St. Paul Higher Secondary School, Indore

St. Paul Higher Secondary School

Run, then, for Victory
Location
Indore, M.P.
India
Information
Type Private
Religious affiliation(s) Christian minority
Established 1956
Principal Father Thomas Matthews
Vice principal Sister Grace
Manager Rev. Dr. Chacko Thottumarickal SVD
Campus size 6 acres
Houses Blue, Green, Red and Yellow
Website www.stpaulindore.com

St. Paul Higher Secondary School is a school in Indore, India.

History

The school was founded in 1956 in the city of Indore, India near Sat Prachar Press as the boys' section of St. Raphael's Higher Secondary School. Sister Ann was the first principal and Father J. Partch was the first person in charge of the school. In 1963, the boys' section was separated from St. Raphael's under Fr. Wilhelm J. Lenzen (a German by birth), and the school continues to be a separate entity. In 1975 the secondary section was separated and shifted to the new campus on the Boundary Road.

Heavenly Patron

The Heavenly Patron of the school is Saint Paul,the Apostle.Being a staunch Jew by birth,Paul spent his time and energy in persecuting the Christians of his time until, one day,he was encountered by Lord Jesus Christ himself.Thereafter,he was an ardent follower of the Lord.He was known for his uncompromising determination and sense of commitment.

Affiliation

The school was affiliated to the Madhya Pradesh State Education Board, but 1996 it affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.

Emblem and motto

"Run then, for Victory".

In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul says:
You know well enough that when men run in the race, the race is for all, but the prize is for one. Run, then, for victory. Every athlete must keep all his appetites under control; and he does it to win a crown that perishes, whereas ours is an imperishable crown.

Student houses

There are four houses in the school - Blue, Green, Red and Yellow.

Students are allotted one of the four houses randomly and they remain a part of the house till they pass out of the school. The division of houses is done to encourage competition amongst the students, who compete in extra-curricular events.

For any inter-house competition, every house sends three teams, one each for Juniors, Inters and Seniors group. The Junior group comprises VIth and VIIth standard, Inters have VIIIth and IXth, while the Senior group has Xth, XIth and XIIth standard boys.

Alumni Association

St Paul School Indore Alumni Association (SPS Alumni) was formed with the blessings of the Principal Fr Thomas Mathew. The idea is to network alumnus from last 50 years in its Golden Jubilee year of 2013. As on October 2013 the registered membership is over 700. The association operates from its permanent office in school and has aspirations to connect at least 3500 Alumnus within a calendar year. More details on http://www.spsalumni.in | The association works thru an Alumni Working Committee with Father Thomas Mathew is Chief Patron, Dr Amitava Saraswati as Teacher Incharge Alumni Activities, Sunil Kedia as Treasurer and 9 members including Yashraj Tongia, Sanjeev Manghnanai, Raju Sethi, Rajanish Khare, Dilip Acharya, Deepesh Salgia, Deepak Agrawal and Anoop Agrawal. The Advisory Committee constitutes of all the House Captains and is a permanent body. It has Raghu Parmar as President. Deepak Agrawal is General Secretary to the Association. A coordinating committee is proposed with representation of each Batch. A Global Alumni Meet GAMe is scheduled on 21-22 Dec 2013. It is proposed to be a 2 day event with 1500+ Alumnus with their family from across the globe shall participate. It is also planned to break 11 world records to give the world a message that Paulians are best in the world. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/spsindorealumni

Student Council Members 2014-15

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