| In 1864, the Fathers of the Catholic Mission took over a small building in West Point, which they turned into a school with twenty boys on the roll. St. Aloysius was chosen as the Patron of the school, which since then has been known as St. Louis School. The Brothers of the Christian Schools succeeded the Fathers in the management of the school in 1875. In 1921, the Maryknoll Fathers took over and in 1927 the school was handed
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| In 1927, there were approximately 40 boys in the school, which was just one small habitable building. In order to develop the work in a way suited to the circumstances and needs, workshops were opened where the boys could learn a trade. By 1930 there were already 300 pupils on the roll of the Primary School. 1935, saw the opening of the Aberdeen Trade School, to which the carpentry, shoe-making, tailoring and mechanical engineering
departments were transferred; whereas the printing department continued to operate at St. Louis. A new building was erected in 1936 making it possible to open the middle school. |
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| In 1939 the Junior Middle School produced its first graduates and in 1949 the English Section of the school was opened. It was in 1951 that we had our first Senior Middle class. In 1952, the new 20 classroom wing was opened. The Printing Department was transferred to the school comprised a Boarders' Section, a Chinese Primary and Middle School and an Anglo-Chinese Secondary School. We presented our first candidates for the H.K. Leaving Certificate Exam in 1953. In the following
year, our first Middle School graduates sat for the public exam. In July 1956, we held the last graduation ceremony of our Junior Middle School and in 1959, the Chinese Senior Middle School came to an end. Form Six classes were first operated in September 1962 and took part in the Matriculation Exam for the first time in 1964. Since then, the school has remained as an English grammar school. |
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