Walsingham House School, Bombay India
Encyclopedia
Walsingham House School is a private girls' school located in a former palace of the Maharajah of Kutch in South Mumbai
, India
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The school is managed by the Mittal Group, and is affiliated to the ICSE
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It has events like debates, dramatics, interhouse quizzes and interhouse elocutions.
The principal is Mrs Janaki Ananthkrishnan.
for 'In Happiness We Work'.
South Mumbai
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, India
India
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The school is managed by the Mittal Group, and is affiliated to the ICSE
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
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History
The school was founded in 1940 by Mrs. Tree and Mrs. Adcock at Oomer Park. Mrs. Tree was the first school principal. In 1950 it moved to Breach Candy, and in 1965 it moved to its current premises which is currently located on L.J Road (Nepean Sea Road).The school is now at Dariya Mahal. The school has completed seventy grand years educating the girl child.Activities
The school offers extracurricular activities such as basketball, badminton, volleyball, table-tennis, athletics, long-jump, throwball, discuss, javelin, tug-of-war,dance,bharatnatyam, craft, and canvas painting. The school provides education through fun by an extra hour activity every thursday,guided by the teachers.The school also has a sports week,which has interhouse matches every year,which inculcates sportsmanship in every child.It has events like debates, dramatics, interhouse quizzes and interhouse elocutions.
The principal is Mrs Janaki Ananthkrishnan.
Motto
The school motto is In Felicitate Laboramus which is LatinLatin
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for 'In Happiness We Work'.
Notable alumni
- Dhruvi Acharya, artist
- Michelle Ivy Davis, writer
- Tarana Raja Kapoor - actor