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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Lawrence High School
| native_name =
| former_name = St. John Chrysostom School
| logo = StLawrenceKolkata.png
| logo_size = 150px
| image = Kolkata, St Lawrence High School.JPG
| image_size = 270px
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| caption = St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, in 2017
| motto = For God and Country
| streetaddress = 27 Pramathesh Barua Sarani<br> (formerly Ballygunge Circular Road)
| city = [[Kolkata]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| province =
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|31|43.39|N|88|21|20.88|E|display=title,inline|region:IN-WB_type:edu}}
| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| patron = [[Lawrence of Rome]]
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]s
| religion = [[Roman Catholic|Catholicism]]
| established = {{Start date and age|1937|01}}
| founder = Fr. Lawrence Rodrigues, S.J.
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| district = Kolkata
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| rector = Fr. Julian S Das, S.J.
| principal = Fr. Francis Jimmy Keepuram S.J.
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| teaching_staff = 84
| grades = [[K-12 (education)|1-12]]
| gender = [[Single-sex education|Boys]]
| enrollment = 3,000
| medium of language = [[English language|English]]
| hours_in_day = 5:35
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| athletics = Football, cricket, basketball
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| nickname = Lawrencians
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| yearbook = The Lawrencian
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]]|Council for Higher Secondary Education}}
| website = {{url|stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/}}
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'''St. Lawrence High School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school for boys, located in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The school was founded in 1810 and run by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], initially in Baithakhana, [[Sealdah]], as an elementary school which came to be known as St. John Chrysostom School. It was renamed in January 1937 by Fr. Lawrence Rodriques, S.J. as St. Lawrence High School. The school caters for approximately 3,000 students.

== 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 language|Bengali]] but instruction in English was included. In 1913 teaching turned to English and boys were prepared for the [[Senior Cambridge|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, Kolkata|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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/historyoftheschool|title=History|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref>

The 1950s saw the addition of a primary school block and Jesuit residence, and a [[National Cadet Corps (India)|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.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":0" /> It would implement the Jesuit ideal of forming "persons for and with others."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/men-for-others.html|title=Men for Others|website=onlineministries.creighton.edu|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref>

== 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/teachingstaff|title=Teaching staff|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> with computer-aided learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/st-lawrence-high-school/19170107220|title=St. Lawrence High School, Ward-69, Kolkata - West Bengal|website=iCBSE|language=en|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> Students are organized into four "houses" which integrate primary and high school students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/abouthousedetails|title=houses|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref>

In 2017, St. Lawrence High celebrated in a big way the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (6 April) and, along with its alumni association,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/expression-2017-report|title=Expression 2017 - A report {{!}} sportanddev.org|website=www.sportanddev.org|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> sponsored an art contest for Jesuit schools worldwide on the theme of Olympic Games and Peace.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.educatemagis.org/blogs/international-day-sport-development-peace-observed-st-lawrence-high-school/|title=International Day of Sport for Development and Peace observed by St. Lawrence High School - Educate Magis|work=Educate Magis|access-date=2017-08-23|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/chineseexchangeprogramme|title=Trip to China|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref>

Cricket, [[Association football|soccer]], and basketball are the main school sports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/gamesandsports|title=Sports|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> The school has also had a championship rowing team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/rowingchampionship2015|title=Rowing 2014, 2015: Bengal and All India K.C. Mahindra Invitational|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> Extracurricular activities include speech and debate, drama, music, and choir.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/Infrastructure|title=Activities|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> Dozens of videos of student activities are available on the web, as well as a tour of the facility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/|title=Shots on campus|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stlawrencehighschool.edu.in/infrastructuredevelopment|title=Picture tour|website=stlawrencehighschool.edu.in|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=June 2021}}



* [[Aniruddha Bose]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
* [[Ranadeb Bose]], cricketer
* [[Suman Chakraborty]], Professor of Mechanical engineering at [[IIT Kharagpur]]
* [[Utpal Dutt]], actor
* [[Kamaleshwar Mukherjee]], filmmaker
* [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], actor
* [[Bedabrata Pain]], scientist and filmmaker
* [[Saugata Roy]], Member of Parliament, Union Minister, Member of Legislative Assembly West Bengal, trade unionist and educationalist
* [[Tathagata Roy]], [[List of governors of Tripura|Governor of Tripura]], engineer and Professor of [[Jadavpur University]]
* [[Kabir Suman]], singer

==See also==
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* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in West Bengal]]

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

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[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1937]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in West Bengal]]

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