St. Louis School, Hong Kong 4.27

St Louis School, located in Sai Ying Pun is a privately run, Catholic primary and secondary English grammar school.About the institutionSt Louis School aims to 'provide an education which embraces the joy of learning and stresses the spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, communal and aesthetic development of students'. The school motto is 'Scientia et Pietas', which means 'Knowledge and Piety'.The school is famed for its culture of "freedom and discipline". Both the students and the staff members enjoy an extent of freedom unseen in other schools in Hong Kong. As a result, its students develop a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and independence that makes them prominent in the community through their contribution and achievements.There are currently about 800 secondary students and 350 primary school students.The school's sports facilities include a football playground (with a stand for about 1,300 people), a basketball court and a covered playground. The football playground is the largest among those of all the schools in West Point.School badge and mottoThe badge of St Louis School embodies a profound philosophy through the simplicity of its design.The white background symbolizes the purity and innocence of the students.The central red cross reminds the students to adopt Jesus Christ as their mentor, and to possess love and compassion, a sense of self-sacrifice and universal service.The letters 'S' and 'L' are the initials of Saint Louis.The two Greek letters Α (Alpha) and Ω (Omega) in the book on the cross exhort the students to pursue the truth consistently.The Latin phrase ' SCIENTIA ET PIETAS' at the bottom of the badge is the school motto, it means 'knowledge and piety'. It instructs the students to place equal emphases on both knowledge and piety. It is promoted that all Aloysians should uphold and propagate the spirit that the school badge manifests: to be in quest of knowledge, to nurture noble character and to contribute to the society and the country.