Stella Maris English School

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Stella Maris High School & Junior College
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Stella Maris English School

Coordinates 18°32′47″N73°55′27″E / 18.546373°N 73.924252°E / 18.546373; 73.924252
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TypeConvent School
MottoBe A Guiding Star
Established1953
School district Pune
PrincipalSr. Arkhan
Color(s)Red
Blue
Green
Yellow

Stella Maris School is an English Medium Convent School which is located in Vadgaon Sheri in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is a private school. The school is managed by the Society of St. Ursula. The school is recognised by the Government of Maharashtra, but is not a grant-in-aid school. The syllabus followed is that prescribed by the Department of Education, Maharashtra State. It is a Co-Ed. School. [1] [2]

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History

A young Frenchwoman, later to be known as Mother Anne de Xainctonge became deeply aware of the lack of educational opportunities for the girls of her time and was inspired to open schools.

On 29 November 1596, Mother Anne left her native town Dijon, France in spite of all resistance from her family to start the Society of St. Ursula. Through struggles and sufferings, she founded the Society of St. Ursula on 16 June 1606.

Many young women joined and committed themselves to this noble profession of educating girls and women of their time.

In 1953, some Swiss Sisters of the Ursulines order came to India to continue the work that their founder had begun. The three schools in Pune, namely St. Ursula High School in Nigdi, Stella Maris School in Vadgaon Sheri, K. Bajaj School and St. Ursula School at Kankavavli are Sister Institutions.

Background and campus

The school is engaged in providing education to students from L.K.G. to std 12th. There are 42 teachers providing education to 1,918 students. Various sports & cultural programs are held round the year for extra circulars activities in the school. Each class is divided into three sections A, B and C, which includes an average of 60 students in each section.

The campus of the school is divided into Three divisions, Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary. Primary and Pre-Primary includes levels L.K.G. to Std fifth and Secondary includes levels Std fifth to tenth.

Pre-Primary and Primary Section

The pre-primary section and primary section includes classes from L.K.G. to class four. The headmistress of the section is Sr. Ida who is also the vice-principal of the school. The teaching staff of primary section includes eighteen teachers and 1080 students. The staff is different from the staff in the secondary section, in exception of the teachers of L.K.G. and U.K.G. who teaches subjects like Drawing, Craft and Needle-Work to the senior students in afternoon. The primary section has its own play ground for children during break timings or P.T. times.

Secondary Section

The secondary section includes classes from class five to class ten. The headmistress of the section is Sr. Jolly who is also the principal of the school. The teaching staff includes twenty-three teachers and around 900 students. The section includes two playgrounds which makes a total of three grounds for the school. In the two grounds one is a football ground and the other is a basketball court.

Higher Secondary Section

Higher Secondary Section is a new section for classes of 11th std. In this section, there is a new uniform that is different from the other ones. It is Located Near The Secondary Section.

Houses

The students in the school are divided into different houses. In the primary section the students are divided into five houses each named after a flower. The houses are:

In secondary section the students are divided into four houses each named after a colour. The houses are:

HouseSub titleMeaning
RedSatyaTruth
BlueShantiPeace
GreenDayaMercy
YellowKshamaForgiveness

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