ECA secondary

Exam Secretaries
Exam secretary I: Mr. Kho Thong Eng
Exam secretary II: Ms. Thian Siaw Hui
Exam secretary III: Ms. Kong Ying Ying
Exam secretary IV: Mr. Ambrose Tai

ECA Teachers
Prefects – Ms. Lucilla Chin Na, Ms. Bong Wan Yuan
Librarians – Mr. Paul Voon (Head), Mr. Roger Chai, Ms. Chua Suk Ngo
School Magazine (Via Sapientiae 2019) – Ms. Francisca Edup (Head), Ms. Geraldine Ong (Assistant), Ms. Gabrielle Lim (Graphics and Layout), Ms. Lye Mei Yin (Advertisements)
Coordinator for School Mass / Choir – Mr. Anderson Landok / Mr. Benedict Lo Jin Chi
School Camps & Retreats – Mr. Benedict Lo Jin Chi, Sch. Nalerin Erone, SJ, Mr. Jerome Lim
School AV Technical and Logistics Team – Mr. Tan Peng Chiang, Mr. Brazil ak Mission
Health Care Room – Mr. Liew Siaw Lin, Mr. Lee Teck Siong (Albert), Red Crescent members
Counselor – Ms. Serene Koh
Career Guidance – Ms. Lye Mei Yin, Ms. Francisca Edup

Uniform Groups
Red Crescent Society – Mr. Liew Siaw Lin, Mr. Lee Teck Siong (Albert),
Scouts – Mr. Jerome Lim
TaeKwonDo – Ms. Fiona Basert Saol
Wushu – Mr. Hii Kah Yung
Society of St. John Berchmans, SJ – Sch. Nalerine Erone, SJ
St Joseph’s School Marching Band – Ms. Vivien Ng, Ms. June Ling (SMK St Joseph)
Boys’ Brigade – Ms. Christina Yong Siaw Han
Girls’ Brigade – Ms. Joyce Wong Yieng Ping
Lion Dance Troupe – Mr. Benedict Lo

Sports and Games
Badminton Monday – Ms. Venessa Kelly
Badminton Tuesday – Ms. Elizabeth Silai
Badminton Wednesday – Ms. Alicia Nase Charles
Badminton Thursday – Mr. Roger Chai (Head)
Squash Monday – Mr. Choong Joong Min
Squash Tuesday – Mr. Sebestian Kalang William
Squash Wednesday – Mr. Ong Kheng Syn
Tennis – Mr. Andrew Hii Toh Siik
Athletics – Mr. Andrew Hii Toh Siik, Mr. Fabian Kong Kah Shueg
Football – Mr. Felix Alla
Futsal – Mr. Nigel Vincent
Ping Pong – Ms. Kong Suik Fern
Basketball – Ms. Angela Sating
Volleyball – Ms. Nancy Ong
Handball – Ms. Pamela Mandy Monok Atar, Mr. Kelvin Harry
Ultimate Frisbee – Ms. Jesica Lendl
Swimming – Mr. Tan Peng Chiang
Diabolo Chinese Yoyo – Mr. Philip Yeoh

