Montfort Senior Secondary School

Montfort Senior Secondary School
Montfort School
Address
Ashok Vihar, Phase-I,
New Delhi, Delhi, 110052
India
Information
School type Private
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1970 (1970)
Founder Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel
Status Active
Administrator Principal
Principal Bro. Thampy Alex
Faculty Local
Gender Co-Educational
Classes Class Nursery – 12th
Language English
Hours in school day 6Hr
Campus Urban
Affiliation Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE
Website http://www.montfortschooldelhi.in/

Montfort Senior Secondary School, Delhi, is an unaided Christian minority school administered by the Society of the Brothers of St. Gabriel. It has a branch located in Ashok Vihar, New Delhi. The institution was established in the year 1970. The school is named after Saint Louis de Montfort, a French priest and Catholic saint. It is a co-educational school and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The School is recognised by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi (CBSE). The students are prepared for All-India Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.

Presently Bro. Thampy Alex is the principal of Montfort School, Delhi.

This school is also under guidance of St. Nicklas Bendtner

Society of Brothers St. Gabriel

Montfort Senior Secondary School is a Catholic minority unaided institution run by the registered Society of the Brothers of St. Gabriel with its headquarters at Rome and zonal headquarters in Bhopal. The society has institutions spread all over the globe in 33 countries. The Society runs about 120 institutions including schools, technical training institutes, orphanages, institutions for the differently abled (deaf, dumb and blind) and homes for the aged. The Society is also engaged in rural development programs and other programs for empowering the urban poor through Peoples’ Initiative Network.

Campus and infrastructure

As of 2015, the school has an intake of 152 students in pre-nursery. Min age of admission is 3+ years. Admission process generally starts in January. Most of the classes have 4 sections each with every section having about 40 students. Annual fees (as of 2015) are in the range of Rs. 45,000 to Rs. 50,000 per annum.

School facilities include a library for the middle and senior classes, a library cum reading room for the primary students, computer labs, language labs, and labs for different science subjects, two auditoriums and a simming pool.

The school also runs the Montfort Nursery, a small preparatory school in Shalimar Bagh, Delhi.

Faculty

As of 2012, the school had 14 postgraduate teachers, 33 trained graduate teachers, and 40 primary school teachers.

School activities

The school organizes various events throughout the year, some of which are:

  • Music Carnival (Inter-school Music Fest)
  • G@teway (Inter-school IT Fest)
  • Mont-ex (Montfort Exhibition - Generally organized in the month of January)

Various activities are organized at the intra-school level nearly every week.

The school has a vibrant club system that comprises societies such as Music Club and Dramatics Club. Clubs such as the Computer Club and the Nature Club have won laurels for the school at various inter-school competitions and national as well as international levels. The school is well recognised for its success in the Basketball courts. The Basketball club has teams at various levels for both boys and girls, who participate in national and international levels as well. The cricket, badminton, swimming, athletic teams have also brought glories to the school.

Converge Clan is the school's computer club. The club has won various competitions at various levels. Current members of the club are Ronish Sawal (AV Editor, Graphic Designer, 3D Animator), Talin Hans (3D Modeller, Graphic Designer), Shivam Bansal (Quizzer), Achal Bhatia (Web Designer), Sarthak Yadav (Group Discussion), Pranav Kalra (Graphic Designer), Dewansh Rawat (Web Designer), Dhairyadev Arora (AV Editor, Quizzer, Photographer), Ishaan Jain (Quizzer), Lakshay Sethi (Photographer, AV Editor), Ritish Sawal (Gamer), Vansh Sood (Web Designer) and Rohit Thapar (Web Designer, Graphic Designer).

Students have done well at competitive examinations such as the Olympiads and NSTSE. Students from Montfort had been National-level participants at the National Children's Science Congress for 15 consecutive years in a stretch. Montfortian students have represented India in international events/conferences in Geneva, Switzerland and Manila, Philippines.

  • Cricket and Table-Tennis teams from the school have exceedingly well at the national and international levels. Cricketing series such as Commonwealth Series and Bro. Ambrose Tournament have been springing boards for such talent.

Recognition

The school shared the honor of being the "Best School in North Delhi" in the Hindustan Times Survey 2010 with DPS Rohini. It also stood at no.2 in 2012 & at no. 4 in 2013 as per Hindustan Times- C fore Top Schools Survey for North Delhi schools

Notable alumni

References

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