev. Bro. Dominic Liu. In 1959, the first batch of students sat for the LCE Examination. The principal at the time, Rev. Bro. Dominic Liu expanded the school by building a block of science laboratories and a library. In 1961, the first batch of Form 5 students sat for S.C/F.M.C Examination and thus the pioneer batch of CHSians graduated. In 1962, the school's premiership was handed over to Rev. Bro. Lawrence Tung. During his tenure as principal, the school purchased two buses for co-curricular use and improvements were made to the school field. In accordance with the Education Act of 1961, Catholic High School became a conforming school and changed its name to SM Katholik. However, the name Catholic High School still remains in use and the school is still commonly referred to as such. From 1963 to 2005, the school saw an expansion in facilities and an increase in student population. Several blocks of class rooms were erected, and a hall, canteen, sports facilities and laboratories were built. In 1984, the school became a co-educational school. The following year, the Form Six Classes opened its doors to female students. In 1989, the appointment of Mr. Cheok Cheo Foh marked the end of the era whereby Marist Brothers were no longer the principals of the school. To this day, the Marist Brothers do have a signifiant say as to the leadership and the direction of the school. In 2001, Madam Tan Lin became the first female principal of Catholic High School, succeeding Mr. Lee Kim Tian. During her tenure as principal, the security of the school was tightened by installing closed-circuit television, an automatic pole gate at the entrance and introducing new rules and measures to ensure the safety of the 3350 students. The school hall was upgraded and an air conditioning system was installed. Madam Tan Lin retired on the 5th of September 2007. Her successor is Madam Lee Kim Lai who took office on 22 October 2007. In September 2011, Madam Lee Kim Lai retired as the principal of Catholic High School and Mr Ong Boon Puah was installed as the new, and current principal of Catholic High School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catholic High School, Malaysia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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