St. Robert's School, Darjeeling
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| St. Robert's Higher Secondary School | |
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13, Doctor Yen Singh Road, Chauk Bazaar , 734101 India | |
| Coordinates | 27°02′46″N 88°15′55″E / 27.0460°N 88.2652°E |
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| Type | Government Aided; Administered by RC Diocese Darjeeling |
| Motto | Latin: Ad Maiora Natus Sum (Born for higher things) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Robert Bellarmine |
| Established | 19 February 1934 |
| School board | West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education |
| School district | Darjeeling |
| Headmaster | Rev. Fr. Micheal Singh |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 10 - 19 |
| Language | English |
| Campus type | Urban |
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| Colour(s) | Yellow and Prussian Blue |
| Website | www.srsdarjeeling.org |
St. Robert's School is a higher secondary school for boys in Darjeeling Hill Station, West Bengal, India. It opened in 1934, and is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The government-aided school is administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling and is under the religious jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Darjeeling.
The school aims at the education of the Catholic community in and around Darjeeling, but is also open to members of other communities.
Headmasters
[edit]- Major Augustine J. Dewan – (1934 - 1935)
- Mr. John Gomes – (1935 - .... )
- Fr. R.V.D. Abeele – (1939)
- Fr. Joseph Arimont, SJ – (1940 - 1949)
- Fr. John Prendergast, SJ – (1950 - 1958)
- Fr. William Mackey, SJ – (1959 - 1962)
- Fr. John Prendergast, SJ – (1963 - 1964)
- Fr. Francis Farrell, SJ – (1964 - 1966)
- Fr. John Prendergast, SJ – (1967)
- Fr. James McCabe, SJ – (Acting HM, 1967)
- Fr. Leo Forestell, SJ – (1968 - 1976)
- Fr. Anthony Sharma – (1977 - 1980)
- Fr. William Bourke, SJ – (1980 - 1990)
- Fr. Valerian Viegas – (1990 - 2012) [1]
- Fr. Peter Lingdamo – (2013 - 2018)
- Fr. Micheal Singh – (2018–present)
Notable alumni
[edit]- Sanduk Ruit – ophthalmologist.
- Bhim Bahadur Gurung – former Chief Minister, Sikkim.
- Indra Bahadur Rai – Nepali writer.
- Uday Sotang – singer, writer.
- Prashant Tamang – singer, actor, winner of Indian Idol Season 3.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Platinum Jubilee Magazine, St.Robert's School Darjeeling, 2009.
