Loyola School, Jamshedpur

Loyola School, Jamshedpur
Location
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Information
Type	Jesuit, Private, Only Boys(1947–2011), Co-education(2001–present)
Motto	In Caritate Et Justitia
Established	1947
Principal	Father Victor Misquith, SJ
Faculty	Approx. 84
Number of students	Approx. 3000
Campus	Jamshedpur
School Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Website	loyola.edu.in

Loyola School of Jamshedpur was established in 1947 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1540. The Jesuit Educational Objectives are to produce men and women who have deep faith in God and in their fellowmen and, imbued with this faith, to work for justice and equality.

The Jesuits have established many schools and colleges in India in which young men and women belonging to every social status, community and linguistic group, are educated through the medium of English and other regional languages. These institutions are a part of the Catholic Church’s efforts to share in the country’s educational undertakings.

The School is owned and run by Loyola Jamshedpur, a registered society which also constitutes the Governing body of the school. The responsibility of the day to day running of the school is vested in the Principal.

As a Catholic school, Loyola has for its inspiration and guidance, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Special attention is paid to faith formation of the Catholic students, through weekly religion classes, option to attend the Mass when it is celebrated, recollections and the annual retreat. Even so, the school's student profile is very cosmopolitan. Loyola Jamshedpur is one of the most illustrious schools in the Eastern region of India and its alumnus includes internationally well known and respected figures in the fields of art, literature, science, sports, economics, administration and medicine. Luminaries like the modernist dancer Astad Deboo, Delhi Daredevils and Indian Cricketer and ace-paceman Varun Aaron, author and scriptwriter Tuhin Sinha, musician and art critic Adi Gazder, novelist Joydeep Roy Bhattacharya, Dr. Ashok Chatterjee, MIT mathematician Dr. Abhinav Kumar, National Centre for Radioastronomy director Dr. Yashwant Gupta,Tata Steel deputy MD, Souvik Dutta [Harvard Physicist] and UPenn alumnus Niroop Mahanty and many more have passed through the portals of this school. The school which had a long tradition of being only a boys school with the exception of girls studying only in standard 11 and 12; has recently turned coeducational. The school has girls from kindergarten to 8th and in 11th and 12th. In, 2 years time, the whole school will turn co-ed.

Tagged among the top 15 most respectable schools nationwide, by a survey conducted by Education World and IMRB (Indian Market Research Bureau), Loyola School has more than one reason to be looked up to as a pioneer in the sphere of comprehensive education.

Fests, events and news

Etrix is the annual computer fest of Loyola School, organised by the Computer Club. Formerly known as Abacus, this fest has quite a few one of a kind events to its fame. In the year 2008, the event went National with schools from all over India participating in it. The 2009 edition of this event was held on the 11 and 12 November.

The Thomas Paul Science Quiz or TPSQ is an annual inter-school event in memory of one of the teachers, Thomas Paul. It is a much awaited event and all the schools of the city participate in it.

Conquista is an English fest organized by the debating club of the school.It features a variety of events including "Point of View",a slightly different from of debate in which participants represent certain nations and speak on the given topic as if they were a member of that country.Besides this,there is "Mime Time",a mime acting event and "Sonorous" a standard declamation."A Cut Above" is a movie review while "Point Blank" is a personal interview.Events like "Lit-rapture" aka creative writing and "Contradix" complete the scenario.All in all the fest aims at changing the way students of the steel city perceive the English language – a cliche of public speaking and essay writing.Conceptualized in 2010,the second edition of the fest in 2011 saw a record participation of 13 schools.

The Maths fest is an annual maths extravaganza held for budding maths geniuses in the city.

Apart from all this the school witnesses all the major entertainment events of Jamshedpur like Rhapsody calling popular bands from over India.

