Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School

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Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School
Location
Mumbai
,
Maharashtra

India
Information
Other nameOLPS
TypePublic
MottoLet Your Light Shine
Established1954
ChairmanFr. Henry Fernandes CSsR
PrincipalSr. Jacintha D’Souza
Number of students2640
Websitewww.olpshighschool.org

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, also known as OLPS High School, is a school for boys in Chembur, Mumbai, India. The school celebrates its annual feast on 27 June as the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It is one of top schools in Chembur.[1]

It has alumni across industries including the Bollywood film industry, cricket, television, music and authors.

History[edit]

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School was established in 1954 by the Redemptorists. The first principal of the school was Fr. Brian McGrath who received support from a parishioner Dr. Sarto Esteves for raising funds for the school building.[2] Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the patron of the school.

Infrastructure[edit]

The school campus hosts contemporary facilities to support the academic and extracurricular pursuits of the students.

These include spacious classrooms with audio visual aid, state-of-the-art science and computer laboratories, well stocked library featuring a huge collection of books on various subjects and a canteen for students within the school campus. The school has adequate security within the school premises with well-maintained CCTV cameras.

The school also offers a football ground, a quadrangle, facilities for badminton, cricket, basketball and a dome area on the terrace for sapling plantations.

The school is adjoining the Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church.

Curriculum and activities[edit]

The school is affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education for Class One to Tenth Class. It also has Kindergarten for boys. The medium of instruction is English.

The students are grouped into four houses: St. Gerard (Blue); St. Alphonsus (Yellow); St. Clement (Green); and St. Anthony (Red).

Sports activities include cricket, football, basketball, and volleyball. OLPS students have consistently excelled in sporting events.

The school band has won many competitions across Mumbai.

Staff[edit]

The school is administered by the manager Fr. Henry Fernandes CSsR for both primary and secondary sections.

Secondary section[edit]

  • Head Mistress - Sr. Jacintha D’Souza
  • Assistant Head Master - Santosh Souz
  • Supervisor - Rani Johnson

Primary section[edit]

  • Head Mistress - Sr. Therese Madtha

Notable alumni[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "10 Best Schools in Chembur, Mumbai". Zedua. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "A GRANDSON REMEMBERS DR SARTO ESTEVES". 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Anil Kapoor gets nostalgic about Chembur". Mumbai Mirror. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Aamir almost entirely ignores reputation: Ram Sampath". The Times of India. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Devdutt Pattanaik".
  6. ↑ "Cricket on the pitch, football off it: Aditya Tare worships Arsenal". Mumbai Mirror. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ajay Jayaram, from nearly man to a comeback man". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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