SMK Assunta

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Assunta
Address
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Assunta
Jalan Changgai 46000   Petaling Jaya Selangor Malaysia
Coordinates	3.100148°N 101.650123°E / 3.100148; 101.650123 Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Information
Type	all-girls secondary school
Established	1957
School district	Petaling Utama
School code	BEB8651
Website	smkassunta.edu.my

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Assunta is an all-girls national secondary school in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Name origin

The word ‘Assunta’ is derived from the Italian language – the English equivalent being the word ‘assumption’ which commemorated the Virgin Mary’s Assumption into Heaven. The school was named in the memory of Sister Assunta, a nun who tended to smallpox victims in Beijing, China during the Boxer Rebellion. She passed away in 1904.

History

Assunta secondary school was established in 1957. During that time Malaya was still in the midst of turmoil following the communists’ struggle for political power, racial tensions were still high and curfews had been imposed. Most girls then did not go to school; this prompted the British as well as the local leaders to establish an all-girls’ school to help promote education and improve relationships between the races.

In 1960, the first phase of the school in Jalan Changgai was completed. The second phase was completed in 1962.

External links

• official page

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