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, in the state of

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. TIt is affiliated to

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, for AISSE (Grade 10) and AISSCE (Grade 12) examinations. It was established in 1996 by Molly Pradeep, late wife of the present director, Pradeep Kuriakose. It has a sister school in

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, which provides elementary education. On 31 October 2022, a police raid found enormous quantity of narcotics inside the school. The security staff of the school were allegedly engaged in sale of drugs, tobacco and marijuana within the school.

Academics

The school has eight periods a day, each around 40 minutes. The school day runs from 9:30 until 3:30. A snack break is held from 10:55-11:00am, lunch break from 12:55-1:20pm, and another short break from 2:45-2:50pm. The school is open for Mothers' Pride to Grade 12 indergarten to 12th standardand the age group is from 3 years to 17 years. The school is divided into sub-juniors (kindergarten to III), juniors (III–VI) and seniors (VII-X) and super-seniors (XI and XII) classes.

Facilities

* Computer laboratory * Mathematics laboratory * Biology, physics and chemistry laboratories * Library with magazines, newspaper and books * Music, dance, jazz, yoga, sports, karate, drawing, work experience and art and crafts room * Courts for basketball, tennis, badminton and martial arts * First aid room with qualified nurses * Stationery store, providing pens, pencils, books, other basics and uniform clothes * Clean and hygienic washroom and toilets * 15 school buses

Club system

All students from classes III to X belong to one of the four clubs. The four clubs with their colours and mascots are: * Victors - blue,

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* Legends - green, Lion * Elites - red, Dragon * Leaders - yellow,

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Each house is assigned a captain from class X, a vice-captain from class IX and three teachers-in-charge. Each house competes to win the best House Award every year. Inter-house competitions are also held throughout the year starting with floral carpet competitions during

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celebrations. An inter-house sports tournament is also held, with

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sports and

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competitions.

School committee

The director and principal jointly decide a girl and a boy from class XII as head girl and head boy, who represent students in school programmes. The student committee is led by the head boy, the head girl and a sports captain from class XII. The house captains and vice captains are also members of the committee.

Extra-curricular activities

Extra-curricular activities include football, volleyball, badminton, swimming, drawing/painting, drama, debate and quiz. Elocution, recitation, quiz and light music are conducted on Arts Day. Indian games including

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and

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are also encouraged.

School programmes

The school-conducted programmes include an Arts Day, Sports Day, Science/Maths/Computer Fair and celebrations on

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and

. For entertainment purposes the school conducts an anniversary celebration as well as an excursion. The school's anniversary function has been conducted biennially since 2005. The school also conducts the Kerala Mango Festival, at Ernakulam Town Hall in 2010 and at

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in 2014. Students from classes VII, VIII, IX and X organise the event under the guidance of the director and principal.

References

{{reflist Schools in Ernakulam district Educational institutions established in 1995 1995 establishments in Kerala