St. Xavier's School, Ranchi

St. Xavier's School
St. Xavier's School
	Senior section of the school
Location
	Ranchi, Jharkhand; India
Coordinates	23°20′17″N 85°18′52″E / 23.338038°N 85.3143335°E
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary
Motto	Courage to excel by all
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuits
Patron saint(s)	Francis Xavier
Established	1960; 66 years ago
Principal	Fr. Sanjay Kerketta, S.J.
Gender	Boys only: KG to 10; Co-educational: 11 to 12;
Number of students	2110+
Classes	K-12
Accreditation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Alumni	Xaverians
Website	www.stxaviersschool.com

St. Xavier's School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Doranda, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. The school was founded by the Jesuits in 1960^[1] and named in honour of Saint Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Jesuits. It is run by the Society of Jesus and provides education from kindergarten to standard 12. Plus two (+2) was started in 2000 and was run under the guidance of the late Hira Prasad. The school is boys-only until standard 10 with its plus two section being co-educational.

Overview

Until about 1976, the school followed the Cambridge Higher Secondary curriculum and now follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) curriculum.^[2] The school feeds students into the engineering colleges (IITs and BIT, NITs, KIIT, etc.) and medical colleges of India.^[3] It is now one of the most renowned schools in the east zone and is famous for its achievements in fields such as sports, debate, academics, quizzes and many more.^{[citation needed]}

The motto of the school was coined in Sanskrit by Fr. C. Bulcke, when Courage to Excel by All was considered a contribution towards the building up of one country and one nation.^[4]

History

This school was started in 1960 in response to a request from the professional community of Heavy Engineering Corporation, Hindustan Steel Ltd., and the National Coal Development Corporation.

Alumni

Students and alumni are referred to as Xaverians or DOXs.^[5] The Doranda Old Xaverians are mainly networked through their Yahoo group.^[6] The alumni meet in locations like Mumbai, Delhi, San Francisco, and Singapore,^[7] besides the get-togethers at Ranchi.

St Xavier's Doranda is a part of the Jesuit Alumni Association of India. Recently in a national survey, it was awarded the silver medal throughout India.^[8]

Notable alumni

Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
Sajal Chakraborty, I.A.S (1980 batch), former Chief Secretary of the State of Jharkhand
Abhishek Chaubey (1993 batch), Indian film director, writer, screenwriter and producer
Birendra Singh Dhanoa, (1969-1971), Air Chief Marshal
Jairam Ramesh (1961-1963 class 3 to 5), former Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests
Lt. Gen. Amrik Singh, AVSM, Chief of Army Staff Commendation, General Officer Commanding in Chief Commendation, Sena Medal (distinguished)

References

↑ "Journey".
↑ "CISCE". www.cisce.org.
↑ "Achievers".
↑ "Origin".
↑ Xaverians, Doranda Old. "The Official Alumni Network of St Xavier's School, Doranda". Doranda Old Xaverians.
↑ "Yahoo". Yahoo.
↑ "Telegraph".
↑ "JAA". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.

External links

www.stxaviersschool.com
Google. "St. Xavier's School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[1] "Journey".

[2] "CISCE". www.cisce.org.

[3] "Achievers".

[4] "Origin".

[5] Xaverians, Doranda Old. "The Official Alumni Network of St Xavier's School, Doranda". Doranda Old Xaverians.

[6] "Yahoo". Yahoo.

[7] "Telegraph".

[8] "JAA". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.

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