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St. Xavier's School, Gandhinagar, began in the year 1970, at the invitation of the Government of Gujarat. It began as a joint venture with Mt. Carmel school, Gandhinagar and hence was aptly named Xavier's-Carmel. The school was situated in Sector 20 initially and then land was allotted to the management to develop an independent building in Sector 8. Rev. Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J. was the first Principal who had a vision to develop a good Catholic school in the new capital city of Gujarat. He was followed by other highly qualified educationists, Fr. Ignatius Pinto, S.J. and Fr. Freddy D'Souza, S.J. who shifted the school building to the new site in Sector 8. Hence in 1982, the school began with a few classes shifting to the new building in Sector 8 and in a couple of years it was a totally independent building named (St. Xavier's School ). Fr. Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. later on developed the campus and planted plenty of trees to give it a green environment friendly appearance. He was assisted by Br. Gomez, S.J. who helped maintain the campus. ==Background== Xavier's stands for 'excellence'- that is excellence in academics, sports, co-curricular activities and so on. The all- round growth of a student is focused upon - intellectual growth, emotional growth, spiritual growth and physical growth. A Xavierite is a person for others which is manifested in his/her contribution to society through social work and various outreach programmes. (St. Xavier's School ) caters to the children of Gandhinagar who mostly comprise children of Government officials working in Sachivalaya. It follows the Gujarat State Board syllabus and has both the mediums running in the school - English and Gujarati. In the year 1996/1997 the Vedruna Sisters(Carmelites of Charity) joined the school to look after the Primary and the Pre-Primary sections with Sr. Mary D'Cruz being the first Sister in charge of the Primary section. The school has been doing academically well and has always secured more than 95% results at the Board examinations. The High point of the school is its strong focus on co-curricular activities with an annual athletic meet and an annual day programme together with various other tournaments in football, cricket, basketball and skating besides the annual Quest festival and other inter-class competitions run throughout the year. This helps to develop the personality of the student and prepares him/her to face the world with confidence. The motto of the school in Latin is Ateneris Impende Laborem which when translated means that a child from an early age should apply himself/herself to hard work. Xavier's believes in hard work, but it also stresses that all work and no play is not the solution to a healthy upbringing. Hence work goes hand in hand with activities, be it on the play field or in the class room or in the street 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Xavier's, Gandhinagar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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