All Saints Secondary School

All Saints Secondary School
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan All Saints
沙巴诸圣中学
Address
Jalan Teluk Likas
Likas
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88805
 Malaysia
Coordinates 5°59′27.5″N 116°06′24.1″E / 5.990972°N 116.106694°E / 5.990972; 116.106694Coordinates: 5°59′27.5″N 116°06′24.1″E / 5.990972°N 116.106694°E / 5.990972; 116.106694
Information
School type National Secondary School
Motto Quod facimus id perficimus
(What we do we carry through)
Religious affiliation(s) Christian
Denomination Anglican Church
Established 1 April 1903[1]
Opened 22 December 1903[2]
School board Diocese of Sabah
School district Kota Kinabalu
School code XFE4001
Headmistress Dr Mary Gambidau[3]
Grades Bridge class,
Form 1-3 (Lower secondary), Form 4-5 (Upper secondary),
Pre-U (Lower 6 and Upper 6)
Gender Co-ed
Age 13 to 17
Enrollment 1500
Medium of language Malay, English
Classrooms Amanah, Bestari, Cemerlang, Integriti, Kualiti, Perkasa
Houses

Collier  Paisley  Henthorne 

Leggatt  Rusted
Yearbook The Saint
Affiliations Anglican Diocese of Sabah

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan All Saints is a single-session secondary school located in Jalan Teluk Likas of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is also known as All Saints Secondary School and SM All Saints for short. The school was opened in 1903 whereas Kota Kinabalu was Jesselton at that time, making it one of the oldest schools in Kota Kinabalu.

The current principal of the school is Dr Mary Gambidau, who has occupied the post since November 2016. The school is also recognised as one of the leading secondary schools in the state. All Saints has been ranked amongst the top high-achieving schools in Sabah.

The school's motto is;

"Quod Facimus Id Perfimus" which means "What We Do We Carry Through" in Latin.

History

All Saints Secondary School is a part of the Anglican Diocese of Sabah.[4] The development of Anglican Church schools was inspired by foreign settlers to provide education to their children. The Diocese also owns other secondary schools, primary schools and kindergartens in Sabah and also in West Malaysia.[5]

Early Days

All Saints has its origin in the year of 1903, it was built on 1 April 1903 as one of the earliest schools in Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton). Its humble beginning started in a borrowed government building that served as an office. The school was officially declared open by His Excellency Birch and Lady Birch on 22 December 1903 and it was named King Edward VII School after the reigning King of Great Britain.

King Edward VII School at that time, under the charge of Mr. Chai Ah Soon, was basically a one-man show, for he doubled as the headmaster and form teacher. It started with only about 30 students, all boys and mostly Chinese, in the school and they are divided into 5 groups ranging from standard one to five. The students learned simple arithmetic, English grammar, reading, writing and Bible study. On 25 May 1905, the boys of the school were invited to participate in sports events organized by the Police Department. This marked the beginning of sports in the school.

Move to Karamunsing

Mr. Chai Ah Soon, as the principal and class teacher, his main concern was undoubtedly on the academics. But the school was multi-functional. It was also used to hold divine services. Besides, meetings and social functions were held in King Edward VII School as it was difficult to find suitable premises in Jesselton for these purposes. Later, on 1 September 1909, King Edward VII School was moved to a land at Karamunsing, granted by the Court of Directors of the British North Borneo Company. The site of the school was moved to Karamunsing in 1910. The new school was built of wood, on stilts over the swamp.

The Birth of All Saints School

World War I (1914-1918) had left a big impact on King Edward VII School schooling system. The government had to stop its financial assistance and parents were unable to pay for the schooling expenses. Thus, the School Board had to close the school temporarily. On 1 February 1923, Rev. C.J. Collis reopened the school and renamed it as All Saints School, after the church where he served. He was the headmaster of the school then. In 1923, the 1st Jesselton Patrol (scout) was formed by Rev. C.J. Collis in All Saints School. Boarding facilities were available in All Saints on 1 May 1930. In December 1934, Cambridge University Local Examinations was held in All Saints School for the first time in Jesselton.

