Instituto Salesiano

Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição, Chinese: 澳門慈幼中學) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish), Macau. The school is one of the oldest educational institutions founded in Macau. The medium of instruction is English, although some particular subjects such as Chinese Literature and Chinese History are taught in Cantonese. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association. History Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia. The school is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, aims at giving the students a complete and balanced education in different aspects. The campus, front of St. Lawrence's Church, was originally owned by the British East India Company. Since 1976, the school has become an exam center of General Certificate of Education as well as an exam center of City and Guilds of London Institute. People's Education profiled the school in 1999. The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government. Campus In 2016 the 8,008-square-metre (86,200 sq ft) campus included a building that was built sometime before 1916. In 2016 the school made plans to raze the building so it could build new buildings as part of an expansion. Principals School Hymn The anthem was transcribed by Austrian missionary Fr. Guilherme Schmid Student Organizations Student Service Organizations Student Council Discipline Team Interact Club Estação de Televisão de Instituto Salesiano: Under the Public Relations Office, the school’s largest media production group. Established in the 2023–2024 school year, it is responsible for producing videos, photos, and written media for both on- and off-campus events. Captain: Composed of two class captains from each secondary class, totalling 52 members. They guide students in an orderly evacuation during emergencies. Wind band of Instituto Salesiano: Established in 1906. Societa dell' Allegria ISM Photography Club ISM Multimedia Team Library Club Campus Life Promotion Team School Archives Association Scout Academic Societies Visual Art Society Chinese Society Geography Society: The youngest academic society in the school. Business Society: The Business Society is unique in that it represents a senior secondary elective; students who do not take business may never engage with it. DAT Club: The largest academic society in the school by membership. Mathematics Club: The longest-established academic society. Science Club ISSC Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school. ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year ("Music's Demo" in 2010,"Blue's End" in 2011) Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Notable alumni Domingos Lam (The first Chinese born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.) Domingos Chan (Macau professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Macau team. He currently plays for Sun Hei in the Hong Kong First Division League.) Ao Man-long (ex- Secretary for Transport and Public Works of Macau) Fr. Pedro Ho (The director-general of Bosco Youth Service Network.) Brian Leong Ka Hang (Macau Top Footballer of the Year of 2011.) See also Salesians of Don Bosco Yuet Wah College Salesian English School References External links Instituto Salesiano of Macau ISSC Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Facebook page of Instituto Salesiano [1]