Our Lady of Fatima Senior Secondary School, Aligarh

Our Lady of Fatima Higher Secondary School
File:Olf logo.jpg The School's Logo
Location
Ramghat road, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	27.88°N 78.08°E / 27.88; 78.08
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Absorb and Radiate
Established	1969
Principal	Sister Deepti (2009-till date)
Grades	[LKG] - Grade 10
Campus type	Non-residential
Affiliation	CBSE
Website	http://www.olfaligarh.com (official)

File:Fatima hall olf.jpg

The stage for hosting functions

Our Lady of Fatima Higher Secondary School is a Catholic school in Aligarh, India, affiliated to the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education board. It is located at Ramghat road, Aligarh.

Our Lady of Fatima was established in 1961, and was the first English medium school in Aligarh. It is managed by Catholic missionary nuns. The school runs a program for educating underprivileged children in the evenings.

Absorb and Radiate

Curriculum

students enjoying lunch during recess hour

The academic curriculum includes Mathematics, English Language,Hindi Language and Urdu or Sanskrit as third language (in Classes VI to VIII), Social Studies(History, Civics, Geography, Economics[From IXth onwards]), Science(Physics, Chemistry, Biology ), Art. Other subjects include Computer Studies, Moral Science and Physical Health Education.

Class 10 students are prepared for the board exams. They sit for Pre-board examination before the CBSE conduct examinations. The books are published by National Council of Educational Research and Training and Private Book Companies. Grading system has been started from the academic year 2010-2011.

Heads

Head Boy

Saif Mohd Baig

Head Girl

Divyanshi Lehri

Staff

Senior Section:-

• English:-

            Shikha Ma'am
            Ghousia Ma'am
            Shrivastava Ma'am
            Alveera Ma'am
            Farhat Ma'am
            Dimple Ma'am

• Hindi:-

            Arshi Ma'am
            Sarita Ma'am
            Shalini Singh Ma'am
            Sangeeta Ma'am

• Urdu:-

         Lubna Ma'am
         Ghousia Ma'am
         Sumbul Ma'am
         Sharafat Ali Khan Sir

• Maths:-

            Andileeb Ma'am
            Shashibala Ma'am
            Shalini Sehgal Ma'am
            Archana Ma'am
            Govind Sir

• Science:-

            Physics:-
                           Archana Ma'am
                           Fasiha Ma'am
                           Deepti Ma'am

            Chemistry:-
                           Archana ma'am
                           Fasiha Ma'am
                           Deepti Ma'am
                           Vinni Ma'am

            Biology:-
                           Rehana Khan Ma'am
                           Vinni Ma'am

Social Studies:-

                   History:-
                                  Indu Ma'am
                                  Shikha Ma'am
                                  Alveera Ma'am

                   Civics:-   
                                  Shikha ma'am
                                  Shrivastava Ma'am
                                  Indu Ma'am
                                  Sumbul Ma'am

                   Geography:-
                                  Subuhi Ma'am
                                  Farhat Ma'am
                                  Sharafat Ali Khan Sir
                                  Ghousia Ma'am

• Computer:-

             Pankaj Sir
             Sakeena Ma'am

• Physical Education:-

                       R.P Singh Sir
                       Meena Ma'am

• Moral Science:-

                  Sister Sushma
                  Dimple Ma'am
                  Alveera Ma'am
                  Deepti Ma'am
                  Vinni Ma'am

• General Knowledge:-

                      Subuhi Ma'am
                      Indu Ma'am
                      Sharafat Ali Khan Sir
                      Ghousia Ma'am
                      Dimple Ma'am

Extracurricular activities

• Games and sports

Besides the mandatory Physical Health Education class (also known as Games period), students go to school during the evening to participate in the games and sports. Activities include Cricket, Soccer, Basketball and Volleyball. The Students of the school are known over the years to win many awards both at the state and National level.

• Intellectual skills and competitions

Students participate in Science and General Knowledge quizzes held among the local schools. Some of the competitions are held by National Talent Search Examination and University of New south Wales competition. Other competitions are held in debating, elocution, dramatics and creative writing.

Uniform

The uniform in Summer is a white shirt and navy blue trouser for boys and navy blue skirt for girls under 8th class and salwar kameez for girls in 8th class and above, with white socks for both. Until 2000 the uniform was a white shirt with gray trousers/skirts. The uniform in Winter is White Full Sleeves shirt for boys and navy blue full sleeves kameez for girls in 8th class or above. With Navy blue blazer, navy blue sweater, and all the summer garments.

Golden Jubliee 2010-2011

Our Lady of Fatima Higher Secondary School is preparing for a Golden Jubilee Function after completing its 50 years of excellence in field of academic, interactive, sports and competitive skills. The School was first English Medium School in Aligarh and has remained a pivotal source of education, not only literation in the top schools in Aligarh. School has also invited the alumni of school for a grand Get-Together function in Golden Jubilee .The Golden Year had a grand opening in 2010 with different types of cultural , art and sports programs, etc.

Achievements

• 49 Students secured CGPA 10 in CBSE 10th boards in 2011.
• It participates in the various olympiads and many students qualify in the various levels of the exam.

Editors

Bazmi Hussain

Areeb Jamal

See also

• Aligarh
• Our Lady of Fatima