St. Xavier's Loyola Hall is a

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school that offers primary, secondary and higher secondary education in

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. 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

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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.

Sports Day

Sports Day has been an integral part of Loyola's Sports Culture. There are 4 clubs viz. Lions, Panthers, Bears and Tiger. Each club compete against each other to win the overall tournament. There is a point system based on the games any club player wins. Running, Relay, Cycling, Long Jump, High Jump, and March Past were some the events that take place on Sports Day.

Facilities

St Xavier's Loyola Hall provides students with the following facilities: * Primary Hall * Museum * Zoo * Kindergarten playground * Primary playground * Arts and crafts classroom * Library * Laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology * Laboratories for computer science * Cricket ground * Football ground * Hockey ground * Tennis courts * Basketball courts * Volleyball court * Table tennis facilities * Gymnasium * Skating rinks * Brother Bou pavilion * Swimming pool * Stationary * Book store * Diamond Jubilee Auditorium * Golden Jubilee Auditorium * Conference Room * Audio-visual room

Notable alumni

The following individuals have attended St. Xavier's Loyola Hall: *

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(former world billiards champion, recipient of the

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, the

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, the K.K. Birla Award and the

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) * Bimal Patel (recipient of the Padma Shri Award) * Mervin D'Souza (geologist, led the 20th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica) *

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(Independence activist and freedom fighter) * Arpan Shah (an Indian Architect based in

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, five ITA Awards, and six

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Association of Past Xavierite

The Association of Past Xavierites (A. P. X.) came into existence in 1986. The membership has been growing steadily. APX currently has about a 1000 members. The current office bearers are: Shridhar Derasari, Farida, Bina Shah, Snehal Rajnikant Jadvani, Satpal Singh Chhabda, Shapath Shah.

References

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