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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Holy Family High School
| native_name =
| logo = HFHS Mumbai Logo.png
| image = HolyFamMumbai.png
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption =
| motto = Loyalty through service
| motto_translation =
| location = Mahakali Caves Road, [[Andheri|East Andheri]], [[Mumbai]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| country = India
| postcode = 400093
| coordinates = {{coord|19.116999|72.861843|type:edu_region:IN-MH|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| other_name = 
| former_name = 
| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic church|Catholicism]]
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]s
| established = {{Start date and age|1945}}
| founder = 
| closed = 
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| principal = Fr. Malcolm Nato, S.J.
| head = 
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| faculty =
| grades = [[K-12 (education)|K-12]]
| gender = [[Single-sex education|Boys]]
| age_range = 
| enrollment = 2,600
| language = {{ubl|[[English language|English]]|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}}
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| test_name = [[Secondary School Certificate]]
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| website = {{url|http://www.holyfamilyandheri.org}}
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Holy Family High School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school for boys located in the suburb of [[Andheri|East Andheri]] in [[Mumbai]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. While the school is primarily [[English language|English]]-[[Medium of instruction|medium]], there is also a smaller [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-medium section that runs in parallel from the fifth to the tenth standard.<ref>{{Citation|last=Stanislites Bandra|title=Holy Family High School|date=2006-12-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A11wmSf1yw|accessdate=2017-08-27}}</ref> The school now also has a junior college named Holy Family Junior College for 11th and 12th grade HSC students.

==History==

[[File:HFHS Mumbai Logo Old.png|thumb|right|70px|Old logo]]
Holy Family High School was founded in 1944 as a parish institution in an old, single-storied structure by Fr. Denzil Keating, S.J. The school's first [[headmistress]] was Maud D'Costa.

In 1963, another school building was constructed adjoining Holy Family Church. It was improved and extended with the help of student efforts such as donations, raffles, and school [[fête]]s. A new hall and classrooms were constructed. This building lacked facilities such as filtered drinking water and a [[cafeteria]]. It had an inadequate playground and poor sports facilities, requiring the use of the Vinayalaya Jesuit seminary grounds, behind the school and church buildings. The building was extended in the 1970s to have multiple stories, with additional classrooms and a school hall. The school had female students for a few years. Some were admitted for year 11 science and commerce streams. Earlier in the school's history females were accepted at lower levels as well. A mini-stadium was built on the old school ground using funds donated by Jitendra Shah. A few years later, the building became too small to cater to the growing number of parishioners and the building was sold.

A more spacious building was constructed, with its own playground on a nearby plot of land. On 22 October 1985, Fr. Lisbert D'Souza, S.J., (Provincial Superior of the Bombay Jesuits) blessed the foundation stone and on 16 July 1988 Bishop Ferdinand Fonseca blessed the new building. On 7 January 1989, under the tenure of Jesuit Frs. Tony J. D'Souza as [[vicar]] and Francis Gonsalves as principal, the new school building was formally inaugurated by Simon Cardinal Pimenta, the [[archbishop]] of Bombay.

In 2005, the school added an [[amphitheatre]] and in 2009 a semi-olympic size swimming pool, both at the initiative of the school PTA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://holyfamilyandheri.org/facilities/|title=Facilities |publisher=Holy Family High School & Jr. College |website=holyfamilyandheri.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref> Craft and painting courses are offered. Class picnics are held once a year.

A Parent-Teacher Association was established in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://holyfamilyandheri.org/pta/|title=P.T.A. |publisher=Holy Family High School & Jr. College |website=holyfamilyandheri.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>

===50th anniversary===

In 1995, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary with a grand celebration including a fireworks display. In the large crowd attending were several of the school's ex-principals. A [[time capsule]] containing fifty years of school information was buried at the foot of the Holy Family statue to be reopened in the year 2045.

===60th anniversary===

In 2005 the school celebrated its 60th anniversary. Under the initiative of the principal Fr. Francis Swamy, S.J., and the school's PTA, a five-night [[fête]] was held on the school grounds. Celebrities were present for the occasion, broadcast live on cable TV.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://holyfamilyandheri.org/about-us/history/|title=History |publisher=Holy Family High School & Jr. College |website=holyfamilyandheri.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>

==Policies==
===Academic===
Merit cards are presented to students who do well academically.

