Cathedral and John Connon School: Difference between revisions

  | dean                    = Mrs. Meera Isaacs

  | head_name2              = Vice Principal

  | students                = 3000

The Cathedral & John Connon School is affiliated with the [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]]<ref>[http://cisce.org/LocateSchool_na.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526193841/http://cisce.org/LocateSchool_na.htm |date=26 May 2008 }}</ref> (CISCE), and its students appear for the Council's ISC, IB (Grade 12) and IGCSE, ICSE (Grade 10) examinations. [[English language|English]] is the medium of instruction. [[Hindi]] is taught as a second language and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] or [[Sanskrit]] are taught as third languages.

The Cathedral Model United Nations is run entirely by the school's student body over a period of three days, where students assume the roles of delegates representing countries.<ref>[http://cathedral-school.com/cmun.php ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312124438/http://cathedral-school.com/cmun.php |date=12 March 2008 }}</ref> From a start in 1996 - the first CMUN had only one committee (Asia and Pacific Council), it has grown into an event with over 700 delegates attending.<ref>{{cite news |title=Model UNs a hit with schools|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/mumbai/29917916_1_schools-lok-sabha-session-lahore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926144137/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/mumbai/29917916_1_schools-lok-sabha-session-lahore |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=23 August 2011}}</ref> CMUN 2007 was the first to have delegates from outside Mumbai. Schools like Mayo College, La Martiniere Calcutta, St. James' School, Doon School, Modern School Barakhamba Road, and others attended the conference. 2011 featured the first international delegates from Rato Bangala School from Nepal and Aitchinson College, Pakistan.{{cn|date=April 2021}}

There was also another house, that was brown in color, called Kuruvilla that was later disbanded and students were distributed amongst the houses available since it made more sense to have four houses in order to keep competitions easier.<ref>[http://www.catalumni.com/schooltoday.asp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130211150/http://www.catalumni.com/schooltoday.asp |date=30 November 2007 }} </ref>

*[[Anand Mahindra]], Industrialist and Chairman of [[Mahindra & Mahindra]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IB Schools in Pune - The Cathedral Vidya School Lonavala|url=https://www.cathedral-lonavala.org/about-us/|access-date=13 August 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

*[[Fareed Zakaria]], Indian-American author, political scientist, and [[CNN]] journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/alumni-celebrate-fort-school-s-150-years-of-excellence-in-360-page-book/story-8Tcyxk3MVw75yAoXFxXLxO.html|title = Alumni celebrate Fort school's 150 years of excellence in 360-page book|date = 14 November 2010}}</ref>

*[[Jamshyd Godrej]], Industrialist and founder of the [[Godrej Group]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jagyasi|first=DrPrem|date=12 April 2019|title=Most famous Schools and their famous Alumni|url=https://instablogs.com/famous-schools-famous-alumni.html|access-date=13 August 2020|website=InstaBlogs - Global Community Viewpoint and Opinion|language=en-US}}</ref>

*[[Salman Rushdie]], Author.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/alumni-celebrate-fort-school-s-150-years-of-excellence-in-360-page-book/story-8Tcyxk3MVw75yAoXFxXLxO.html|title = Alumni celebrate Fort school's 150 years of excellence in 360-page book|date = 14 November 2010}}</ref>

*[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], Indian news anchor, journalist, and author<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iconic journalists like Rajdeep Sardesai are generated through value oriented Media education – Edugenius Blog|url=http://edugeniusblog.com/index.php/2018/03/14/iconic-journalists-like-rajdeep-sardesai-are-generated-through-value-oriented-media-education/|access-date=2 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>