La Salle College

La Salle College
喇沙書院
Location
Map
18 La Salle Road


Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′45.11″N 114°10′56.93″E / 22.3291972°N 114.1824806°E / 22.3291972; 114.1824806
Information
TypeGrant School[1]
MottoLatin: Fides et Opera[2] (Faith and Works)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established6 January 1932; 92 years ago (1932-01-06)
FounderInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
School districtKowloon City
PrincipalLeung Ho-yin
Faculty95 teachers
GradesForm 1 – Form 6
GenderBoys
Number of students1297 (2018–19)[citation needed]
Campus29,000 square metres (310,000 sq ft)
Color(s) Purple  -  White  -  Red 
NewspaperThe Lasallian
YearbookThe Lasallite[3]
AffiliationsLasallian educational institutions
Websitelasalle.edu.hk

La Salle College (LSC; Chinese: 喇沙書院; Jyutping: laa3 saa1 syu1 jyun2) is a boys' secondary school[4] located in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong.[5] It was established in 1932[6] by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools,[7] a Catholic religious teaching order founded by St John Baptist de La Salle. Regarded as one of Hong Kong's more prestigious institutions,[8][9][10] the school often produces top-scorers in public examinations.[11][12] The school uses English as the medium of instruction.[13]

  1. ^ "Grant Schools Council | Member Schools". www.gsc.edu.hk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "School Badge". La Salle College. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "The Lasallite". La Salle College Old Boys' Association. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  4. ^ "La Salle College takes the crown at Kowloon and Hong Kong Island Inter-school Athletics for first time in seven years". Young Post. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ "DSE 2022: 6 out of 8 top scorers to further studies in Hong Kong". Young Post. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Guyana-born 'Mayor of Hong Kong' dies aged 99". News Room Guyana. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ Kong, Vivian (2023). Multiracial Britishness: global networks in Hong Kong, 1910-45. Modern British histories. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-009-20294-7.
  8. ^ Cheong-Leen, Hilton; Cheung, Gary; Chou, Oliver (2022). Hilton Cheong-Leen (張有興): first Chinese "Mayor" of Hong Kong. New Jersey: World Scientific. pp. viii. ISBN 978-981-12-4838-2.
  9. ^ Wordie, Jason (2007). Streets: exploring Kowloon. Hong Kong : London: Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor]. p. 207. ISBN 978-962-209-813-8. OCLC 122285348.
  10. ^ Cheng, Joseph Yu-shek, ed. (2007). Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in its first decade (1. publ ed.). Hong Kong: City Univ. of Hong Kong Press. p. 859. ISBN 978-962-937-145-6.
  11. ^ "喇沙等3年再出狀元 張殷碩:無意移民". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ 鄺曉斌 (10 July 2019). "【DSE放榜2019】喇沙書院誕三名狀元 同報讀中大醫學院課程". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  13. ^ 容育仁 (4 January 2024). "升中派位|一文看清34間九龍英中自行分配學額收生要求、面試日期". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 1 August 2024.