Catholic High School, Singapore: Difference between revisions
{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school
| name = Catholic High School
| name = Catholic High School
公教中学
| logo = [[File:Catholic high school crest.jpg|170px]]
| logo = [[File:Catholic high school crest.jpg|170px]]
| image = [[File:Catholic high school.jpg|240px]]
| image = [[File:Catholic high school.jpg|240px]]
| motto = 亲爱忠诚，敬业乐群
| motto = 亲爱忠诚，敬业乐群
| motto_translation = Care, Honesty, Service
| motto_translation = Care, Honesty, Service
| location = 9 Bishan Street 22, Singapore 579767
| location = 9 Bishan Street 22, Singapore 579767
| gender = [[Single-sex education|Male]]
| gender = [[Single-sex education|Male]]
| enrolment = 1,400 (secondary)
1,600 (primary)
| enrolment = 1,400 (secondary)
1,600 (primary)
| website = [http://www.catholichigh.moe.edu.sg/ catholichigh.moe.edu.sg]
| website = ://www.catholichigh.moe.edu.sg/
| affiliation = [[Catholic Junior College]]
[[Eunoia Junior College]] (for IP)
| affiliation = [[Catholic Junior College]]
[[Eunoia Junior College]] (for IP)
| head_label = Supervisor
| head_label = Supervisor
=== Sino-English Catholic School (1935–1942) ===
=== Sino-English Catholic School (1935–1942) ===
Catholic High School was founded in 1935 as Sino-English Catholic School (英华公教中学) by the Reverend Father Edward Becheras, a French missionary.{{cite web |url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078485/1/.html |title= Catholic High School: School History |access-date= 30 December 2012 |publisher= Catholic High School |archive-date= 16 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170816191906/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078485/1/.html |url-status= dead }} Although it was a Catholic school, it accepted both Catholic and non-Catholic students, and was run along the lines of a Sino-English school. The school first started as an extension of the Church of St. Peter and Paul.{{cite news |url= http://www.catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3914:catholic-high-school-needs-extension&catid=221:catholic-high&Itemid=129 |title= Catholic High School Needs Extension. |date= 11 May 1935 |access-date= 2 January 2013 |work= Malaya Catholic Leader}} Fr Becheras envisaged the school as a bilingual institution from the start, emphasising instruction in both English and Chinese, a policy that continues today.{{cite web |url= http://www.catholichigh.moe.edu.sg/index.php/about-the-school/school-philosophy.html |title= School Philosophy |access-date= 2 January 2013 |publisher= Catholic High School |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110911225009/http://www.catholichigh.moe.edu.sg/index.php/about-the-school/school-philosophy.html |archive-date= 11 September 2011 |url-status= dead }} In addition, Fr Becheras emphasised the teaching of science, uncommon at that time.{{cite news |url= http://www.catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3908&Itemid=78 |title= Sino-English Catholic High School Remarkable Progress Within Two Years. |date=28 October 1939 |access-date= 2 January 2013 |work=Malaya Catholic Leader}}
Catholic High School was founded in 1935 as Sino-English Catholic School (英华公教中学) by the Reverend Father Edward Becheras, a French missionary.{{cite web |url= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078485/1/.html |title= Catholic High School: School History |access-date= 30 December 2012 |publisher= Catholic High School |archive-date= 16 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170816191906/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1078485/1/.html |url-status= dead }} Although it was a Catholic school, it accepted both Catholic and non-Catholic students, and was run along the lines of a Sino-English school. The school first started as an extension of the Church of St. Peter and Paul.{{cite news |url= http://www.catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3914:catholic-high-school-needs-extension&catid=221:catholic-high&Itemid=129 |title= Catholic High School Needs Extension. |date= 11 May 1935 |access-date= 2 January 2013 |work= Malaya Catholic Leader}} Fr Becheras envisaged the school as a bilingual institution from the start, emphasising instruction in both…
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