St. Anthonys School

As I pen down to write my thoughts my duty as an Administrator is to build a good Infrastructure to facilitate learning. My dream to provide good affordable Education to our Students has been realized. The small School which was started in the spring of 1991 has turned into a Big High School. Scores of Anthonians have passed out and they have made a mark for themselves in the World outside. So often they visit their Alma Mater those familiar faces look different as they grow in knowledge and wisdom.

Every year some addition is done to the Infrastructure to accommodate more Classes and space required to an ever expanding Institution. My role is of a silent Leader who only observes and gives advice when it is needed. The baton has been passed to the next generation as they steer the School to newer heights and unchartered territory.

As the Academic term ends I wish all our Students, Parents and Well wishers a safe and a Happy New Year 2019

C.S.Tewari

Director

For 27 years, two and a half decades, St. Anthony’s School has stood within a quaint Hamlet in Kurseong. I have been active in Education for the last 21 years. We have sent up 22 ICSE batches and 3 ISC batches who have passed out. I feel it necessitates a moment of reflection. A time to pause, look to our slice of history to know how our Anthonians who have left the walls of our building are doing in the world. This years Annual is dedicated to them. Featured are their trials and tribulations in life. It gives us a sense of reaffirmation that the path we have taken as Educators is not misdirected and correct.

I always believed that I needed to be a different kind of a Teacher who gives a patient hearing to students and understands their needs. It’s the student who should benefit. A school is not a school where the Teachers win. It’s always the students who should achieve a sense of victory. As Teachers our duty is to mould and shape them into fine human beings. They should not be afraid to ask any questions and should be allowed to grow in knowledge and wisdom. We should touch lives of our students and guide them in their path of self-discovery. The world is changing and this phenomenon should be understood by educators like us and the archaic way of teaching should be replaced, only then we will be known as modern educators who have evolved according to today’s need. This is one beautiful profession where reading and acquiring life skills is equally important to us. It help us to grow, to understand our young pupil’s need. We need to put more Mindfullness in our teachings and help our students to overcome barriers which life often throws at them as it unfolds in an often confusing and unforeseen manner. Our curriculum should imbibe more conscious effort to be pliant and flexible to make them understand and enable adjustment during turbulent periods of life.

I feel as a Principal it’s not long before we need to pass on the baton to make way for young educators. Their knowledge and vision should replace ours and the Institution should grow organically. The hands of the young maybe guided by informed experience of people who have navigated change both adopting and rejecting the myraid of ‘innovations’ companies promoting products promise us.

Till then let me enjoy every moment while I can, proactively contributing to my love of both our school and Education.

'Ora et Labora'

'Pray and work'

Chetan Tewari

Principal