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Passing over the baton

KUCHING: Father (Fr) Francis Lim, SJ (Society of Jesus) has passed over his position as the principal of St Joseph’s Private Secondary School — after serving for about 10 years — to Fr Stanley Goh, SJ. It stated that the Jesuit Regional Superior of Malaysia-Singapore Region (MAS) Fr Christopher Soh, SJ missioned Lim to the […]

SJPS wins online English debate challenge

KUCHING: St Joseph’s Private School (SJPS) was crowned winner of HELP University’s Asian Secondary School Online English Debate Challenge 2021. Three students from SJPS  — Kieran Paul Bhasker, Jordon Lai Qi Hao, and Edmund Wong Li Hong — participated in HELP University’s annual event and emerged as the winning team. The champion team received the […]

SJPSS Choir Club is second runner-up

KUCHING: St Joseph’s Private Secondary School (SJPSS) Choir Club recently won Gold B in the Secondary category at the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod (MCE) National Virtual Choir and Vocal Festival 2021. SJPSS Choir Club scored a total mark of 85.00 and achieved the second runner-up spot in the Secondary category after Sam Tet Voices (89.33, Gold […]

Missing school but all efforts paid off

KUCHING: The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination was indeed a new and unique experience for students due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its disruptive effects on the education sector. Not only did students have to cope with the pressure of studying for their public examination, they were also forced to quickly adapt to the […]

St Joseph’s Private School’s 14 shine

KUCHING: Despite the significant challenges faced by students due to the Covid-19 pandemic, St Joseph’s Private School (SJPS) has managed to produce 14 graduates who scored A’s in all their subjects in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination. SJPS principal Fr Francis Lim said overall the school average grade (GPS) had dropped to 3.40 […]

SK St Joseph building handed back

KUCHING: Teachers from both SK St Joseph (SSJ) and St Joseph’s Private Primary School (SJPPS) witnessed the official handing back of the SSJ building at Jalan Were to SJPPS by SSJ’s outgoing headmaster to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuching Most Reverend Simon Poh on Tuesday. An official letter addressed to the director of the […]

St Joseph’s Private School bag world choir gold

KUCHING: St Joseph’s Private School Kuching Chamber Choir group emerged as champions, bagging the gold medal at the 2nd World Virtual Choir Festival held from Dec 1 to 6. In a statement issued on Tuesday (Dec 15), the team scored 85.25 through its ‘Lileng’ – a Sarawak Kenyah folk tune with a contemporary choral arrangement […]

St Joseph’s PUI undergoing quarantine

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KUCHING: One Covid-19 person-under-investigation (PUI) has been identified among the members of St Joseph’s Private School. The PUI, Thomas Huo, is the teacher training consultant for St Joseph’s Family of Schools and co-chairman of St Joseph’s Private Primary School. According to a circular issued by the school, Huo was present at the school on July […]

The Lions from St. Joseph

In November 2017, when a group of Form Two boys from the St Joseph Private School asked a teacher whether they can perform a Lion Dance for Chinese New Year celebration in school, the teacher was taken aback, but still told the boys, “Spend some time practising over the Christmas holidays and record the practice […]