St. Joan of Arc Secondary School (SJA, traditional Chinese: 聖貞德中學) is a Roman Catholic boys grammar school founded in 1955 by a group of female Catholic who were graduated in University of Hong Kong. The school mission is "To put Catholic faith into action, to provide a school where students will grow in Christ, develop in a caring culture & acquire an all-round education." Considering English is the medium in St. Joan of Arc Secondary School, English is adopted as the medium of instruction in junior form English, Mathematics and Integrated Science. In some classes, Putonghua is adopted as the medium of intstruction in teaching the subject of Chinese Language. English is adopted as the medium of instruction for most of the NSS subjects. Chinese is adopted in some of the elective subjects. St. Joan of Arc Secondary School is currently located in Braemer Hill, North Point, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

Class structure

There are four classes in form one, five classes in form two and three, five classes in each form from three to five, and three classes in form six and seven.

All classes are named by the Christian virtues : Faith

Faith

Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...

, Hope

Hope (virtue)

Hope is one of the three theological virtues in Christian tradition. Hope being a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it, the virtue is hoping for Divine union and so eternal happiness...

, Charity

Charity (virtue)

In Christian theology charity, or love , means an unlimited loving-kindness toward all others.The term should not be confused with the more restricted modern use of the word charity to mean benevolent giving.- Caritas: altruistic love :...

, Justice

Justice (virtue)

Justice is one of the four cardinal virtues in classical European philosophy and Roman Catholicism. It is the moderation between selfishness and selflessness....

, Wisdom

Wisdom

Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgements and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason and...

 and Courage

Courage

Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation...

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Facilities

There are 31 air-conditioned classrooms and 15 special rooms fully equipped with IT facilities. There are also a chapel, playground, school hall, student-activity centre, lecture hall, multi-media learning centre, library, newly-designed music room and visual art room in our school.

School organisation

• Past Students' Association
• Parent-Teacher Association
• Campus TV

Student Council

• Students' Union
• Prefect Council
• Monitor Council
• Class Prefect Council
• SJA Fund Committee
• Librarian Council
• Class Librarian Council
• Club Chairman Council
• IT Prefect Council

Extra-curricular activities

Religion	Academic	Interest	Service
Catholic Society	Chinese Society Putonghua Society English Society Mathematics Society Integrated Science Society Physics Society Chemistry Society Biology Society Chinese History Society History Society Economics Society Geography Society Government and Public Affairs Society Commerce Society Design and Technology Society Information Technology Society Visual Arts Society Music Society Physical Education Society	Chess Society Karate Society Philatelic Society Camera Society Orchestra Chinese Orchestra	Community Youth Club Junior Police Call Social Service Group Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps 105 Squadron 48th Hong Kong Group Scout Troop Red Cross Youth Unit 16 Hong Kong Road Safety Patrol Award for Young People

External links

• Official website of St. Joan of Arc Secondary School Geo Links for St. Joan of Arc Secondary School