Rockvale Academy

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Rockvale Academy
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TypeEducational institution
Motto"Optima Thule"
Established1984
FounderLt. Mr. B.B. Pradhan
School district Kalimpong
PrincipalCapt. Prakash Mani Pradhan
Affiliation CISCE
Website www.rockvaleacademy.com   

Rockvale Academy is a coeducational boarding school located in the hill town of Kalimpong in the district of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. It was founded by the late Mr. B.B. Pradhan in 1984 and celebrated its silver jubilee in 2009. English is used as the medium of instruction.

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Rockvale Academy is affiliated to the I.C.S.E. and I.S.C. Board, New Delhi, [1] and offers prescribed course in Science, Arts and Commerce at the +2 level. It has classes from nursery to XII. It is a member of the AHLIS (Association of Heads of Listed ICSE Schools of Darjeeling District) which has a strength of 28 schools from the district of Darjeeling and neighbouring Sikkim.

Rockvale opened an affiliated tertiary education institution, the B.B.Pradhan College of Management Studies, in 2003.

Students come from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan [2] and Thailand.

History

The institution was established in 1984 by the late Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Pradhan . He discovered a plot of land for sale in the 9th mile area of Kalimpong. His initial plan was to set up a hotel. [3] This is apparent from the small size of some rooms in the main building. However, he was persuaded by his closest friends to set up an educational institution. . The school opened on 11 March 1984 with just over 30 students.

The school was granted permanent affiliation to the ICSE Board in 1992 and became an examination centre in 1998. It was the first privately owned school in Kalimpong to be awarded the permanent affiliation.

The school introduced the +2 level in 1997.

In 2008, Rockvale Academy was chosen as an IELTS centre by the British Council.

The school's founder, Bhanu Bhakta Pradhan, held the post of Director of Rockvale Academy until his death in 2002.

School motto and song

The motto of the school is ‘Optima Thule’ which stands for "Aim for the Highest".

The school song is titled ‘Wings of an Eagle’. It was composed by Mr. S.Rasaily and Mr. Y. Ghatani. The Nepali version is titled ‘Gyaan Ko Batti’. It was written by Mr. B.B. Pradhan and the tune was given by Mr. Gyan Lopchan.

ENGLISH SCHOOL SONG

Wings of an Eagle

Optima thule! Optima thule!

Oh! Rockvalites, go flying high

To touch the bright blue sky

Let’s try and try to touch the sky

Like an eagle soaring high.

Optima thule! Optima thule!


CHORUS:

Let’s go with love

Be like the dove

To spread the word of peace

In every race and every place

And bring joy to every face.


REPEAT CHORUS

Optima thule! Optima thule!(2)

Let’s spread the light

To make it bright

Every hour of night and day

Let’s and try to bring the light

To drive the darkness away


REPEAT

Optima thule! Optima thule!(2)

Oh! Rockvalites, go flying high

To touch the bright blue sky

Let’s try and try to touch the sky

Like an eagle soaring high.(3)


NEPALI SCHOOL SONG

"GYAN KO BATTI"

STAHI:

Gyan-ko bat-ti baa-lay-ra, ha-mi ag-ha-ri ba-rd-nay chau

Bidh-ya-ko jyoti pau-na-lai, ha-mi kshi-tiz-ma poug-nay chau

REPEAT STAHI: Gyan-ko bat-ti baa-lay-ra

ANTARA:

Per-na ha-mi lak-shya-ma poug-nay dhya-ya-lai rakh-nay chau (2)

Sam-jha-na ham-ro sa-kar hu-nay bidh-ya-lai rakh-nay chau (2)

Gyan-ko bat-ti baa-lay-ra

Bha-wishy a ham-ro u-jya-lo gar-nay hey-tu-lai li-ye-ra (2)

Ba-lak ha-mi bish-wa-ka ta-ra ek din bann-nay chau (2)

REPEAT STAHI AND END

Inter-house competitions

Rockvale has four houses that engage in inter-house competitions in sports such as volleyball, table tennis, basketball and badminton, as well as co-curricular activities such as elocution, debates, quizzes, spelling bee and extempore. The house that collects the most points at the end of the academic session is declared the "champion house" for that year.

Infrastructure

Apart from the main building at 9th mile, Kalimpong, the school is constructing a Sports Complex and Rockvale International Hostel at Chiboo Busty, Kalimpong.

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References

  1. Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, listing in database, accessed 29 May 2010
  2. Darjeeling Impasse, Bhutan Times, 18 June 2008
  3. Close Encounters with Col. Hamilton, Rockvale Digest, 1997, page 13 of 120.