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Catholic High School is an all-boys Catholic school in Singapore. As a full-school, it has a primary section offering a six-year primary education and a secondary section offering both a four-year Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level Programme and a six-year Integrated Programme. Founded in 1935 by Rev. Fr. Edward Becheras, a French missionary, the school caters for students who are fluent in both English and Chinese. The school is a Special Assistance Plan school, as well as a Gifted Education Programme centre.HistorySino-English Catholic School (1935-1942)The Catholic High School was founded in 1935 as Sino-English Catholic School by the Reverend Father Edward Becheras, a French missionary. Although it is a Catholic school, it accepts both Catholic and non-Catholic students, and is ran along the lines of a Sino-English school. The school first started as an extension of the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Becheras envisaged the school as a bilingual institution from the start, emphasising instruction in both English and Chinese, a policy that continues today. In addition, Becheras emphasised the teaching of science, uncommon at that time.In 1936, Sino-English Catholic School moved into a purpose built school building at 222 Queen Street, beside the Church of St. Peter and Paul. Two years after the new school campus was completed, it reached its maximum capacity. Among notable features of the old school is the science room in the school, the first such feature in any Catholic school in Malaya .