St. Mary's School, Mumbai
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| Type | private secondary school |
| Motto | Immaculata |
| Established | 1864 |
| Principal | Fr. Evarist Newnes |
| Grades | 1 - 10 |
| Houses | Blue, Green, Red, White |
St. Mary's School is a Jesuit-run secondary school located on Nesbit Road, Mazagaon in the city of Mumbai, India. The school is affiliated with Mumbai's Church of St. Anne, which lies adjacent to the school.
St. Mary's is an Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) affiliate.
History
St. Mary's School was founded in 1864 by members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, and that has been active in the field of education ever since its inception. The school is still run by Jesuits.
St. Mary's School began as a Catholic military orphanage, but soon found itself providing Catholic boys of the Anglo-Indian community with a general and religious education through the medium of English. While Catholics still receive priority in admission, boys of other communities have always been admitted as well.
Today, the school has four buildings, two playgrounds and a basketball court.
Mission
In general, the Jesuit school aims at the integral personal formation of the students. To this end, special efforts are made to:
- help the students become mature, spiritually oriented men of character.
- encourage them continually to strive after excellence in every field.
- be clear and firm on principles, courageous and resolute in action.
- be unselfish in the service of their fellow men and become agents of progressive social change.
- instill in then a true national spirit, a deep love for the motherland, an appreciation of Indian culture, values, language, and things Indian, and a keen civic and social sense.
Motto
The school motto is Latin Immaculata, literally "immaculate" in the sense of Mary's conception untainted by original sin, or in the sense of the "perfection" that St. Mary's School wishes to see its students strive for.
Staff
Notable Secondary staff include:
English
ms.Minaz Marker
- Ms. Mariam John till June 9th 2008
- Mr. Preetham D'Silva
- Mr. Ryan Rodrigues
- Mr. George Hilbert
- Ms. Cheryl Colaco
Hindi
- Ms. Mithlesh Sholapukar Retired June 19th 2008
- Ms. Anjana Rawat
- Ms. Sharda Shukla
- Mr. Sanjay Singh
Mathematics
- Mr. Elias Coelho
- Ms. Sharon Kunder
- Mr. Shobhnath Yadav Retired June 9th
- Mr. Ignatius D'Souza
- Ms. Swapna Pradhan
- Ms. Asifa Mullah From June 9th
History
- Ms. Lucinda D,Souza Retired 9th June 2008
- Ms. Salome Pinto
- Ms. Reena Prasad
- Ms. S. Bana Started June 9th 2008
- Mr. Austine Vas
Geography
- Mr. Austine Vas
- Ms. Sakina Japanwala
- 'Mr. Preetham D'Silva
- Ms. Zeenat Surkha
Biology
- Ms. Freny Billimoria
- Mr. Elias Coelho
- Mr. Preetham D'Silva
- Ms. Sharon Kunder
- Ms. Swapna Pradhan
- Ms. Deepa Garg
Physics
- Ms. Sharon Kunder
- Mr. Ignatius D'Souza
- Mr. Shobhnath Yadav Till June 9th 2008
- Ms. Asifa Bhatti From June 9th 2008
Chemistry
- Ms. Clementine Monteiro
- Ms. Arjumand Ghogari
- Ms. Sharon Kunder
Environmental Education
- Ms. Deepa Garg
- Ms. Arjumand Ghogari
- Ms. Sharon Kunder
- Ms. Sakina Japanwalla
- Mr. Ryan Rodrigues
- Ms. Swapna Pradhan
- Ms. Zeenat Surkha
- Ms. Cheryl Colaco
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of the school include
- Freddie Mercury (then Farrokh Bulsara), lead singer of Queen
- Boman Irani, Bollywood actor
- Zubin Mehta, Orchestra conductor
- Azim Premji, industrialist and one of the world's richest men
- Sooraj R. Barjatya, Bollywood producer and director
- Dom Moraes, poet
- Rehan Poncha, Indian Olympic swimmer
- Homi K. Bhabha, critical theorist
- Paarzun Dastur, child actor
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