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Holy Family High School
Loyalty Through Service
Location
Mahakali Caves Road Andheri (East) Mumbai 400 093  India
Information
Principal	Rev. Fr. Swamy
Type	Private
Established	1945
Enrollment	Approx. 2,600
Information	(91) (022) 2832-3702 (91) (022) 2836-0618
Board	S.S.C.

Holy Family High School is a private Jesuit boys school located in the suburb of Andheri (East) in Mumbai, India. It is a primary and secondary education school, providing education from upper kindergarten or first standard (grade) through tenth standard. While the school primarily is English-medium, there is also a smaller Marathi-medium section that runs in parallel from the fifth to the tenth standard.

Contents 1 History 1.1 50th anniversary 1.2 Abusive disciplining methods 1.3 Old building 1.3.1 Female students 2 Activities 2.1 Academic 2.2 Extracurricular 3 Policies 4 List of principals 5 References 6 External links

The following is a list of the historical events associated with the school in order of their occurrence:

• Holy Family High School was started in 1944 as a parish institution in an old single-storied structure by Fr. Denzil Keating S.J. The school's first headmistress was Miss Maud D'Costa.
• In 1963, a new school building adjoining the Holy Family Church was inaugurated.
• A few years later, it was felt that the building then was insufficient to cater to the growing number of parishioners. A decision was made to sell the building and construct a more spacious one with its own playground on a plot of land not too far away.
• On 22 October 1985, Fr. Lisbert D'Souza, S.J. (Provincial Superior of the Bombay Jesuit Province) blessed the foundation stone of this new school building.
• On 16 July 1988, His Lordship, Bishop Ferdinand Fonseca, blessed the new school building.
• On 7 January 1989, under the tenure of Fr. Tony J. D'Souza S.J. as vicar, and Fr. Francis Gonsalves, S.J. as principal, the new school building was formally inaugurated by His Eminence Simon Cardinal Pimenta, the archbishop of Bombay.

First structure (1945)

Old logo

In 1995, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary. There was a grand celebration to mark the event, including a massive display of fireworks. Among the many present were several of the school's ex-principals. A time capsule containing fifty years of school information was buried at the foot of the Holy Family statue to be reopened in the year 2045.

Many of the school's principles are known to have used harsh physically abusive disciplining methods. Rev Fr. Valero Aleu, S.J. (1971-74) and Rev Fr. Joe D'Abreo, S.J. (1974-77) are known to have used caning to punish students on a very frequent basis. Rev. Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. (1977-80, 1982-86) used a knotted rope whip on students. Such punishments were not protested by parents at the time. Teachers also used wooden rulers to hit students on hands and knuckles as a means of punishment.

The old school building near the Holy Family Church was built and extended with the help of student efforts such as donations, raffles, and school fêtes. A new hall and classrooms were constructed. This was a major milestone in the progress of the institution. This building, however, did not have an adequate playground or facilities for sports. For annual sports events the Vinayalaya Jesuit seminary grounds behind the school building and church were used.

The old school had female students for a few years. Some were admitted for year 11 science and commerce streams. Earlier in the schools history females were accepted at lower levels as well.

Merit cards are presented to students who did well academically a means of further encouragement. On the other hand, students who need disciplining can be humiliated in the presence of their peers at school assemblies and presented with grey cards, yellow cards etc. The colour of the card is indicative of the number of wrongdoings.

Class picnics are held once a year. Craft and painting courses are offered. Western movies are sometimes shown.

In 2004, the school put into effect a ban on the use of plastics by its students. Students are not allowed to bring in items made of plastic, especially plastic bags. This was done due to the environmental concerns associated with the use of most plastics.^[1]

• Rev. Fr. Denzil Keating, S.J. (1944-49)
• Rev. Fr. Julius Gomes, S.J. (1949-51)
• Rev. Fr. Fred Britto, S.J. (1951-52)
• Rev. Fr. H Jiminez, S.J. (1952-60)
• Rev. Fr. Basil Fernandes, S.J. (1960-66)
• Rev. Fr. Joe D'Abreo, S.J. (1966-68)
• Rev. Fr. Henry D'Cruz, S.J. (1968-70)
• Rev. Fr. Percy D'Souza, S.J. (1970-71)
• Rev. Fr. Valero Aleu, S.J. (1971-74)
• Rev. Fr. Joe D'Abreo, S.J. (1974-77)
• Rev. Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. (1977-80)
• Rev. Fr. Sebastian Fernandes, S.J. (1980-82)
• Rev. Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. (1982-86)
• Rev. Fr. Edmund Carrasco, S.J. (1986-88)
• Rev. Fr. Francis Gonsalves, S.J. (1988-90)
• Rev. Fr. Tony Fonseca, S.J. (1990-95)
• Rev. Fr. Joaquim Mascarenhas, S.J. (1995-98)
• Rev. Dr. Fr. Francis Swamy, S.J. (1998-present)

1. ^ Rodericks, Indira. "'No Plastics' Zone", Cybernoon, 2004-07-01. Retrieved on 2007-01-04. 

• Holy Family High School (informal)
• Holy Family Church
• Holy Family High School Parent-Teacher Association

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