Sophia High School
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| Sophia High School | |
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| Location | |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Truth and Universal Love |
| Established | 1949 |
| Number of students | 2,900+ |
| Area | 10 acres (40,000 m2) land |
| Color(s) | Beige and brown |
| Affiliation | School Sisters of Notre Dame |
| Information | 080-22355565 |
| Website | www |
Sophia High School is a Christian minority private school in Bangalore, India. The middle, primary and high schools are girls only, while the nursery school is co-education.
History
[edit]Sophia High School is located in central Bangalore overlooking the Vidhan Soudha and Bangalore golf course.[citation needed]
In August 1948, when the Internuncio and the Apostolic Delegation shifted to New Delhi, his residence and grounds in the heart of Bangalore was taken over by a group of Catholic sisters of the Society of the Sacred Heart, RSCJ. In January 1949, three pioneers of the order, Mother Catherine Andersson, Mother Ivy Bourke and Sister Dorothy Bullen opened a school called the "Convent of the Sacred Heart" in the only residential building on the grounds, the old "white bungalow". A Montessori class with 17 students and one qualified teacher was established. About 40% of the students admitted were not Indian nationals. In 1957 the school's name was changed to "Sophia High School" after St Madeline Sophie Barat, a founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.[citation needed]
In 1972 the Society of the Sacred Heart reviewed their strategy in India, and handed off several local schools, including Sophia High School, to other Catholic groups, in order to focus on schools that needed funding and attention, especially in India's rural areas. Sophia High School was taken over by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.[citation needed]
Since then the school has grown significantly. The school's current enrollment is over 2,000 students. The school is not a religious organization and its students, who are chosen through a competitive interview process, are from many different ethnicities. The founding "white bungalow" still stands on campus and was remodeled in 1998.[citation needed]
The Times of India has called it one of Bangalore's "legendary" schools with "a historic past", and one of the city's "top schools" which, before the 1990s, "had identities that went beyond their names".[1][2]
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (April 2021) |
- Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Dr Pratima Murthy, Director, NIMHANS, Bangalore
Athletes
[edit]- Nisha Millet, Olympic swimmer[3]
- Shikha Tandon, Olympic swimmer[citation needed]
- Khushi Dinesh, swimmer
- Jayawanti Shyam, basketball
- Sagarika Dayum, basketball
- Varsha Sanjeev, Snooker, billiards
Models and actors
[edit]- Deepika Padukone, actor and producer[4]
- Kirtana Kumar, actor, director, film-maker and writer
- Vaishali Desai, model and actor[citation needed]
- Nicole Faria, actor, model and beauty pageant winner[5]
- Roshmitha Harimurthy, model and beauty pageant winner[6]
- Sharmiela Mandre, actor and producer[citation needed]
- Bina Rajagopal screen name Chaitali, actor[7]
- Neha Shetty, actor[8]
- Roopal Tyagi, choreographer and actor[9]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vittal, Santrupti Rajankar (28 July 2009). "Old world co-exists with the new". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Hegde, Prajwal (26 July 2009). "School identities take back seat". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Brijnath, Rohit (30 November 1996). "Indian sportspersons have a hard road to glory". India Today. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Just How educated are our Bollywood heroines?: Deepika Padukone". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Who is Nicole Faria?". bangaloremirror.com. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Gupta, Namita (14 September 2016). "Universally 'Diva'licious". The Asian Age. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Chaithali | Actress". IMDb.
- ^ "Mungaru Male-2 girl strives and awaits the big break now". Mangalore Today. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Shenoy, Megha (16 April 2012). ""I want to work with Puneeth Rajkumar"". Deccan H3rald. Retrieved 20 April 2021.