THE ST. XAVIER’S HIGH SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION

History

In November 1949 a group of parents met in the School Hall to consider the possibility of running a canteen for the children – to provide clean and wholesome food prepared under hygienic conditions and sold at reasonable rates

On 4th May 1950, a red-letter day in the history of St. Xavier’s High School, for on that day was born the Student Parent Association of St. Xavier’s, known today as St. Xavier’s High School Parent Teacher Association. Soon it broadened its aims to arrange for greater social contact between parents, staff and students

Structure of the Managing Committee

The Managing Committee consists of not more than 21 members as follows

Scholarships and Prizes

• Fr. Fritz Prize for a needy cricketer who plays for the Giles and Harris Shields Tournaments
• Fr. Arthur D'Mello Prize for a student in Std. X securing the highest marks in Character Formation, English & Social Studies
• Fr. Lancy Rodrigues Prize to a deserving student and a deserving talented teacher
• Fr. Miranda PTA Scholarship for a student in Std. IX passing in all subjects and securing between 35% - 45%
• PTA prizes for Art and Craft for Stds I - IV
• Silver Medal and Ripon Medal given annually to a Catholic and non-Catholic student respectively for standing first at the S.S.C. Examination in the school
• The PTA Golden Jubilee Award disbursed annually to six students – one catholic and one non-catholic student from the primary (Stds. I – IV), middle school (Stds. V – VII) and secondary (Stds. VIII – X) section who is socially aware and sensitive to the needs of others and lives up to the Jesuit ideals of all-round education
• The Fr. Gomes Deserving Boys Welfare Fund - an amount of Rs.1,650/= is disbursed to four deserving and needy students
• The PTA Golden Jubilee Award to be disbursed annually to six students – one Catholic and one non-Catholic student from the primary (Stds. I – IV), middle school (Stds. V – VII) and secondary (Stds. VIII – X) section. These prizes will be awarded to a student who is socially aware and sensitive to the needs of others and lives up to the Jesuit ideal of all-round education. These prizes will be presented at every Annual Day

Future Activities

• Organize workshops and programs on counselling, media education
• The members of the Managing Committee wish to thank the Principal, Fr. Baptist Pinto, S. J., Primary Head Teacher, Mrs. Fatima Monteiro, the Vice-Principal, Ms. Renee Carvalho, Secondary Supervisor, Mrs. Marietta Pinto members of the Staff - Teaching and Non-teaching, the School Management, Parents and Class IV Workers for their continuous interest, active support and guidance in making all activities of the PTA a grand success, during the course of the Academic Year 2005 - 2006.
• The past year has seen increased involvement on the part of parents who have come regularly to the school and participated in PTA activities. We are grateful to you dear parents for your constant support and encouragement. After all this is your organization, a forum of interaction between teachers and parents and between parents themselves. If we combine our strengths we shall go a long way in contributing to the overall development and growth of our children in this great institution