Little Flower High School is a missionary
educational institution
An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments an ...
based in
Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the '' de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern In ...
. It teaches students enrolled in lower
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
up to 10th grade level.
History
Little Flower High School was established in July 1953 by the
Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, whose founder was the 17th century French priest and Catholic saint,
Saint Louis de Montfort
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI.
As well as preaching, Montfort ...
. The school was set up under the guidance of Rev. Bro. John of God, with Rev. Bro. Britto as its first Principal, to mark the centenary celebrations of
All Saints High School, Hyderabad
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. Initially, classes were conducted in temporary sheds for students in Kindergarten up to class 8 with two sections in each class. By 1957 there were classes till 10 with three sections each. The institution followed the HSLC course and later had the multi-purpose scheme from 1963 and came back to the SSC course.
LFHS was lauded as the best school in the twin cities and one of the ten best schools in India according to a survey conducted by the
Outlook magazine (2001 - 2003) for two years consecutively. The school has also been ranked consistently among the ten best schools in India by a survey conducted by educationworldwideonline.net. The school was rated as the country's second best school for excellence in computer education by the Government of India and the award was received by Rev. Bro. Franky Noronha from the then president
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied phy ...
in an official ceremony. The school has alumni like
V. V. S. Laxman
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (; born 1 November 1974) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit. A right-hand batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman in T ...
,
Arshad Ayub
Arshad Ayub (born 2 August 1958) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 13 Test matches and 32 One Day Internationals from 1987 to 1997. In January 2010, he became the manager for the Indian Cricket team for the series held in Bangladesh ...
, Speaker of the
Telangana Legislative Assembly
The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian communi ...
, Suresh Reddy, Mithin Aachi,Dr. Mohd. Faheemuddin, Arvind Chenji, former Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
E.S.L. Narasimhan
Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan (born 1945) is an Indian former civil servant and politician who served as the first Governor of Telangana. He assumed office of the Governor of United Andhra Pradesh in December 2009 to 01 June 2014,He was ...
and
Nandamuri Balakrishna
Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu cinema, Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and establis ...
.
In the academic year 2009-10, Outlook magazine ranked Little Flower High School as the best school in Hyderabad (Principal: Rev. Bro. Jaico Gervasis). In the same academic year, a student V. Sri Krishna secured the first place in the scholarship test held by
HDFC bank
HDFC Bank Limited (also known as HDB) is an Indian banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's largest private sector bank by assets and world's 10th largest bank by market capitalisation . It is the third lar ...
and won a scholarship worth Rs.10,00,000. In 2010, two students won the Horlicks Quiz competition and one was Runner Up in the TCS IT Quiz.
In 2006, two students namely Rithvik Ramadas and Abhinav Ram were a part of the team 'Space Architects' that were runners up in the
International Space Settlement Design Competition held at
Johnsons Space Center,
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
. Their team stood first in the Asian Finals of 2006. In 2010, a team of twelve students won the Asian finals again. They were teamed up with Amity International School, Saket and Lahore Grammar School Main, Lahore and was mentored by Abhinav Ram. Again in 2011, another team of twelve participated in the competition and were declared runners up. The school plans to take part in this competition again.
Admissions
Despite the fact that the school is a Catholic Minority Institution, admission is open to all students, regardless of caste, creed, religion, or gender. The school has a joint admission policy with
St Paul's High School in Hyderabad and
All Saints High School in Hyderabad, both of which are also run by the
Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel.
Each year in January, one of the three schools holds the Kindergarten admissions process. It entails a student and parent interview. The number of students who apply for admission far outnumbers the number of available positions, making it a highly competitive process. Students may select one of the three schools, but their selection is not guaranteed. Generally, a 20% quota is set aside for economically disadvantaged students.
Divisions
The school has four academic divisions- Pre-primary, Primary, Middle and Senior.
The pre-primary division has four sections each of lower and upper
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
. The primary division has four sections each of Classes I to IV (Class IV is equivalent to the
Fourth Grade
Fourth grade (also called grade four, equivalent to Year 5 in England and Wales, and Year 4 in Australia) is a year of Elementary education in some countries. In North America, the fourth grade is the fifth school year of elementary school. Stud ...
as it is called in the USA, Canada and some other parts of the world. Note that the word "Class" is used instead of "Grade" and the year is written in
Roman Numeral
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, eac ...
). The pre-primary and primary divisions are housed in one campus, commonly called the "Primary School".
Exams
The academic year is divided into three quarters, beginning in mid-June and ending in early April. Examinations are held at the end of each quarter and month.
At the end of Class 10, students take the State Government-administered
Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Houses and section
Even though the school is not a residential school, it employs a House system. The student body is divided into four houses, with each student wearing their respective house's flaps.
