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词条 St. Paul's High School, Hyderabad
释义

  1. Origins

  2. Houses

  3. Sports

  4. Ceremonies and traditions

  5. Principals

  6. Notable alumni

  7. External links

  8. References

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| principal = Rev. Bro. Rayappa Reddy
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St. Paul's High School is a private, co-educational K–12 school{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was established in 1954.

Origins

In 1954, All Saints High School, Hyderabad celebrated the completion of 100 years of education.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} Rev. Bro. John of God, the Rector of the school, decided to start a new school. A building was hired at King Koti Road, Hyderabad to accommodate the new St. Paul's High School, named after Bro. John of God's favourite saint.

Houses

The school follows a house system. The student body is split into four houses with an aim to promote competition among the students.

The houses are:

  • Montfort (yellow) - named after St. Louis de Montfort, the Patron Saint of the school
  • Stanislaus (blue) - named after Bro. Stanislaus who captained the school for 18 years
  • Gabriel (green)- named after the Messenger of God
  • John of God (red) - named after Bro. John of God, the founder of the school

Sports

St. Paul's High School has facilities for table-tennis and basketball. The school houses a full basketball court, and two grounds for casual sports and games.

Ceremonies and traditions

{{unreferenced section|date=March 2018}}St. Paul's Feast Day
  • St. Paul's Feast Day is observed in a solemn ceremony on 29 June every year. The Principal leads a prayer service with a reading from the scriptures and a brief message for the staff remembering the life and message of St. Paul, the patron Saint of the school.
Investiture ceremony
  • At the start of each academic year, the newly elected School Cabinet and Class leaders take the oath of office in a colourful Investiture ceremony. All students wear the colours of their houses and cheer as their newly elected leaders march past the dais. The Head Boy and the Head Girl make their maiden speech on this occasion.
Teachers Day
  • 5 September of every year is celebrated as Teachers' Day all over India in the memory of former President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. In what is probably the most festive celebration of the year, students show their appreciation to their teachers. Sports and games are held for the teachers and prizes are given away. Every classroom has an individual celebration for about an hour before the whole school assembles to celebrate the event. The organization of the event in its entirety is taken up by the School Cabinet and the Class Leaders.

Teacher's Day is also marked as "Back to School Day" by the alumni of the school who make it a point to visit the school and greet their teachers. Retired teachers are also reunited on this occasion.

Independence Day
  • Independence day is celebrated very grandly. There are inter-house cultural competitions and each house is given a topic to perform- usually related to the theme "India" and then the winners are declared. This is the day for the Cabinet to show off their abilities.
Annual Day

The most awaited event of the school, the annual day, is a very colourful and enthusiastic event. It is also called the prize night. The parents of the school head boy and head girl are invited as the guests of honour. The event starts with the prayer song by the school choir followed by a welcome dance. The head boy and head girl along with the other school cabinet present the annual report. Prizes in various fields are given to the students:

  • Academic Excellence: Toppers of class
  • General Proficiency: extraordinary participation in various competitions besides

good performance in academics

  • Young Achievers: Students who won various competitions in various fields

outside school and brought glory to school.

  • Best outgoing student: Excellent Participation in Inter-School Competitions
  • Best Science Student: Student of ninth standard who secured highest marks in science among all the sections is bestowed this award.
  • Best Student: A gold medal sponsored by Justice Subhashan Reddy is bestowed

on the students (a boy and a girl) selected by the school Principal.

Principals

  • Bro. John of God- Founder
  • Bro. John of the Sacred Heart- 1954-55
  • Bro. Martialis- 1956-57
  • Bro. Stanislaus- 1958-76
  • Bro. Dominic Mary- 1976-78
  • Bro. John de Britto- 1978-79
  • Bro. N. C. Mathew- 1979-85
  • Bro. P. K. Joseph- 1985-89
  • Bro. Thomas Reddy- 1989-95
  • Bro. Lawrence D’Souza - 1995-2001
  • Bro. P. T. Joseph- 2001-03
  • Bro. Show Reddy- 2003-2010
  • Bro. Sudhakar Reddy- 2010-2016
  • Bro. Rayappa Reddy- 2016-Onwards
[1]

The school choir won the carol singing competition continuously for ten years under Sir John Geiles.

Notable alumni

  • Sitaram Yechury[2]- Politburo Member in the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
  • "Padma Bhushan" Prof. K. Srinath Reddy[3] - President, Public Health Foundation of India and former Head of the Department of Cardiology at AIIMS. Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Medal by the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.
  • "Padma Sri" Pullela Gopichand[4]- All England Open Badminton Champion for 2001, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee, Arjuna Awardee
  • Rakesh Sharma Ahmed bin Abdullah Balala

External links

  • Official website

References

1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.stpaulshshyd.com/our-heritage.html |title=Official school website listing past Principals|accessdate=2007-07-17}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cpim.org/bio/sitaram_yechury.htm |title=Profile of Sitaram Yechury |accessdate=2009-08-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619062516/http://cpim.org/bio/sitaram_yechury.htm |archivedate=19 June 2009 }}
3. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.3four50.com/v2/?page=memberprofile&user_id=4217 |title= Prof. Srinath Reddy's Profile |accessdate=2007-07-17}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=714&moduleid=&maincatid=6&subid=0&comid=55 |title=Government of India's Sports Portal Webpage on Pullela Gopichand |accessdate=2007-07-17 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070325064008/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=714&moduleid=&maincatid=6&subid=0&comid=55 |archivedate = 2007-03-25}}
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