La Salle School, Klang

For other La Salle Schools in Malaysia, please see La Sallian Educational Institutions in Malaysia

La Salle School Klang also, SK La Salle Klang , La Salle Klang and, SMK La Salle Klang
La Salle School Klang Logo
Location
Persiaran Raja Muda Musa, Klang, Selangor Malaysia
Information
Type	National Primary School and National Secondary School
Motto	Lux Luceat Vobis (Let Your Light Shine)
Established	1940
School district	Klang
Principal	Not known (primary school) "Lily Lee" Li Loh (secondary school)
Grades	Standard One to Form Five
Enrollment	800+ (Primary) 1400+ (Secondary)
Color(s)	Green, Yellow, White
Affiliation	La Sallian Educational Institutions
Yearbook	Not known (primary school) La Sallian (secondary school)

La Salle School, Klang, is a school in Klang, Selangor in Malaysia. The school is one of the oldest schools in Klang, after Anglo Chinese School, Klang and Convent School Klang. It was established in 1940 and was once a Christian missionary school. Its enrollment, however, consists of students of all races regardless of their religions.

It is divided into primary school and secondary school. The primary and secondary schools initially functioned together until the increase in enrollment of students, causing separation in 1964. Both primary and secondary schools are formally known today as Sekolah Kebangsaan La Salle Klang and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan La Salle Klang.

La Salle School, Klang is located at Persiaran Raja Muda Musa, Klang and is neighbouring three other schools; SMJK (C) Hin Hua (Persendirian), SMK Tengku Ampuan Rahimah and SK Simpang Lima.

The La Sallian Heritage

John Baptist de La Salle

Main article: Jean-Baptiste de la Salle

John Baptist de La Salle was born into a world very different from our own. He was the first son of wealthy parents living in France over 300 years ago. Born at Reims, John Baptist de La Salle received the tonsure at age eleven and was named Canon of the Reims Cathedral at sixteen.

Though he had to assume the administration of family affairs after his parents died, he completed his theological studies and was ordained a priest on April 9, 1678. Two years later he received a doctorate in theology. Meanwhile he became tentatively involved with a group of rough and barely literate young men in order to establish schools for poor boys.

At that time a few people lived in luxury, but most of the people were extremely poor: peasants in the country, and slum dwellers in the towns. Only, a few could send their children to school; most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up." To be more effective, he abandoned his family home, moved in with the teachers, renounced his position as Canon and his wealth, and so formed the community that became known as the Brothers. Worn out by austerities and exhausting labours, he died at Saint Yon near Rouen early in 1719 on Good Friday, only weeks before his sixty-eighth birthday.

John Baptist de La Salle was a pioneer in founding training colleges for teachers, reform schools for delinquents, technical schools, and secondary schools for modern languages, arts, and sciences. His work quickly spread through France and, after his death, continued to spread across the globe. John Baptist de La Salle inspired others how to teach and care for young people, how to meet failure and frailty with compassion, how to affirm, strengthen and heal. At the present time there are De La Salle schools in 80 different countries around the globe. One of them is none other than La Salle School, Klang.

Brief History

La Salle School, Klang was establish in 1940 by Reverend Father L. Guittart, who was also the first principal of the school. When it was first established, it was originally known as the St. Bernadette School. Its name was later change to La Salle Institution in 1950. Then again in 1952, the name of the school was changed to La Salle School Klang.

Later in 1964, La Salle School Klang was divided into La Salle Primary School and La Salle Secondary School. Despite that, the two schools still share the same location till today.

The principals of the school were all Christian Reverend Brothers until the year 1989 where Mr. Rex C.C. Michael became the first principal who is not a reverend.

Today, under the national education system, La Salle Primary School and La Salle Secondary School are officially known in Malay as Sekolah Kebangsaan La Salle Klang and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan La Salle Klang respectively.

Affiliations

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Statue of St John Baptist De La Salle

La Salle School, Klang is affiliated to hundreds of other La Sallian Educational Institutions in 80 countries around the world.

