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Catholic High School () (also known as CHS or Cat High) is an all-boys Catholic school in Singapore. It has a primary section offering a six-year primary education and a secondary section offering the four-year GCE 'O' Level education. From 2013, the secondary section also offers the six-year Integrated Programme jointly with Singapore Chinese Girls' School and CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School. The school is a Special Assistance Plan school, as well as a Gifted Education Programme centre. Catholic High School is affiliated to Catholic Junior College. Founded in 1935 by Rev. Fr. Edward Becheras, a French missionary, the school caters for students who are fluent in both English and Chinese. The school has produced 20 President's Scholars and numerous recipients of other scholarships. Some of its alumni are leaders in the public and private sectors. It was ranked in the Band 1 tables of the Ministry of Education school academic rankings until such rankings were abolished in 2012.〔(School Achievement Tables and Honour Rolls 2007 ), Ministry of Education.〕 In 2008, it was awarded the School Distinction Award under the MOE Master Plan of Awards, which recognizes high-achieving schools with exemplary processes and practices.〔(Winners of Special Awards 2004 to 2008 ) Ministry of Education, Singapore.〕 Catholic High School was selected by Lee Kuan Yew for his children, including current Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong.〔Chew, David (26 April 2007). ("Singapore Art Museum to lease former Catholic High building" ), ''Today'' (Singapore).〕 == History == Catholic High School was founded in 1935 by the Reverend Father Edward Becheras, a French missionary. Although it is a Catholic school, it accepts both Catholic and non-Catholic students, and is run along the lines of a Sino-English school.〔 The school first started as an extension of the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Becheras envisaged the school as a bilingual institution from the start, emphasising instruction in both English and Chinese, a policy that continues today. In addition, Becheras emphasised the teaching of science, uncommon at that time. Due to the high demand for places at the school,〔 Catholic High School moved into a new school building on Queens' Street, beside the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Two years after the new school campus was completed, it reached its maximum capacity.〔 Among notable features of the old school is the science room in the school, the first such feature in any Catholic school in Malaya (Singapore was part of Malaya at that time).〔 This former campus of Catholic High School at Queens' Street presently houses 8Q SAM, an extension of the Singapore Art Museum that features contemporary art. In 1950, the Marist Brothers took over responsibility for the administration of Catholic High; a primary section was opened in 1951, and then a boarding house for Catholic students. Under the care of the Brothers the school developed but in 1974 the administration was handed back to the diocese. Maris Stella High School was founded in 1958 by Brother Joche Chanel in response to the demand for places in Catholic High School. Hence Maris Stella High School can be said to be the "brother school" of Catholic High School.〔http://www.catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1813:dedicated-educators-for-jesus&catid=113:january-2007&Itemid=79.〕 The school was classified under the Special Assistance Plan in 1979.〔 This enables it to offer students in the top 10% of the cohort both English and Chinese as their first languages. In the same year, pre-primary classes were started to prepare students for primary school Chinese study. Catholic High expanded its campus to accommodate its pre-primary and lower-primary classes on Gentle Road and its upper-primary classes at Norfolk Road. Both the primary and secondary sections of the school moved to their current, permanent campus at Bishan Street 22 in 1992, to cope with increased enrolment. On 1 September 2010 the Ministry of Education announced that Catholic High School would become an Integrated Programme school in 2013. It partners CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School and Singapore Chinese Girls' School in the programme, and students from the school will proceed to a currently-unnamed Junior College to be set up in 2017.〔 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, Singapore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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