St. Xavier's, Hazaribagh

St. Xavier’s School, Hazaribagh is a Jesuit school in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India. It is one of the best schools in eastern India. It was established in 1952 by an Australian Jesuit missionary, Rev Fr. John Moore. He was then 32 years old and later went on to win the National Teachers Award. In its initial years, the school was linked to Loyola School, Jamshedpur. The first batch of pupils sat for the University of Cambridge (UK) Overseas School Certificate examination at Hazaribagh in 1958. The school was a boys only school until 1995, then it became co-educational. Present principal of the school is Fr. P. J. James, S.J.

Layout

The school has a sprawling campus of 15 acres (61,000 m²) with lush green grounds and parks. The builtup area is divided into Blocks -Junior School, Middle school and Senior school. The Big field is the football ground that hosts the Fr. John Moore competition.

HOXA

The Hazaribagh Old Xaverians Association (HOXA) is the official alumni organization for the school. HOXA celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2008 at Hazaribag, Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai and Pune. HOXA launched a website to mark the association, but it is currently non-functional. Click here for the official HOXA site (working)

Google Maps

St. Xaviers on Google Maps is at: http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&q=st.xaviers+hazaribagh&ie=UTF8&ll=24.00119,85.368125&spn=0.009233,0.013733&z=16&iwloc=A

More About Xaviers

The John Moore Soccer competition is hosted in the Big Field of the School every year. Teams from all across Jharkhand assemble together to play.

The Art and Science exhibition is hosted biennially under the title "Parwaz: The Flight of Creativity". Students from 3rd class onwards display their knowledge in science projects and display idols/sculptures carved out of wood as part of the art section. Those interested in Science display their talent by making various models in various fields of science.