Recently the school has undergone major upgrades. Apart from a new computer lab for the junior school, the chemistry lab has also been upgraded. The former Jesuit hostel is turned into a staff room for the teachers. A new state of the art library named Knowledge Centre has also been constructed to enable the new generation to increase their knowledge. The Senior School Computer Lab and the Physics Lab has also been updated.

Loyola is known to churn out outstanding students and every year students across various discipline come out in in flying colors which is not surprising as the faculty quality here is one of the best in India. it has been accorded the 14th rank all over India among schools of repute by an education based magazine "Education World".

The school was ranked 11th by IMRB in 2010.

Uniform

The school uniform is different for different set of classes

• KG to 3(Girls) : White short sleeved blouse, with the monogram according to the house colour, blue checkered skirt and cotton blue bloomers,black shoes and black socks .
• KG to 3(Boys)  : White shirt with the monogram according to the house colour and navy blue short pants, black shoes with lace and black socks.
• 4 & 5(Girls)  : White short sleeved blouse, with the monogram according to the house colour, khaki checkerd Tunic black shoes and black socks.
• 4 & 5(Boys)  : White shirt with the monogram according to the house colour and khaki short pants, black shoes with lace and black socks.
• 6 to 10(Girls) : White half sleeve shirt, with the monogram according to your house colour, Checkered Tunic, black shoes and white socks.
• 6 to 10(Boys)  : White half sleeve shirt, with the monogram according to your house colour, Khaki full pants, black shoes with lace and white socks.

Vision and mission

The Vision

As an educational institution Loyola school aims at preparing students to become professionally competent citizens who are at the same time concerned about others specially the underprivieged, in order to build up a just society.

The Mission

• To inculcate in our students the values of
  • love and concern for others
  • friendliness and cooperation
  • truthfulness
  • respect for all as children of God
  • discipline and self control
  • responsible citizenship
  • care and concern for the environment
• To promote in our students
  • academic excellence
  • leadership skills
  • all-round development

Anthem

The Anthem of Loyola School goes as follows:

“

Loyola, Loyola, we sing our proud refrain, Loyola, Loyola, till the echoes ring again, For here we all are true, and our hearts are strong, And merrily we will sing, as we march along, Loyola, Loyola, till the echoes ring again.

”

The Loyolean

'The Loyolean is the official newspaper of Loyola School, Jamshedpur. It was first published in the year 1992 by its founding editorial team composed of Deepak Jha as the editor along with Marian Francis, Kavita Guha and the students of the XII Commerce Section in the editorial team. The Loyolean replaced the defunct "Jai Loyola" which had stopped circulation in the early 80's. The Loyolean was started due to the keen interest shown by the students of XII Commerce 1993 batch who were encouraged and supported by the then iconic principal Rev Father Eric Cassel. The newspaper was started under the banner of the Loyola Press Club. Keeping the tradition of having teacher as a Moderator for all club activities, Mrs Leela Ghose was the first moderator of the LPC which published The Loyolean. The LPC was given a room next to the Drum & Bugle Core (DBC) or Band room in the annex where the new primary wing has come up. The XII th Commerce batch continued to print the newspaper for almost 2 years after which it was handed over the Science sections.

Today the LPC, under the able guidance of Mrs. Shamita Ahuja. Its current Editor is Akash Tiwary. not only publishes print issues but also maintains the school portal, www.loyola.edu.in. Previously, the club used to maintain a portal named iLoyolean(defunct). The club has taken the unique initiative of introducing a comic strip, unique to Loyola. The basic purpose of the strip is to give artistic value to a student's life. The strip has a total of seven characters, with various traits that encompass most students.

External links

• Loyola School, Jamshedpur
• Annual Computer Fest – Etrix
• Loyola School on Gagan's Website
• Loyola School, Jamshedpur | Ashwin Atul
• Loyola School, Jamshedpur by Rohit Jha
• QUANTA Quizbowl Competition
• Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Bharat Scouts and Guides
• Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
• India Department of Education
• India Books Online
• EtriX
• Leela Ghose