* Aeronauts – Blue
* Argonauts – Red
* Astronauts – Yellow
* Cosmonauts – Green
* A SECTION
* B SECTION
* C SECTION
* D SECTION
School Ceremonies and Traditions
* Investiture Ceremony
At the beginning of every academic year, the newly elected School Student Cabinet and class leaders, house leaders take the oath of office in a colourful yet solemn
Investiture
Investiture (from the Latin preposition ''in'' and verb ''vestire'', "dress" from ''vestis'' "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian k ...
ceremony. The School Pupil Leaders for Boys and Girls make their maiden speech on this occasion. The academic year 2010-11's Investiture Ceremony took place on 3 July 2010.
* Teachers' Day
September 5 of every year is celebrated as Teachers' Day all over India in the memory of former President
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. In what is probably the most festive celebration of the year, students show their appreciation to their teachers. The event is organized by the students under the flagship of the School Cabinet. Events include an hour of Self Governance where the leaders of class and house from each section of the respective grade from the VII class are requested to go to their junior class and take classes instead of their teachers and a prize is awarded to the best "Student Teacher". The teachers are thanked with gifts brought with the funds collected by the students. Sporting and cultural competitions are organized and the teachers compete for prizes.
* Children's Day
Every year on November 14, the school celebrates Children's Day, which commemorates the birth of the first Prime Minister of Independent India,
Pandit Jawarhar Lal Nehru, with fun-filled acts performed by the school's staff. Prizes are distributed to students who have won literary and cultural competitions held throughout the year.
*Christmas Celebrations
Every year, by mid-December,
Christmas
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celebrations are held in the school grounds, with students performing a play about the birth of Jesus Christ.
*Republic Day
On January 26, the school celebrates Republic Day with flag hoisting and a march past drill by the House Leaders, Class Leaders, and the school cabinet, as well as the school's NCC contingent.
*Montfort Literary, Cultural and Sports competitions
The Montfort Literary and Cultural Festival (also known as the Mo-Li-Cul Fest) and the Montfort Sports Festivals are held every alternate years. The competitions are held between all the Montfortian schools. Little Flower High School hosted MoLiCul 2008. The school performed well in the Montfort Literary and Cultural Competitions 2009 (also known as Montryst 2009) held at N.St.Mathew's Public School in Vijayawada.
2016 Achievements
The British Council presented the school with the International School Award.
A total of 14 students from the school won the Space Settlement Design Competition. They travelled to Florida to visit the
Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968 ...
.
Master Mohd. Hashmi and Hussain Ahmed won TCS IT WIZ at the city level.
MoLiCul Fest 2008
The MoLiCul Fest 2008 saw participation from over 14 schools belonging to the Pune and Hyderabad provinces. LFHS hosted the 15th edition of the Montfort Competitions after a 14-year gap. There were changes made in the format of the Literary events and a new events were added to the Cultural Category. The Literary events were challenging as students had to be selected for final rounds on the basis of performance, and in the finals they had to perform extempore.
Events like Mime and Origami were made part of the Cultural Events. The MoLiCul Fest also witnessed an Opening Ceremony and a Valedictory Ceremony. The highlights of both the programmes were fusion dances accompanied by a live orchestra (members of the LFHS school choir.) The main attractions of the MoLiCul Fest were the MoLiCul Jyoti, the MoLiCul Ship and most importantly the grid-portrait of St.Louis de Montfort which was prepared by the students of LFHS under the guidance of their Principal.
LFHS won the Literary, Cultural and Overall Trophies on the basis of overall performance.
Little Flower School, emerge Hyderabad "City Champions" in vodafone third edition of its annual ‘faster, smarter, better’ inter-school quiz
Facilities
Infrastructure
* Library – High School Campus
* Library – Primary School Campus
* Two auditoriums
* Science Laboratories
* Computer Laboratories
* Auditorium
* Dining hall (boys and girls)
* Digital Library – High School Campus
Sports facilities
* Basketball court
* Table tennis rooms
* Badminton courts (indoor)
* Gymnasium
* Cricket
* Volleyball
Clubs
*Subject clubs
*Ecology and Environmental club
*HAM or
Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communic ...
*Interact club for social service
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NIE
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NCC NCC may refer to:
Biology
*Neural correlates of consciousness, neuronal events and mechanisms relating to perception phenomena
*Sodium-chloride symporter, abbreviated as NCC
Companies
*National Certification Corporation, a nursing specialty cer ...
*Dance
*Music
*Dramatics
*Drawing
*Robotics
*Scouts and guides
See also
*
Education in India
Education in India is primarily managed by state-run public education system, which fall under the command of the government at three levels: central, state and local. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution and the Right of Child ...
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List of schools in India
References
External links
*http://www.lfhshyd.org/content/aboutus.htm
*http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?218344
*https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://educationworldonline.net/articles/Parameters%2520of%2520excellence%2520India's%2520top%252010%2520day%2520schools.pdf
*http://www.indtoday.com/little-flower-school-emerge-hyderabad-city-champions-vodafone-inter-school-quiz/
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Catholic schools in India
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1953 establishments in India