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The school was founded on the 14th July 1955 by Mrs. Sawaiwong Sooksri. To start with there was only one small wooden building, a handful of teachers and 112 kindergarten students. Forty years later, we are now a thriving school with 77 teachers and 1,740 students. The age range has also increased greatly as we now cater for students from Pre-school up to Junior High School.

14th July 1955 - The school opened with the name Anuban Sriwittaya. There was only one wooden building for kindergarten students on a 2.46 rai plot (just over an acre).

May 1957 - A second, two storey wooden building was built on the west side. These classrooms were for the new Prathom 1 to 7 grades. The school's name was also changed to Sriwittaya 2.

May 1964 The school now has 440 students.

May 1972 The school's name changed for the last time to Sriwittayapaknam.

1981 The school numbers increased to 1320 students.

29th June 1988 Work started on a new five storey building, on the north side, which replaced the original wooden kindergarten building.

30th April 1989 The building was completed costing a total of 15 million Baht. There is a meeting area on the 1st floor, twelve classrooms on the next three floors and a Sports Hall on the 5th floor. It also includes private residence for the school's owners.

April 1995 The wooden buildings on the south side were pulled down to make way for a new six storey building.

April 1996 The last wooden building on the west side was pulled down to make extra room for the playground.

May 1996 The new building was completed and opened for the start of the new school year. There are 10 air-conditioned kindergarten classes, 21 other classrooms, a Science Room, a Library, an Activity Room, two Computer Rooms and a Multimedia Room.

May 1999 All 17 kindergarten rooms in both buildings were fitted for air-conditioning.

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