Escola Dom João Paulino ( zh, 聖善學校) is one of the earliest

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, established in 1911. Located on

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History

In 1895, the Canossian nuns opened catechism classes for local children, which became the predecessor of Escola Dom João Paulino. In 1911, about 70 people were studying here. The school was built next to Our Lady of Carmel Church. After that, Priest Estevão Eusébio Sítu () took over the school and named it as (''sing3 sin6'', "Holiness"). The native-born Portuguese people called it Escola Dom João Paulino, which means "the School of Bishop João Paulino". In 1938, the diocese allocated a building on No. 89-91, Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio for developing a complete

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Environment

* Ground floor: hall, playground, teachers’ office, principal’s office * 1st floor: Kindergarten, Primary 1, music room * 2nd floor: Primary 2-5 * 3rd floor: Primary 6, library, computer room

Principals

The school has had 20 principals since its foundation. # Priest Estevão Eusébio Sítu (1911) # Priest (1923) # Priest Lourenço Mahn (, 1928) # Priest (1939) # Priest Antonio Andre Ngan (, 1941) # Priest (1959) # Priest Domingos Lam (, November 1959) # Priest Luís G. Lei (, April 1962) # Priest Mateus Lau () and Priest (1964) # Nun Margarite Tien (, 1964) # Nun Madalena Song (, 1976) # Nun (1980) # Nun Margaret Lau Po Sheung (, February 1984) # Priest (August 1984) # Priest José Lau Chit Meng (, May 1985) # Priest (February 1991) # Priest Pedro Paulo Hó (, April 1992) # Mr (August 2000) # Nun (August 2009) # Ms Ng Sai Wa (September 2015)

Famous alumni

* José Lai: current Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Macao, graduated in 1958

References

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