St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur

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St John's Institution
Motto: Fide et Labore
Established	1904
Type	Government Non-Boarding all-boys secondary School
Headmaster	Mr Peter Yii
Students	1200
Grades	Form 1 - Form 6
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Campus	Large School campus, at the city centre
Colours	Green and gold
Abbreviation	SJI
Website	www.sji.edu.my

St John's Institution is a Premier secondary school for boys (and girls for form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur. The school is widely known as SJI and the students of St John's Institution are called Johannians. SJI is famous for its high achievement in academic, sports and other activities for secondary school level in Malaysia. It is considered one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia.

1 Site and Architecture
2 Students
3 Administration
4 Uniform
5 Uniformed Bodies
6 School Rally
- 6.1 English Version
- 6.2 Bahasa Malaysia version
7 Contact Details
8 Famous Old Boys

[edit] Site and Architecture

The school remains in its existing site in Jalan Bukit Nanas, in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, yet is next to the Bukit Nanas forest reserve giving it a lush surrounding. St John's Primary School is across the road and the Convent Bukit Nanas is further down the road. The Fatima Kindergarten (which is now converted into a community service centre) and Roman Catholic St John's Cathedral are both situated on the road leading up to SJI.

The school is famous for its main block building - a red-brick building with Grecian-Spanish influences - which has been classified as a heritage building. It is the most elaborate school building in the city.

[edit] Students

In the last 100 years, thousands of boys and girls - girls are admitted for Form 6 only - from all walks of life were schooled at St John's. Royalty, children of prime ministers, politicians, merchants and civil servants went to school together.

The students of St John's, who are fondly known as 'Johannians', are well-known and stand out compared to those from most other school in Malaysia, for they possess a burning spirit - The Johannian Spirit - that is described as a rich blend of incredible love towards the school, great leadership skills, unity, loyalty, outstanding manners and class.

The school has continually produced students who have gone on to make names for themselves in various fields. Indeed, the old-boys roll reads like a Who's Who of Malaysia.

[edit] Administration

The school has traditionally been headed by the brother of the La Sallian order, with a Brother Director (like a headmaster) and a Brother Supervisor (like a deputy headmaster). In recent years, the Brother Supervisor was replaced with two assistant principles, whom are non-brothers.

Former brother directors include:

Brother Dositheus Joseph Brophy
Bro. Cornelius
Bro. Stephen Edward
Bro. James Gilbert
Bro. Lawrence Spitzig (1979 to 1982; also earlier in 1955 to 1961)
Bro. Joseph McNally
Brother Joseph Yeo (1969 to 1979, dying in office)
Bro. Marcian
Bro. Julian Francis
Bro. Cassian Pappu
Bro. Michael Wong (the last brother director, retired in 2002)

The names of the five sports houses in the school are derived from the previous Brother Directors: D. Joseph, Cornelius, Gilbert, Claude and Stephen.

The headship of the school has since passed on to the laity and the present principle is Peter Yii, who became the first non-brother and non-Catholic to head the school in 2002. He is assisted by three assistant principles and an afternoon supervisor.

[edit] Uniform

The traditional uniform was a white shirt, white trousers with a green tie (similar to the uniform of St Joseph's Insitutition in Singapore). In the 1970s, the federal government imposed national school uniforms as opposed to uniforms distinct to each school. Therefore, Johannians (as St John's boys are called) wear the common navy green long pants and white shirt as found in other secondary schools in Malaysia. But the green tie which is a symbol of the institution stayed.

The Councillor Prefects (as the prefectorial board is known) have a special uniform of black trousers, white shirt and black blazer.

[edit] Uniformed Bodies

The school uniformed bodies are the St John's Institution Cadet Corps,Saints Regiment Drum Corps,Eagle Sout Group and St John Ambulance.

The St John's Institution Cadet Corps was established in 1915.It is the oldest cadet in this school formed by LT Eric Chart.It was under the command of the British Military Somerset Light Infantry.The Cadet Corps coducts school function.Cadet Corps also performed the cadet EXPO with the help of the cadet band.

[edit] School Rally

[edit] English Version

Cheer, cheer and courage display,
All ye Johannians join in the lay!
Send a volley of cheers on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small,
Dear old St. John's will win over all,
While her loyal sons are marching
Onward to victory.

Rise, boys and loudly proclaim
That ye will never sully her name!
Let the hills and woodlands ring,
Lift up your hearts and loudly sing.
What though the way be rough or steep,
We unto virtue's summons will keep;
And if e'er our country needs us,
Loyal and true will be.

[edit] Bahasa Malaysia version

Tunjukkanlah keberanian,
Marilah semua Johannian,
Laungkan semangat berkobar,
Hingga angkasa bergegar,
Walau apapun rintangan,
St John tetap berjaya menang,
Barisan putera setia,
Menuju puncak jaya.