FAREWELL TO THE BATCH OF 2014

A heartfelt farewell was accorded to the students of the Madhyamik Pariksha Batch of 2014 on Friday, 7^th February in the school Basketball Ground by the Headmaster, Staff and Students of St. Anthony’s High School. The outgoing students came impeccably dressed as dashing young men ready to make their place in the world outside the confines of the school. The programme began with a photo session of the students accompanied by their signing a special “slam book” to commemorate the occasion. They were then escorted into the school ground that was tastefully decorated by the present students of class 10. Each item of the program was introduced by the

teachers, who took the opportunity to give a parting message to the boys they had nurtured for so many years with love and care. The Assistant Headmaster, Fr. Siluvai Pitchai, stressed the need for discipline in life and the Headmaster, Fr. Devraj Fernandes, eloquently wished them all success and glory in their future lives. The present school captain, Nathan Astle Spirito, and Vice Captain, Md. Wais Ansari, also delivered their farewell messages as did the outgoing Captain, Tabish Raza and Vice Captain, Aadil Ahmed. Meaningful songs and dances were prepared by the students for the occasion. The program was followed by a meal specially organised by the Headmaster.

 

INVESTITURE CEREMONY 2014

The Investiture Ceremony for the captains, vice captains, secretaries, volunteers and monitors for the academic year 2014 was held at the school grounds on 16th January in a solemn manner. Renewing the charter of the school's hoary tradition the student office bearers were invested with their badges by His Grace Archbishop Thomas D'Souza. The day's celebration began with the Holy Mass con-celebrated by the Archbishop, Fr. Anthony Paul, the school Headmaster Fr. DEVRAJ FERNANDES and the Assistant Headmaster Fr. Siluvai Pitchai. Students of secondary school were present on the occasion. The school was blessed by the Archbishop after the conclusion of the mass. His Grace Archbishop Thomas D'Souza addressed the students and staff and stressed the need for unselfish and true leaders.  He also congratulated the teachers for their role in shaping the best leaders of the future. The headmaster reiterated the importance of dedicated service.

TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY

The secondary teachers conducted the first assembly of the academic year 2014 and its theme was aptly New Year, New Beginning. The teachers spoke eloquently on the hope a new beginning offers and the opportunity it gives to make a fresh and noble start. They inspired the students to begin their new session in a positive and meaningful manner.  The favourite prayer of St. Francis of Assissi was recited on the occasion and the hymn Make Me a Channel of Your Peace was sung.

TEACHERS' ORIENTATION

The calendar year began with a special orientation for the teachers of St. Anthony's High School and St. Joseph’s Nursery and Kindergarten organised by Orient Blackswan the famous publishers of quality books for children. Although the program was focused on Teaching English as a First Language it dealt with issues related to classroom teaching in general as well. Mrs. S. Chatterjee, the resource person, gave the teachers a sort of refreshers course on the essentials of classroom teaching. It was an enlightening experience for the teacher s to participate in the programme. The day-long session concluded with an interactive class simulation.

SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE BY THE TEACHERS IN BADMINTON

A team of teachers of St. Anthony's High School participated in the Inter-School Teachers Badminton Tournament for the McGee Cup organized by Calcutta Boys' School on 26th and 27th October, 2013. A total of 24 teams participated from 16 schools. The tournament comprised of singles, doubles and mixed doubles categories. The team of Fr. Devraj Fernandes, Philip D'Costa, Shane Fernandez and Cynthia Garg put up a spectacular performance and came runners-up.

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL WINS THE INTER-DIOCESAN SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST

Seven schools participated in the first ever Inter-Diocesan School One-Act Play Contest held at St. Mary’s School, Ripon Street on 27th September, 2013. St. Anthony’s High School was declared the winners of the competition for staging the original play “Life is Beautiful”. The play was written and directed by Mr. Steve Menezes. Mr. Binod Prabhakar was the co-director. The judges of the contest were Mr. Sunil Lucas, Mrs. Mavis Partridge and Mr. S. Roy.

The Actors of "Life is Beautiful"

Nathan Astle Spirito

Md. Arif

Md. Asif

Souchitro Mondol

Sarbartha Chakraborty

Md. Javed Akhtar

Vipul Chowdhury

Argha Biswas

Afif uz zaman

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL HOSTS LET'S GET QUIZZICAL

St. Anthony’s High School, in association with The Telegraph, organized Let’s Get Quizzical 2013: the Inter-School Quiz Competition on 27^th September. The quiz was a part of the series of inter-school events being organized to celebrate the Sesquicentennial Year of Foundation of the school. This was the second edition of Let’s Get Quizzical, the first edition being held in 2011. The event was an eagerly anticipated one for the budding quizzers of the many schools as they had seen the hoardings around the city advertising the event. The quiz was held in Fr. Camille Limbourg Auditorium and saw enthusiastic participation from fourteen top schools of the city. The event was sponsored by Oxford University Press and powered by TTIS. The Area Sales Manager of Oxford University Press, Mr. Pratik Ghosh Dastidar, was present on the occasion. The quiz was conducted by the renowned Delhi-based quiz master Mr. Adittya Nath Mubayi of QuizCraft, the firm known for conducting knowledge-based events. Mr. Adittya has worked as Research Coordinator with Synergy Communications and assisted Mr. Siddhartha Basu. He has also been the Content Editor for popular television shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati, Kamzor Kadi Kaun and Mastermind India.

Felicitating Mr. Pratik Ghosh Dastidar

Mr. Adittya conducting the Quiz

The quizzing began with the preliminary round from where six top teams – Calcutta Boys School, St. James’ School, Don Bosco (Park Circus), St. Thomas Boys School (Khidderpore), St. Aloysius School (Howrah) and the host St. Anthony’s High School – qualified for the final. Mr. Adittya conducted a challenging quiz consisting of rounds based on Anagrams, Visuals, Audio as well as direct questions. The quiz was stimulating as well as fun with a good number of questions for the audience too. The final round saw the buzzers going on rapidly as the teams tried to grab as many points as they could even though the round had negative points for wrong answers. There was a tie between Don Bosco, Park Circus, and St. Thomas Boys School, Khidderpore, for the third place and a tie-breaker question decided the final standings. Calcutta Boys' School, comprising of Deb Shankar Ghosh, Sayan Bhattacharya, Saikat Kar and Rajarshi Mukherjee emerged the deserving champions. The first runners-up trophy went to St. James’ School comprising of Adwait Mitra, Ayush Banerjee, Siddhartha Chatterjee and Tamoghna Chowdhury. The second runners-up trophy was won by Don Bosco, Park Circus, comprising of Ananda Sankar Dasgupta, Kundan Dasgupta, Niladri Shekhar Dutt and Nikhil Nair. The Headmaster of St. Anthony’s High School, Fr. Devraj Fernandes, gave away the prizes to the winners and thanked the participants. He also welcomed them to participate in the upcoming inter-school events of St. Anthony’s High School leading to the closing ceremony to mark the 150^th Anniversary of the school’s foundation.

Champions - Calcutta Boys' School

1st Runners-up - St. James' School

2nd Runners-up - Don Bosco, Park Circus