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| Joseph Upatham School โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์ | |
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2 Moo 6 Phetkasem Rd. Takham Sam Phran , Nakhon Pathom Province , 73110 Thailand | |
| Coordinates | 13°43′17″N 100°15′30″E / 13.721411°N 100.258246°E |
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| School type | Private school |
| Motto | Latin: Ora et Labora (Pray and work) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholicism |
| Established | March 3, 1965 |
| Founder | Archbishop Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo |
| School district | Sam Phran District |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangkok |
| Director | Rev.Fr. John Bosco Suchat Udomsittipattana(since 2019) |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
| Faculty | 600 |
| Grades | 1–12 |
| Enrollment | 7,300 |
| Average class size | 50 |
| Language | The languages taught in school Thai English Mandarin Chinese Latin (for Catholic novices) |
| Hours in school day | 08:00–17:00 |
| Campus type | suburb |
| Color(s) | Green and yellow |
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| Publication | JS News / JS Lady News |
| Yearbook | Tuberose (ซ่อนกลิ่น) |
| Website | http://www.joseph.ac.th |
Joseph Upatham School (Thai: โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์), sometimes called "Joseph Upatham School Samphran" (Thai: โรงเรียนยอแซฟอุปถัมภ์ สามพราน) and abbreviated as JS (Thai: ยอ.)), is a private Catholic school in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand under the Education Department of the Archdiocese of Bangkok. Managed by the Archbishop and Pastor of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres.
- 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, kindergarten and Grades 1 to 9) 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.