Some of these La Sallian Educational Institutions that are in Malaysia include:

• La Salle School, in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
• La Salle School, in Jinjang, Kuala Lumpur
• La Salle School, in Kota Kinabalu
• La Salle School, in Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur
• La Salle School, in Petaling Jaya
• La Salle School, in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur
• St Andrew's School, in Muar, Johor
• St. Francis Institution, in Melaka
• St George's Institution, in Taiping, Perak
• St John's Institution, in Kuala Lumpur
• St Joseph's School, in Kuching
• St Martin's School, in Tambunan, Sabah
• St. Michael's Institution, in Ipoh
• St. Paul's Institution, Seremban, in Seremban
• St Xavier's Institution, in Penang

The Primary School

Classes

There are four classes in each standard namely the S, R, K and L classes.

The Secondary School

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The main builing of La Salle School, Klang

School Song

All through our classes a voice is resounding,
Promptly respond to your duty's sweet call.
Hearken you all for the trumpet is sounding,
Your Mater's proclaiming her watchword to all.

Forward, her children dear,
Ever with heart sincere,
Render with joy to your Mater her due;
All that is vile reject; Heaven will e'er protect,
Sons of St. La Salle valiant and true.

School Motto

Lux Luceat Vobis (Let Your Light Shine)

Alma Mater Hymn

Hail, Hail Alma Mater,
Hail to De La Salle!
We'll hold your banner high and bright,
A shield of green and white,
We'll fight to keep your glory bright,
And never shall we fail,
Hail to thee our Alma Mater!
Hail! Hail! Hail!

School Rally

Cheer, cheer and courage display ,
All you La Sallians join in the fray!
Send a volley of cheers on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small,
We all La Sallians win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory.

Rise, boys and loudly proclaim
That you will never sully her name!
Let the hills and woodlands ring,
Lift up your hearts and loudly sing.
What though the way be rough or steep,
We unto virtue's summons will keep;
And if e'er our country needs us,
Loyal and true we'll be.

Principals

Year service began	Year service ended	Name of Principal
1940	1947	Reverend Father L. Guittart
1947	1951	Reverend Father John Edmund
1952	1957	Reverend Brother Stephen Phillip
1958	1963	Reverend Brother Leo Manicasami
1964	1964	Reverend Brother Celestine Jennings
1965	1967	Reverend Brother John Mathew Neo
1968	1976	Reverend Brother Harold Reynolds
1977	1982	Reverend Brother Cassian Pappu
1983	1985	Reverend Brother David Liao
1986	1988	Reverend Brother Michael Wong
1989	1993	Mr. Rex C.C. Michael
1993	1994	Madam K. Sadasivam
1995	1998	Mr. Shum Kwok Hong
1998	2003	Madam Zainon binti Kasim
2003	2006	Madam Hasimah binti Karim
2006	Present	Madam Lily Lee Li Loh

Secondary School's Classes

Classes were named S, E, L, A, N, G, O and R after the state of Selangor for Forms One through Three. Forms Four and Five classes were name according to their streams with ST representing Sains Tulen (Pure Science) classes and SS representing Sains Sosial (Social Science) classes.

Later in 2003, the Ministry of Education introduced a new elective component for the subject Kemahiran Hidup (Living Skills). SMK La Salle Klang has two elective options offered to its student which are Perdagangan & Keusahawanan (Commerce & Enterprising) and Kemahiran Teknikal (Technical Skills). This has cause the classes Forms One through Three to be renamed P to represent the Perdagangan stream and K for the Kemahiran stream to easily differentiate between these two streams.

When new Principal Madam Lily Lee Li Loh was appointed from SMK La Salle Petaling Jaya in early 2006, she changed the names of all the classes to give it a true La Sallian identity. Classes were renamed L, U, C, E, A, T, V and B for all Forms One through Five, an idea obtained from the school's motto which is Lux Luceat Vobis.

Sport Houses

There are five sport houses which comprises of all students from Forms One through Five. The sport houses are named after former principals of the school. The sport houses which compete in the school's annual Sports Day Competition are Celestine (blue), Edmund (red), Harold (violet), Leo (yellow) and Philip (Green).

Chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association

Information before year 2001 is not available.

