School History

School HistoryYour Child's Finest Learning Experience

Starting from 1966, the school has witnessed many epoch making events which have changed the course of history and the condition of society in this small village (Nazareth Hill), Kerala and all over the nation. Rev.Fr.Sebastian Karikulam VC donated the land to build this school. And the rest is history.

1966 June1 De Paul HSS officially started functioning
1966 July 2 School shifted to permanent school building
1966 July 2 Rev.Fr. Sebastian Karikulam VC donated land for school
1967 Feb 4 School officially inagurated by His Excellency Rt.Rev.Dr.Sebastian Vayalil, Bishop of Palai
1974 March Presented the 1st batch for SSLC
1979 A new block building constructed for the school
1979 Nov Won the Sub Junior Championship in the Pala educational District Sports
1981 Jan Won the winners trophy in the District Volley ball competition
1983 Feb Basket ball team won the winners trophy in the District Games
1984 Nov Won Overall championship in the District Sports meet
1985 May Master Bijumon KK secured 15th rank in the state in the SSLC examination
1987 Jan Won 1st in State Youth Festival in Ganamela and Margamkali
1987 Feb Won 1st in District Basket ball and Football competitions
1988 Nov SSLC Examination centre is opened. Won Overall championship in the Youth Festival in the Educational District
1989 Nov Kumari Betsy Mani won highest mark in the SSLC examination for Palai Educational District. Selected as the best school in Palai Diocese religious institution
1991 Feb Silver Jubilee of the school celebrated. Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Pallickaparambil, Bishop of Palai, blessed and inaugurated the Silver Jubilee Memorial auditorium
1992 May Master Shyam S secured 1st rank and Master Joby Augustine won 12th rank in the state SSLC examination
1992 June Started LP School standard 1
1992 Nov Sub district Youth Festival held in the school
1995 June A new school building was inaugurated by Sri Oommen Chandy, the Finance Minister.
The KG classes started. Master Justin George won 8th rank in the state SSLC examination
1997 A school bus was purchased in the beginning of the year
1998 Started a Computer Academy in the school and was inaugurated by Sri. PJ Joseph, the honourable Minister of Education
2000 Kumari Neethu Jacob secured 14th rank in the state SSLC examination
2001 10th rank in the state SSLC examination to Kumari Nimmy Thankam Philip and 17th rank to Master Arjun Kartha
2002 10th rank in the state SSLC examination to Nimmy Merin Mathew. School got affiliation for the Higher Secondary course; Started 1st Science batch with 8 students.
2003 7th rank in the state SSLC examination to Master Jayachandran N and 13th rank to Master Sudarshan Vishnu. A new school building has been constructed with the support of PTA
2004 In the state SSLC examination, Kumari Parvathi Chandran, Kumari Uthara Mohan and Master Jerry Jose won 5th, 8th and 12th ranks respectively.
The commencing of Higher Secondary course and the completion of a new block having 24000sq.ft area were milestones in the history of the school. The new block was blessed and inaugurated in 15th November 2003.
2006 Ruby Jubilee of the school celebrated
2007 Won overall championship in UP & HS section and second in LP section in Sub District level Youth festival
2012 In the state SSLC examination, 9 students secured full A+
2013 In the state SSLC examination, 14 students secured full A+
2014 Won first overall trophy in Sub District level Youth festival
2015 Won overall trophy in Sub District level Youth festival and Sub District Work Experience & IT Fair. A grant Alumni meeting was arranged on 26th December 2014
2016 Golden Jubilee Year of the School. Golden Jubilee Alumni meeting was arranged on 15th August 2015

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