Clubs and Societies
Young Christian Students (YCS) – Mr. Fabian Kong Kah Shueg
Inter-School Christian Fellowship (ISCF) – Ms. Joyce Wong Yieng Ping
Music Club 1 – Mr. Anderson Landok
Music Club 2 – Ms. Goh Mey Lih
Photography Club – Mr. Ong Kheng Syn
Art Club – Ms. Gabrielle Lim
Ballet Club – Ms. Kong Ying Ying
Landscape Club – Ms. Rosita Shebli, Mr. Brazil ak Mission
Chess Club 1 – Ms. Felicia Koh
Chess Club 2 – Ms. Judith Ambrose
Choir Club – Mr. Benedict Lo Jin Chi
Dance Club – Ms. Felicia Rabong
English Club 1 – Ms. Lucinda Chan Hoon Hong
English Club 2 – Ms. Maria Ritikos
Kelab Bahasa Malaysia – Ms. Christina Michael
S.T.E.A.M. Club – Mr. John Yap Wei Onn (Head), Mr. Kho Ngee Jin, Ms. Tay Hui Na
Cultural Club – Ms. Winnie Jenging
History Club – Mr. Peter Ling Huo Hang
Buddhist Society – Ms. Bong Wan Yuan
Interact Club – Ms. Nancy Ting Shy Huey, Mr. Jerome Tay
Cor Amoris Charity Club – Mr. John Yap Wei Onn, Ms. Joanne Tan
Home Science Club – Ms. Christine Jussem
SJPS Concert Band – Mr. Benedict Lo, Mr. Frederick Teng, Ms. Vivien Ng, Ms. Carinth Ak Elbes, Br. Mark John Suarez, FMS (representative from SJIS)

• Good turnout at St Joe’s zumbathon, family day, Borneo Post, 22 September 2018
• St Joseph’s Rhythm and Colour a sold-out affair, Borneo Post, 26 July 2018
• St Joseph’s wins Swinburne debate again, Borneo Post, 10 February 2018

• SMK Tabuan Jaya athletes lead, St Joseph’s Private impress, Borneo Post, 21 September 2017
• SJPS took part in this jogathon: Over 2,000 take part in SMK St Joseph joggerthon, Borneo Post, 4 September 2017
• A musical take on Sarawak’s living heritage, Kuching In and Out, August-October 2017

• Over 340 swimmers, 39 new records at Kotas Meet, Borneo Post, 8 August 2017
• SJK Chung Hua No. 2, St Joseph’s Private School are champs again, The Borneo Post, 7 August 2017
• Schools present musical on White Rajah of Sarawak, The Borneo Post, 6 August 2017

• SJPS Secondary defends the KOTAS swimming challenge trophy, The Borneo Post, 5 August 2017
• Record entries for Kotas swimming meet Aug 5-6, Borneo Post, 1 August 2017
• Organiser extends showtime of ‘White Rajah of Sarawak’ musical play to three nights, The Borneo Post, 19 July 2017
• School to stage play on life of James Brooke, The Borneo Post, 25 June 2017

• Many firsts for St Joseph’s Family of Schools at Sarawak Stadium, Borneo Post, 31 March 2017

• Musical drama on James Brooke to be staged in August, Borneo Post, 16 March 2017
• St Joseph’s Private School is debate champion, Swinburne website, 17 February 2017
• St Joseph’s Private School Kuching Debate Champion, Borneo Post, 17 February 2017
• Zachary Tan swims at the 44th Sarawak Age Group Swimming Championship (SAG), Borneo Post, 11 February 2017

• St Joseph’s Private Secondary School new champion at KASA2010 2017, Borneo Post, 24 January 2017
• Records tumble as St Joseph’s Private, SJK Chung Hua No. 4 grab early lead, Borneo Post, 22 January 2017
• Private schools making presence felt in the pool, Borneo Post, 19 January 2017

• SJS Band breaking new ground in music performances
  SJS Band with Onyx Brass: Breaking new ground in music performances, The Star, 14 December 2016

• SJS Band Performs “A Brass Spectacular” with the Onyx Brass
  Two top brass bands join forces at grand concert, The Borneo Post, 11 December 2016

• Mandy won three bronze medals
  Sarawak win 3 gold in school wushu championship, The Borneo Post, 22 November 201

• Mandy, Elvis lead 20 to Penang for Sukma selection
  Mandy Lim Xin Hui (F3D) at national junior Wushu Championships in Penang, The Borneo Post, 18 November 2016

• SJS Band to perform with top brass ensemble
  School Band to perform with Onyx Brass at The Brass Spectacular, The Borneo Post, 13 November 2016

• SJS Band Meets Chief Minister
  SMK St Joseph school band members, Azam, SDI pay courtesy visit to CM, The Borneo Post, 20 October 2016

