St.Thomas Residential School | |
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Trivandrum, Kerala, India | |
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Type | Boarding school/High school |
Motto | Thamaso ma Jyothir Gamaya (From darkness take me to light) |
Established | June 6, 1966 |
Locale | Mukkolakkal |
Principal | Rajan K. Varughese |
Vice principal | Poonam Lal |
Faculty | 125+ |
Grades | Kindergarten to XII |
Number of students | 2,000+ |
Sports | Football (soccer), hockey, basketball, cricket, tennis, skating |
Publication | The Threshold, Vignettes |
Yearbook | The Threshold |
Website | http://www.stthomastvm.edu.in |
St. Thomas Residential School is a coeducational boarding high school, at Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala. It is an English Medium School affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. St. Thomas Residential School prepares students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.
The school was established by the Mar Thoma Church Educational Society (MTCES) on June 6, 1966. It is located on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus, at Mukkolakkal, a village on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram city. Other institutions located on the same campus include St. Thomas Higher Secondary School, St. Thomas Teachers' Training College, St. Thomas Central School and St. Thomas Pre-primary School. The students of the St Thomas are popularly called Santhomites.
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The school was established by the Mar Thoma Church Educational Society (MTCES)of the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church and was established on June 6, 1966. The first principal of the school was Rev. P.K. Koshy, who served as Principal from 1966 to 1968.
Located on the outskirts of Trivandrum city, St. Thomas Residential School (STRS) has a lush 32-acre campus which it shares with its sister institutions. The school has an artificial tennis court, a hockey field, a football ground and a basketball court cum skating rink.
This is an inter-school cultural fest hosted by the school, which was conceptualized and started by the ISC 2007 batch and is one of the most awaited school fests each year. The final year students, supported by their teachers and their juniors, are the organizers of the event. The full form of 'Sanrevo' is Santhomite Revolution. This year's event was participated in by ten schools from the district.