St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School

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St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School
Location
Sandakan , Sabah
Malaysia
Information
Type Government Secondary School
Motto First Things First [1]
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1963 (as primary sch)
Opened 1966
Principal Mr. Soo Tian Hock
Grades Forms 1–5
Enrolment 1560+

St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School (SCCSS), Malay : Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Konven St. Cecilia (SMK Konven St. Cecilia), is a secondary school in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. [2] [3] Its Ministry of Education code is XFE2037.

Malay language Austronesian language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. A language of the Malays, it is spoken by 290 million people across the Strait of Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, and has been established as a native language of part of western coastal Sarawak and West Kalimantan in Borneo. It is also used as a trading language in the southern Philippines, including the southern parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Sulu Archipelago, and the southern predominantly Muslim-inhabited municipalities of Bataraza and Balabac in Palawan.

Saint Cecilia roman saint, martyr and patron saint of music

Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she "sang in her heart to the Lord". Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and in the Anglican Communion on November 22. She is one of seven women, in addition to the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.

Sandakan District Capital in Sabah, Malaysia

Sandakan formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest town in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the east coast of the state in the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital of British North Borneo. The town has an estimated population of 157,330 while the surrounding municipal area has a total population of 396,290.

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Located within the newly formed Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan, SCCSS is situated at 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Sandakan. Nearby schools are the SM St. Mary's (boys secondary school), SR St. Mary's Boys, SR St. Mary's Convent, SR St. Mary and SMJK Tiong Hua. It is also near to the Duchess of Kent General Hospital and the local Polyclinic. Students of St Cecilia's are known as "Cecilians". It is one of the 30 Convent secondary schools in Malaysia.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan is located in east Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 4 parishes.

History

St Cecilia's was founded in 1963 as a primary school under Rev Mother St. Leonard. It was one of a number of schools in Sabah staffed by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, also known as the "Blue Sisters". In 1966 it became the first girls' secondary school in Sandakan. The primary school was closed and its students transferred to SR St. Mary's Convent, one of St Cecilia's present-day feeder schools. [4]

The Little Company of Mary is a Roman Catholic religious institute of women dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick and the dying. The order was founded in 1877 England by Venerable Mary Potter.

School Song

St. Cecilia the best school of them all,
All of us are certain of our victory,
In every field we join,
We join with hope, and confidence,
So come on now, and don’t you let us down,
Do your best to strive for excellence,
We are here to cheer your Cecilians,
So do your best and be the best.

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