Don Bosco School, Park Circus
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23, Darga Road, Park Circus, Kolkata - 700017 West Bengal, India |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto |
Latin: Virtus et Scientia (Virtue and Knowledge) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1958 |
| Rector | Rev. Fr. M.J. Jose, S.D.B. |
| Grades | KG to 12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Number of students | 3500 |
| Education system | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | White and Grey |
| Principal | Rev. Fr. Bikash Mondal, S.D.B. |
| Assistant Principal | Rev. Fr. Anil Toppo, S.D.B. |
| Administrator | Rev. Fr. Anil Toppo, S.D.B. |
| Website | www |
23, Darga Road, Park Circus, Kolkata - 700017
Don Bosco School (Park Circus), located at 23, Darga Road, Kolkata, India, is an all-boys English medium school imparting education from first through twelfth grade. Established in 1958, it is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, which is a minority institution within the Catholic Church. The school operates under the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education board.
The motto of the institution is Virtus et Scientia, meaning "Virtue and Knowledge". The school's patron saint is St. Dominic Savio.
The Catholic order of Salesians of Don Bosco first came to Calcutta in 1925. In early 1955, the order acquired two large plots of land in the Circus Park area of the city on which to build a school. In September of that year work began on constructing the new school. In November 1957, with the building's completion in sight, Rev. Fr. Charles Dyer was appointed the first Rector and Principal of Don Bosco Park Circus. The school officially opened on 15 January 1958 with an intake of 460 boys. The school now has an enrollment of 3000 students. It celebrated its golden jubilee in 2008, the culmination of a year of festivities which began in March 2007.
The school's patron saint is St. Dominic Savio, a pupil of St. John Bosco, who died at the age of fourteen and was made a saint on the basis of his having displayed "heroic virtue" in his everyday life.
The school uniform is based on the school colours,. The navy blue school blazer (worn by boys from Class VI onwards) displays the school's crest on the pocket. The crest consists of a Christian cross superimposed with a lotus flower and an open book displaying the school motto, Virtus et Scientia (Virtue and Knowledge).
DBPC uses the house system to organise school activities with boys assigned to one of four houses: Savio (red), Bosco (blue), Francis (yellow), and Rua (green).
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