• SJS Band Community Concert 2016 – A Brass Spectacular
  Community concert to pack a punch, The Star, 11 October 2016

• SJS Band Concert 2016 – A Brass Spectacular
  St Joseph’s Secondary School Band poised for better things, The Borneo Post, 9 October 2016

• Cor Amoris Run for Life
  Cor Amoris to hold charity run on Nov 20 at MBKS carpark, The Borneo Post, 12 September 2016

• St Joseph Private New Champion
  St Joseph’s Private School is the new champion in KOTAS swimming competition, The Borneo Post, 13 September 2016

• A showcase of rhythm and colour
  A showcase of rhythm and colour by St Joseph’s Private School, The Borneo Post, 7 August 2016

• No medal for state rhythmic gymnasts
  Sarah Ng (F1B) and Emilie Jabu (F1C) at SUKMA, The Borneo Post, 20 July 2016

• Sarawak debutants take up Sukma challenge
  Sarah Ng (F1B) and Emilie Jabu (F1C) taking part in SUKMA, The Borneo Post, 19 July 2016

• Sarawak Sukma shooters hit by ‘big headaches’
  Selina Sim (F3D) and Stephanie Sim (F1D) taking part in SUKMA 18 in shooting, The Borneo Post, 14 July 2016

• Fewer participants in rhythmic gymnastics
  Sarah Ng (F1B) and Emilie Jabu (F1C) taking part in SUKMA 2016 rhythmic gymnastics, The Borneo Post, 23 June 2016

• Sarawak bags 31-medal tally at national schools taekwondo
  Lucas Lei Han Yew (F 5 Arts) and Lau Sheng Fung (F1E) won two gold medals each; St Joseph’s Private School third overall, The Borneo Post, 13 June 2016
• Sasa overpower Kasa, Kotas third 2016
  – Zachary Tan (F3C) created a swimming record in the Boys Group 2 50m freestyle with a time of 25.25s, chipping 0.02s off the old record of 25.27s, The Borneo Post, 7 March 2016

• Cor Amoris’ Year 2015
  Cor Amoris says it’s a prosperous year, The Borneo Post, 19 December 2015

• The Tempest
  Another article on The Tempest, “Outstanding staging of The Tempest” (Borneo Post, 25 October 2015)

• 25th National Wushu Championship 2015
  Mandy Lim Xin Hui won bronze in the women’s traditional long apparatus in the 25th National Wushu Championship. Read about it in Sarawak finish third in national wushu championship, The Borneo Post, 28 September 2015

• SJS band success makes state, country proud
  St Joseph’s School did the state and country proud when its marching band took first place in the recent US Bands Yamaha Cup in New York. Twenty five of our students are part of this team. Read about it in The Borneo Post, 3 October 2015

• SJS Marching Band triumphs at US Bands Yamaha Cup 2015
  The band emerged champion in the Division III A category after scoring 90.1 as a result of a stellar performance at MetLife Stadium at East Rutherford in New Jersey. They also swept all caption categories including the highest scores for visual, music, overall effect, percussion and colour guard to upstage 53 other top high school bands at the September 26, 2015 competition. Read about it in another article, The Borneo Post, 3 October 2015

• Kuching school band tops in US
  as reported in Kuching school band tops in US, The Star, 3 October 2015

• SJS Band emerges as champion in USBands 2015St Joseph’s Secondary School Emerges As Champion In USBands Yamaha Cup, See Bernama, 27 September 2015

• Runner-up in the Kuching Division Inter-School Wushu Tournament 2015St Joseph’s Private School emerged second with overall points of 70, falling behind SMK Sungai Tapang, 78 points. See SMK Sungai Tapang retains inter-school wushu crown, The Borneo Post, 24 September 2015

