Loyola School (Thiruvananthapuram)

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Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram

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Established	1961
School type	Jesuit, Private, All boys
Locale	Sreekariyam
Principal	Fr. Varghese Anikuzhy, SJ
Vice-Principals	Fr. Joseph Edassery, SJ and Fr. M. M. Thomas, SJ
Location	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Colors	Maroon and White
Affiliations	CISCE, CBSE, SCERT
Website	loyolaschooltvm.com

Founded in 1961, Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram (LST) is a private Jesuit school for boys. It is situated in a large, leafy campus (approximate area: 11 acres) in the suburb of Sreekariyam in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala state, India. The school offers education from the upper kindergarten to the higher secondary level.

1 Affiliations
2 Extra-curricular activities
3 Alumni
- 3.1 Notable alumni
  - 3.1.1 Classes of 1970-79
  - 3.1.2 Classes of 1980-89
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Affiliations

From the beginning, LST has been affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. Later, LST also started offering high school students the option of choosing the syllabus of the Kerala state government in preparation for the SSLC examination. Recently, LST has started a new CBSE section too.

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

The senior high school students of LST organize an annual cultural extravaganza called LA Fest (abbreviation for Life Arts Festival), which attracts substantial participation from other schools in Kerala.

[edit] Alumni

LST has an active alumni association called Loyola Old Boys' Association (LOBA) that is part of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni(ae).

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Classes of 1970-79

Prathap Suthan (ICSE Class of 1977) - National Creative Director, Grey Worldwide India Ltd.
Pulickel Ajayan (ICSE Class of 1977^[1]) - Professor of Metallurgical Sciences and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute^[2]
Rajeev Nath - Noted film maker
Sangeeth Sivan - Noted film maker
Santosh Sivan (ICSE Class of 1976) - Noted film maker

[edit] Classes of 1980-89

Sreenath Sreenivasan (ICSE Class of 1987) - Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
Mithun R (ICSE Class of 2007 BOTS) - Professor of Iruttadi Service, Venjaramoodu University