Catholic High School Petaling Jaya (CHSPJ), more commonly known as SMJK Katholik or 公教中学 in Mandarin is a co-educational government Catholic missionary school in

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, formerly recognised as a ''

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'' by the

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. Founded in 1956 by Rev. Bro. Philippe Wu of the

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. It has approximately 3000 students. Due to having the status of a Chinese conforming school, applicants are required to have taken Chinese paper for

UPSR Primary School Achievement Test, also known as Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (commonly abbreviated as UPSR; Malay), was a national examination taken by all students in Malaysia at the end of their sixth year in primary school before they leav ...

, also known as the Primary School Achievement Test.

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paper is compulsory for all students and enrolment examinations such as PT3 and SPM.

Transportation

Taman Jaya LRT station Taman Jaya is an elevated rapid transit station in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line (formerly known as PUTRA). The station was opened on September 1, 1998, as part of the line's first segment encompassing 10 ...

Academics

CHS achieved a 100% passing rate for

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in the year 2011, with 5 12A students, 26 11A students, and 76 10A students in that particular year. Earlier in the year 2008, the school boasts 2 14A, 12 13A, 44 12A and 67 11A students in the SPM examinations. Khor Hui Yi was awarded Best Student for

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State in 2013 for achieving 10A+ in SPM. Mok Siao Chi was the best student of CHS, scoring 10A+ in the 2015 SPM exams. CHS emerged as the top school in PPD Petaling Utama in the 2016 SPM examination, with Iddhima Chong Hui Yi scoring 11A+ 1A and Eer Kai Jun scoring 10A+ and 1A being awarded top-scorers of

. The school achieved 100% passing rate for seven years consecutively since the year 2006 in the STPM exams.

Sports

CHS has made appearances in the arena of ultimate frisbee. In 2006, CHS competed in the UM Open, sending three teams (one Open, one Men's Novice, one Women's Novice). In 2007, CHS sent a few representatives to join All Star at the Valley Ultimate's Hard-Core Ultimate Frisbee and also sent five teams to make a clean sweep at the Subang Jaya Community Youth Under-18 Ultimate Open. In 2008, CHS competed in competitions such as the UiTM Open, where the team received the title of Most Promising Team and Taylor's Ultimate Mini. In the field of

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

, student Lim Ann Er represented Malaysia and won bronze medal in the 15th Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship held in

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year 2009. In 2012, Foo Dunley won the silver medal for Men's Doubles in the 4th

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School Games held in

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while in 2013, Leong Chee Feng won the gold medal in the Men's Single category in the 19th SEA Junior Tournament held in

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, Philippines. As of 2017, Malaysia has never won a gold medal in the Men's Single event ever since. During the

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, See Wan Ni and compatriots clinched a gold medal for Malaysia in the women's 3000 m relay

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event. The cheerleading team for Catholic High is Calyx. They won the Best Dressed award, Best Make Up award and also Second Runner Up for the Cheer2009 national cheerleading championships. The team put in a brilliant performance to finish second in the All-Girls category in Cheer 2015. In Cheer 2018, Calyx All Girls from SMJK Katholik overcame an eight-time winner to clinch the top prize. It broke the winning streak of defending champions, Cyrens from Sri Kuala Lumpur, which had been No.1 for eight years. Calyx captain Tung Mei Yee, was elated that their hard work paid off.

Science and mathematics

Foong Yake Ho and Liew Chien Hao represented Malaysia to compete in the 39th International Mathematical Olympiad in

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, Taiwan in the year 1998. In the same year, Foong won a bronze medal in the Asian-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad while Liew won a bronze medal in the Southeast Asia Mathematical Olympiad. In the following year, both Foong and Liew represented Malaysia in the 40th Mathematical Olympiad held in

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. They won a consolation prize and bronze medal respectively in the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad held in 1999. The 2nd Sunway University College Inter-School Math Quiz Challenge 2007 Finals held at Sunway University College was won by Form 5 CHS students Cheong Tee Jin, Bryan Chong Hau Foo, and Tan Jing Lynn. Cheong Tee Jin represented Malaysia in the International Math Olympiad in

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in the year 2006. Catholic High student Tham Ying Hong represented Malaysia and won the Silver Award in the 51st International Mathematic Olympiad organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of

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in the year 2010. In the year 2011, he won the gold medal in the Australian Mathematics Competition, gold medal in the 23rd Asia Pacific Mathematics Olympiad and bronze medal in the 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad in

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, Netherlands. Yeoh Chin Vern is the bronze medalist in the 2013 44th International Physics Olympiad held in

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. A team of three boys from Catholic High School PJ won a gold medal in the lower secondary category of the 2019 World Robot Olympiad held in

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. They built a diagnostic and surgical robot.

Music and dance

SMJK Katholik emerged champion in the 2005 National Level High School Brass Band Competition held in

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. Education Ministry general Tan Sri Dato' Setia Haji Ambrin Bin Buang said SMJK Katholik had set a very high standard in brass performance for others to use as a benchmark. The school band won the Silver Award in the Singapore International Band Festival in 2010 organized by the Wind Bands Association of Singapore. From 29 November 2011 to 3 December 2011, the Catholic High School Band participated in the international 3rd Winter Band Festival 2011 at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and won a Gold Award. The CHS Band was also the first Malaysian band to perform in the Art of Animation Studio, Disneyland,

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Arts and design

A team of three students from Catholic High, Mu Chun Khang, Lim Joe Onn and Krystle Liu Jaey, took the champion title in the national Built Environment Explained Competition 2013 organized by

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, winning a total cash prize of RM 2800. The theme given on that year was Designing Better Classrooms.

Debate

CHS Chinese Debate team won the Championship in the National Secondary School Chinese Debate Competition in the years 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Chess

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won the Malaysian Chess Championship in 2015 and 2016, and played in the

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, Georgia, being defeated by former world champion

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in the first round.

Business

In the year 2016, one team from CHS was inaugurated as national champions in the

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- Amcham International Trade Challenge, :

Notable alumni

Tan Sri William Cheng Tan Sri William Cheng Heng Jem or William H.J. Cheng (; born 1943) is the chairman of Lion Group Malaysia, a conglomerate having diversified businesses encompassing retail, property development, mining, steel, agriculture and computer. He is know ...

- Chairman of

The Lion Group Lion Group Malaysia is headed by chairman and chief executive officer William Cheng. Cheng's grandfather founded Lion as a small trading company in Singapore after leaving China in the 1920s. It became Malaysia's biggest steel manufacturer after ...

* Eric Lim Kin Fai 林健辉 - Malaysian artist-singer * Edmund Yeo 杨毅恒 - film director *

David Koon David R. Koon (born March 18, 1947)Project Vote Smart''Assembly Member David R. Koon (NY)'' retrieved September 16, 2008. is a former American Democratic politician who represented District 135 in the New York State Assembly, which includes th ...

庄慰义 - music producer and arranger * Xandria Ooi - Hitz.tv VJ, journalist, emcee, host *

Koe Yeet Koe Yeet is a Malaysian television and film actress. Koe achieved notability for her role in the 2008 action comedy film ''Ah Long Pte Ltd'' by actor-director Jack Neo. She also starred in ''Wind Chimes In A Bakery''; a web series sponsored by ...

高艺 - Malaysian artist-singer *

- National chess player * Victor Gu 胡渐彪 - National debater, politician, host

Sister schools

Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore St. Joseph's Institution (SJI) is an independent Catholic educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1852 by the De La Salle Brothers, it is the first Catholic school and the third oldest school in the country. SJI has been offering a dual-t ...

References

External links

SMJK Schools in Malaysia (SMJK Katholik)

Catholic High School official page

SMJK Web Portal 2.0
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