St. Francis School, Harmu

St. Francis School, founded in 1978, is an English Medium, co-educational school established and directed by the Third Order of Saint Francis,Third Order Regular (T.O.R.) Franciscan Society, a registered charitable society, having its headquarters at Ranch, [Jharkhand. The school has classes from nursery to X std., and is affiliated with the Council for The INDIAN School Certificate Examination, New Delhi. Staffed by dedicated and qualified Sisters, Fathers and Brothers, the T.O.R. Franciscan Society runs several schools in India in which young people belonging to every creed, social class, community and linguistic group are educated through the medium of English language, and the regional languages. These institutions are part of Catholic Church's effort to share in the country's educational undertaking. the effort, while particularly responsible for the Christian community, has always been at the service of the whole nation. Recognised as a Christian Minority Institution, The Primary purpose of the school is to educate Christian children. However, children belonging to other religions are also admitted. The religious beliefs of all students are treated with equal respect.

Objective

"Truth, Love and Peace" is the motto of the St.Francis School. The school regards as its objective, "To spread the love of God in the hearts of people, irrespective of caste, creed and social status, in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, by instilling in all, the values of human dignity, brotherhood, equality, justice and peace." In order to educate the "whole man," the school imparts to its pupils a sound moral, intellectual and physical education, with a view to develop their talents and potentialities and prepare them to face the challenges in life. The school also inculcates in them a spirit of initiative and responsibility to teach them the values of social service, self discipline, self-reliance, punctuality, cleanliness, loyalty, politeness, respect for the elders and the importance of games and sportsmanship while at play or at work.

Curriculum

The medium of instruction is English, but very special emphasis is given to Hindi, the national language. The complete curriculum consists of English, Hindi, Sanskrit, History, Civics, Geography, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Character formation and development of spiritual values are imparted regularly to students through the teaching of Moral Science and Value Education. Physical and Health Education, Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) and Community Service form part of the curriculum.

Co-curricular Activities

In addition, Karate, Yoga, Vocal Music, Instrumental music, Guitar, Drum, Synthesizer, Parade Band, Sports etc., are part of the curriculum. There is a class devoted to developing skills in a number of literary cultural pursuits. All the students have to join a club of their choice where each one can get input from instructors in their area of interest. Some of the clubs are Science Club, Quiz Club, Elocution Club, Eco Club, Drama Club, Music Club, Band Club etc. There are also a number of outdoor activities, sports and games and social work. Some students of our school have formed some rock bands like- Burning Water, Fusion Dynasty-The Avichilit etc

Unique Facilities

Smartclass

St. Francis School is one of the very few schools in Ranchi which has converted all classrooms into Smartclasses. The school has entered into a contract with HCL Digischool, an outstanding service provider in the education sector. With the new arrangement every class room of the school is equipped with a PC, Projector and an Interactive Smartboard which enables teaching in a more child-centred way. The set up in each class is linked by a LAN to a server which is the storehouse of a vast educational content. The whole syllabi of classes Nursery to X is available in this content. Teachers use the Smartboards for regular teaching, storing lessons and demonstrating the ready made content available in the server. With this facility, learning has become a multisensory exercise and visual learners will find learning a lot easier and entertaining.

English Language Laboratory

Another addition by way of technology facilitating education is an English Language Laboratory. This is a set up where students improve their spoken language by listening to correct pronunciation, practice it and check their ProgresS in a personalized manner. The Language Lab has a number of P.C.’s with ear phones and speakers for each. Students listen to the audio content but speak themselves while a software forms the platform for guiding each one to better his/ her speaking skill and improving upon it with the correct pronunciation, accent and diction.

Traditions

The school adheres to the following traditions:

  • Always to be friendly with one another in and out of school.
  • To avoid vulgarity in our talk and behaviour.
  • To accept whatever work is assigned to us as our rightful share.
  • To offer help to any unattended visitors we happen to meet on the school premises.
  • To rise when any Father, Sister, Teacher or Visitor enters or passes through any room in which we happen to be.
  • To be courteous to and sportsmanlike with opposing teams and with officials.
  • To respect the library and rights of other students using it.
  • To respect the beauty of the School premises and to report any damage which we may observe.
  • To avoid dropping papers on the School premises and to pick up any such paper dropped by others.