Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes (ESLCLGG ) is áriaLusoChinesadeLuía public secondary school in São Lázaro, Macau. Named after , it was established in 1985.
The original site of the school was Macao Jiejie School(now Colegio Mateus Ricci). In 1986, it moved to the Macao School Complex (now the Macao Polytechnic University) and was named Escola Secundária e Preparatória Sino-Portuguesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes. In 1989, the school was part of the elementary school and was renamed Escola Secundaria Luso-Chinesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes, providing regular grammar middle school courses for junior high school to high school. In order to more effectively develop secondary education, the school moved to the current location of Avenida de Sidónio Pais, Macao, in 1995, and the school itself has continued to develop. In 2002, the school building expansion project began. Two new school buildings were built on both sides of the original main building and completed in 2003. To provide regular grammar secondary school courses for Macao school-age children, and to cultivate trilogy and four languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese and English). The school is divided into Chinese and Portuguese sections.
The school has four departments, which are: The Chinese Day School: The Chinese language is the main language of instruction, and the regular grammar combined junior high school and senior high school course of six years (Grade 7 to Grade 12). The Portuguese Day School: Opened in 1998, with Portuguese as the main language of instruction, providing regular grammar secondary school courses for junior high school students (Grade 7 to Grade 9). Secondary Adult Night School: Founded in 1999, it provides formal courses for junior high school and high school for adults who fail to complete secondary school in Macau. The unit system is the basis of the curriculum. Originally taught only at night, and opened in 2005. Portuguese Adult Night School: Opened in 1998, the Portuguese language is the main language of instruction, providing night junior high school and high school courses.
History
In 1985, in order to continue the education of Sino-Portuguese primary and secondary schools, Former Portuguese Macau Government Education Department organized the first Sino-Portuguese Middle School, This is the predecessor of Escola Secundaria Luso Chinesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes. At that time, the authorities rented the third floor of one of the teaching buildings of the St. Paul's Jiejie School. In the beginning, only four classes in the first grade of junior high school were opened. The number of students was 81 and the number of teachers was 12.
Curriculum
ESLC is a Cantonese-medium school, and the Macau government uses ESLC to test adjustments to the Macau secondary school curriculum. While most Macau private schools have English classes as the primary foreign language instruction, ESLC instead has Portuguese as its main foreign language. Circa the 1990s/2000s on a weekly basis each student takes six hours of Portuguese classes. It was the school in which a class on Macau history was introduced. In previous eras the school used curriculum and materials from Hong Kong as equivalent Macau-oriented products were not made at that time.
Student body
Circa the 1990s/2000s it had a higher percentage recent immigrants from Mainland China and low income students compared to other Macau schools.
List of Nationalities represented at ESLCLGG(Faculty and Students)
Facilities
Outdoor
Basketball Court
Multifunction Court
Teaching Building A
Classrooms
Multifunction Room
Toilets
Vending Machines
Snack Bar(before) Band Room Cafeteria Main Teaching Building Classrooms Meeting Rooms Toilets First Aids' Room Small Auditorium School’s Office Principal's Room Music Room Library Art Room Teaching Building B Classrooms Toilets Mini Multifunction Court Computer Rooms Laboratories Mini Gym
School Song
"揚帆"
Extracurricular activities
The school has various extracurricular activities that students can join after school, including Tchoukball, Jump Rope, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer(before), Table Tennis(before), Tennis, Choir, A cappella, Piano, Ukulele, Portuguese Folk Dance, Modern Dance, Track and Field, Digital Photography, IELTS, Debate, DIY, Painting and many many more.