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Catholic High School 公教中学附属小学 区域:Bishan
Catholic High School was founded in 1935 by the Reverend Father Edward Becheras, a French missionary. Although it is a Catholic school, it also accepts non-Catholic students, and is run along the lines of a Sino-English school. The school first started out as an extension of the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Becheras envisaged the school as a bilingual institution from the start, emphasising the instruction of both English and Chinese, a policy that continues till today. In addition to this, Becheras also emphasised the teaching of Science, a practice that was uncommon at that time.
Due to the high demand for places at the school,Catholic High School moved into a new school building located Queens' Street, beside the Church of St. Peter and Paul. However, the school remained so popular that two years after the new school campus was completed, the school reached its maximum capacity.Among the notable features of the old school is the science room in the school, the first such feature in any Catholic school in Malaya (Singapore was part of Malaya at that time).This former campus of Catholic High School at Queens' Street presently houses 8Q SAM, an extension of the Singapore Art Museum that features contemporary art.
In 1950, the Marist Brothers took over responsibility for the administration of Catholic High; a primary section was opened in 1951, and then a boarding house for Catholic students. Under the care of the Brothers the school developed but in 1974 the administration was handed back to the diocese. Maris Stella High School was founded in 1958 by Brother Joche Chanel in response to the overwhelming demand for places in Catholic High School. Hence Maris Stella High School can be said to be the "brother school" of Catholic High School.
The school was classified under the Special Assistance Plan in 1979. This enables it to offer students in the top 10% of the cohort both English and Chinese as their first languages. In the same year, pre-primary classes were started to prepare students for primary school Chinese study. Catholic High expanded its campus to accommodate its pre-primary and lower-primary classes on Gentle Road and its upper-primary classes at Norfolk Road. Both the primary and secondary sections of the school moved to their current, permanent campus along Bishan Street 22 in 1992, to cope with increased enrollment.
On 1 September 2010, the Ministry of Education announced that Catholic High School would become an Integrated Programme school in 2013. It partners CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School and Singapore Chinese Girls' School in the programme, and students from the school will proceed to a currently-unnamed Junior College to be set up in 2017.