Move to Likas

During World War II (1939-1945), All Saints School had to be closed again. But later, it was reopened in 1947 and received many enrolments from other towns. In October 1947, All Saints’ School was registered as a primary school with secondary classes (19 students in secondary one and 7 students in secondary two). In that same year, it was reopened as a co-educational school with boys and girls. Later in 1951, it was reverted to become a boys’ school. With the growing number of students, All Saints had to move again to a new location in Likas. In June 1953, the Governor of North Borneo, Sir Ralph Hone laid the foundation stone for building All Saints one-storey block. The building was officially declared open on the 1st of July 1954 by Sir Roland Turnbull. By the year 1954, girls were admitted to the secondary classes that were otherwise monopolized by the boys. The boys’ hostel was built in 1955 and a second hostel was built in 1963 for a growing number of students from other parts of Sabah.

Growth

All Saints was the first school in Sabah to start teaching pure science for Form 4 and 5 in 1958 and also the first to have a pure science laboratory which is the Chemistry Lab.[6] In 1959, the Cambridge Local Examinations Committee granted the school ‘A’ status; this gave it the right to conduct its own practical examination in science. It was the first school in Sabah to attain this status. In 1962, Bridge class and Form 6 were introduced. All Saints was the first school to start the Form 6 Arts class.

The period between 1958 and 1967, the school had better facilities like laboratories, a new double-storey Domestic Science Block, classroom and a library.

Meanwhile, there was a growing demand for classrooms and facilities, as the enrolment of the school increased substantially each year. 

Step Forward

The 5-storey block, Wisma All Saints under construction

On 15 August 1982, Mr. Teo Then Wah the new principal of All Saints started office.[7] In his time of service, a new multi-purpose hall was envisioned. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on 28 August 1983 by Rev. Cannon E.C.W. Rusted, OBE, MA. On the same day, the foundation stone of the new multipurpose hall was laid by Rt. Rev. Luke H.S. Chhoa. On 8 November 1986, the occupation certificate of the All Saints hall was handed to Rev. Canon Lee by the president of City Council of Kota Kinabalu, Datuk Peter D. Cheong. During Mr. Teo’s time in office, another gigantic step forward was taken for All Saints School – the implementation of the 5-storey block. Fund-raising activities were initiated by the school’s Alumni Association to raise the building. On 14 October 1992, the ground-breaking ceremony was officiated by Datuk Wilfred Bumburing. Datuk Rev. Bishop Yong Ping Chung laid the foundation stone for the new building. On the same day, Datuk Wilfred and Datuk Rev. Bishop Yong unveiled a plaque, to mark the start of construction work on this building. The five-storey classroom block was completed in June 1995. It was named Wisma All Saints. It houses a staff room, a library on the top floor, a canteen on the ground floor and science laboratories on the first floor. The handling of the Occupation Certificate was held on 18 December 1995. Mr. Teo Then Wah retired on 10 September 2001 as the longest serving principal in All Saints history.

Into the 21st Century

The new principal, Mr. Ronnie Khoo came into office in the year 2001. He had an unending capacity for new ideas, fresh challenges and a raw determination to succeed. Under his term, All Saints had risen to the challenge to produce winners as in many inter-schools competitions such as the Sabah Inventors Exhibition, National Science Quiz and Inter-Schools Science Competitions. A strong believer of character building and good morals, Mr. Khoo has returned the school to its traditional past, reintroducing the school song and emphasizing English as the medium of conversation.

The School's First Headmistress

The school created a milestone in having its first lady principal, Datin Lorna Mathews who served the school in 2003 when it celebrated its 100th year anniversary. During her term of service, she upgraded several school facilities. Among them were the renovation and expansion of administration office and the staff rooms. Other than that, she also developed new facilities for the school such as the Form 6 Block, the workshop, the school archive, the conference room, the school chapel, the new grandstand, the covered walkway and the installation of the closed-circuit television camera (CCTV). She had upgraded all of the students’ and teachers’ washrooms, the classrooms, the floor tiling and improved the school landscape. In addition, she had initiated Form 6 Graduation Ceremony and made the Prefects Installation Ceremony a special function on its own.[8]

The Saint

The first school magazine, The Saint, was published in 1952. In 1957, the Rotary Club of Jesselton donated a second hand printing press to the school and a large quantity of type blocks was donated by a firm in Sheffield, England. The school had printed its own magazine since then till 1969. Presently, the school magazine has become the school's yearbook and students are assign to form an Editorial Board for the publishing of the yearbook.

