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'''The Mary Immaculate Girls' High Schools''' are located in [[Santa Cruz (Mumbai)#Kalina|Kalina]] and [[Borivali]] in the city of [[Mumbai]], India. They are [[Catholic school|Catholic schools]], established and administered by the Mission Sisters of [[Ajmer]], members of an Indian religious congregation. The school is under the religious jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mumbai.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}

Mary Immaculate Girls' High School, [[Borivli]] and [[Santa Cruz (Mumbai)#Kalina|Kalina]] are affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board Of Education, [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://mahahsscboard.maharashtra.gov.in/list_school_static.php?div_id=4%20&%20inst_type=ssc|title = List of Institute(MUMBAI)|date = |accessdate = 29 July 2015|website = Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Pune|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> It started as a primary school in June 1957,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/mary-immaculate-girls-high-school/27230700203|title = Mary Immaculate Girls High School|date = |accessdate = 28 July 2015|website = ICBSE|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> and was upgraded to a high school in 1963.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}} The students are known as Marians. There are also schools by the same name, run by the Mission Sisters of Ajmer in [[Ajmer]] and [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], Rajasthan.

==The school==
More than 10,000 students study in the school. The{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}} school is a center for the [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] board exams. A former teacher, Rajalakshmy Nair, from the Kalina division, won the President's Award for best teacher.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}} Another teacher, Saramma Chandy from the Borivali Division, won the Ishalakshi Gangadharan Memorial Award for Excellence in Science Teaching in 2004.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}She later won the President 's award for Best teacher in 2005.

The Borivali Campus of Mary Immaculate Girls High School is located on a small hillock called Mt. Poinsur. The Borivali division set up and runs Karuna Hospital which provides medical services.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}

The school arranges Christmas and [[Diwali]] parties.

==The motto and the emblem==
The motto is 'Seek Ye Wisdom', which was Mother Mary Matilda's motto.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}

The emblem is a shield. Inscribed on it are the words of the school motto: "Seek ye Wisdom". There is a lily engraved on the emblem which symbolises purity of mind and body. The radiant sun on the emblem symbolises the enlightenment that education brings to the mind of every Marian. The letters 'I' and 'M' stand for Mary Immaculate, the patroness.

==Celebrating the golden jubilee==
In the academic 2013-2014 the school at Kalina celebrated its golden jubilee.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://mighs.in/gallery.php?name=1.Golden%20Jubilee%20-%20Inaaugral%20Function|title = Golden Jubilee - 2013|date = |accessdate = 29 July 2015|website = Mary Immaculate Girls High School|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> They arranged a grand function consisting of three musicals put up by the different sections of the school. The KG section put up "red riding hood", the primary section,"hansel and gretel" and the secondary section the classic,"king and I."

The school celebrates the [[Feast of the Immaculate Conception]] of [[The Virgin Mary]] on 8 December.

==School canteen days==
Every month the school keeps canteen where students have food stalls to serve their own home cooked food. The money generated from this event goes towards school maintenance and welfare.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}

==School magazine==
The school distributes ''Marian Notes'' to the students. It has pictures and articles regarding the events of that academic year. Articles are written by the students and teachers. Capable students are given the opportunity to be a part of the editorial board of the magazine.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}

==Notable alumni==
* [[Deena Mehta]], chief executive officer, Asit C. Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd
* [[Bhairavi Raichura]], tele-actress in series like ''[[Hum Paanch (TV series)|Hum Paanch]]'' and ''[[Balika Vadhu]]''
* [[Drashti Dhami]], actress in [[Dill Mill Gayye]] and in [[Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi]]
* [[Mahima Makwana]], actress in [[Sawaare Sabke Sapne... Preeto]] and [[Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke]]
* [[Rucha Gujarathi]], television actress
* [[Aahana Kumra]], actress

==See also==
{{portal bar|Schools|Catholicism|India}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Catholic secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Borivali]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1963]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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