St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata
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27 Pramathesh Barua Sarani (formerly Ballygunge Circular Road) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Motto | "For God and Country" |
| Established | January 1937 |
| Founder | Fr. Lawrence Rodrigues, SJ |
| Rector | Fr. Joseph C. De Souza, S.J. |
| Principal | Fr. Sebastian James, SJ VP: Fr. Joseph Chulandai, SJ |
| Staff | 84 teachers (including primary) |
| Enrollment | 3,000 (including primary) |
| Campus | 6.5 acres (26,000 m2) |
| Houses | Loyola, Xavier, Britto, Aloysius |
| Color(s) | Blue, green, red, yellow |
| Athletics | Football, cricket, basketball |
| Nickname | Lawrencian |
| Yearbook | The Lawrencian |
| Affiliations | West Bengal Board of Secondary and Higher-Secondary Education |
| Website | stlawrencehighschool |
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St. Lawrence High School is an English and Bengali language Jesuit secondary school for boys in Kolkata, India, which includes boarding facilities. The school was started in 1810 in Baithakhana as an elementary school which later came to be known as St. John Chrysostom School. It was re-founded in January 1937 by Jesuit Fr. Lawrence Rodriques as St. Lawrence High School. Around 2,300 students are enrolled.
St.Lawrence High School traces its roots to an elementary school at the Church of Our Lady of Dolours at Baithakkhana, Sealdah, in 1810. In 1855 it was known as St. John Chrysostom’s School and prepared students for the Lower Primary Examination. In 1902 it became the site of St. Ann’s Orphanage and included Upper Primary School; teaching was in Bengali but instruction in English was included. In 1913 teaching turned to English and boys were prepared for the Junior Cambridge Course. In 1920 the University of Calcutta recognized Chrysostom as a high school, with its first graduation in 1922. At that time the school at 126 Bow Bazar Street occupied one floor of a building that had a printery on the ground floor and the top floor housed boarders; it had no playground. In the 1930s Fr. Lawrence Rodriques S.J. held Sunday raffles to purchase St. Xavier's College land at Ballygunge. In January 1937 he was able to open a large new school there, featuring tall eucalyptus trees, a flower garden, and playground. Rodrigues rechristened the school after his namesake, Lawrence of Rome.
The 1950s saw the addition of a primary school block and Jesuit residence, and a National Cadet Corps Air Wing arrived on campus. In 1976 the Higher Secondary Department was opened with majors in commerce and in science. In 1981 the boarding school, formerly on the top floor of the school, was built on the site of the former swimming pool, and the chapel moved to that building. In 1984 the school library was opened and two years later a special computer room. In 2014 Wavreil conference and meeting hall was added.
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