St Patrick's School, Singapore
| St. Patrick's School | |
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| Location | |
| Marine Parade (East Coast) | |
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| Type | Boys, Government-aided |
| Motto | Potest Qui Vult (He Who Wills, Can) |
| Established | 1933 |
| Session | Single session |
| School code | 7022 |
| Principal | Mr Adolphus Tan Mr Aloysius Yong Kim Seng (VP1) Mr Joseph Peterson (VP2) |
| Enrolment | 1294 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, green and white |
| Website | St.Patrick's School, Singapore |
Coordinates: 1°21′07″N 103°49′11″E / 1.352083°N 103.819836°E
Saint Patrick's School (Chinese: 圣伯特理中学校) is a Lasallian Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in East Coast Road, Singapore. It is more commonly referred to as St Pat's, SPS or St Patrick's. Students and old boys call themselves Patricians or Sons of St. Patrick's. The school is well known for its Military Band, which has performed internationally and won awards.
In keeping with the school's Roman Catholic nature, students recite the Apostles' Creed in the morning, and the Angelus or the Regina Coeli during Easter at noon.
The school was founded in 1933 as a temporary branch school of Saint Joseph's Institution, another Catholic boys' school in Singapore. It was built on land acquired by the La Salle Brothers in 1898, land intended for a resort bungalow for the brothers. But Brother Stephen Buckley saw the population growth in the eastern side of the island and petitioned the La Salle Brothers to build a school on this piece of land. The main school building was completed in 1932, and Saint Patrick's became a school in its own right in 1933.
During World War II, the school was used by the British as a hospital and later by the Japanese as an administrative building. It was returned to the Brothers in 1946.
In 1957, the primary section of the school was separated and became Saint Stephen's School.
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