St. Joan of Arc Secondary School (SJA, Chinese: 聖貞德中學) is a Roman Catholic co-educational school founded in 1955 by a group of Catholic women who graduated from the University of Hong Kong.
Chinese is the primary medium of instruction in St. Joan of Arc Secondary School. English is the language of instruction only for Non-Chinese Students (NCS). Most of the NSS subjects are taught in Chinese.
In Chinese Language classes, Cantonese is the medium of instruction.
All classes are named after a Christian virtue: Faith, Hope, Charity, Justice, Wisdom and Courage. At present, only "Faith", "Hope" "Charity" “Justice” are used for naming the classes.
Facilities
There are 31 air-conditioned classrooms and 15 special rooms fully equipped with IT facilities. There are also a chapel, a playground, a school hall, a student-activity centre, a lecture hall, a multimedia learning centre, a library fully equipped with IT facilities, a newly designed music room and a visual art room in our school. In terms of sport facilities, there is a football pitch, basketball court and a multifunctional indoor sport ground.
