• Perladangan Kindersley
• 1942-01-11: Jepun Menakluki Kajang
• 1950-02-24: Ketua "Geng Kajang", Liew Kon Lim
• 1965-11-28: Cikgu A.P. Richards

“Sesi persekolahan dimulakan pada 17 Mac 1919. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tinggi Kajang (SMK Tinggi Kajang) pada awalnya dikenali sebagai Sekolah Inggeris Kerajaan Kajang. Bangunan asalnya ialah Rumah Rehat Kerajaan yang lama berhampiran dengan Balai Polis Kajang. Jumlah murid pada peringkat permulaan ialah 70 orang lelaki dan perempuan. Penubuhan sekolah ini turut diperjuangkan oleh Taukeh Ng Bow Thai, Allahyarham Raja Alang, Encik Arumpalan, Encik V.Sabapathy dan Encik Gan Boon Teik. Mereka menghantar permohonan kepada pihak kerajaan untuk mengasaskan sebuah sekolah Inggeris di Daerah Kajang. Perjuangan mereka ini telah bermula sejak tahun 1916. Pada awalnya sekolah ini menerima murid-murid untuk kelas Persediaan dan Kelas Menengah Rendah. Tenaga pengajarnya terdiri daripada seorang guru besar dan tiga orang guru. Bilangan ini bertambah seiring dengan bilangan murid yang diterima masuk. Mata pelajaran yang diajar ialah Bahasa Inggeris, Kesusasteraan Inggeris, Geografi, Sejarah, Ilmu Hisab (Matematik), Algebra, Geometri, Lukisan, Penulisan dan Ilmu Kesihatan. Di akhir tahun murid-murid akan menduduki peperiksaan Junior dan Senior Cambridge yang diadakan setiap tahun di Dewan Bandaran, Kuala Lumpur.” (CNM @ Kajang High School, 2/4/2011: |"SEJARAH SEKOLAH").

Pada tahun 1926: R.C.M. Kindersley, Haji Abdul Jalil, Low Ti Kok, Raja Muhammad dan Ng Seow Buck, mengusahakan tapak baru sekolah British di Kajang bagi menggantikan bangunan yang telah usang. Tapak yang ditetapkan terletak di Jalan Semenyih, seluas 28 ekar. Bangunan sekolah baru ini siap dibina dan dibuka pada tahun 1930, dan kini dikenali sebagai Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tinggi Kajang (Kajang High School).

“Kajang High School, C.1956”

Sumber: Hanafiah Lubis, 2010: "THE FORGOTTEN PAST OF KHS":-

• |"CHAPTER 1: THE KAJANG GOVERNMENT ENGLISH SCHOOL (1919 – 1929)"
• |"CHAPTER 2: THE KAJANG HIGH SCHOOL (1930 – 1945)"
  

“Sekolah ini berpindah ke tapaknya sekarang seluas 11.3 hektar … (1930). Namanya turut berubah menjadi Kajang High School. Bangunan utama yang ada sekarang telah dirasmikan oleh DYMM Sultan Alaiddin Suleiman Shah K.C.M.G Sultan Selangor, pada 1 April 1930. Pada masa ini pelajarnya seramai 402 orang. Pada tahun 1932, bilangan murid meningkat seramai 403 orang dan telah dijadikan pusat peperiksaan buat pertama kali semenjak penubuhannya. Menjelang 1933, jumlah itu merosot kepada 318 orang sahaja akibat kemelesatan ekonomi dunia. Sebelum perang, jumlah kelas tidak melebihi 13 kelas dan pertukaran gugu-guru jarang berlaku. Guru Besar hanya bertugas satu atau dua jam sahaja dalam sehari di sekolah.” (CNM @ Kajang High School, 2/4/2011: |"SEJARAH SEKOLAH").

