St. Mary's School, Belgaum

St. Mary's High School is a co-educational school located in the Cantonment area in Belagavi, near the Head Post Office of Belagavi, India^[2][3] and is regulated and supervised by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. It was founded in 1851 and is celebrating its 165th jubilee in 2016. Near by educational institutions are Islamiya College and B K Model High School.

History

The school was founded in 1851. Late Guruprem D. David served as principal for four decades.^[4][5] Philips Alvaris is presently working as principal, succeeding Jasmine Rubdi.

Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy featured in the Film Festival held on 15 August 1984 at St. Mary's High School, Belgaum.^[6][7]

Academic standing

School song

The school song is

Co curricular activities

Students participate in Karnataka Talent Search Examination,^[8] All India General Knowledge Test,^[9] Karnataka Red Cross Examination, Karnataka Drawing Lower and Higher Grade Examination,^[10] Examination I , II , III conducted by Hindi school of Bombay,^[11] Kannada : I , II , III by Vishwa Vidya Sadan Trust, Bangalore , Mathematics and Science by National Talent Search Examination, Delhi, ANNUAL ALL INDIA UN INFORMATION TEST and poetry.^[12][13][14]

The school also has The School Parliament , Literary Association , Children's Art , Photographic , The Science and Nature Club respectively ; and an Interact Club under Rotary Club of Belgaum which is student organisation, where students take part as organisers of inter school events.^{[15] [16]}

Students can also be member of National Cadet Corps (NCC).^[17]

Scholarships

Few scholarships provided are - Shri Deepak Santosh Sing Chandalia, Krisnarajira Javalkar , Yashwantrao N. H. Hangirrgekar, Hemandra Turakhia , Mrs. Manorama P. Shenoy and Shantappa Maroor ; and Late Dr. N. R. Kulkarni,^[18] Master Hemant M. Sanzgiri Memorial , Sub Krishnarao Balawant Sawalekar , Ajit Banahatti , Ramachnadra Chate , Smt. Manorma Pise , Tejas N. Shanbhag , Smt. Neelamma Mahadevappa Hugar , Rev A. V. Rubdi, Mr H. S. Johnson , Ms. S. A. Rubdi , Naveen Kamble , Sri Ajit Vamanrao Jadhav scholarships respectively.

School pledge

House system

Students are divided into four Houses namely Yellow, Green, Blue, and Red. Each house colour is depicted on the student's uniform as a badge. They are led by four house leaders.

Passing Out parade

The SSLC students ( who will be completing grade 10 public examination commonly referred to as 'class 10 board examinations' ) march for the last time with lamps.

Sports

Annual intra house sports event are organised. Students also participate in events of Cricket, Table Tennis,^[19] Football with frequent participation in Royceton Memorial Trophy (under 14) which is organised by St. Paul's School, Belgaum,^[20][21][22] Swimming^[23] and Skating.^[24]

Notable alumni

List of notable alumni who have excelled in various fields:

• Late Amin Kittur, trekker, Best National Cadet Corps (NCC) Cadet - awarded by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during Republic Day Parade at New Delhi.^[25][26]
• Ameet Joshi ^[12]
• Dr. Ameet Patil ^[27][28]
• Amankumar Paragi ^[24]
• Shailesh Sharad Joshi, Amrut Pharmaceuticals ^[29]
• Sanatkumar Kagwad ^[30][31]
• Sourabh Pothadar ^[16][32][33]
• Sudharm Mudalgi ^[34][35]
• Arun Agarwal ^[36][37]
• Yash Kusane, swimmer ^[23]
• Ashok Lohar ^[38]

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