As Malaysia embarks on a new lockdown experience, we in St Xavier’s received the very welcome news that 3 students from SXI bagged all top three places in the senior category of the Robomania 2020 contest. This competition was listed in the 2019 Guinness World Book of Records as the largest robotics competition and is organized by Tech Dome Penang. It aims at promoting interest in robot piloting skills. Our three boys - Joel Ho Han Tzen, 14; Gan Zhong Wen, 14; and Mah Jon Ru, 14 - competed against 158 other students from 31 different schools.

Congratulations,  Br.  Thomas  Kha  Lee  FSC,  for finishing the module in Certificate in Fundamentals of Substance Use Interventions under the Diploma in  Substance  Use  Interventions  in  De  La  Salle  - College of Saint Benilde!

Congratulations to Shin Huey on gaining a place at University of Oxford!

We are delighted that she has been rewarded for all her hard work, determination and focus during her time at SJIIM. This is also a testament to the strong support provided by SJIIM for our university applicants and IB students.

We send our best wishes and look forward to hearing all about her Oxford experiences. (St Joseph's Institution International School Malaysia Facebook Page)

In our Institute, the head man is called the Superior General. He lives at our motherhouse in Rome and his tenure of office is for seven years, renewable. During his tenure, he tries to visit each country where our mission of education is conducted.

It was the turn of Hong Kong for a visit. We made our preparations and everything was ready. The airport at the time was situated at Kai Tak, very close to La Salle College where the Superior would be staying. Three or four of us were delegated to meet him at the airport.

The LEAD CARES webinars were organized to promote and popularize the use of Institute documents. More than 100 school leaders and key stakeholders of Lasallian educational ministries in LEAD registered to attend the online seminar on Dec 9 and 10, 2020. All the countries of LEAD were represented including two guests from Indonesia. There was a total of 108 registrants; 88 attended Webinar 1 while 76 attended Webinar 2.

LIVE LEAD stands for Lasallian Initiative for Volunteer Experience in the Lasallian East Asia District (LEAD). This year the theme of LIVE LEAD is LEAD Refresh: Young Lasallians working towards Recovery, Resilience and Renewal of the Lasallian Mission.

The first session was held on 23 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 1 . A r o u n d 8 5 participants from different Sectors of LEAD joined the activity.

Br. Armin Luistro FSC gave his message to the Young Lasallians. Click on the image below to view the video on YouTube.

Indeed, no distance is too far for when we let our zeal and creativity soar. This has been proven when the Pacific Asia Regional Conference (PARC) Young Brothers reimagined the sense of community as they had its virtual community gathering last January 23, 2021 using Zoom. The activity, entitled “Brothers’ Time Out,” was joined by more than thirty-five (35) Young Brothers from all over the Pacific Asia.

“We have to open new avenues where our Lasallian partners can start the inspiration that they already have in their minds and in their hearts.” These were Br. Armin Luistro FSC’s words of encouragement and challenge for the participants of the third LEAD Online Community (LOC) Gathering held last 2021 January 22nd.

A total of 90 new members of the staff of our five Lasallian schools gathered on different days in January 2021 for the Lasallian Staff Induction.The session was facilitated by Bros Antonio Cubillas, Collin Wee, Kino Escolano and Nicholas Seet. It comprised listening to the presentations on the Founder and the Lasallian ethos and included sharings by the participants. One common questionraised was the difference between a Lasallian and a non-Lasallian institution. Another was that they were surprised with the internationality of the Lasallian family.