St. Paul Higher Secondary School, Indore

St. Paul Higher Secondary School

Motto: Run, then, for Victory
Principal	Father Thomas Mathew
Vice Principal	Sister Christy
Manager	Rev. Dr. Chacko Thottumarickal SVD
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	Christian minority
Founded	1956
Location	Indore, M.P., India
Area	6 acres
Enrollment	3300
Staff	135
Campus surroundings	Urban
Houses	Blue, green, red and yellow
Website	http://www.stpaulindore.com/

St. Paul Higher Secondary School is a school located in the city of Indore, India. Named after Paul of Tarsus, it is located on the Boundary Road (near the agricultural college) and offers higher secondary school education from classes VI (sixth) to XII (twelfth). The junior section of the school, from kindergarten to class V, is situated in the old campus on the CPWD Workshop Road near MGM Medical College.

History

The school was founded in 1956 in the city of Indore near Sat Prachar Press as the boys' section of St. Raphael's Higher Secondary School. Sister Ann was the first principal and Father J. Partch was the first person in charge of the school. In 1963, the boys' section was separated from St. Raphael's under Fr. Wilhelm J. Lenzen (a German by birth), and the school continues to be a separate entity. In 1975 the secondary section was separated and shifted to the new campus on the Boundary Road.

Affiliation

Initially the school was affiliated to the Madhya Pradesh State Education Board, but later in 1996 it became affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education.

Emblem and motto

"Run, then, for Victory".

In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul says:

You know well enough that when men run in the race, the race is for all, but the prize is for one. Run, then, for victory. Every athlete must keep all his appetites under control; and he does it to win a crown that perishes, whereas ours is an imperishable crown.

• The Cogwheel is part of the emblem of Indore City. The wheat stalks are a symbol of Madhya Pradesh, but it also confirms the theme of the emblem that a good harvest will be the reward for those who are prepared to work hard. All other symbols and motto are taken from Saint Paul, the heavenly patron of the school.

• The Sword. In 67 A.D., Saint Paul chose to die by it rather than deny his God, after teaching and demonstrating that life is indeed a battle to be fought in God's Armour.

• The Quill. When Saint Paul could not travel and teach, he wrote letters. Fourteen of those precious documents we have today. The quill, the pen in those days, is a symbol of the school's studies.

• The Golden Crown symbolizes Saint Paul's imperishable crown.

School management

The diocese is spread over three civil districts of western Madhya Pradesh. The society engages in educational and humanitarian activities. In the educational field, there are nine formal schools affiliated either with the State Board or CBSE. Some are:

• St. Joseph's High School
• St. George's School
• St. Joseph's School
• St. John's School

There are also non-formal educational centers, boarding schools for rural/tribal children and animation centers.

Student houses

There are four houses in the school - blue, green, red and yellow.

Students are allotted one of the four houses randomly and they remain a part of the house till they pass out of the school. The division of houses is done to encourage competition amongst the students, who compete in extra-curricular events.

For any inter-house competition, every house sends three teams, one each for Juniors, Inters and Seniors group. The Junior group comprises VIth and VIIth standard, Inters have VIIIth and IXth, while the Senior group has Xth, XIth and XIIth standard boys.

There are 16 council members, every house having four posts. House Captains for 2010-11 being, 1)Yash Kataria,Chief Captain,Blue House 2)Gaurav Deshpande,Chief Captain,Red House 3)Arpit Arora,Chief Captain,Yellow House 4)Naved Khan,Chief Captain,Green House

Several others being (RED)Kshtitj Dubey,Husain Saify and Chetan Chawdhry. (BLUE)Yash Yadav,Kanishk Singh and Harsh Shukla. (YELLOW)Shivendra Singh,Rajat Nahar and Abdul Mohsin. Lastly...(GREEN)Anurag Parashar,Anant Khandekar and Nikhil Chakraborty.

References

• "Parental Perception about Ideal Child: A Cross-Cultural Study" by M. K. Raina, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb., 1975), pp. 229-232. doi:10.2307/351047 Study included a survey of mothers who had come to attend the parent-teacher association meeting at St. Paul Higher Secondary School, Indore.