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The Heritage School, Kolkata

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School type
  
Coeducational, Private

Established
  
2001 (2001)

Area trustee
  
Kalyan Bharti Trust

Phone
  
098302 01234

Motto
  
Atma Deepo Bhava

Denomination
  
Heritan

Status
  
Open

Principal
  
Mrs.Seema Sapru

Founded
  
2001

Hour in school day
  
8

The Heritage School, Kolkata

Address
  
994, Chowbaga Rd, Anandapur, East Kolkata Twp, Kolkata, West Bengal 700107

School boards
  
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, International Baccalaureate

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The Heritage School, Kolkata in West Bengal, India, is a day-boarding school following the ICSE/ISC syllabuses. The school launched an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in 2012 and IGCSE in 2013. It is an initiative of the Kalyan Bharti Trust.

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The school offers English education from nursery up to higher secondary level. There is also an educational enterprise known as Suryakiran which is for underprivileged children.

Houses

The four houses are:

  • Aryabhatt, blue, Indian mathematician;
  • Chanakya, green, Chandragupta Maurya's advisor;
  • Dronacharya, red, the guru of the Pandavas;
  • Patanjali, yellow, the father of yoga.
  • The houses compete each year for the sports trophy, academic excellence trophy, co-curricular achievement trophy and the cock-house trophy. Throughout the year, many inter-house events take place, such as the Science quiz, Know Your School quiz, General Knowledge quiz, Elocution, sporting events such as football, cricket and basketball along with archery, rock climbing, and rifle shooting. The swimming gala is also a major event. The largest event is the year end athletics meet, known as Annual Sports Day.

    Every house has a House Captain and a Mentor from class 12, who are assisted by a Vice Captain appointed from class 11. Every house also has a House Master and House Mistress who are appointed from among the teachers. They, along with the house teachers, guide each house.

    Campus

    The campus includes a football field, cricket field, volleyball field, rock climbing area, archery, rifle shooting range, swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts, roller skating court, sand park and a gymnasium. The building has an auditorium and an audio-visual room. The campus also has two dining halls and one cafeteria. Ankuran and Ankur gets served by one dining hall. Aarohan, Utkarsh by one and the Heritage Institute of Technology and The Heritage Academy gets served by the cafeteria.

    The Heritage School has six buildings:

  • Ankuran (Pre-Nursery to Nursery)
  • Ankur (Class 1 to Class 3)
  • Aarohan (Class 4 to Class 7)
  • Utkarsh (Class 8 to Class 12)
  • Abhivyakti (Activity Block)
  • Yoga is compulsory up to class IX. The school prayer is "Atma Deepa Bhava".

    Sports

    The outdoor games program offers cricket, football, athletics, tennis, basketball, volleyball, swimming, rock climbing, rifle shooting, archery and roller skating. Indoor games include table tennis, badminton and multigym.

    The Heritage has a regulation size football (soccer) field, a 200-metre track, tennis courts, basketball courts, a swimming pool and a multigym. The juniors have a recreation park which has equipment like swings, jungle gyms, see-saws, slides, rockers and sandpits.

    References

    The Heritage School, Kolkata Wikipedia