The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore

The Frank Anthony Public School
Location
#13, Cambridge Road, Ulsoor, Bangalore – 560 008
India
Information
Type Private school
Motto "Courage is destiny"
Established 9 January 1967
Founder Mr. Frank Anthony
School board Council for The ISC Examinations
Principal Mr. Keith Boye
Headmistress L Briggs
Headmaster Kevin Dominico Pope
Faculty Full-time
Gender co-educational
Age 4 to 18
Medium of language

English (Medium of instruction) Kannada, Hindi,

Sanskrit
Houses
Corbett House     , D'mello House     , Gidney House     , Rodrigues House     
Song Courage is Destiny!
Website fapsbangalore.wordpress.com(Unofficial)

Frank Anthony Public School is a school in central Bangalore. It was founded by Anglo-Indian educationist and barrister-at-law Frank Anthony in 1967.

Overview

Polyalthia longifolia the false Ashoka trees that border the wall facing the main road in Cambridge Layout

The school officially opened on the 9th of January, 1967, the third of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools in India. It is established, owned and administered by the All-India Anglo-Indian Education Institution, New Delhi, registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It is also affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations .

The Frank Anthony Public School (often abbreviated as 'FAPS'), is a co-educational day-school, for students ranging from 4–18 years.

The school is divided into three sections i.e., the Nursery Section, the Junior Section and the Senior Section. Each class has three sections in the Junior section, and four in the senior section. Students of classes 11 and 12 are divided into three sections: Science (English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology/Computer Applications), Commerce (English, Commerce, Accounts, Economics, Sociology/Second Language) and Humanities (English, Literature in English, second language, History, Sociology, Political Science). The student count from Nursery to the Class XII crosses 2000.

School Terms

At present, there are two academic terms in the year:

The second term is split into two halves by two and a half weeks of Christmas vacation. Summer vacation lasts from early April till late May, during the warmest part of the year in Southern India. There is a week off for Dasara, around late September or early October.


Houses

The House system is a feature common to Public Schools in India (based on an equivalent system in England). FAPS has four houses, named after eminent members of the Anglo-Indians and benefactors of the school. (The below positions held by the respective individuals are accurate as of 16th January, 2014)

House Structure

Each house is led by two House Captains (a boys and a girl), two Vice-Captains (a boy and a girl), and a body of prefects, selected from among the students of Class XII.


Corbett House

Colour: Blue

Captains: Dillyn D'Cruz and Sulagna Chaterjee (2014-2015)

Amith Govind and Spoorthi Cotha (2013-2014)
Abhinav Srivastava and Namitha Muthukrishnan (2004-2005)

Vice Captains: Arjun Chaddha and Nyrika Guha Roy (2014-2015)

Johann Matthews and Aakanksha Mudra (2013-2014)
Nishant Reddy and Nilima Kumar (2004-2005)
Motto: "Deeds not Words"

D'mello House

Colour: Yellow

Captains: Rajat Lodha and Minaish Dhabar (2014-2015)

Anirudh Balachandran and Charu Jagadish (2013-2014)

Vice Captain: Rohan Philip Varkey and Namratha Harish (2014-2015)

Rahul Anand and Sushitha Chandran (2013-2014)
Motto: "To Greater Heights"

Gidney House

Colour: Green

Captains: Mark Rodrigues and Sandhya Kannan (2014-2015)

Karthik Ramanathan and Elina Benedict (2013-2014)

Vice Captains: Shaun Aviet and Aunishka Lodh(2014-2015)

Rohan George and Sambhavi Sudhakar (2013-2014)
Motto: "The Impossible is possible"

Rodrigues House

Colour: Red

Captains: Nikhil Meduri and Prarthana Jagan (2014-2015)

Denver David Hurtis and Drishti Rakhra (2013-2014)

Vice Captains: Arjun Newton and Arpitha Josephine

Kunal Chandra and Arthy Narayanan
Motto: "Strive and Attain"


The four houses compete against each other in a number of inter-house activities, including sports (such as cricket, basketball, football, volleyball, and throwball), athletics, quizzes, debates, and elocution competitions.

School Song

May all we learn here in our school

By thought and deed be shown.

Let living truth within us rule,

And seeds of love be sown;

That men in all our deeds may see,
Courage is destiny!
Courage is Destiny!

We pray for grace, serenity

To keep a humble mind,

That we may learn through charity

To love all human kind;

That men in all our deeds may see
Courage is destiny!
Courage is destiny!

Undaunted, though alone we stand,

Upholding what is right.

Proud children of our mother land

With truth our stay and might;

That men in all our deeds may see
Courage is destiny!
Courage is destiny!

All that is good may we retain

When scattered far and wide.

May we our destiny attain

With courage as our guide;

To show that by our constancy
Courage is destiny!
Courage is destiny!

Facilities

The school has a large playground where sports like cricket, football, hockey and other field sports are played. Basketball, throwball and volleyball courts are also available. In academics there are many labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science and a Home Science Lab.

There is an auditorium and a multi-purpose sports hall.

Tournaments

An inter-school girls throwball tournament is held every year in the month of August. But there are reports of the tournament being discontinued from the year 2014.

Tri-Faps

Every year a prestigious intra-school tournament, Tri-Faps is conducted in the one of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools across the country. The next Tri-Faps conducted at Bangalore is in 2014 with recurrences every 3 years.

Heads

Principals

Headmasters

Headmistress

Head-boys

Head-girls

Notable alumni

See also

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