St. Catherine's School For Girls is located at 26 Hong Lee Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. It is a girl's secondary school. Its school motto is 'Brave Gentle Sincere'. The mission of the school is 'To deliver quality education to students, making them virtuous, all-round and knowledgeable'.
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The school was established by their first principal, Rev. Joyce M. Bennett, who was contacted by the Educational Department in 1965. Ms Bennett first visited the school site at Ngok Yue Shan (formerly known as Crocodile Hill) in late 1965. As the government first requested an establishment of 24 classes in the school, Ms Bennett then planned to set up four different subjects (Arts, Science, Commerce and Technical) to satisfy the government.
The government proposed to name the school 'St. Anne's'. But the Chinese members of the school organizing committee thought that the name is not good when translated into Chinese. After a long search, Ms Bennett found the name‘St. Catharine's’in a dictionary. St. Catharine is the Saint in command of women scholars, lawyers and wheel makers, and her birthday, 25 November, was considered a suitable day for school celebration.
The school set up five Form One classes in September 1968. As Ms Bennett thought it is unwise to name the five classes with ‘A’ to ‘E’ since people may think the classes are ranked according to the students' quality, she eventually picked 5 women's mane from the Bible as the name of the classes: Mary: A woman who was attentive to Jesus' teaching Martha: A busy cook Dorcas: A seamstress Priscilla: A tent-maker Phoebe: A deaconess These women were considered good role models for the girls.
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