Sophia High School

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Sophia High School

Truth and Universal Love
Affiliation	School Sisters of Notre Dame
Location	70 Palace Road Bangalore Karnataka 560 001 INDIA
Information	080-22355565

Sophia High School is a private school in Bangalore, India. The primary school is co-educational through fourth grade; the middle and high schools are girls-only.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 The house system 4 Prominent graduates 4.1 National figures 4.2 Athletes 4.3 Models 5 The Sophia Opportunity School 6 Buildings and images 7 Principals 8 See also 9 External links 10 References

[edit] History

Situated in sylvan surroundings on a five acre campus in the heart of Bangalore on Palace Road, Sophia's is flanked by the golf course on the one side and overlooks Bangalore’s major land mark, the Vidhan Soudha.

The school has grown from humble beginnings. In August 1948 when the Intennuncio and the Apostolic Delegation shifted to Delhi, his residence and grounds was taken over by a religious order of nuns called the Religious of the Sacred Heart. In January 1949, three pioneers of the order, Mother Catherine Andersson, Mother Ivy Bourke and Sister Dorothy Bullen who were of British and Irish descent, decided to open a school at the only residential building on the grounds, the "white bungalow". A small Montessori nursery class with 17 students and one qualified teacher was started at the white bungalow. About 40% of the students admitted were not Indian nationals.

Sophia's current enrollment is over 2,000 students. The school is not a religious organization and its students, who are chosen through a competitive interview process, hail from Bangalore's diverse ethnic diaspora.

[edit] Academics

The medium of instruction is English and Kannada and Hindi are taught as second languages. Sophia's prepares students for the 10th grade national ICSE examinations. The school also prepares students for the 12th grade national ISC examination conducted by the Council for ISC Examination, New Delhi. Apart from academics, students are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of co-curricular activities.

As with any first-class high school, Sophia's has a superlative college placement record. The majority of graduates regularly attend some of the best colleges and universities in India and around the world, such as the IITs, NID, BITS Pilani, Delhi School of Economics, St. Stephen's College, Lady Shri Ram College, the Ivy League universities in USA and many others.

[edit] The house system

• Andersson - Yellow house
• Barat - Red House
• Bennett - Purple House
• Julie - Green House

[edit] Prominent graduates

[edit] National figures

• Maneka Gandhi, social activist
• Vijay Mallya, businessman

[edit] Athletes

• Nisha Millet, swimmer who was the “wonder girl in Indian swimming” at the age of 15
• Nisha Ann Reginald, basketball player

[edit] Models

• Deepika Padukone, model and actress (Bollywood, Kannada film industry)

[edit] The Sophia Opportunity School

Sophia's Opportunity School branch educates mentally challenged children. This branch also undertakes social action out reach programs, such as work with a street children’s home in Chamrajpet, interaction with the women inmates of Bangalore's Central Jail, a day in rural schools in the Bangalore metro and visits to aged and orphan homes in the area.

[edit] Buildings and images

[edit] Principals

• Sr. Sandhya
• Sr. Kripa
• Sr. Jesslin
• Sr. Joan
• Sr. Anima
• Sr. Vaun

[edit] See also

• List of schools in Bangalore

[edit] External links

• Sophia High School

[edit] References

• Sophiahighschool.com
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