Lasallian History In SG :) by Benedict https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2022-02-08 12:54:07 UTC 2022-02-14 13:22:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 6 Brothers of the Christian Schools together with Sisters of the Infant Jesus set sail from France on a sail boat, the LA JULIE, at the request of Fr J.M. Beurel, to provide Catholic education for boys and girls respectively during 1852. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046099084 2022-02-14 12:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046099084 The Missionaries arrive in Singapore to work in the Mission of Siam on 27 October, 1839. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046103411 2022-02-14 12:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046103411 SJI began as a small chapel that was converted into a school called St John's School. Students number 75 boys by 1852. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046114122 2022-02-14 12:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046114122 The enrolment grows so quickly that a larger school has to be built. The cornerstone is laid on the Feast of St Joseph and the school was renamed St Joseph's Institution on 19 March 1855. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046115538 2022-02-14 12:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046115538 The Central classroom block was built under the guiding hand of Brother Lothaire but the continuing years of expansion before World War I was largely the work of Brother Michael Noctor and Rev Father Charles Nain. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046116669 1865]]> 2022-02-14 12:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046116669 Enrolment continued to grow. 2 new classroom blocks were added, built in the distinctive 'wings' fanning out from the original classroom block. It was regarded at the time as one of the most beautiful buildings in the East. The work was completed by brother Michael in 1903. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046120353 2022-02-14 12:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046120353 Foreseeing that the enrolment will increase even further, the Brothers start a temporary branch of the school in 1933, which came to be established as St Patrick's School. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046138151 2022-02-14 13:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046138151 The Brothers of the Christian Schools also take over the running and management of St Anthony's Boys' School in the same year, and change it to a Lasallian school. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046151139 2022-02-14 13:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046151139 In World War II, just before the surrender to the Japanese the school was used as a Red Cross Hospital and also housed a unit of the Civil Defence Force, the A.R.F. (Air Raid Precautionary Group). The old building was blessed to remain unscratched despite heavy bombings preceding the surrender on 16 Feb 1942. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046154372 2022-02-14 13:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046154372 During the Japanese Occupation, the school was renamed Bras Basah Road Boys’ School. The Brothers were soon asked to ‘resign’. The school and hostel were run along military lines. However, 3 weeks after the Japanese surrender, the school is reopened and the lessons resume as normal. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046156454 2022-02-14 13:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046156454 The many Lasallian Schools are established. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046170164 St Michael's Primary School (Now SJIJ) - 1852
De La Salle Primary School - 1952
St Stephen's School - 1957]]> 2022-02-14 13:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046170164 SJI is invited to go independent in 1986 by the then Minister for Education, Dr Tony Tan, a Josephian himself. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046172161 2022-02-14 13:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046172161 SJI relocated to the Malcolm Road campus in 1998. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046172802 2022-02-14 13:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046172802 St Joseph's International is established by the Old Boy's Association, and St Michael's Primary School was officially renamed to St Joseph's Institution Junior (SJIJ), in 2007. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046175137 2022-02-14 13:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046175137 SJI is temporarily relocated to Bishan during the redevelopment and renovating of the Malcolm Road campus, during 2013-2014. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046176803 2022-02-14 13:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046176803 We join SJI and become part of the Lasallian community this year, 2022. bananaboi7095839 https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046178280 2022-02-14 13:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bananaboi7095839/sjiaer49o2mp7vmw/wish/2046178280