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|name           = La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu
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|caption        = SM La Salle, Kota Kinabalu
|motto          = Fides et Opera (By Faith and Deeds)
|established    = 1953
|other_name     = SMLS
|type           = [[Education in Malaysia|National Secondary School]]
|affiliation    = [[Lasallian educational institutions|La Sallian Educational Institutions]]
|grades         = Form 1 to Form 5 and Pre-U (Lower and Upper 6)
|classrooms     = Vega, Rigel, Capella, Procyon, Agena
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|principal      = Mr. Vijayakumar Arumugam
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|students       = Roughly 1,070 students
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|location       = Murni Road, [[Tanjung Aru]],<br />[[Kota Kinabalu, Sabah]]
|country        = Malaysia
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'''La Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu''' (''[[Malay language|Malay]]: Sekolah Menengah La Salle Kota Kinabalu'') is a co-educational [[secondary school]] for boys and girls (mostly boys) and one of the oldest schools in [[Kota Kinabalu]] on the coast of [[Borneo]] in East [[Malaysia]].
It was established in 1953 by Rev. Fr. Bernard Davies, a [[Mill Hill Missionaries|Mill Hill Missionary]]. Despite being an all-boys mission school, the students consist of all races regardless of religion.
The school is divided into two pieces of land. The Senior Block (Forms 4 to 6), remains at its current location. The Junior Block (Forms 1 to 3) has been relocated to the new ground to accommodate the increase in student enrolment.
The single-session secondary school is located in [[Tanjung Aru]]. It is a few minutes walk from Pekan Tanjung Aru. Next to the Senior Block is SM Stella Maris.
== History ==
La Salle Secondary School Kota Kinabalu was established in July 1903 as Sacred Heart Primary School by Father Van Der Heyden. By June 1913, the school had around 50 students which increased to 215 by the year 1923. Between 1941 and 1945, a wooden school building with eight classes was built on the site where the current Sacred Heart Primary School stands.<ref name="star">[https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2007/07/28/preserving-honour-and-tradition Preserving honour and tradition] Retrieved 13 March 2021.</ref>
[[File:History FrHayden.jpg|thumb|Father Van Der Heyden]]
In the early 1950s, the Catholic Mission started the Sacred Heart secondary school and Father Bernard Davies who served as its first principal. In 1953, the Catholic Mission obtained 3 hectares of land in [[Tanjung Aru]] and moved the school to its present location.<ref name="star"/>
By 1958, the La Salle Brothers took over the management of the school with Brother Raphael Egan being the first principal. On 22 May 1958, Sacred Heart Secondary School was subsequently renamed La Salle Secondary School. This name was derived from the founder, [[Jean Baptiste de La Salle]].
The school is affiliated to other [[Lasallian educational institutions]] in Malaysia.
== Principals ==
* Rev. Fr. Bernard Davies, [[Mill Hill Missionaries|M.H.M.]] (1953–1955)
* Rev. Fr. Arthur Crowther, [[Mill Hill Missionaries|M.H.M.]] (1955–1958)
* Bro. Raphael Egan, FSC (1958–1966)
* Bro. Brendan Dunne, FSC (1966–1968)
* Bro. Datuk Charles Michael O’Leary, FSC, [[Order of Kinabalu|PGDK]] (1968–1985)
* Mr. Stanley Liew Hyuk Hiong (1986–1999)
* Dr. Edward Miku Tionsu (2000–2003)
* Mdm. Katherine Philip (2004–2006)
* Mdm. Julia Willie Jock, ADK, ASDK (2006–2016)
* Mdm. Mary Macdalena A. Komuji (2016–2022)
* Mr. Vijayakumar Arumugam (2022–present)
==Notable alumni==
* [[Bernard Dompok]] – former state chief minister
* [[James Wong Chye Fook|James Wong]] – former Malaysian footballer
* [[Peter Mojuntin]] – late former state cabinet Minister who perished in the [[Double Six Crash]]
* [[John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw|John Lee]] – Emeritus Archbishop of the [[Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu]]
* [[Richard Malanjum]] – Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2018 to 2019
* Salleh Sulong – late former state cabinet Minister who was also a victim of the [[Double Six Crash]]
* [[Donald Peter Mojuntin]] – former state cabinet Assistant Minister and Deputy President of the [[United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation]] since 2018
* [[Peter Rajah]] – former Malaysian goalkeeper
* [[Joseph Pairin Kitingan]] – former [[Chief Minister of Sabah]]
* [[Ahmadshah Abdullah]] – State Governor from 2003 to 2010
* [[James Peter Ongkili]]  – former Sabah state and federal cabinet minister
== See also ==
* [[List of schools in Sabah]]
* [[Lists of schools in Malaysia]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.lasalle.edu.my}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820065054/http://www.lasallesacredheart.org/DeLaSalle/Brothers/index.htm De La Salle Brothers Sabah]
{{La Sallian Educational Institutions in Malaysia}}
{{Sabah Secondary Schools}}
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