Cluny Convent High School,
Malleswaram
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,
India
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, has been in existence since the year 1948. It is located in a spacious building situated on 11th Main Road, Near 15th Cross, Malleswaram,
Bangalore
Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...
, Karnataka State,
India
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. It is a recognized private unaided institution run by the Bangalore branch of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, registered under Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.
The medium of instruction is English with Hindi and Kannada taught in the school as second and third languages. The school academic year is from June to April. Pupils are prepared for the
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private board designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance wi ...
(I.C.S.E) examinations taken at the end of Std. X, conducted by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi.
The school consists of more than 2000 pupils in the nursery, primary (grades 1 to 4), middle school (grades 5,6,7), high school (grades 8,9 and 10) and special school (school for children with special needs).
History
Anne-Marie Javouhey
Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the ''Liberator of the Slaves'' in the New World, a ...
is the foundress of the school. She founded the institute of Saint Joseph of Cluny at Cabilion in 1805. Her feast which is celebrated on 15 July is an annual holiday in the school.
Houses
From the 1980s to the 1990s, the four houses were:
St. Xaviers (yellow),
St. Josephs (blue),
St. Lawerence (green), and
St. Thomas (red).
The current houses are each named after four prominent saints with their respective house colours:
Theresa (
Therese of Lisieux) (yellow),
Anne Marie (
Anne-Marie Javouhey
Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the ''Liberator of the Slaves'' in the New World, a ...
) (blue),
Alphonsa (
Saint Alphonsa
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception or Saint Alphonsa, christened at birth as Anna Muttathupadathu (19 August 1910– 28 July 1946), was a nun and an educator by vocation (profession). She was also known for being a victim soul, visionary ...
) (green), and
Cecilia (
Saint Cecilia) (red).
Students from these four houses compete against each other in sports, quizzes, debates, music and dance competitions.
Facilities
The school has two playgrounds with a basketball court, throwball and volleyball courts. During the summer holidays (April and May), summer camps in basketball are held.
The school has physics, chemistry and biology laboratories and two computer labs. The school offers classes in dance, karate, singing, piano, guitar and violin. Instructors from the YSM (Young Students' Movement) also take classes for the students of grade 9.
The school has an audio-visual room, with an overhead projector and a television for the students to use for academic purposes. The students are allowed to watch educational movies and programmes here. The school houses a library with thousands of novels, Hindi and Kannada books, short story collections, and reference material. Internet facilities are also available for research.
Interested students are also trained to be Girl Guides (under the Bharat Scouts and Guides). Among the staff are three Guide Captains. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in Guiding with a week-long camp for Guides from all over the country, within the school. Students from the school accompanied by a Guide Captain visited London in 2007 to take part in the Centenary of Scouting.
In 2008,the Diamond Jubilee of the school was celebrated. The students presented a musical drama, "''Anamica''", which was seen by an audience of about 4,000 people. A Diamond Jubilee souvenir was released.
In 2012, the students presented the famous musical drama, ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
''. The chief guest for this programme was
Radhika Pandit
Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Kannada cinema as a leading actress.
Having worked in television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Sumangali'', Pandit made her featur ...
, an alumna.
Staff
The Principal of the school is Sister Janet.
Notable alumni
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Radhika Pandit
Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Kannada cinema as a leading actress.
Having worked in television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Sumangali'', Pandit made her featur ...
, Kannada film actress.
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Vasundhara Das
Vasundhara Das (born 18 August 1977) is an Indian singer, musician and actress.
Vasundhara's films include ''Hey Ram'' (Tamil/Hindi), ''Monsoon Wedding'' (English), ''Citizen (film), Citizen'' (Tamil), ''Ravana Prabhu'' (Malayalam), ''Lankesh ...
, actress and singer.
References
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Catholic secondary schools in India
Christian schools in Karnataka
Primary schools in Karnataka
High schools and secondary schools in Bangalore
Educational institutions established in 1948
1948 establishments in India