Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane


Holy Cross Convent High School is an all-girls school located in K'Villa, Thane, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 1964 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014.
The medium of instruction is English. The school houses classes from kindergarten up to class ten. The school follows the SSC pattern of examination. It is one of the premier primary and secondary educational institutions in the Greater Mumbai area and has a widespread alumnae network.

History

In 1839, Mother Claudine Echernier founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod in France with the help of Friar Peter Marie Mermier. The Sisters of the Cross spread to India in 1886 propagating their charitable educational goals for women in Amravati and then spreading to other parts of the country - Kolkata and Vishakhapatnam amongst many places. Holy Cross Convent High School in Thane was founded in 1964 and while it quickly shed its character as purely an institution of charity, a true charity school for children in need of special care was built in the 1990s for which all the students raised significant amounts of money. The school retains its mission to help the deprived, and continues to embrace and teach the values of Peace, Purity, Knowledge, Achievement.

School Uniform

The school uniform consists of a red and white checkered pinafore dress, worn with a white half-sleeved blouse. This is common for both the primary section as well as the secondary section of the school. The only difference between the two uniforms is the distinctive tie worn by the two sections. The primary section wears a red tie with two downward sloping stripes with HCCS on it in the colors of the houses the students belong to. While the secondary section wears self-colored ties based upon the house in which the student belongs to.
The Physical Education uniform of the primary section consists of a round neck T-shirt in the colour of their respective houses with the school emblem on the front, in black. This is worn with a black divider skirt. While the secondary girls wear a white blouse with the red collar and the school logo of the colour of their house they belong to with a red divider skirt.

School Motto

"Lighted to Enlighten" is the motto of the school.

School Anthem

The school anthem is the same as all Holy Cross Schools all over the world. The lyrics of anthem goes as follows:

Long live our dear Holy Cross School,
May its Glory ever live!
May the students of the Holy Cross,
To the Lord all Glory give!
Onward march we, Holy Cross girls,
Let our light shine through the land!
Brave, upright, sincere and honest,
God help us to be a loyal band!
Work and play is now our motto,
All our trust is in the Lord!
Work as if all dependent on us,
Pray as if all dependent on God!
Onward march we Holy Cross girls,
Let our light shine through the land!
Brave, upright, sincere and honest,
God help us to be a loyal band!
Lets be true to our 'Alma Mater',
Never smearing Her good name!
Holding high her lofty ideals,
Spreading far her literary fame!
Onward march we Holy Cross girls,
Let our light shine through the land!
Brave, upright, sincere and honest,
God help us to be a loyal band!

House system

The school is organized into four houses, namely– Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. Each house signifies a virtue and has a certain role-model for each virtue. The Red house stands for peace and is represented by Mother Theresa, Blue for purity and is represented by Rani Laxmi Bai, Green for knowledge and is represented by Indira Gandhi and Yellow for achievement and is represented by Sarojini Naidu. Holy Cross girls in the primary section wear red ties with their house stripes whereas the students in the secondary section wear ties of their individual house colours as a matter of pride and distinction within the School.
Each house participates actively in various events ranging from literary to sports. Points are awarded based on the house's performance in academics and extra curricular activities such as music, dance, painting, debates, elocution etc. The Inter–House competitions generate a healthy and competitive atmosphere for the girls which encourages them to succeed.
On Annual Sports Day, each house participates in different sporting events. The drill display by the Houses is the most spectacular part of the Sports Day. The House that earns the maximum points is awarded the 'Best House of the Year Trophy'.
Each house is headed by a Captain and a vice-Captain, popularly elected by the teacher of the class.

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