Lokasi Kajang High School

“Pada zaman kemaraan Jepun di Tanah Melayu, bagunan sekolah ini telah diambil alih oleh pihak tentera Australia sebagai tempat tinggal. Operasi sekolah bertukar ke Sekolah Convent Kajang dan berjalan pada sesi petang.” (CNM @ Kajang High School, 2/4/2011: |"SEJARAH SEKOLAH").

Ketika pendudukan Jepun di Kajang, Sekolah Tinggi Kajang telah dijadikan markas tentera Jepun bagi daerah Ulu Langat. Berikut adalah beberapa petikan catatan pengalaman seorang bekas pelajar sekolah tersebut: “Within a month of their landing, the Japanese soldiers had reached Kuala Lumpur. The people of Kajang had braced themselves for any eventuality. They had dug trenches in which to seek cover upon hearing the wailing of the ARP (Air Raid Precaution) siren, the harbinger of the aerial onslaught. The Japanese intended to bomb Kajang and their planes had flown several reconnaissances for that purpose. The much-anticipated bombing occurred on January 12, 1942. The target was of course the Kajang Railway Station at 15th Milestone, Reko Road. The intention was to interdict the British retreat to Singapore.Unfortunately, the bombs fell in the grounds of the cathedral-like Catholic Church which was just across the railway tracks in front of the Railway Station. It was badly damaged; the residence of the Infant Jesus Sisters in the Convent School ground was destroyed. The Japanese warplanes at the same time bombed the Rice Stockpile Center near the Railway Station and strafed the neighborhood. There were scores of civilian fatalities. Several dead bodies lay sprawled in the drains and on the stretch of Reko Road from the Sun Cinema (now a Buddhist Center) to the Kampung Bukit (Reko Road) Muslim Cemetery.There were a few dead bodies too in front of the Kajang English School building* near the Sun Cinema. Several brick houses which suffered the aerial attack had gaping holes punched by machine- gun bullets into their walls. These tell-tale signs were evident in the neighborhood in 1947 when this writer, aged nine, moved in with his parents to live in his uncle's house called the Sentosa at No 11 Reko Road or Kampung Bukit, Kajang(now non-existent).The house had undergone some repairs and had a fresh coat of paint.It was a walk away to the Rice Stockpile Center.Before the outbreak of the War, it was a private school known as the Kajang English School*. As far as it could be ascertained,it had not suffered any significant damage. … The Japanese bombing raid of Kajang Town mercifully, didn't cause any significant damage to the Kajang High School. Perhaps it was not considered legitimate target on the basis of their assessment of intelligence reports from their espionage network operating from the Japanese Photo Studios in Jalan Tukang. On entering Kajang after the British and Commonwealth troops had fled, the Japanese army seized the Kajang High School and turned it as the Headquarters of the Japanese Imperial Army in the District of Ulu Langat. … As the Head quarters of the Japanese Imperial Army in Ulu Langat, the name of the school was changed to TOA SEINEN GAKKO. It was no longer known by its old British colonial name. Everything associated with British Colonialism and Western Culture in the school was forthwith eliminated and prohibited. Of course the English Language, the standard-bearer of Western Culture, was proscribed and supplanted with the language of the new masters- NIPPON-GO. … As the Kajang Catholic Church had suffered “collateral damage” due to the Japanese bombing of the Railway Station, the Japanese army ordered the closure of the Kajang Convent. The Kajang High School (TOA SEINEN GAKKO) classes in the Convent were ordered to shift to a new location- a movie house called the Queen's Theater (later known as National Theater) on the bank of Sg. Jeluk just a stone's throw from the Convent. … The Japanese classes and Thaiso were held in the morning and afternoon. The Japanese Language was taught to the exclusion of other subjects. In between classes, they had to do gardening on vacant plots of land on the banks of Sg. Jeluk. In this way, pupils were taught self-reliance.Such simple agriculture pursuit in the backyard were naively perceived to be the way to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. The Allied naval blockade of the Malay Peninsula had brought unprecedented hardship and deprivation among the population. Rice was extremely difficult to get,not mention other needs. The long dark nights and the nightmare of the Japanese Interregnum came to an end when the Atom Bombs fell on Japan. After the defeat of the Japanese, Kajang High School was reopened on September 27, 1945. … * As recounted by Kang Buang (deceased) a long-time resident of Kajang and an alumnus of Kajang English School— Han.Kamalbahrin Lubis.” (Hanafiah Lubis, July 20, 2010: |"THE JAPANESE INTERREGNUM-TOA SEINEN GAKKO; IKENOBU SAN, TSUBOCHI SANAND NIPPON-GO").

