Avila Convent

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Avila Convent is a convent school for girls in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is recognized by the Board of Matriculation schools under the Education Department of Tamil Nadu, and trains students for the X and XII Board exams. It is one of the few schools in Coimbatore with ISO 9001 certification. [1]

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Patronage

The school's patron saint is Saint Teresa of Avila, christened after the province Avila in Spain, and the convent motto is "Love, Truth and Service". [2]

Avila Convent Mat. Hr. Sec School is run by the sisters of the Congregation of Mother of Carmel (CMC), a large congregation of sisters founded by the Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, with over 6000 sisters working all over India and abroad. The charism of this congregation is 'contemplation in action'.

Origin

The school in Coimbatore was started in 1967. Currently over 3000 children study in various classes of the school starting from kindergarten to XII grade. [3] The medium of instruction is English, while Tamil is taught as a second language and Hindi as an optional language.

Activities

The school has five houses Love (Red), Truth (Yellow), Service (Blue), Joy (Purple) and Peace (Green). The students represent their respective houses in various competitions, house matches and in the events that take place on sports day. The school has a Maths club, Science club, Literary club, Liturgy club and a Celebration club that organize various events all through the school year and provide opportunities for the children to exhibit their talents. The school has separate laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Science.

Kids Day is organised every year for children from classes LKG to V. The school day is celebrated annually around January-February. A food festival is conducted annually to raise funds for various social service causes. The school has an official band which has gained extreme popularity around the city over the years and has won many laurels. The school follows the democratic policy of its pupils electing their School Pupil leader and Assistant School Pupil leader. The school has a parliament which consists of a minister and deputy minister for every department which includes Education, Discipline, Social Service, Literature and Fine Arts. In 2016, the school launched an official customized "My Stamp" to commemorate the Golden Jubilee year.

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References

  1. "Avila".
  2. Avila Convent, Principal's Message, accessed 1 December 2021
  3. "Avila".

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