St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School

St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School

Infobox_School
name = St. Patrick's School
imagesize = 125px
motto = Sola Nobilitas Virtus
"Nobility is the sole Virtue'
established = 1891
type = Private
affiliation = ICSE
district =
grades = 1-12
principal = Mrs. Seema Paul
head of school =
dean =
faculty = 60
staff =
students = 1,600
enrollment =
athletics = Football, Cricket, Swimming, Field Hockey
colors = Green and Gold
location = Asansol, West Bengal, India
free_label2 = Alumni Site
free_text2 = [http://www.stpatricksalumni.org/ www.stpatricksalumni.org]
free_label3 = School Site
free_text3 = [http://www.spsasansol.com/ www.spsasansol.com]

St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School is one of the oldest schools in eastern India. It is a kindergarten through 12th grade school of secondary education, located in Asansol, in the western part of West Bengal, about 200 km from Kolkata (Calcutta).

Founding

St. Patrick's was founded in 1891, by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic society from Ireland that has undertaken missionary and educational work worldwide. This group, also informally known as the Christian Brothers, was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice. St. Patrick's is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India.

Description

With three sections for each class/grade from 1-10, two kindergarten sections KG-A and KG-B, and one section for 11-12, there are about 1,600 students enrolled in the school. The school follows the 10+2 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations curriculum which includes the national ICSE exam at the end of Class 10, and the ISC exam at the end of Class 12. The school charged a fee of Rs. 1,000/month in 2006. The school enjoys considerable recognition for academic excellence, having produced many state and national rankers.

St. Patrick's was originally a fully residential school. It started admitting day scholars later, and finally closed the hostel completely in 1984. The Jubilee Hospital on the grounds was built in 1916. It is no longer a functioning hospital, having closed at the same time that hostel was closed.

The school is one of the largest landowners in Asansol, with buildings, fields and wooded areas on prime real estate. Part of this land has become the residential colony of Hill View.

Related links

*SPAI, or St. Patrick's Alumni International, is a global alumni organisation with 1,000+ alumni that was founded in 2001 and incorporated in 2006 as a multinational nonprofit. One can view their website at [http://www.stpatricksalumni.org www.stpatricksalumni.org] . One can join them by signing up [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/patricks/ here] .
*SPOBA, or St. Patrick's Old Boys Association is an older alumni organisation (more than 600 active members) that was founded in the late '80s and comprises alumni mainly in the Asansol area.


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