St Catharine's School for Girls,Kwun Tong (Chinese :聖傑靈女子中學) is located in Hong Lee Road,Kwun Tong,Hong Kong. It is a girls' secondary school.
The school was established by its first principal,The Rev. Joyce M. Bennett,who was contacted by the Educational Department in 1965. Ms. Bennett first visited the school site at Ngok Yue Shan in late 1965. As the government first requested an establishment of 24 classes in the school,Ms. Bennett then planned to set up four different subjects (Arts,Science,Commerce and Technical) to satisfy the government. Ms. Bennett retired in 1983.
The name originally proposed for the school was "St. Anne's",St Anne being the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But the Chinese members of the school organizing committee thought that the name is not good when translated into Chinese. After a long search,Ms,Bennett proposed the name "St. Catharine's",after Catherine of Alexandria,the patroness of young women,wheelwrights,attorneys,and scholars. She was considered to be a particularly appropriate model for a school which was to combine academic and technical education. St Catherine's feast day,25 November,was considered a suitable day for school celebration. [1]
The school set up five Form One classes in September 1968. As Ms. Bennett thought it is unwise to name the five classes with ‘A’to ‘E’since people may think the classes are ranked according to the students' capability,she eventually picked five women from the New Testament as the names of the classes:
These women were all considered good role models for the girls.
Before the year of 2009,there was one more class name of "Ruth" (Ruth was a Jewish woman whose story is found in the Old Testament) for form 1 to form 5. This class name was removed due to shrinking the number of classes of each form.
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km2 (111,450/sq mi) in 2006,it is the most populous area in Hong Kong,compared with Hong Kong Island and the rest of the New Territories. The peninsula's area is about 47 km2 (18 sq mi).
Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong,situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula,and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south,and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in the west.
Kowloon Bay is a body of water within Victoria Harbour and an area within Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Ngau Tau Kok is an area of eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong,in the north of Kwun Tong District east to Kowloon Bay. Largely residential,Ngau Tau Kok has a population in excess of 210,000.
Lam Tin is an area in the Kwun Tong District in southeastern New Kowloon,Hong Kong. Lam Tin is primarily a residential area but also hosts a major transport interchange and several shopping attractions. Lam Tin was once a large field in the vicinity of Kowloon Bay. During the Song dynasty,it was a site of salt production. Since the 1980s,a number of housing estates were constructed in Lam Tin.
St. Catherine's School,College or University may refer to:
Sau Mau Ping is an area part of Kwun Tong District,in eastern Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Yau Tong is an area of Hong Kong,located in the southeastern end of Kowloon,between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin,at the east shore of Victoria Harbour,west of Tseung Kwan O. Administratively,it is part of Kwun Tong District,the most densely populated district in Hong Kong.
The Kwun Tong Bypass is an elevated expressway between Lam Tin and Kowloon Bay in Kwun Tong District,Kowloon East,Hong Kong,with three lanes in each direction and a posted speed limit of seventy–eighty kilometres per hour (43–50 mph). It is part of Route 2 and has links to Route 5 and Route 7. It bypasses the industrial township of Kwun Tong and passes next to the boundary of the Kai Tak Airport.
Lok Wah Estate is a public housing estate located in Ngau Tau Kok,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Kwun Tong Road is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District,New Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Kwun Tong Ferry Pier is a ferry pier situated on Hoi Yuen Road,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong. The pier was originally situated at Ngau Tau Kok called "Ngau Tau Kok Ferry Pier",but during the 1960s,due to reclamation work,the pier was moved to Kwun Tong.
Tak Nga Secondary School is a Hong Kong aided secondary school founded in 1962,a subsidised Girls' Catholic School sponsored by Sisters Announcers of the Lord.
The following shows the public housing estates,including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) in Lam Tin of Kwun Tong District,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
The following shows the public housing estates in Ngau Tau Kok,Jordan Valley,Kowloon Bay and surrounding neighbourhoods,in Kwun Tong District,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School is an aided boys' secondary school in Kwun Tong District,Hong Kong. Founded in 1958 by Rev. Bro. Paul Sun,it was the first secondary school located in Kwun Tong. It is a Catholic school affiliated with the Diocese of Hong Kong. The patron saint of the school is Saint Joseph,and the school anniversary day is 19 March,the feast of St. Joseph.
Joyce Mary Bennett was the first Englishwoman to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Communion in 1971.
The Mu Kuang English School is a secondary school on Kung Lok Road,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is a non-government school funded under the Direct Subsidy Scheme.