Sacred Heart National Secondary School (; ), commonly known as Sacred Heart Secondary School (), or Sacred Heart School (SHS), is a missionary secondary school in Sibu, a town in an East Malaysia state, Sarawak. History The school under the Catholic Mission (1902-1953) In 1902, the school was founded by Father A. Hopfgartner, born on 5 January 1874, suffered a stroke and died on 15 May 1949. A clock tower and bronze plaque were erected in his memory on the school premises. The school was moved a two storied building at Lanand Road by 1905. The lower floor was used as classrooms, and the upper floor is used as hostels. In 1907, the school was transferred to Mission Road. The following year Father Hopfgarther was replaced by Father Vincent Halder, the longest serving principal of the school. In 1928, Standard Four (now Primary Six) was introduced followed by the introduction of Standard Five (now Form One) in the next year. The school has classes up to Standard Seven (now Form Three) and the number of pupils had reached 300. In Father Halder's final year as Principal, Chinese was added to the school curriculum and a Chinese department was added. After his death, Father Halder was succeeded by Rev. John Vos, who was succeeded by Rev. James Buis in 1938. Japanese Occupation during World War II From 1941 to 1946, the school ended its classes because of the Japanese Occupation during the World War II. Half of the School was destroyed by the bomb raid of the Australian Forces. Post World War II When the school was reopened in 1947, Rev. Fr. John Dekker took over as Principal and SRB Sacred Heart Chinese was founded. By 1948, the enrollment for the school had increased to 600 students. The school was divided into two parts, the English stream and the Chinese stream. In 1953, the girls were separated from the boys and were moved to another school which was built for them (St. Elizabeth Secondary School). The school under de La Salle Brothers (1954-1987) The de La Salle Brothers took control of the school by 1954. Bro. Fridolin became the principal. The First Cambridge School Certificate was held (now Form Five). English was taught in the morning and Chinese was taught in the afternoon. The school became an aided school in 1956. SRB Sacred Heart, a primary school, was founded and Bro.