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News & Updates

Issue 2013/2 (February)

St Joseph’s Private School 2, Jalan Taman Budaya, 93700 Kuching, Sarawak.

Congratulations ! Sushil a/l Pubalan (F2A) took the 6th Placing in the Boys Under 15 Category of the Bowling Championship organized by Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak (ABAS) on 24 January.

Felicitations ! The 25th Kuching Age Group Inter School Swimming Championship was organized by Kuching Amateur Swimming Association 2010 (KASA 2010) at Pusat Kecemerlangan Akuatik on 26-27 January. Below are the achievements of our students. - Zoe Tan Chia Chia (F2B) – Best Girl Award for Girls Group 2 (9 Golds, 2 Silvers, 2 Bronzes), Gold: Freestyle 400m, Freestyle 200m, Freestyle 50m, Breaststroke 100m, Breaststroke 200m, Butterfly 50m, Butterfly 100m, Individual Medley 200m, Individual Medley 100m. Silver: Freestyle 100m, Breaststroke 50m Bronze: Backstroke 100m, Girls 800m - Ten Wei Chun (F2A) – certificate of participation - Mervin Au Yong Kar Wai (F2B) – certificate of participation

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Mark Leong Wei Yang (F1B) – Gold Doubles Boys Under 15 TKB

Kirstin Leong Kher Ting (F2A) –Silver for Doubles Under 15 Girls and Bronze for Singles Under 15 Girls.

Pertandingan Tenis

MSS Sarawak 2013

January 29 - 30

On 31 January, a photo-taking session was held on school

grounds in order to provide photos for our upcoming school magazine.

Mr Ong Kheng Syn is our official photographer. Ms Lucilla Chin

assisted in arranging the students for photos and was helped by

members of the Photography Club.

Bantuan Khas Persekolahan RM100 Kepada Murid Tahun 2013, an allocation from the government, was given out to all our Secondary School students and the parents of our Primary School students on 7 February.

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Lent is a 40-day period in preparation for Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. This year, Ash Wednesday falls on 13 February and Easter Sunday falls on 31 March. The colour purple or violet is the colour of Lent. Purple in the past was the sign of royalty, but it has been used by the church as the colour of repentance.

Lent is time when Christians observe a period of prayer, fasting, alms-giving, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. This is done to imitate Jesus’ 40-day fast in the wilderness (Mat 4:1-2). The purpose of Lent is to provide the purification of the person by weaning people from sin and selfishness through self-denial and prayer, by creating in them the desire to do God’s will and to make God’s kingdom come by making it come first of all in their hearts.

Lenten practices include attending Mass more often, pray the Stations of the Cross or other kinds of prayerful reflection, abstaining from certain foods or physical pleasures, carry out more works of charity. Some may give up smoking. Others give up chewing gum. Still others give up over-eating or the use of Facebook. People vow to give up anything, as long as it prepares them well for Easter.

Recycle ! Various recycle items were collected on 21 February by students of Form One and Two as part of their class project for Geography. The items were picked up by Atas Sepakat Recyle Centre. Below is a summary of the recycle items contributed by our students.

Old newspapers - 2087kg

Carton boxes - 120kg

Aluminium cans - 90kg

Black/White paper - 26kg

Plastic bottles - 6kg

Mixed stuff - 28kg

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Chinese New Year Celebration

Students from the various classes presented some performances during an assembly held in conjunction with Chinese New Year on 6 February (Wed). Mass was also celebrated on that day. Incidentally, 6 February is the memorial of St Paul Miki and his companions who were 17th century martyrs of Japan. That is why the colour of the vestments was red on that day which was very appropriate for Chinese New Year. St Paul Miki and two of his companions who were martyred are Jesuits.

Sketch by F2B

CNY Song in English by F1A

Dance by Primary School students

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Presentation of Chinese New Year characters to the various classes by students from the Mandarin Language class.

Interesting narration of the story of the Chinese zodiac by F2C

Song by F1B

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Wushu presentation by Joel Chua (F2C)

Lion Dance by Transition Class

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Mass of St Paul Miki and companions on 6 February

19 March (Tue) is the patronal feast of our school

which is the Solemnity of St Joseph. Mass will be celebrated in the school on that day.

Holy Week, the most solemn of all weeks in the liturgical calendar begins with Palm Sunday on 24 March. Good Friday is on 29 March, and Easter Sunday on 31 March.

Progress of the new building so far …

(photo taken on

21 February)