• 5th Samarahan-Kuching Divisions Primary and Secondary Schools Swimming Championship 2015
  St Joseph’s Private Secondary School emerged third with 229 points at this swimming competition held at the Aquatic Centre of Excellence, Youth and Sports Complex. The first school won 278 points while the second school won 270 points. Zoe Tan Chia Chia (F4ScTheta) won Best Girl in Group A (15-17) with four golds, three silvers and one bronze. SMK Batu Lintang ‘dislodged’ as swimming champs, The Borneo Post, 17 August 2015
  

• Tenpin Bowling Champion
  Sushil Pubalan – tenpin bowling champion in the Sarawak Leg of the Sportexcel-NSC-Milo-MTBC Junior Circuit 2015 (Boys Graded), The Borneo Post, 9 August 2015, Sarawak bowlers strike six of six

• School Play – Shakespeare’s The Tempest 2015The Tempest Program Book

  Third news item on The Tempest in the Borneo Post, 6 August 2015, Full Steam Ahead for The Tempest

  Another news item on The Tempest in the Borneo Post, 25 July 2015, Students to conjure Shakespearean play ‘The Tempest’

  A write-up on the school drama put up by the students on William Shakepeare’s last play, The Tempest. Students hoist sails for The Tempest, The Borneo Post, 28 June 2015

  You may view the full play in four parts by clicking on the links below.

• Kuching sweep 10 titles at MSSS tennis meet 2015Champions: Kirsten Leong (Girls U18 singles), Angeline Ong and Abigail Ong (Girls U15 doubles), Angeline Ong (Girls U15 singles), Mark Leong (Boys U15 singles) Borneo Post, 25 April 2015

• Mighty Minds 2015
  SJPS won second place in the Lower Secondary Category, Mighty Minds State Challenge, 11 April 2015, Plaza Merdeka, Kuching, The Star 13 April 2015

• Cor Amoris Charity Club 2015
  Students set up Cor Amoris to raise funds for the needy, TheStar 10 March 2015

• An Evening at the Symphony 2014
  Some of our students are part of the St Joseph’s School Band and a concert was held on 7 December 2014 at Trinity Methodist Church, Ellis Road, Kuching. The concert was titled “An Evening at the Symphony” featuring the T’ang Quartet, a string quartet from Singapore. TheStarOnline 11 December 2014: Young SJS musicians collaborate with T’ang Quartet for an unforgettable show

• Joseph Cardijn Camp 2014Some students of St Joseph’s Private School joined this camp from 24-28 November 2014 which was organised by Kuching Young Christian Students (KYCS) at St Lukas’ Centre, Kota Padawan.

• Traditional dance by students in conjunction with Teachers’ Day and Gawai Dayak 2014

• Congratulations to Lau Sau Jee, Jeremiah Dudun Henry and Zachary Aw Zheng Quan (F3A) for winning fourth prize in the Lower Secondary category of Mighty Minds National Challenge held on 27 September 2014 at Cititel, Kuala Lumpur. Article in The Star Online 5 October 2014: The cream of the crop

• Congratulations to Lau Sau Jee, Jeremiah Dudun Henry and Zachary Aw Zheng Quan (F3A) for winning first prize in the Lower Secondary category of Mighty Minds State Challenge on 3 May 2014 held at THe Spring. See the news article in The Star, 4 May 2014

• Congratulations to Mandy Lim Xin Hui (F1C) who topped the Girls B nanquan event by scoring 8.43 points at the KPM Wushu Championship. Article in The Borneo Post, 22 April 2014

• A Celebration in Concert 2013

  

• Society of St. John Berchmans, SJ, Servers at God’s Altar

  

   

• Badminton Club

  

• School Band
  
  

• SJS on Broadway 2012

• Taekwondo Club

The Ministry of Education is placing greater emphasis on students’ participation in ECA for entry into university. Each student must participate in at least one ECA.

Through ECA, students are expected to acquire skills, learn discipline and teamwork, develop leadership, increase self-esteem and build confidence in their pursuits. ECA contributes towards a holistic development of each student while complementing academic studies.

Click here to read about how ECA is graded according to the Malaysian National Curriculum.