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St. George's Higher Secondary School

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
1882

Principal
  
Fr. Francis Crasta

School district
  
Darjeeling

Founded
  
1882

Colors
  
Red, Yellow

Patron saint(s)
  
St. George

Authority
  
Diocese of Darjeeling

Phone
  
03552 281 276

Motto
  
Love, Unity and Service

Highest grade
  
Twelfth grade

Type
  
Minority Christian Educational Institution

Address
  
Pedong Reshi Rd, Pedong, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734311

St. George's Higher Secondary School is a Christian Educational Institution located in Pedong, India.

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Academic year

The academic year begins around mid February and ends in early December, thus having a long holiday of almost two and half months, owing to the cold weather in the winter. Other holidays include Easter Vacations, Summer Vacations, Dashera Vacations, Diwali Vacations and other National Holidays

Sports and traditions

All students from the School may participate in the school's teams in soccer,volleyball,cricket,basketball,archery and track and field, all of which compete in the other school division. Annual traditions at St. George's Higher Secondary School,Pedong include an annual school sports and annual school fete.

Curriculum

St. George's Higher Secondary School curriculum is in the areas of English, Nepali, Mathematics, Geography, History, Social Studies, Science, Moral Science, Computer Technology, Physical Education,(hindi, Bengali and lepcha, class V to VII), Art, and Music. St. George's Higher Secondary School teachers are state (West Bengal) certified, and the curriculum they teach reflects the requirements outlined by the Diocese of Darjeeling.

Uniform

The school uniform is compulsory. The full uniform is a white shirt, blue long trousers (for boys) and blue skirts (for girls), blue school socks with the yellow and red stripes on top, black Naughty Boy school shoes, and a blue tie with red and yellow stripes on it. The shirt must be tucked into the pants. Blue cardigans and blue school blazer coats for winters.

For physical education lessons and games, students change into their house dresses, which are red, blue, green and yellow vests accordingly.

Houses

The school has four houses.

  • Green
  • Blue
  • Yellow
  • Red
  • Houses compete in activities during the Annual Sports Meet, Interhouse Games, Georgian Brain Contest (Quiz Competition) and other activities. Students have House T-shirts of their respective houses, the school badge with the name and colour of their house on their shirts.

    Principals

  • Fr. Peter A. Lingdamoo (1997 to 2012)
  • Fr. Francis Crasta (2012 – present (2017))
  • Notable Alumni

  • Roshni Rai (She has taken part in various State Level, National Level and International Marathon Events. She has participated in more than 35 events including National and International Level.)
  • References

    St. George's Higher Secondary School Wikipedia


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