Current and former principals

Pre-War (1903-1941)

Name Year
Mr. Chai Ah Soon  1903 - 1916
Mr. Chin Wui Liong  1917
Mr. George Yong  1918 - 1920
Rev. FW Synott    1925 - 1926
Rev. Charles J. Collis 1926 - 1931
Rev. S.M. Collier  1931 - 1932
Rev. J. Paisley  1932 - 1933
Rev. Collier  1933 - 1937
Rev. Henthorne 1937
Rev. Collier 1938

Post-War (1947 - Present)

Name Year
Rev. P.H. Clough 1947 - 1950
Rev. E.C.W Rusted 1951 - 1968
Mr. Noel Chin 1968 - 1973
Mr. Y. Marthal 1973 - 1982
Mr. Teo Then Wah 1982 - 2001
Mr. Ronnie Khoo 2001 - 2003
Datin Lorna Mathews 2003 - 2011
Mdm. Tiong Ai Ping 2011 - 2016
Dr Mary Gambidau 2016 − Present

School Anthem

The Saints have worked and suffered too,

And they have won their crown,

They did the work God bade them do,

Then laid their burden down.

They did it for our Dear Lords sake,

They followed where He leads,

The world a happier place to make,

With loving gracious deeds.

And now we too, because our Lord,

Would have us Saints as well,

Must try to make our lives accord,

With what the good Lord tells.

Then when He wills, if we have earned,

His mercy and His love,

We shall employ what here we learned,

In praising Him above.

Then, all the Saints and We with them,

Shall have eternal bliss,

And in Gods own purpose and time,

Be His and only His.

Academics

The school offers basic, as well as advanced secondary courses. Students have the core classes of Maths, Science, Malay Language, English, History, Islamic Education (for Muslim students), and Moral Education (for Non-Muslim students). Non-core classes such as Geography, Physical and Health Education, Visual Arts, Music, Living Skills, Chinese and Tamil languages are also offered to the students.

Students in the higher secondary however, are offered elective classes according to their chosen streams. Elective classes include Add Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Accountancy, etc. Students in All Saints Pre-University (Form 6) will enrol as Lower 6 students then re-enrol as Upper 6 students. Form 6 students are offered with the Science stream and Arts stream.

Co-curriculum

Co-curricular activities are compulsory for the school students to join, where all students must participate in at least 2 activities. There are many clubs and organizations offered and each student has to choose their own clubs during the club selections. Competitions and performances are regularly organised. The clubs and organizations are often categorised under the following: Uniformed Groups, Performing Arts, Clubs & Societies, Sports & Games. Students may also participate in more than 2 co-curricular activities.[9]

Students' Union

The school offers student body such as the Prefect Board under the leadership of selected Head Prefects from the teachers and staff. Class monitors and assistant class monitors were also appointed for each classes in order to assist the teachers and staff when delivering the teaching material. Each classes has an organizational structure of members assisting the class monitors and also the students of each classes. The school teachers will also appoint Librarians to help in the school library, which assist in keeping the well-being of the library and the books updated. The members of the Editorial Board of the school are also selected by teachers in order to record the school's happenings and the publication of the school yearbook.

International relations

All Saints has international links with the Arima Senior High School, in Sanda, Hyōgo, Japan through the Global Generation Programme that has started since 2005 bi-annually till today. The students from Arima Senior High School will come from Japan to visit the school, learn the differences between Japanese and Malaysian life and culture here in Sabah led by selected All Saints student.[10] Students who are selected will participate in the student exchange programme with Arima Senior High School and will travel to the school in Japan led by teachers in-charge. The bi-annually programme gave opportunities for All Saints students to experience the life and culture in Japan as well as making Japanese friends.[11]

Notable alumni

References

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