St Cecilia's Convent Secondary School (SCCSS), ms, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Konven
St. Cecilia
Saint Cecilia ( la, Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman virgin martyr and is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the patroness of music and musicians, i ...
(SMK Konven St. Cecilia), is a secondary school in
Sandakan,
Sabah,
Malaysia. Its
Ministry of Education code is XFE2037.
Located within the newly formed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (''Dioecesis Sandakaana'') is located in east Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 5 parishes and 1 mission district.
History
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Sandakan. Nearby schools are SM St. Mary's (boys secondary school), SK St. Mary Town, SR St. Mary's Convent, SK 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.
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.
School History
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School Song
References
External links
School Website
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Schools in Sabah
Secondary schools in Malaysia
Catholic schools in Malaysia