St. Xavier's High School is a private aided co-educational school located in Velim village in

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taluka in the Indian coastal state of

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. The school was established in 1962 and is affiliated to

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History

On 4 August 2013, the school's playground also known as Velim Fabrica ground managed to get the attention of the

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to have it renovated by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs (DSYA) at an estimated cost of . The ground is said to have been home to many footballers in the past, also being hosts of many soccer matches. The

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for the development of the playground was blessed by then

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Fr. Jorge Pazzi Fernandes in the presence of then Velim MLA Benjamin Silva (a former

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), then Velim

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Melvyn Sanches, school's headmistress, Mabel Da Costa, members of the school playground committee and the villagers.

Key people

Managers

Headmaster/Headmistress

Sports

The school competes at inter-school and

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and state-level

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competitions. On 17 December 2015, St. Xavier's High School lost to Rosary High School,

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by a 2–1 defeat in the All Goa Inter-School Under 17 Invitational Football Tournament at Chinchinim Church ground. The tournament was held in remembrance and honour of St. Joseph Vaz and was organised by Mount Mary's School and Higher Secondary School. On 27 December 2015, St. Xavier's High School was among the 16 schools, including St. Britto High School that were adopted in the

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outreach programme. The programme was designed to create a safe space so that the club would reach out to as many young kids and introduce them to football in a friendly playing environment where they were encouraged to develop their inherent talent while also enjoying the sport. On 28 June 2017, St. Xavier's High School beat Our Lady of Carmel High School, Curtorim by a 3–1 victory to qualify along with three other schools including Loyola High School in the U-14 inter-school Salcete taluka boys football tournament organized by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs (DSYA) at

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. On 29 June 2017, they defeated St Jude’s High School, Betalbatim at Manora ground, Raia by a 2–0 victory to qualify in the next round of the tournament along with four other schools from Goa. On 15 November 2017, St. Xavier's High School managed to qualify in the semi-finals of Fr Peter SVD Memorial football tournament, they were beaten by Marina English High School, Verna in a 5–0 defeat at SVD Seminary, Raia ground. On 22 February 2018, St. Xavier's High School qualified in the playoffs of 1st teacher Dolorosa memorial U-17 girls football tournament and were teamed up against Perpetual Succour Convent High School,

, they were then beaten by a 4–3 defeat via a tie-breaker at

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ground. On 25 July 2018, St. Xavier's High School were beaten by Rosary High School, Navelim in a 5–0 defeat of the U-17 Subroto Mukherjee Salcete Taluka girls football tournament which was organised by the DSYA, at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. On 27 August 2018, St. Xavier's High School beat Infant Jesus High School,

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by a 3–2 victory via a tie-breaker to be crowned as the champions in the third edition of All Goa OLHESA inter-school football tournament which was organised by Our Lady of Health Ex Students Association, at Cuncolim School ground, Cuncolim. On 16 July 2022, St. Francis Xavier High School were among the five schools, including Regina Martyrum High School to qualify in U-14 Subroto Mukherjee Inter-School Salcete Taluka football tournament organised by DSYA at village school ground, Dramapur. Their win came after they defeated Our Lady of Succour High School by four goals. On 27 July 2022, St. Xavier's High School was among the three schools in

to be qualified in the U-17

taluka inter-school Subroto Mukherjee football tournament held at Cuncolim School ground, at

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COVID vaccination drive

On 27 May 2021, a two-day

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vaccination drive was held at the school for people aged 45 and above by the

for their initiative of the '' Tika Utsav''. In total, 205 individuals received their first jab with 95 of them being vaccinated on the first day and 110 individuals the next day.

Civic and consumer forum

On 21 April 2013, the Velim Civic and Consumer Forum (VCCF) held its monthly meeting of consumers at the school, wherein several issues were discussed upon such as

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, price rise, notice of directorate of transport and bus fare hike,

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(RTE), taxation of wells,

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and its transparency, violence against women, and the special Gram Sabha. Public utilities like Goa Dairy, postal services,

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water, banking and

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were also taken into consideration. On 10 August 2014, the VCCF held its general monthly meeting of consumers at the school. The issues that were discussed were gram sabha proposals, vector-borne diseases awareness, screening of migrants at Cutbona,

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and nutrition campaign,

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, garbage management etc.

Notable alumni

* Nevel Gracias, Indian diocesan priest and actor

Notes

References

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