Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Alma mater... one of them

I studied in St Francis De Sales (SFS) in Nagpur. I've heard that our school has its first female principal starting this year. The principal before this, Fr Ivan Lobo, spent nearly 30+ years in SFS starting from his schooling. I was the principal's right hand boy and blue eyed boy :-) He is a good person. I still keep in touch with him and visit him even now. He has moved to mumbai. During my first interactions with him in my school days he once told me, "I am disappointed, I expect a lot more from you. These ranks and merit lists don't matter much and with time you will realize that too. There is a lot to learn and its not just studies."

Talking about female principals, we did have a female principal for the primary section. I was kinda her blue eyed boy too :-) Then there was teacher LaxmiNarayan, who smiled and made the world smile with her. She was the blue house (to which I belonged) head mistress. Our school motto is "Dare to be wise".

Got this forward from a school friend. Posted it as is.

The Fountain near the cycle stand...



This the area where we played Basketball


This is the entrance of the School.... Where the samosa wala used to sell those heavenly SAMOSAS



Grotto of Mother Mary



Classes near our School Park...


Corridors...


More of them...


The Chapel of our School...


This is the view of our Cycle stand where we use to keep our cycles Locked like it was our PORCHE... and yes it was much more precious at that time....


View from the main entrance, where its written "Dare to be Wise".



Our School Playground and the place where the assembly was held every Saturday... I used to be up in the shade cause I was in the school choir.



The school bell that we heard over the years.


The fourth playfield at an elevation from the other two


Just Check the 1978 Staff some of them we don't know but look at the Retro look of our School Teachers...



Our School Staff in the Year 1985....



School Staff members in the year 2001....




School Staff members in the year 2006....





"DARE TO BE WISE"



3 comments:

Goli said...

Hey,

did you take most of the photos, on curfew days... there is not a soul visible... :D... Nice photos...

Alistair D'souza said...

got the photos in an email forward from some school friends... I didn't click any of those photos...

Anonymous said...

Hey Alistair,
I passed out of school in 1980 and looking at your blog and the old pictures so many old memories came rushing back. I could recognise several faces from the faculty photos that you poted from 1978. Great work there. I wish some how i would had some kind of contact with the school but i never went back to that old building in Sadar the day i passed out. Infact i am trying to contact some one in the school to get one a certificate but i can not find the right telephone number. Would you have the same by any chance. Please let me know on my email address: ssarathi05@aol.com.
Regards
Siddharth