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| name = St. Xavier's High School, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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| motto = {{nowrap|{{lang-la|A Teneris Impende Laborem}}}}
| motto_translation = Apply yourself to hard work from an early age
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| city = [[Gandhinagar]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| country = India
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| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| established = {{start date and age|1970}}
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| district = Gandhinagar
| category = Grant-in-aid Jesuit Education Institute
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| principal = Fr. Antony Cruze. SJ
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| grades = 1–12 (science and commerce)
| gender = Co-educational
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| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]]
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]s
| alumni = Ex-Xavierites
| website = {{url|www.xaviersgnr.in}}
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'''St. Xavier's High School, Gandhinagar''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school located in [[Gandhinagar, Gujarat]], India. Founded in 1970 and run by the [[Society of Jesus]], the school prepares students for the [[Secondary School Certificate]] and [[Higher Secondary Examination|Higher Secondary Certificate]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://xaviersgnr.in/about/|title=About – St. Xavier’s High School|website=xaviersgnr.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>

== Background ==
St. Xavier's School, [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]], is run by the Jesuits. St. [[Francis Xavier]] was the first Jesuit to come to India 450 years ago,{{when|date=April 2021}} and schools throughout India are named after him.

In the late 1960s many governmental officials had their children in [[St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad]], or in Mt. Carmel, [[Ahmedabad]]. When the capital was moved to Gandhinagar the [[Government of Gujarat]] assisted in the founding of Xavier's High School there and also assists with salaries for teachers, Beginning in a government building in Sector 20, in 1982 the school shifted to a sprawling campus in Sector 8, with football fields, a cricket ground, two basketball courts, a full-sized skating rink, a canteen, and a tree-filled and environmentally friendly campus.<ref>{{Citation|last=xaviersgnr1|title=St. Xavier's High School Gandhinagar 1982 Alumni Reunion.|date=2010-05-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skls6KyYrgE|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>

The students come from all strata of society and the school is affiliated to the Gujarat Secondary Board of education running both Gujarati and English medium streams.<ref name=":0" />

==Vision==
The school caters mostly to children of Government officials working in Sachivalayathe. It follows the Gujarat State Board syllabus and has both the mediums running in the school – English and Gujarati.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archgandhinagar.org/institutions-schools/schools/st-xaviers-gandhinagar/|title=St. Xavier's, Gandhinagar - Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|work=Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en-US}}</ref> It aims to educate the well-rounded person, of service to others. The motto of the school in Latin is ''Ateneris Impende Laborem,'' which means that a child from an early age should apply himself/herself to hard work.

In the year 1996/1997 the Vedruna Sisters (Carmelites of Charity) joined the school to look after the primary and pre-primary sections.

The school has always secured more than 95% results at the Board examinations. Co-curricular activities are emphasized, with an annual athletic meet<ref>{{Citation|last=xaviersgnr1|title=SPORTS DAY 2008|date=2010-04-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLNZCQ6aDA|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref> and with various other tournaments in [[Association football|football]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/DPS-St-Xaviers-Gandhinagar-score-big-wins/articleshow/41024455.cms|title=DPS, St Xavier’s Gandhinagar score big wins - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref> [[cricket]], [[basketball]], and [[Ice skating|skating]], besides an annual Quest festival and other inter-class competitions throughout the year.

==See also==
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* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in Gujarat]]
* [[Violence against Christians in India]]

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

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[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Education in Gandhinagar]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]

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