History
Before the establishment of the school, it was on the site of the village of Ha Chung Mei closed to Tsing Yi Lagoon. During 1980s, Tsing Yi Island was under drastic development of Tsuen Wan New Town. The surrounding of school site was reclaimed for new town. The population of Tsing Yi Island was expected to increase drastically and the government was planned for more schools to cater more children and youths.
SCGaw was established in 1984 by a charity organisation, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It is the third secondary school on the Tsing Yi Island and also the thirteenth secondary school in the organisation. S. C. Gaw (吳祥川) is the father of a former director, 吳仲燦. The director donated money to build this school and name the school his father's to memorise his contribution.
The school building had not completed for the first intake in 1984. The school borrowed 12 classrooms from Po Leung Kuk 1983 Board of Directors' College, a secondary school in Cheung Hong Estate on the island. The school building was completed in February 1985 and the students moved into the building on March. The commencement ceremony was held in the next year, January 1986, Government high official 廖本懷 .
In June 1989, a group of students traveled to Hualien, Taiwan after HKALE and five were killed in a fire in their hotel.
In 2005 an extension of the school was completed.
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