“Sekolah ini sungguh bernasib baik kerana tidak mengalami kerosakan semasa Perang Dunia ke Dua. Selepas perang, bilangan muridnya bertambah dengan pesat. Ramai pelajar yang pernah bersekolah pada tahun 1941 telah bersekolah semula tahun 1945. Mata pelajaran Sains mula diperkenalkan pada tahun 1946. Pada waktu ini makmal sains belum didirikan. Hampir setahun lamanya hanya pelajaran secara teori yang disampaikan. Kemudian dua buah kelas telah dijadikan Makmal Sains.” (CNM @ Kajang High School, 2/4/2011: |"SEJARAH SEKOLAH").

Sebahagian daripada tenaga pengajar sekolah ini serta sekolah-sekolah lain di sekitarnya selepas pendudukan Jepun sehingga 1960-an ialah komuniti migran Tamil dari Jaffna, Sri Lanka:-

“One of the government service the Jaffna Tamil community excelled in the past and continued to do so at present is the teaching service. Among the community, teaching is considered an honourable and noble profession in line with the saying Matha, Pitha Guru, Theivam. Therefore, it is not surprising that some of the early Jaffna Tamil settlers of Kajang were teachers.

A significant number of them took up the teaching position in Kajang in the late 1940s, just as more schools were opened just after the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Among the pioneers was Mr. Mayilvaganam, who joined the profession as an English teacher at the Kajang High School (KHS). During the Japanese occupation, he even took up Japanese language. Others who served as teachers at KHS in the 1950s were Tambiah (Maths), Sivaraja (Science), Mr. Selvanayagam (reminds students who cannot recall American Independence year 1776 to remember his car number plate B 1776), H.A. Rajadurai, P.D. Rajadurai and Pathmanathan (Maths and Cricket coach).

Several Jaffnese Tamils teachers excelled further and also served as Principals of Kajang High School in the 1950s and 1960s. They were Mr. Ponniah, Mr. Kandiah, Mr. Vaniasingam and Mr. Vivekananda.

In addition to KHS, the Jaffnese Tamils also played important role in the development of other schools in Kajang. Mr. A. Jeyaratnam, Ms. Stella Richards, Mr. E. Vamadevan and Mr. Balachandran (Kirkby trained English teacher and cricket player) joined the teaching service in the 1960s and served at the Kajang Primary School, located just beside the KHS. Mrs. A.P. Richards served as the Headmistress of this primary school in the 1960s. Others who started their teaching careers in 1960s were, Mr. S. Indran, Mr. Karthigesu, Mr. T. Sathyaseelan and Mr. Subramaniam at Yu Hua Secondary School and Mr. Thurairajah at Sg Chua Chinese Primary School. Mr. T. S. Theesan and Mr. Durairajah taught at SM SAAS. Other prominent teachers were Mrs. Somasundram, Mr. Richard, Mrs Francis, Mrs. Vamathevan (wife of JCS EX President), Mr. Somasundram, Ms. Irene Salenthira, Ms. Caroline Bastiampillai and Mr. Veerasingam.”

(Sumber: T. Sathyaseelan and R. Nesaratnam @ Pathfinder 2016, Koperasi Jaffnese Berhad: |"JAFFNA TAMILS EXCELLED AS TEACHERS IN KAJANG, SELANGOR" (PDF)).

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