JULY 2023 Reunion in Ipoh

Summary Newsletter

CHIJ School Visit: Head Prefect Welcome https://youtu.be/YiLA7ttFKB4

CHIJ ’72 Alumni entering Main Hall https://youtube.com/shorts/eIqiG9_UGbg?feature=share

CHIJ Kamaliah, Prema & Lee Choo remarks to Form 4 and 5 students

Memories-Class-of-72-Main-Convent-DaysDownload

Please click the “Download” button to access the narratives from teachers and schoolmates

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Capturing memories of our days at the Convent,

Saving our stories for posterity

Class of 1972, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Main Convent, Ipoh

To capture memories from our days at the Convent school in Ipoh, we contacted many schoolmates, some of whom had migrated and are living in different parts of the world.  A few teachers, now in their 80s and 90s, also shared their side of the story of teaching in a missionary school.

Most of us were born in 1955-56.  We were the postwar and post-independence (1957) generation of Malaya.

The narratives, contributed by over 50 schoolmates and teachers, are a record for future generations as well as a tribute to ourselves. They portray a diverse mix, representing different backgrounds, races, and faiths.

The photos sprinkled within the document were collected from various classmates. They highlight the broad education and wide range of activities that we enjoyed, from sports, girl guides, talent and fashion shows to outings, food-fun fairs and performances like the Aladdin play.

The ‘end of year’ class photos in themselves tell a fascinating story of how we changed from being little, impish 12- and 13-year old girls in Form 1 to self-conscious (and, for some, assured) 16- and 17-year old young women in Form 5, our final year in secondary school.

We invite you to click/view or download the PDF document above to transport you back to those early days in our lives. 

A big “Thank you!” to friends and teachers for your wholehearted support without which this project would not have been possible.

Project coordinators: Ng How Ming & A.Prema (December 2019)

Contact: ipohconvent72@gmail.com; wmnwsdm@gmail.com

Down-memory-lane-for-40th-Reunion-2012Download

Please click the “Download” button to view photos from the slide show presented at the 40th Class Reunion. Note: You may need to download the PPT app to view this file.

YEARBOOKS were first produced and printed by our school in 1969. The PDF file of the 1971 Veritas book is accessible below in two parts. Also, special thanks to Wong Weng Yee for managing our class contact list and having copies of the yearbooks and school photos.

1971-Yearbook-Part-1Download
1971-Yearbook-Part-2Download

Teachers’ Narratives:

  1. Sister Fidelma, Headmistress and Teacher (from Ireland)
  2. Ms. Rosy Yan, Geography teacher (from Ipoh)
  3. Mrs. Yaw, Science teacher (from Ipoh)
  4. Sister Maureen, Head mistress and Literature teacher (from Penang)
  5. Sister Mary Michael, Joyful Vanguards (from Penang)
  6. Ms. Mary Ng, Teacher, Girl Guides leader, Counsellor (from UK)
  7. Ms. Christine Lee, Chemistry teacher (from Australia)

Schoolmates’ Narratives:

  1. Theresa Leong
  2. Kamaliah Noh
  3. Agnes Chong
  4. Pirunthavany Muthuvelu
  5. Yau Sau Wan
  6. Rosabelle Ho
  7. Nalina Selvamany
  8. Meera Mathew
  9. Veronica Wong
  10. Janice Tham Woon Yee
  11. Selvamani Ayadurai
  12. Juliana Kathigasu
  13. Josephine Choong
  14. Ng Kim Lee
  15. Lee Lee Lan
  16. Chong Hwee Yeow
  17. Ng Siew Heng
  18. Phoong Huei Min
  19. See Toh Choon Wan
  20. Yee Oy Lin
  21. Wong Wai Kuen
  22. Loh Soo Har
  23. Salmahanim Abu Hassan
  24. Kong Sze Mooi
  25. Wong Weng Yee
  26. Hah U Lian
  27. Mary Fock
  28. Khor Soon Wah
  29. Chan Yim Chee
  30. Ooi Lee Choo
  31. Tsai Pao Chien
  32. Ng How Ming
  33. A. Prema
  34. Law Jin Ee
  35. Tan Lian Hua
  36. Violet Foo
  37. Woo Yoke Peng
  38. Chow Yin Mooi
  39. K. Shanbagavalli
  40. Harjeet Kaur
  41. Liew Chooi Yatt
  42. Anne Kok
  43. Khong Siew Lian
  44. Sek Sin Yu
  45. Lai Siew Meng
  46. Catherine Machado