St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata

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St. Lawrence High School
Indian Council of Secondary Education
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
Websitestlawrencehighschool.edu.in

St. Lawrence High School is a

Jesuits, initially in Baithakhana, Sealdah
, as an elementary school which came to be known as St. John Chrysostom School. It was renamed in January 1937 by Fr. Lawrence Rodriques, S.J. as St. Lawrence High School. The school caters for approximately 1600 students.

History

St.Lawrence High School traces its roots to an elementary school at the Church of Our Lady of Dolours at Baithakkhana, Sealdah, in 1810. In 1855 it was known as St. John Chrysostom's School and prepared students for the Lower Primary Examination. In 1902 it became the site of St. Ann’s Orphanage and included Upper Primary School; teaching was in

Lawrence of Rome.[1]

The school maintains as a goal to uplift the poor, to show equal respect for all castes, creeds, and social strata, and to promote unity in diversity.[1] It would implement the Jesuit ideal of forming "persons for and with others."[2]

Programmes

St. Lawrence is an unaided, primary through higher secondary school for boys, with English as the medium of instruction. It has about 28 teachers and 22 classrooms at the secondary level,[3] with computer-aided learning.[4] Students are organized into four "houses" which integrate primary and high school students.[5]

In 2017, St. Lawrence High celebrated in a big way the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (6 April) and, along with its alumni association,[6] sponsored an art contest for Jesuit schools worldwide on the theme of Olympic Games and Peace.[7] In 2016 a group of students enjoyed a one-week, educational trip to China hosted by the Chinese Consul General His Excellency Mr. Ma Zhanwu.[8]

Cricket, soccer, and basketball are the main school sports.[9] The school has also had a championship rowing team.[10] Extracurricular activities include speech and debate, drama, music, and choir.[11] Dozens of videos of student activities are available on the web, as well as a tour of the facility.[12][13]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "History". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Men for Others". onlineministries.creighton.edu. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Teaching staff". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ "St. Lawrence High School, Ward-69, Kolkata - West Bengal". iCBSE. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "houses". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Expression 2017 - A report | sportanddev.org". www.sportanddev.org. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "International Day of Sport for Development and Peace observed by St. Lawrence High School - Educate Magis". Educate Magis. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Trip to China". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Sports". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Rowing 2014, 2015: Bengal and All India K.C. Mahindra Invitational". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Activities". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Shots on campus". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Picture tour". stlawrencehighschool.edu.in. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  14. ^ Danita, Yadav (11 January 2023). "IT Kharagpur Professor Dr Suman Chakraborty wins Infosys Prize 2022 for Engineering and Computer Science". TimesNow. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines". www.icpp-spp.org. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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