St. Augustine's Day School (Shyamnagar)
St. Augustine Day School, Shyamagar is located in Shyamnagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1975 by Edna Gasper. Later, Mr. C.R.Gasper got the responsibilities of the school. An English-medium school, it has about 1400 students from Nursery to Class XII. The Head is Mrs. J. Biswas.
Celebrations
The school has the following celebrations:
- Rabindra Jayanti (6/7/8/9 May)
- Annual Prize Distribution and Investiture Ceremony
- Independence Day (15 August)
- School Feast Day (27 and 28 August)
- Teacher's Day (5 September)
- Children's Day (14 September)
- Pre Christmas celebrations
Co-curricular activities
Co-curricular Activities are on Saturdays (except football and cricket). The clubs are:
- Chess
- Scouts And Guides
- Dance
- Quiz
- Painting
- Cricket
- Football
Motto
"Learning Leadership Loyalty"
Address
179, B.C.Roy Road, Shyamnagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.
History
St. Augustine’s Day School, was the brain child of Mrs. Edna Gasper (née Graham) who after interaction with the members of the Anglo-Indian Community and other communities found the need to set up an English medium co-education school in the vicinity of central Kolkata. She envisaged a new generation of children fortified with sound values, well equipped to meet the challenges of the new era. Keeping this in mind, she took a premise in 1968 at 43, Ripon Street, Kolkata. After one and half years of initial infrastructure and other required formalities needed the school was founded on 15 November 1970. Thereafter, in a most humble way, the torch of education was passed on from Ms. Edna Gasper to Mr. C.R. Gasper. From January 1971, classes began with Mr. C.R. Gasper as the Principal of the school.
The founder body started the school at Shyamnagar on Ghospara Road in 1975 and Barrackpore in the oldest cantonment area in 1985 with Mr. C.R. Gasper as the Rector. The school has been named after Saint Augustine, the great scholar of the Roman Catholic Church. The intent was to promote and disseminate knowledge for the development of the Anglo-Indian community as well as the other communities sharing the common desire for education in English medium based on National and Catholic ethos.
St. Augustine’s Day School, Calcutta, was established by the St. Augustine Education Society. The St. Augustine’s Day School is run, managed and governed by the St. Augustine Education Society, Calcutta, a registered society under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961. It is administered by the code of Regulation for Anglo Indian Schools and other listed schools in West Bengal. All the three schools are affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi which conducts the ICSE and ISC Examinations. The school is administered by the code of Regulations for Anglo-Indian Schools in West Bengal and the school is under the purview of the National commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act 2004, under Article 30 of the constitution of India.
General Information
SCHOOL TIMING CLASS NURSERY - I : 8.00 a.m to 11.00 p.m CLASS II – III : 7.15 a.m to 11.05 p.m CLASS IV - V : 7.15 a.m to 11.10 p.m CLASS VI - XII : 11.15 a.m to 4.35 p.m
FEES STRUCTURE RANGES CLASS NURSERY TO XII MONTHLY (1150 – 1800) & SESSION (1500 – 3360)
ADMISSION IN CLASS NURSERY This School is a co-educational school. Admission to LKG is made on the basis of merit. Every year, the admission process is carried out from the month of September to December for the forthcoming session.
ADMISSION IN OTHER CLASSES For other classes, admission totally depends on the availability of seat for which the parents have to apply and wait till dates are notified on the school notice-board during February-March. Preference is given to interstate transfer cases.
ADMISSION IN CLASS XI Class XI admission is based on merit and it is done during the month of February -March just after selection exams.
SUBJECTS
SUBJECTS IN IX SCIENCE
1) English 2) Second Language – Hindi/Bengali 3) History/Civics 4) Geography 5) Mathematics 6) Physics 7) Chemistry 8) Biology 9) Computer Applications / Economic App. 10) Environmental Education
SUBJECTS IN IX COMMERCE
1) English 2) Second Language – Hindi/Bengali 3) History/Civics 4) Geography 5) Mathematics 6) Economics 7) Computer App. / Economic Applications 8) Environmental Education
SUBJECTS IN XI SCIENCE
1) English 2) Indian Language – Hindi/Bengali 3) Pure Mathematics 4) Physics 5) Chemistry 6) Biology/Computers/Economics 7) Environmental Education
SUBJECTS IN XI COMMERCE
1) English 2) Indian Language – Hindi/Bengali 3) Pure Math./Business Math./Business Studies 4) Accountancy 5) Commerce 6) Economics 7) Environmental Education
SUBJECTS IN XI HUMANITIES
1) English 2) Indian Language – Hindi/Bengali 3) Geography 4) Economics 5) History 6) Environmental Education 7) Pure Mathematics (Optional) 8) Political Science
WEBSITE
For further details go to http://www.staugustineday.com/shyamnagar.htm
RESULT 2009-2010
ALL THE STUDENTS OF I.C.S.E & I.S.C PASSED THE EXAMINATION SUCCESSFULLY.
In I.C.S.E (2009) 5 students secured 90% and above. The highest score is Trisha Paul with 95.2% In I.S.C (2009) 2 students secured 90% and above. Dhiraj Mallik is the topper with 92.25%.