===Disciplinary===

Some of the school's past principals have been accused of using excessive [[school corporal punishment|corporal punishment]] in the form of [[caning]] as well as, allegedly, random implements such as hockey sticks and knotted whips, even for minor offenses such as tardiness. Also, teachers used wooden rulers to hit students on hands and knuckles or slapped them as a means of punishment.

More recently, however, the school frowns on the use of corporal punishment. Instead, the services of the school's counselor are used.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} And those who require discipline are presented with cards at school assemblies, the colour of the card indicating the number of wrongdoings.

===Civic===
In 2004, the school banned the use of plastics by its students, out of concern for the environment.<ref name=Cybernoon20040701>
{{cite news |first = Indira |last = Rodericks |title = 'No Plastics' Zone |url = http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=bombayfirst&xfile=July2004_extraspecial_standard336&child=extraspecial
|work = Cybernoon |date = 2004-07-01 |accessdate = 2007-01-04 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032924/http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=bombayfirst&xfile=July2004_extraspecial_standard336&child=extraspecial
|archivedate=2007-09-27}}</ref>

== Principals ==
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2021}}
The following individuals have served as principal of the school:
{| {{Table|sort}}
|-
! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office
|-
|align=center|{{nts|1}} || Fr. Denzil Keating, S.J. ||align=center|1944 ||align=center|1949 ||align=right|{{age in years|1944|1949}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|2}} || Fr. Julius Gomes, S.J. ||align=center|1949 ||align=center|1951 ||align=right|{{age in years|1949|1951}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|3}} || Fr. Fred Britto, S.J. ||align=center|1951 ||align=center|1952 ||align=right|{{age in years|1951|1952}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|4}} || Fr. H Jiminez, S.J. ||align=center|1952 ||align=center|1960 ||align=right|{{age in years|1952|1960}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|5}} || Fr. Basil Fernandes, S.J. ||align=center|1960 ||align=center|1966 ||align=right|{{age in years|1960|1966}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|6}} || Fr. Joe D'Abreo, S.J. ||align=center|1966 ||align=center|1968 ||align=right|{{age in years|1966|1968}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|7}} || Fr. Henry D'Cruz, S.J. ||align=center|1968 ||align=center|1970 ||align=right|{{age in years|1968|1970}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|8}} || Fr. Percy D'Souza, S.J. ||align=center|1970 ||align=center|1971 ||align=right|{{age in years|1970|1971}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|9}} || Fr. Valero Aleu, S.J. ||align=center|1971 ||align=center|1974 ||align=right|{{age in years|1971|1974}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|6}}) || Fr. Joe D'Abreo, S.J. ||align=center|1974 ||align=center|1977 ||align=right|{{age in years|1974|1977}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|10}} || Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. ||align=center|1977 ||align=center|1980 ||align=right|{{age in years|1977|1980}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|11}} || Fr. Sebastian Fernandes, S.J. ||align=center|1980 ||align=center|1982 ||align=right|{{age in years|1980|1982}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|10}}) || Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. ||align=center|1982 ||align=center|1986 ||align=right|{{age in years|1982|1986}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|12}} || Fr. Edmund Carrasco, S.J. ||align=center|1986 ||align=center|1988 ||align=right|{{age in years|1986|1988}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|13}} || Fr. Francis Gonsalves, S.J. ||align=center|1988 ||align=center|1990 ||align=right|{{age in years|1988|1990}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|14}} || Fr. Tony Fonseca, S.J. ||align=center|1990 ||align=center|1995 ||align=right|{{age in years|1990|1995}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|10}}) || Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. ||align=center|1995 ||align=center|1998 ||align=right|{{age in years|1995|1998}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|15}} || Dr. Fr. Francis Swamy, S.J. ||align=center|1998 ||align=center|2013 ||align=right|'''{{age in years|1998|2013}} years'''
|-
|align=center|{{nts|16}} || Dr. Br. Thomas Vaz, S.J. ||align=center|2013 ||align=center|''incumbent'' ||align=right|{{age in years|2013}} years
|}

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Schools|Catholicism|India}}}}
* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in Mumbai]]
* [[Violence against Christians in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.holyfamilyandheri.org/ Holy Family High School]
* [http://holyfamily72.tripod.com/hfhs.html Holy Family High School] (informal)
* [http://www.holyfamilypta.com/ Holy Family High School Parent-Teacher Association]
*[http://holyfamilychurchchakala.com/ Holy Family Church]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&ll=19.117364,72.862058&t=h&z=18 Satellite view of Holy Family High School by Google Maps]

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{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1945]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in India]]

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