St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata

St. Lawrence High School is an English private day school and Jesuit secondary school for boys in Kolkata, India. The school was started in 1810 in Baithakhana,Sealdah as an elementary school which later came to be known as St. John Chrysostom School. It was renamed in January 1937 by Jesuit Fr. Lawrence Rodriques as St. Lawrence High School. Around 2,300 students were enrolled.

St. Lawrence High School
Address
27 Pramathesh Barua Sarani
(formerly Ballygunge Circular Road)

Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Information
TypeJesuit, Catholic
Motto"For God and Country"
EstablishedJanuary 1937 (1937-01)
FounderFr. Lawrence Rodrigues, SJ
School districtKolkata
RectorFr. Julian S Das, S.J.
PrincipalFr. Sebastian James, SJ
Teaching staff84 (including primary)
Enrollment3,000 (including primary)
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day5:35
Campus6.5 acres (26,000 m2)
HousesLoyola(Blue), Xavier(green), Britto(red), Aloysius(yellow)
AthleticsFootball, cricket, basketball
NicknameLawrencians
YearbookThe Lawrencian
AffiliationsWest Bengal Board of Secondary and Council for Higher-Secondary Education (In process of changing the board to Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi)
Websitestlawrencehighschool.edu.in

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 Bengali but instruction in English was included. In 1913 teaching turned to English and boys were prepared for the Junior Cambridge Course. In 1920 the University of Calcutta recognized Chrysostom as a high school, with its first graduation in 1922. At that time the school at 126 Bow Bazar Street occupied one floor of a building that had a printery on the ground floor and the top floor housed boarders; it had no playground. In the 1930s Fr. Lawrence Rodriques S.J. held Sunday raffles to purchase St. Xavier's College land at Ballygunge. In January 1937 he was able to open a large new school there, featuring tall eucalyptus trees, a flower garden, and playground. Rodrigues rechristened the school after his namesake, Lawrence of Rome.[1]

The 1950s saw the addition of a primary school block and Jesuit residence, and a National Cadet Corps Air Wing arrived on campus. In 1976 the Higher Secondary Department was opened with majors in commerce and in science. In 1981 the boarding school, formerly on the top floor of the school, was built on the site of the former swimming pool, and the chapel moved to that building. In 1984 the school library was opened and two years later a special computer room. In 2014 Wavreil conference and meeting hall was added.[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 also. 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

References
  1. "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.
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