Joseph Upatham School

Joseph Upatham School โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์
ORA et LABORA "Pray and work"
Address
2 Moo 6 Phetkasem Rd. Takham, Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom Province, 73110 Thailand
Information
Type	Private school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholicism
Established	March 3, 1965
Founder	Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo
School district	Sam Phran District
Director	Rev. Father Paul Sawong Wijitwong (2016-present)
Patron	Saint Joseph (the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Teaching staff	est. 600
Grades	1 - 12
Enrollment	7,300
Average class size	50
Language	The language is taught in schools Thai English Latin French Italian Mandarin Chinese Japanese
Hours in school day	08:00 - 17:00
Campus type	suburb
School colour(s)	green and yellow
Song	Thai Version: March Joseph Latin Version: Joseph Concelebremus
Website	http://www.joseph.ac.th

Joseph Upatham School (Thai: โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์) (Sometimes called "Joseph Upatham School Samphran",School's acronym is JS.(Thai: ยอ.))is a private Catholic school in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand under the Education Department of the Archdiocese of Bangkok.

• Founder Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo
• Co-Founder Rev. Francis Xavier Thongdee Kitcharaen
• Licensee Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu

The sub district of Tha Kham (usually written Takham), is the heartland of the Roman Catholic Christian religion in Thailand. Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Cardinal of Thailand was born in Sam Phran and many Catholic religious institutes have their convents, monasteries and headquarters in the area and there is also Thailand's major seminary. The largest and most important installation in the Catholic enclave of Tha Kham, (and also in Sam Phran), is the vast campus shared by Joseph Upatham School one of the largest combined kindergarten, primary and secondary schools in the country, the main institution of the 43 schools and colleges governed by the Education Department of Bangkok Archdiocese (EDBA), and the Ban Phu Waan Pastoral Training Centre - a leading Catholic conference and convention centre in Asia. There are several other large private schools in Takham including St. Peter's school (mixed gender, Grades 1 through 9 and kindergarten) also governed by the EDBA in the parish of St. Peter, a village and factory community about 2 kilometres from the main highway in the south of Tha Kham, and Marie Upatham, an independent Catholic school for girls in the Takham village of Mor Sii.

Curriculum

Famous alumni

• Archbishop of Bangkok
  • Cradinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, (14 May 2009–present)
• Bishop of Nakhon Sawan
  • Cradinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanit, (7 March 2007 – 14 May 2009)
• Bishop of Chiang Mai
  • Bishop Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana, (10 February 2009 – present)