Desouza's School, Rourkela

DeSouza's School
DeSouza's School
Location
	[[Rourkela], [sector-2],[Hill Rd]]; Odisha; India
Coordinates	22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°ECoordinates: 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E
Information
Type	Private; Primary,; Middle; Secondary;
Motto	" Born for greater things "
Established	1958 (63 years ago)
School district	Sundergarh
Chairperson	Mr.Alexander Desouza and Mrs.Annabell Desouza
Principal	Mr.Alexander Desouza
Staff	80 approx
Number of students	4,00
Classes	Pre-nursery to class XII
Campus	One acres
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

Desouza's School is a private Indian school in Sector-2 of Rourkela, Odisha. Established in 1958, it is affiliated to the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC).

In the heart of the Durgapur Hills of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the school was a private initiative by academician Anne DeSouza and armyman Captain John A. DeSouza.

Courses[]

School corridor

The school offers kindergarten, primary, middle and secondary education. With Classes I to XII having science and commerce courses stream at the senior secondary level, the school prepares the students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.

The school has a primary resource room, science laboratories, computer rooms with television, LCD and overhead projector facilities, playgrounds and gardens and a library.

Facilities[]

The student facilities include:

science lab with the latest scientific appliances in the labs of physics, chemistry and biology. It has the best chemistry of Rourkela among all the schools.^{[citation needed]}
computer lab with latest trends and technologies
audiovisual room for presentation of subjects using LCD projectors and latest-edition educational CDs and DVDs
auditorium that has a seating capacity of nearly 800 people

Co-curricular activities[]

value education with orientation sessions
extracurricular activities includes music, painting and drawing, debates, elocution, quizzes, and classical dance for overall development of the student's learning process
National Cadet Corps — under the — provides qualities of leadership, discipline in the students (cadets attend camps to improve their skills)

Campus[]

Basketball ground

The school is on a six-acre campus at the foot of the hills of Sector-2 and is near , and Sushilavati Government Women's College.

References[]

^ Staff (undated). "Executive Committee Members". Association of Odisha ICSE Schools. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

External links[]

[1] Staff (undated). "Executive Committee Members". Association of Odisha ICSE Schools. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

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