Instituto Salesiano (or IS, Instituto Salesiano da Imaculada Conceição, Chinese: 澳門慈幼中學) is a Catholic elementary school through secondary school in São Lourenço (St. Lawrence's Parish), Macau.[1] The school is one of the oldest educational institutions founded in Macau. The medium of instruction is English, although some particular subjects such as Chinese Literature and Chinese History are taught in Cantonese. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association.
History
Instituto Salesiano was established in 1906, during the Qing dynasty, by Fr. Louis Versiglia.[2][3] The school is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, aims at giving the students a complete and balanced education in different aspects. The campus, front of St. Lawrence's Church, was originally owned by the British East India Company. Since 1976, the school has become an exam center of General Certificate of Education as well as an exam center of City and Guilds of London Institute.
People's Education [zh] profiled the school in 1999.[4] The school opened three new buildings in 2023 with funding from the government.[5]
Campus
In 2016 the 8,008-square-metre (86,200 sq ft) campus included a building that was built sometime before 1916. In 2016 the school made plans to raze the building so it could build new buildings as part of an expansion.[6]
The anthem was transcribed by Austrian missionary Fr. Guilherme Schmid
School Anthem of Instituto Salesiano of Macau 澳門慈幼中學校歌(Chinese)
維我鮑思高慈幼學校
時代青年訓練場
四育並重國粹精良
師生友愛永無疆
校譽日隆學匯中西
滿門朝氣樂洋洋
秉承會祖鮑思高遺教
取法聖多明我表樣
我青年 步武聖賢
效忠聖教作棟樑
願同學 敦品勵學
揚我校風增榮光
ISSC
Instituto Salesiano Student Council, established in 1997, is the officially recognized student organization of the school.
ISSC holds singing competition regularly every year
("Music's Demo" in 2010,"Blue's End" in 2011)
Website:http://www.ism.edu.mo/issc/index.htmArchived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
Notable alumni
Domingos Lam (The first Chinese born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.)
Domingos Chan (Macau professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Macau team. He currently plays for Sun Hei in the Hong Kong First Division League.)
^"慈幼多活動籌款擴建校舍" [Salesian organized multiple activities to raise funds for school expansion]. Macao Daily News (in Chinese). 2021-05-03. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^"慈幼為新教學樓祈福" [Salesians pray for the new teaching building]. Macao Daily News (in Chinese). 2023-02-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
