Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição, ) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish),

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"學校地址: 風順堂街16號" The school is one of the oldest educational institutions founded in Macau. The medium of instruction is English, although some particular subjects such as Chinese Literature and Chinese History are taught in Cantonese. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association.

History

Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia. The school is run by the

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, aims at giving the students a complete and balanced education in different aspects. The campus, front of St. Lorenz Church, was originally owned by the

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. Since 1976, the school has become an exam center of

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as well as an exam center of City and Guilds of London Institute.

Principals

School Hymn

The anthem was transcribed by Austrian missionary Fr. Guilherme Schmid

School Anthem of Instituto Salesiano of Macau 澳門慈幼中學校歌(Chinese)

ISSC

Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school.
ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year ("Music's Demo" in 2010,"Blue's End" in 2011)
Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htm

Notable alumni

Domingos Lam Domingos Lam Ka Tseung (; 9 April 1928 – 27 July 2009) was the first Chinese-born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. On 26 May 1987, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Maca ...

(The first Chinese born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.) * Domingos Chan (Macau professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Macau team. He currently plays for Sun Hei in the Hong Kong First Division League.) *

Ao Man-long Ao Man Long (; born in December 1956) was the first Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, from 20 December 1999 to 6 December 2006. On 8 December 2006, Ao was ar ...

(ex- Secretary for Transport and Public Works of

) *Fr. Pedro Ho (The director-general of Bosco Youth Service Network.) *Brian Leong Ka Hang (Macau Top Footballer of the Year of 2011.)

References

External links

Instituto Salesiano of Macau Facebook page of Instituto Salesiano
{{Coord missing, Macau Boys' schools in China Catholic schools in Macau Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in the Portuguese Empire