Baldwin Girls' High School
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| Baldwin Girls' High School | |
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| Address | |
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90,Richmond Road, , , 560 025 | |
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| Type | Private school, boarding school |
| Motto | Loyalty and Service |
| Established | 1880 |
| Founder | Missionaries of The Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Principal | Mrs. Indira Williams |
| Staff | 150 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Houses | Benthein, Delima, Fisher, Laura Gill, Stephen, Watson, Weston |
| Colour(s) | Blue and white |
| Publication | The Baldwinian |
Baldwin Girls' High School (BGHS), founded in 1880, is one of the oldest schools in Bangalore, India. The school follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education syllabus and has classes from Kindergarten to the 10th standard in ICSE (grade). A women's’ degree college also occupies the premises. The school has an enrollment of more than 5000 students and prepares them for the National ICSE Exams and for the 12th std PUC examinations. Baldwin Girls' school, a member of the Baldwin group of Institutions, is run by the Methodist Church in India under the Chairmanship of Bishop of the South India Regional Conference of the Methodist Church in India.
The crest is a white shield on a field of blue, the torch denotes truth and light; the open book, God’s Work and Knowledge; the laurel, honours; and the Harp, cultural development.
The motto Loyalty and Service means faithfulness to God, to oneself, to the school and the nation, together with concern and care of all life.
Baldwin Boys High School is the brother school of Baldwin Girls' High School.
The school has an "Opportunity School" for specially challenged children. Baldwin Opportunity School is an institution in the field of Special Education, founded by Miss Anne Tillou, an American missionary, in 1964. It is an extension of the Baldwin Girls' High School and a Unit of Baldwin Methodist Education Society. The School is for children who are Intellectually Challenged in the mild and moderate category. The classes are divided into Pre-Primary, Primary, Intermediate, Senior I, Senior II, Learning Lab, Home Maker's Class and Pre-Vocational Unit.
History
The school was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church, with a monetary grant from John Baldwin, Ohio, USA. It was known as the Episcopal Methodist School and was managed by a board of ICSE council. The school had an ISC Board for two years, in 2001 and 2002, but this was discontinued due to lack of a student body, and was replaced by the PUC college.
Extracurricular activities
In 2010, the Baldwin choir came second in the Jingle Jam conducted by Radio Indigo out of 500 schools. The choir of Baldwins has consistently been winning in the annual Basel Mission conducted at the Bangalore Town Hall. The school has the first ever all-girl band to be formed in Bangalore. They are the only all-girl band to have performed at Christmas for the Basel Mission. The school basketball team won the Nationals in 2010 and 2011.
Baldwin Democratic Organization
The organization was formed to inculcate a sense of responsibility in the children. Each student votes for their leaders or representative.
General Officers
- School President.
- Games Captain.
- School Vice President.
- School Secretary cum Treasurer.
- School Junior Vice President (9th)
- School Junior Games Captain (9th)
Leaders
- Choir Prefect.
- Choir Co-Prefect.
- Drum Majorette.
- Junior Drum Majorette.
- Basketball Captain.
- Literary Club President.
- Literary Club Secretary.
- Hostel Prefect.
House Leaders
- Captain.
- Vice-Captain.
- Torch Bearer.
- Secretary.
General Leaders
This consists of the Class Leaders, starting from the 5th std going until the 10th.
- President.
- Secretary.
- Library Squad.
- Service Squad.
Notable alumni
- Anita Sood, swimming champion
- Dr. Prathima Reddy
- Rishya Hemchandra, entrepreneur
- Aindrita Ray, actress
- Shubra Aiyappa, model
- Meghana Raj, actress
- Archana Akil Kumar, model
- Nirupama Sunderraj, athlete
- Kriti Kharbanda, actress
The Houses
Each house has a color. The High school girls (5std - 10std) houses (with motto) are:
- Benthein - Green, Bend to nothing
- Delima - Pink , Forward ever, backward never
- Fisher - Purple, Persevere to the end
- Laura Gill - Orange , To greater heights
- Stephen- Red , Step up, Stephen
- Watson - Blue , Flame of hope
- Weston - Yellow, Never despair
Most of the houses were named after former principals.
The Junior school girls (2nd - 4th std) houses are:
- Amethyst - Purple
- Coral - Orange
- Emerald - Green
- Garnet - Pink
- Ruby- Red
- Sapphire - Blue
- Topaz - Yellow