St. Annes High School and Junior College is a Catholic school in Orlem, Malad, Mumbai, India, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mumbai.
In the city of Mumbai, it is known for its excellence in sports, particularly in football and hockey.
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History
St. Anne's High School was established in the year 1915. It is attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Church at Orlem under. Initially founded as a school for boys, it is currently a co-educational institution.
In the early 1990s, during the tenure of the Principal Dr. Fr. Clifton Lobo, much of the school's structure was redeveloped and redesigned. He had a closed-circuit television system installed in every classroom; St. Anne's was the first in Mumbai to have such a system, and perhaps the second in India. Fr. Lobo is still remembered for his progressive achievements. People like to join the school as the school focuses on the all round development of the students and not mere academic progress.
The majority of students are from the localities of Malad, Kandivali & Goregaon.
The school boasts of having merit list holders in the SSC examination on several occasions. In 1996, Ronak Bhandari created history when he topped the SSC examinations in the whole of Mumbai and made the school proud. It also has three most prestigious and coverted international school olympiads in its its list of trophies and medals. It also has a list of students as its alumini working with some of the best organisations.
Sports and other activities
The school is famous for its focus on extra-curricular activities, particularly in football. The school has won many football tournaments. It has produced national level field hockey players like Gavin Ferreira, Jude Menezes and Adrian D'Souza who have represented India in the 1996,2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics respectively. The young Alden D'Souza played for the Maratha Warriors in PHL(Premier Hockey League) 2008. It also has a Junior college with studies up to Class XII (for Science and Commerce streams) and it matches all the criteria for being the best.
There is a football field and a basketball court on the school premises.Students of this school and college are also engaged in learning football freestyle.
Principals
- Rev. Fr Octavian Dias
- Rev. Fr. Dennis Pereira
- Rev. Fr. Earnest Fernandes
- Rev. Fr. Clifton Lobo
- Rev. Fr. Ronald(Ronnie) Braganza
- Rev. Fr. Francis Carvalho
- Mrs. Annie Braganza (present principal)
Staff
The school also has good teaching staff. The teachers are very good and they teach the students in an excellent manner. That is why all the students studying here are improved. Some of the teachers who teach in the secondary section from std 5-7 are:
- Mrs. Maria Fernandes
- Mrs. Maria Chettyar
- Mrs. Elsie
- Mrs. Sunita Pandey
Notable alumini
- Adrian D'Souza, Goalkeeper, National Hockey Team, Olympian
- Jude Menezes ,Former Goalkeeper, National Hockey Team, Olympian
- Gavin Ferreira, Former Center Forward National Hockey Team , Olympian
- Rohit Arora, Asst. CFO Boston Consultancy Group
- Albert Dias ,Asst Assigning Officer World Bank
- Prateek Desai, Secretary Finance Ministry
- Niket Bhandari, Indian Representative International Monetary Fund
- Clavin Grey, Head Web Work Google
- Sukumar Manek, Technical Head Nokia
- Ashwin Kenia, Motorola
- Craig Mattews, Asst Program Lead Microsoft
- Zaid Usman Asia Pacific Head Treasury HSBC
- Jasmeet Singh Bansal, Foreign Investments Manager Goldman Sachs, Netherlands
- Anay Rey Banerjee, Mickensey Europe
- Nikhil Jivrajka, MTN,Joburg
- Malcom Paul,Finance Control Division, Mercedes Benz
- Darell Miranda,Finance Lead,Kanplan Consultancy Great Britain
- Nilesh Maurya,3 time International olympiad Winning team captian
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