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St. Xavier's Loyola Hall is a
Catholic school that offers primary, secondary and higher secondary education in
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
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Gujarat,
India.
Since 2006, it has been a co-educational school; prior to 2006, it was an all-boys school.
In 2020, Father Xavier Amalraj S.J. was appointed principal of the school.
In 2016, Mrs. Laxmi Iyer was appointed the headmistress of the primary school.
History
St. Xavier's Loyola Hall was founded by Father Fernando Arellano S.J. on December 3, 1956.
An outreach program in the 1960s led by the students and faculty of St. Xavier's Loyola Hall inspired the establishment of the St. Xavier's Social Service Society, a charitable
Jesuit
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organization.
The St. Xavier's Loyola Hall primary school was designed by
Hasmukh C. Patel.
Academics
St. Xavier's Loyola Hall offers K-12 education with each standard consisting of three sections offering English medium instruction and one section offering Gujarati medium instruction. It offers science and commerce streams for standard 11 and 12.
Facilities
St Xavier's Loyola Hall provides students with the following facilities:
* Library
* Laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology
* Laboratory for computer science
* Cricket ground
* Football ground
* Hockey ground
* Tennis courts
* Basketball courts
* Gymnasium
* Skating rinks
* Brother Bou pavilion
* Swimming pool
* Paleta courts
* Table tennis facilities
* Book store
* Canteen
* Auditorium
Notable alumni
The following individuals have attended St. Xavier's Loyola Hall:
*
Geet Sethi (former world billiards champion, recipient of the
Arjuna Award
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, the
Padma Shri Award, the K.K. Birla Award and the
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award)
*
Bimal Patel (recipient of the Padma Shri Award)
* Mervin D'Souza (geologist, led the 20th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
)
*
Vinod Kinariwala (Independence activist and freedom fighter)
*
Arpan Shah
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He has worked under B. V. Doshi, at his Ahmedabad office between 1999 and 2000, Following which he grew to open his own firm Modo Designs in ...
(an
Indian Architect based in
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
)
See also
*
List of Jesuit schools
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and university, universities listed here.
Some of these universities are in the ...
*
List of schools in Gujarat
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
Violence against Christians in India
References
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Jesuit secondary schools in India
Educational institutions established in 1956
Jesuit primary schools in India
Christian schools in Gujarat
1956 establishments in Bombay State