Sacred Heart Boys High School

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The school is decorated every December to commemorate Christmas.

Sacred Heart Boy's High School is a government aided, boy's only high school that is affiliated to the Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Board. It is located in Santa Cruz (West), Mumbai, India. Landmarks near the school include the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, St. Teresa's Convent High School and Ramkrishna Mission hospital.

The school is one of the oldest in the Mumbai, dating back to India pre-independence. Students come from various strata of society, partly encouraged by the low cost convent education provided.

[edit] Uniforms

The school uniform consists of white, short-sleeved shirts, grey trousers and a maroon tie bearing two stripes that represent the 'house' one belongs to, i.e. red, yellow, blue or green. Class prefects and assistant prefects wear blue ties , without the descriptive colours. Socks are grey and shoes are black.

[edit] Infrastructure

The school has 3 distinct sections Primary Section Standards 1st to 4th , Mid-Secondary Section , Standards 5th to 7th which is a relatively new building compared to the original stone building and The Higher Secondary section, Standards 8th to 10th.

The school also has a small scetion where in it provides free meals to the poorer students of its school. In the same premises is the Sacred Heart Church, a Victoriain mid sized church which caters to parish members of Santacruz.

It has a modest auditorium, generally referred to as the "School Hall", where skits, plays elocution competitions and the like are staged. The auditorium also regularly hosts wedding receptions, which are another source of revenue for the school.

The school has a large 100 metre-long playground with red soil and patches of grass, and a football goal post at either end.

[edit] Activities

Most sporting events like the annual sports meet is held at the Willingdon Gymkhana grounds which is around 54 meters away from the school. The School host its annual sporting event at the school grounds on the 26th of January (Republic Day) every year.