St. Paul's Secondary School (SPSS, ) is a Catholic girls' secondary school situated on Ventris Road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It is a Catholic grant-in-aid Anglo-Chinese Secondary Grammar School for girls.
St. Paul's Secondary School is a Catholic grant-in-aid Anglo-Chinese secondary grammar school for girls. It was one of the first girls' schools in Hong Kong to offer science subjects and computer studies in the upper forms and computer literacy in the lower forms. It introduced integrated science in the late 60s, computer studies in the late 70s, computer literacy and family life education in the early 80s and implemented IT in education in the 90s. It was selected as one of the 10 pilot secondary schools in the IT in Education Pilot Scheme in 1998.
To date, it has widened its curriculum and developed itself into a fully integrated educational institute with arts, sciences, commercial and social sciences at all levels.
St. Paul's Secondary School owes its parentage to the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres who arrived in Hong Kong from France in 1848. They became involved in local education soon after their arrival. They sponsored and ran St. Paul's Convent School in 1854 and their work of educational excellence became well known in Hong Kong.
St. Paul's Secondary School was founded in 1960 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres as an extension of St. Paul's Convent School to meet the growing needs of science education of girls in Hong Kong at secondary and matriculation levels.
Its former principal, Damian Lai, retired in 2006.
There are five classes in each of form 1 to form 6, constituting a total of 30 classes. Most of the form 1 students come from St. Paul's Primary Catholic School and the rest come from other primary schools.
Refrain: <br />Hark! Daughters of the great St. Paul, <br />Come, listen to his call: <br />"O children of this loved school, <br />The loving nurse of all, <br />Rejoice in God, do work and pray; <br />Be true from day to day." <br /> <br />Beloved school of mine, <br />My pains and joys are thine, <br />My childhood's early dreams <br />Are closely linked with thee. <br />The hope that heaven brings <br />Thou dost unfold to me, <br />Thou dost unfold to me. <br /> <br />Sweet are the days of girlhood, <br />When friends we love and care, <br />Those golden links of childhood, <br />Whose sympathy we share. <br />Do stay and while the hours away, <br />With us in work and play. <br />And when we leave <br />Our dear old school <br />These mem'ries we'll recall, <br />These mem'ries we'll recall. <br />(Repeat Refrain)
The SPSS Symphony Orchestra was established in 2005 and has actively participated in various competitions in Hong Kong. It has won numerous awards, including second place at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (é¦Â港校éÂÂé³æ¨Âç¯Â), the gold award in the Hong Kong Youth Music Interflows (é¦Â港éÂÂå¹´é³æ¨Âå¯æ¼Â), etc. The orchestra also performs at the school's annual concerts, open days and other events. In addition to the symphony orchestra, SPSS also has a wide range of musical groups, including the Junior and Intermediate Choirs, as well as a String Orchestra and a Wind Band. The School Intermediate Choir came first with 92 marks in this year's Schools Music Festival: Intermediate Girls Choir Competition Singing in Foreign Language Second Division. The School Junior Choir, out of 27 competitors, came second with 87 marks in this year's Schools Music Festival: Girls Choir Competition Singing in Foreign Language Second Division.
The School organizes a wide variety of sports teams, including Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, National Dance, Fencing, Rope Skipping. The School is also actively participate in invitation competition organised by various school.
Basketball team
St. Paul's Secondary School is renowned for its outstanding basketball team. In the year of 2002, a group of devoted basketball players have joined the basketball team and changed the prospect of the team. After spending years of effort, the team won the Overall Champion in the Inter-School Basketball Competition 2006/07 which established the greatest success in the school's sports history.
Since then, the basketball team has achieved the followings in the Division One (HK) Inter-School Basketball Competition:
2008/09 A Grade - 2nd runner-up
2010/12 B Grade - 2nd runner-up
Other sister schools: