1955-Brother Pius at the Helm

Brother Pius Kelly

A towering figure in height and in 

educational

stature leads the school.......

·        Brother Pius Kelly was the logical successor to Brother Denis Hyland. ·        Also from Ireland, he had served with distinction as the sub-director of the school since  January 1948. ·        A towering figure ,he was a school principal noted for his high expectations of character, discipline and devotion to duty in both students and teachers.

1955 – St Michael’s Primary School becomes a separate school with its own headmaster.Two years later, we had two separate primary schools  Primary 1 and Primary 2.

  

Pics of SMI Primary

Pic of Mr Lim Guan Choe – the first headmaster

Mr Teh Swee Kang – the first headmaster of SMI Primary 2

Mr Lee Guan Khew – succeeded  Mr Teh Swee Kang as headmaster of SMI Primary 2

Year after year these two primary schools were among the top schools in Perak in the newly introduced  standard five  assessment test, as well as scoring much fame  in inter-school games and athletics.