Year service began	Year service ended	Name of Chairman
2001	2003	Mohd. Satar Surittiman
2004	Present	Oormila d/o Raveendran

The Prefect Board Of La Salle Klang

The Prefect Board of La Salle Klang has always been an integral part of the school's identity. It has been upholding the discipline and keeping the La Sallian heritage since its inception.

These are the prefects' motto:
1. Prefects First
2. Duty Before Pleasure
3. Leadership By Example
4. Firm But Fair
5. Patience, Understanding and Kindness

Information before year 2000 is not available.

Year of Service	Name of Head Prefect
2000	Lee Leong Hui
2001	Anantharajah s/o Davarajah
2002	Tan Lu Jian
2003	Ong Chi Horng
2004	Lam Ka-Mun.
2005	Kenneth Yap
2006	Loh Kwong Weng
2007

Annual Scholastic Award

Source of information: Annual La Sallian Yearbook

Year	Award1	Name of Student(s)	No. of recipients	Total
2001	Academic	Joshua Yap En Jian	1	12
	Co-Curricular	Foo Kwong Yong, Koay Gim Siang, Mohd. Hafizul bin Mohd. Aris	3
	Excel Student(s)	Ng Yee Jin, Teoh Jin Chien	2
	Leadership	Anatharajah s/o Davarajah	1
	School Service	Chua Yi Quan, Dashant s/o Thiruchelvam, Sherman Tharmasia s/o Thavanesan	3
	Sports	Aloysius Lee Wai Khuan, Mohd. Shahril Anwar bin Abdul Rahim	2
2002	Full Colour	Tan Lu Jian	1	14
	Academic	Ong Choon Shern	1
	Co-Curricular	Ho Swee Wai, Loh Kwong Fei, Michael Kwan, Ng Sing Chew	4
	Excel Student(s)	Khoo Ter Fong	1
	Leadership	Prasad s/o Raman	1
	School Service	Edmund Luke s/o Aloysius, Eugene Lim Eu Gin, Lee Cheng Rui, Sidney Ng Leong Sheng	4
	Sports	Mohd. Fitri Imran bin Haji Mahapzir	1
	Special Talent	Wee Chuan Chin	1
2003	Academic	Lim Hoong Chien, Phang Zi Hao	2	11
	Co-Curricular	Chua Yuting, Donovan Lee Shyun Hyn, Mohd. Zuhaili bin Mohd. Rodzi, V.J. Dehven Nair s/o Velayutham	4
	Excel Student(s)	Ahmad Atiq bin Abdul Hamid	1
	Leadership	Ong Chi Horng	1
	School Service	Chin Jiunn Hau, Ong Sze Yi, Teo Chia Ming	3
2004	Full Colour	Lam Ka-Mun	1	8
	Academic	Lim Ming Zhan, Sukh Roshan Singh	2
	Leadership	Loh Yean Jie	1
	Special Talent	Isaac Matthew, Mohd. Adriend Zaffri bin Mohd. Ritzal	2
	Sports	Vishnuvarthan s/o Muniandi	1
	Sahsiah Terpuji	Azrul Izuddin bin Azmi	1
2005	Academic	Soh Wei Loon	1	7
	Excel Student(s)	Khoo Ter Yang	1
	Leadership	Kenneth Yap, Kevin Tham	2
	School Service	Adam bin Md. Shah	1
	Special Talent	Young Journalist: Tan Wei Jer Editor: Mithran s/o Vythinathan	2
2006	Academic	Choo Teck Kwang	1	8
	Excel Student	Loh Kwong Weng	1
	Leadership	Dhayaparan s/o Raman, Syamir Alihan bin Showkat Ali	2
	School Service	Brandon Lee Shyun Loong, Mohammad Firdaus bin Baharudin, Paul Yeoh Phee Siang,Tan Lee Xiong	4
20072	Academic
	Excel Student
	Leadership
	School Service

• Template:FnbNot all categories of awards are awarded to students every year.
• Template:Fnb2007 awards will be awarded in July 2007.

References

• Annual yearbook, La Sallian

See also

• Klang
• Persiaran Raja Muda Musa
• SMK Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang
• SK Simpang Lima, Klang