Cathedral and John Connon School

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Cathedral and John Connon School
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'Clarum Efficiunt Studia'
('Studies Maketh Famous')
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Information
Principal Mrs. Meera Isaacs
Headmistress (Senior) Mrs. Rekha Khanduri
Type Private School
Grades Lower 1 - 12
School Colour(s) Purple & Black
Established 1860
Houses (in alphabetical order)
Barham
Palmer
Savage
Wilson
Curriculum
Homepage cathedral-school.com

The Cathedral and John Connon School was formed in 1922, as a 'grand alliance' of the Cathedral Boys' and Girls' schools of Mumbai, and of the Scottish schools of the city. The earliest of its components was a Cathedral grammar school founded in 1860. It is affiliated with the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and ISC boards of the Indian Government.

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[edit] Philosophy

In the words of Mr. Gunnery, one of the school's eminent principals, "the School is a place where everything that goes on bears the stamp of the Cathedral School character and tradition Our education is international. We are an Indian school where foreigners are at home, a Christian school which children of any faith can call their own.

"Indeed the School's objective is all round character formation and the development of proper attitudes. Consciously and unconsciously, pupils absorb a great deal apart from subjects they study and in the great examinations of Life, it is these extra assimilations which speak a school's worth."

The motto of the school is 'Clarum Efficiunt Studia'. This is in Latin and in English means 'Studies Maketh Famous'.

[edit] Organization

The school has a house system that is introduced from Grade 3 (though only the activities of grades 8-12 count towards the house championship tally). The four houses are(in alphabetical order) Barham, Palmer, Savage and Wilson named after the founders of the school- Cannon Barham, Bishop Palmer, Arthur Savage and Percival Wilson. The Palmer House motto is "nil desperandum" (never despair), the Savage House motto is "palman qui meruit ferat" (let him bear the palm, who has deserved it) and the Wilson House motto is "per ardua ad astra" (through struggle to the stars).

The school currently has four buildings - the Infant School, Junior School, Middle School and Senior School. Recently, the Cathedral and John Connon also opened a nursery on the property of the St. Thomas' Cathedral at Fort in Mumbai.

[edit] Academics and Future Studies

The school follows the ICSE curriculum until Std. 10 and the ISC curriculum in Std. 11 & 12. Both are examinations of the CISCE, a Delhi-based educational council. After finishing the 12th standard, Cathedralites pursue further studies in India or abroad. In India students have entered into prestigious institutions such as St. Stephen's College, IIT, IIM and St. Xavier's College. A large number of Cathedralites study and have studied at renowned foreign universities as well. Students from the Class of 2007 have been accepted into Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Cornell University, Columbia University, the University of Southern California, the University of California at Berkeley, Middlebury College, Carleton College, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the University of Virginia, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, New York University, and others.

Cathedral has a proud tradition of producing scholar-athletes, those that excel not only in a sport but also in academics. In squash, in particular, CJCS has produced many scholar-athletes. Catalums Anil Nayar (BA '69), brothers Darius & Farokh Pandole, Daniel Ezra and, most recently, Mihir Sheth, all played squash for Harvard, while Cyrus Mehta played for Yale, Vijay Vaswani,MD was on the gymnastics team for Dartmouth. Former all-India Women's #1 Misha Grewal attended Franklin & Marshall College on a squash scholarship as well. In other sports, former Head Girl and Asian Games swimming medallist for India, Gita Anand (she also a Pulitzer Prize Winner), attended Dartmouth. Ravi Krishna Kumar (ISC '87) attended Harvard on a tennis scholarship.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

  • List of schools in India
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