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St Joseph's Institution, Singapore
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| Motto | Ora et Labora (pray and work) |
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| Established | 1852 |
| Type | Independent Secondary, single session |
| Principal | Mr Lui Seng Cheong |
| MOE Code | 7020 |
| Colours | Green, White |
| Locale | Malcolm Road, Singapore |
| Enrollment | approx. 2000 |
| Website | St Joseph's Institution Online |
| Ministry of Education | |
 Republic of Singapore |
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Saint Joseph's Institution (Abbreviation: SJI) is a Catholic secondary school for male students in Singapore. It was founded in 1852 as St. John's Institution, and is the 3rd oldest educational institution in Singapore (the first and second being Raffles Institution and St. Margaret's Secondary School respectively) .
SJI is recognised as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore, providing a value-added and all-round education to boys of all races and religions.
The school is consistently ranked among the top secondary schools in Singapore. In September 2005, the school is one of the few in Singapore to be awarded the coveted School Distinction Award as part of the Ministry of Education's 2005 Masterplan Awards. In addition, it has been awarded the Best Practice Award for teaching and learning. SJI has also received the Sustained Achievement Award for Sports and the Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Groups for the third and seventh consecutive year respectively.
The current principal of SJI is Mr Benjamin Lui Seng Cheong. The deputy principals for curriculum and student development are Mrs Goh Poh Kenn and Mr Sydney Tan respectively. The former principal of St. Michael's School (now St. Joseph's Institution Junior), Ms Wee Siew Sun has been appointed Deputy Principal (Special Projects). Bro Michael Broughton, FSC, the former Deputy Principal (Student Development), has been appointed the Brother President of SJI and SJI International as of January 2007. Since the beginning of the same year, Mr Malcolm Wong has also been the Assistant Principal of SJI, but he will be moving to SJI International in 2008 as the Head of IB Curriculum.
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SJI was founded in 1852 as the first missionary establishment of the La Salle Brothers in the Far East. The endeavour was initiated by Rev Fr Jean-Marie Beurel MEP, who offered six Brothers from Europe to start the school using a former chapel as premises. Within a year, an attap hut also had to be erected to accommodate all the students. The school was originally known as St John's, but on 19 March 1855 (Feast of Saint Joseph), the cornerstone of a new school building was laid. From this date onwards, the school has been known as Saint Joseph's Institution. The new central classroom block was completed in 1865, though further expansion of the facilities continued well into the 20th Century. The school had 426 students in 1900. This grew to almost 1200 in 1914, and 1600 in 1922. With the student population expanding, a temporary branch school was opened, which eventually led to the building of a second school – Saint Patrick's School – in 1933.
During World War II, prior to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, the school was used as a Red Cross hospital and housed a unit of the Civil Defence Force. A bomb hit the school courtyard during the war, leaving a crater, but the main building remained unscathed.
In 1975, SJI's first year pre-university classes and some its teachers were transferred to the newly-opened Catholic Junior College.
In 1988, SJI shifted into a new campus at Malcolm Road situated just off the neighbourhood of Toa Payoh, beside the Tanglin Community Centre. The beautiful old campus with its distinctive semi-circular wings was gazetted by the Singapore National Heritage Board as a national monument. After lengthy and painstaking restoration works, it currently houses the Singapore Art Museum.
In 1990, SJI became one of the few schools invited by the then Education Minister to turn independent - a mark of its excellence. Leadership in the school has passed increasingly to lay people but they remain committed to the memory and mission of the Christian Brothers and their founder St John Baptist De La Salle.
Under the administration of Brother Paul Anthony Rogers, SJI saw its peak in growth. The addition in 1995 of a large Performing Arts Centre and an entirely new wing to house Secondary One students makes it well-equipped to handle the needs and demands of a growing population.
In 2002, SJI celebrated the 150th anniversary of her founding. In 2006, SJI, upon the urging of the Economic Development Board of Singapore, has opened an international school. SJI International has begun classes in January 2007. Andrew Bennett, former Principal of the United World College of South East Asia, has been appointed the first Principal of SJI International. To safeguard the Catholic and Lasallian ethos in the new school, the Board has also appointed SJI's former Deputy Principal (Student Development) Bro. Michael Broughton as the Brother President of the School. Lawrence da Silva, a former Director of the United World College of South East Asia heads the interim Governing Board of the School. Mr Bennett and Mr da Silva would recreate a partnership that led to UWCSEA's outstanding IB results in previous years.
The year 2006 was the first year in which double pure science was offered to every candidate, with no student doing combined science.
We pledge ourselves at all times,
in the spirit of our motto:
ORA ET LABORA.
To be loyal to God and to our nation,
to our family and to our school.
To follow the rules of good morality,
in our personal and social behaviour,
out of love for God and our neighbours.
To show respect to all who exercise authority:
parents, teachers and student leaders.
To give first attention to our studies
by seeking a balance in our academic work
and co-curricular activities.
To build an authentic Lasallian family,
here at St. Joseph's Institution,
in the spirit of faith, service and community.
SO HELP US GOD.
The school motto - "Ora et Labora", Latin for "Pray and Work" is a reflection of the twin pillars of the La Salle Brothers, Faith and Zeal.
Brother President
- Bro Michael Broughton, FSC
Principal
- Mr Lui Seng Cheong Benjamin
Deputy Principals
- Mrs Goh Poh Kenn (Curriculum)
- Mr Sydney Tan (Student Development)
- Ms Wee Siew Sun (Special Projects)
Nearest MRT Stations
- Newton
- Toa Payoh
Type of School
Independent School / Boys' School / Single Session
Mother Tongue
Chinese / Malay / Tamil
Affiliated Schools
- De La Salle School
- St Joseph's Institution Junior (formerly St. Michael's School)
- St. Stephen's School
- St. Anthony's Primary School
- St. Patrick's School
- St Joseph's Institution International
The SJI uniform is completely white, worn with white socks and shoes. The boys in the lower secondary level wear white shorts, while students in the upper secondary level are dressed in long, white pants. The school badge is to be worn on the top right hand corner of the shirt pocket.
Green and white striped ties are to be worn at the start of each school week, and on special occasions. For prefects, a dark green tie will be worn instead and they are to wear their ties on every school day.
Senior prefects will be issued a badge denoting prefectorial status. It is to be worn on the middle of the pocket. They need not wear the regular school badge.
The SJI PE Uniform is a white shirt with the school crest printed on the front left breast, and the word "JOSEPHIAN" marked across the back. The green shorts have the word "SJI" threaded on the bottom left thigh. Sports shoes are allowed to be worn with the SJI PE Uniform.
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