St. Vincent's High School

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School Playground

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Old campus

St. Vincent's High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school and pre-university college for boys located in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The English-medium convent school was founded by the Jesuits in 1867, located and is named in honour of Vincent de Paul, a seventeenth-century saint known for his love for the poor and the downtrodden. The school, which is recognized by the Government of Maharashtra, prepares pupils for the Secondary School Certificate Examination (Std. X) and for the Higher Secondary Certificate examination (Std. XII).

Management

It is owned by the Poona Catholic Educational Association and managed by the Poona Jesuit School's Society, which belong to the Christian Religious Minority group, and therefore it enjoys the rights and privileges guaranteed by Article 30 (I) of the Constitution of India. It is considered one of the best schools in Pune and provides quality education to the students. since 2013Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) it was ranked at No. 9 of all boys' schools in India. The Society of Jesus, to which the Jesuit Fathers and Brothers belong, is a Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Active in the field of education throughout the world since its origin, the Society runs 179 high schools and 98 colleges in India, in which young people of every social class, community, and linguistic group are educated through the medium of both English and the regional languages.

Curriculum and facilities

St. Vincent's High School imparts English-medium education from Std.I to Std.X. The St. Vincent's Junior College prepares students for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination. The St. Xavier's pre-primary school prepares children to study English. Admissions are competitive, based on merit. The plans on making an Olympic sized swimming pool in the campus has been achieved. The massive school football ground is just the exact size of a real football field along with a stadium to suit the audiences. The school is situated on .

Co-curriculum activities

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An image of the Limca Book of Records held by St. Vincent's

St. Vincent's has the notable record of winning the PSAA's (Poona Schools Athletics Association) Annual Athletics Championship for 60 consecutive years as of 6 February 2007. This achievement was recorded as a national record in the Limca Book of Records.

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of St. Vincent's High School:

Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Template:Nts	Fr. Joseph Brunner, S.J.	1867	1872	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Henry Depelchin, S.J.	1872	1873	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Henry Schumacher, S.J.	1873	1879	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. George Weniger, S.J.	1879	1880	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Ignatius Kunzler, S.J.	1880	1881	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Jusoph Nuckle, S.J.	1881	1883	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. William Althoff, S.J.	1883	1886	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Bernard Beider-Linden, S.J.	1886	1887	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Ferdinand Hillenkamp, S.J.	1887	1889	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Kilian Hahn, S.J.	1889	1890	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Joseph Willy, S.J.	1890	1895	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Julius Mayr, S.J.	1895	1903	Template:Age in years years
(Template:Nts)	Fr. Killian Hahn, S.J.	1903	1908	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. William Windhausen, S.J.	1908	1914	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Francis X. Larbolette, S.J.	1914	1915	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Ernest Hoogewerf, S.J.	1915	1915	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Peter Alborghetti, S.J.	1915	1916	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Thomas Baret, S.J.	1916	1916	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. John Lauder, S.J.	1916	1918	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Charles Ghezzi, S.J.	1918	1929	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Maximillan Riklin, S.J.	1929	1950	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Anton Rehm, S.J.	1950	1955	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. William Clement, S.J.	1955	1957	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J.	1957	1966	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J.	1966	1967	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Romauld D'Souza S.J.	1967	1973	Template:Age in years years
(Template:Nts)	Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J.	1973	1977	Template:Age in years years
(Template:Nts)	Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J.	1977	1983	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J.	1983	1993	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Bertie Rozario, S.J.	1993	1998	Template:Age in years years
(Template:Nts)	Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J.	1998	2003	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Mario Fernandes, S.J.	2003	2009	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Andrew Fernandes, S.J.	2009	2019	Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts	Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J.	2019	incumbent	Template:Age in years years

Notable alumni

• Ebrahim AlkaziTemplate:Spaced endashtheatre director and Padma Vibhushan
• Banoo Jehangir CoyajiTemplate:Spaced endashthe first female to matriculate from St Vincent's, an all-boys school, in 1933
• Merwan Sheriar IraniTemplate:Spaced endashan Indian spiritual master
• Thomas KailathTemplate:Spaced endashan electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University

See also

• List of Jesuit schools
• List of schools in Pune
• Violence against Christians in India

External links

• Vincents Old Boys Association (VOBA) Official alumni organization
• VincentiDabitur.com Website for ex-Vincentians