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Saint Patrick's School (simplified Chinese: 圣伯特理中学校) is a Lasallian Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in East Coast Road, Singapore. It is more commonly referred to as ''St Pat's'', ''SPS'' or ''St Patrick's''. Students and old boys call themselves ''Patricians'' or ''Sons of St. Patrick's''. The school is well known for its Military Band, which has performed internationally and won awards. In keeping with the school's Roman Catholic nature, students recite the Apostles' Creed in the morning, and the Angelus or the Regina Coeli during easter at noon ==History== The school was founded in 1933 as a temporary branch school of Saint Joseph's Institution, another Catholic boys' school in Singapore. It was built on land acquired by the La Salle Brothers in 1898, land intended for a resort bungalow for the brothers. But Brother Stephen Buckley saw the population growth in the eastern side of the island and petitioned the La Salle Brothers to build a school on this piece of land. The main school building was completed in 1932, and Saint Patrick's became a school in its own right in 1933. During World War II, the school was used by the British as a hospital and later by the Japanese as an administrative building. It was returned to the Brothers in 1946. In 1957, the primary section of the school was separated and became Saint Stephen's School. The school went co-educational with the introduction of pre-university classes in 1969; but this was phased out in 1978, and the school returned to being an all-boys school. In 2002, former Changkat Changi vice principal and educator of 38 years, Mr. Lucas Lak Pati Singh, was posted in. During his tenure of office, he brought in several measures to raise academic standards and improve the conduct of Patricians. The full history of St. Patrick's School and its alumni can be viewed either on the school website, the old boys' (The Patrician Society) website or at the School's Heritage Room (previously the old school library). Mr. Lak, the school's longest-serving principal, was succeeded in 2012 by Mr. Adolphus Tan, the former principal of Shuqun Secondary School. Mr Joseph Peterson, a senior physics master, was promoted to the post of vice-principal, joining Mr Aloysius Yong, an alumni who has served in various other capacities in the school and the sole vice-principal until then. 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「Saint Patrick's School, Singapore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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