La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu
| La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu | |
|---|---|
SM La Salle, Kota Kinabalu | |
| Location | |
Murni Road, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia | |
| Coordinates | 5°57′11″N 116°03′08″E / 5.9530°N 116.0523°E |
| Information | |
| Other name | SMLS |
| Type | Government-aided secondary school |
| Motto | Fides et Opera (By Faith and Deeds) |
| Established | 1953 |
| Authority | Kota Kinabalu District Education Office |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu |
| Principal | Mr. Vijayakumar Arumugam |
| Grades | Form 1 to Form 5 and Pre-U (Lower and Upper 6) |
| Enrollment | Roughly 1,070 students |
| Classrooms | Junior Block: Vega, Rigel, Capella, Procyon, Agena Senior Block: Science, Business, Technology, Arts-1, Arts-2 |
| Colours | Davies (Purple), Raphael (Red), Crowther (Yellow), Brendan (Green), Charles (Blue) |
| Affiliation | La Sallian Educational Institutions |
| Yearbook | La Sallian |
| Website | www |
La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu (Malay: Sekolah Menengah La Salle Kota Kinabalu) is a co-educational secondary school for boys and girls (mostly boys) and one of the oldest schools in Kota Kinabalu on the coast of Borneo in East Malaysia.
It was established in 1953 by Rev. Fr. Bernard Davies, a Mill Hill Missionary. Despite being an all-boys mission school, the students consist of all races regardless of religion.
The school is divided into two pieces of land. The Senior Block (Forms 4 to 6), that has been renovated since 2014, remains at its current location while its long-standing Junior Block (Forms 1 to 3) has been relocated to the new ground to accommodate the increase in student enrolment.
This single-session secondary school is located in Tanjung Aru and it is a few minutes walk from Pekan Tanjung Aru township. Next to the Senior Block is SM Stella Maris, an all-girls Catholic school under the oversight of the nearest area Catholic parish, Stella Maris, since this school is under the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish albeit located in the same area.