Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes
Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes (ESLCLGG ) is a public secondary school in São Lázaro (Saint Lazarus Parish), Macau. Named after , it was established in 1985. The original site of the school was Macao Jiejie School(now Colegio Mateus Ricci). In 1986, it moved to the Macao School Complex (now the Macao Polytechnic University) and was named Escola Secundária e Preparatória Sino-Portuguesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes. In 1989, the school was part of the elementary school and was renamed Escola Secundaria Luso-Chinesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes, providing regular grammar  middle school courses for junior high school to high school. In order to more effectively develop secondary education, the school moved to the current location of Avenida de Sidónio Pais, Macao, in 1995, and the school itself has continued to develop. In 2002, the school building expansion project began. Two new school buildings were built on both sides of the original main building and completed in 2003. To provide regular grammar secondary school courses for Macao school-age children, and to cultivate trilogy and four languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese and English). The school is divided into Chinese and Portuguese sections . The school has four campuses, which are: History. In 1985, in order to continue the education of Sino-Portuguese primary and secondary schools, Former Portuguese Macau Government Education Department organized the first Sino-Portuguese Middle School, This is the predecessor of Escola Secundaria Luso Chinesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes. At that time, the authorities rented the third floor of one of the teaching buildings of the St. Paul's Jiejie School. In the beginning, only four classes in the first grade of junior high school were opened. The number of students was 81 and the number of teachers was 12 . Curriculum. ESLC is a Cantonese-medium school, and the Macau government uses ESLC to test adjustments to the Macau secondary school curriculum. While most Macau private schools have English classes as the primary foreign language instruction, ESLC instead has Portuguese as its main foreign language. Circa the 1990s/2000s on a weekly basis each student takes six hours of Portuguese classes. It was the school in which a class on Macau history was introduced. In previous eras the school used curriculum and materials from Hong Kong as equivalent Macau-oriented products were not made at that time. Student body. Circa the  1990s/2000s it had a higher percentage recent immigrants from Mainland China and low income students compared to other Macau schools. School Song. "揚帆" Extracurricular activities. The school has various extracurricular activities that students can join after school, including Tchoukball, Jump Rope, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer(before), Table Tennis(before), Tennis, Choir, A cappella, Piano, Ukulele, Portuguese Folk Dance, Modern Dance, Track and Field, Digital Photography, IELTS, Debate, DIY, Painting and many many more. Houses. Upon entering ESLCLGG, new students are divided into four houses. The four houses competes every year in the schools activity called "Four Colors Activity" which happens two times in  a year. The house with the highest overall score is the champion of the school year. Through this system, the competition encourages student excitement, achievement and greater enthusiasm and school spirit. There are four houses to which students and teachers are randomly assigned. Student Council. Established in 1998, the Student Council is responsible for organising various kinds of in-school and inter-school activities. The Council consists of seven cabinet members and representatives of different student bodies, including the Prefects' Board, the Houses, the Sports Section, as well as other clubs and societies. Academic performance. Circa the 1990s/2000s about 50  percent of the students who graduated matriculated to post-secondary educational institutions.