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Joseph Upatham School

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Type
  
Private school

Established
  
March 3, 1965

Founded
  
3 March 1965

Motto
  
ORA et LABORA

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Roman Catholicism

Phone
  
+66 2 429 0112

School district
  
Sam Phran District

Joseph Upatham School

Founder
  
Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo

Director
  
Rev. Fr.Paul Sawong Wijitwong(since 2016)

Patron
  
Saint Joseph (the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Address
  
เลขที่ 2 หมู่ 6 Phet Kasem Rd, ตำบลท่าข้าม Amphoe Sam Phran, Chang Wat Nakhon Pathom 73110, Thailand

Similar
  
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Joseph Upatham School (Thai: โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์) (Sometimes called "Joseph Upatham School Samphran",School's acronym is JS.(Thai: ยอ.))is a private Catholic school in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand under the Education Department of the Archdiocese of Bangkok.

Contents

  • Founder Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo
  • Co-Founder Rev. Francis Xavier Thongdee Kitcharaen
  • Licensee Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu
  • The sub district of Tha Kham (usually written Takham), is the heartland of the Roman Catholic Christian religion in Thailand. Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Cardinal of Thailand was born in Sam Phran and many Catholic religious institutes have their convents, monasteries and headquarters in the area and there is also Thailand's major seminary. The largest and most important installation in the Catholic enclave of Tha Kham, (and also in Sam Phran), is the vast campus shared by Joseph Upatham School one of the largest combined kindergarten, primary and secondary schools in the country, the main institution of the 43 schools and colleges governed by the Education Department of Bangkok Archdiocese (EDBA), and the Ban Phu Waan Pastoral Training Centre - a leading Catholic conference and convention centre in Asia. There are several other large private schools in Takham including St. Peter's school (mixed gender, Grades 1 through 9 and kindergarten) also governed by the EDBA in the parish of St. Peter, a village and factory community about 2 kilometres from the main highway in the south of Tha Kham, and Marie Upatham, an independent Catholic school for girls in the Takham village of Mor Sii.

    Name

    "Joseph" is the name of patron saint of Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo and "Upatham" from Thai Language means foster.Then both of "Joseph Upatham" means fostering by St.Joseph.

    Curriculum

  • Primary Education(Grade1-6 according Thai Education)
  • 1.Intensive English Course
    2.English Programme
    3.Ordinary Programme

  • Junior High School Education(Grade7-9 according Thai Education)
  • 1.Intensive English Course
    2.English Programme
    3.Ordinary Programme
    4.Science-Mathematics Programme

  • Senior High School Education(Grade10-12 according Thai Education)
  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

    1.since 2015

  • Chinese Language and Culture School of Kunming,China and Chinaviz Language Institute (ฺBangkok Division)
  • Goodwill Chinese Culture Communication Co.,Ltd.
  • 2.since 2017

  • Stamford International University (Thailand)
  • Famous alumni

  • Archbishop of Bangkok
  • Cradinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, (14 May 2009–present)
  • Bishop of Nakhon Sawan
  • Cradinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, (7 March 2007 – 14 May 2009)
  • Bishop of Chiang Mai
  • Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, (10 February 2009 – present)
  • References

    Joseph Upatham School Wikipedia