La Salle High School Faisalabad
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La Salle High School is a high school of the La Salle Brothers
in Faisalabad
, Pakistan
.
, requested the La Salle Brothers to run an English language school in Multan. In 1959, the Bishop was transferred to Lyallpur (Faisalabad). On his arrival he felt the need to establish a La Salle High School in the People's Colony.
In September 1961, the La Salle brothers began teaching students in years 6 to 10 in their residence while a building was under construction. The classes shifted to new premises in January 1962. The rolls stood at 196 on January 10, 1962, but numbers increased steadily and with the opening of the Nursery Section the attendance exceeded one thousand.
Luigi Bressan, the new Vatican
pronuncio to Pakistan, visited the school on September 8, 1989. Maxwell Shanti, the school principal, spelled out the features of La Salle education, noting that more than any other results, La Salle was aiming at character formation.
As of January 2010, the school had 2506 students, five brothers, and 107 teachers (40 male and 67 female). The domestic staff comprised 22 men and 3 women.
, France
; died 15 April 1727 in Saint-Yon, Rouen) was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the patron saint of teachers.
De La Salle became involved in education little by little, without consciously setting out to do so. In 1679, what began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. He thereby began a new order, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers (in the U.K., Ireland
, Australia
and Asia
) or, most commonly in the United States
, the Christian Brothers. They are sometimes confused with a different congregation of the same name founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice in Ireland, who are known in the U.S. as the Irish Christian Brothers.
The five-pointed radiant star is the worldwide logo of the Salle Brothers, "Signum Fidei". It symbolizes the spirit of faith.
The school motto is "God, Truth, Charity".
studies.
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La Salle Brothers, Pakistan
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious order for men. It was founded in France in 1679 by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, who is also the Patron of Christian Teachers...
in Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
School history
Bishop F.B Cialeo OP, while Bishop of MultanMultan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
, requested the La Salle Brothers to run an English language school in Multan. In 1959, the Bishop was transferred to Lyallpur (Faisalabad). On his arrival he felt the need to establish a La Salle High School in the People's Colony.
In September 1961, the La Salle brothers began teaching students in years 6 to 10 in their residence while a building was under construction. The classes shifted to new premises in January 1962. The rolls stood at 196 on January 10, 1962, but numbers increased steadily and with the opening of the Nursery Section the attendance exceeded one thousand.
Luigi Bressan, the new Vatican
Holy See
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pronuncio to Pakistan, visited the school on September 8, 1989. Maxwell Shanti, the school principal, spelled out the features of La Salle education, noting that more than any other results, La Salle was aiming at character formation.
As of January 2010, the school had 2506 students, five brothers, and 107 teachers (40 male and 67 female). The domestic staff comprised 22 men and 3 women.
Founder
Saint John Baptist de La Salle (born 30 April 1651 in ReimsReims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
, France
France
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; died 15 April 1727 in Saint-Yon, Rouen) was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the patron saint of teachers.
De La Salle became involved in education little by little, without consciously setting out to do so. In 1679, what began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. He thereby began a new order, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers (in the U.K., Ireland
Ireland
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, Australia
Australia
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and Asia
Asia
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) or, most commonly in the United States
United States
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, the Christian Brothers. They are sometimes confused with a different congregation of the same name founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice in Ireland, who are known in the U.S. as the Irish Christian Brothers.
Mission and philosophy
The school's stated mission is "to impart a holistic and balanced education... and to do so with faith and zeal".The five-pointed radiant star is the worldwide logo of the Salle Brothers, "Signum Fidei". It symbolizes the spirit of faith.
The school motto is "God, Truth, Charity".
Staff and faculty
- Principal: Brother Shahzad George Gill
- Vice Principal: Mr. Qamar Joseph Methew
- Principal - Primary Section: Ms. Zeenat Javed
- Guidance and counselling - Brother Damian Nanyakara
Golden Jubilee
La Salle Schools have been in Pakistan since 1959. In 2009 the school celebrated its Golden Jubilee and several functions were announced for the students of the 2009-10 session, scattered throughout the year.Cambridge section
In 2005, the school launched CambridgeCambridge
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studies.
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