The Heritage School, Kolkata

This article is about The Heritage School in Kolkata. For other schools with a similar name, see Heritage School.
The Heritage School

Atma Deepo Bhava
Be your own light
Location
Kolkata, West Bengal 700107
India
Information
School type Coeducational, Private
Denomination Heritan
Established 2001 (2001)
Status Open
School board CISCE, International Baccalaureate, IGCSE
Area trustee Kalyan Bharti Trust
Principal Mrs.Seema Sapru
Grades Lower Nursery – 12
Student to teacher ratio 30:1
Medium of language English
Hours in school day 8
Campus Suburban
Houses Aryabhatt, Chanakya, Dronacharya and Patanjali
Song Atma Deepa Bhava
Accreditation ISO 9001:2008
Newspaper The Heritage Times
Yearbook Vrittant
School fees Min.₹22,200 Max.₹34,500[1]
Website www.theheritageschool.org

The Heritage School, Kolkata in West Bengal, India, is a day-boarding school following the ICSE/ISC syllabuses. The school launched an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in 2012 and IGCSE in 2013. It is an initiative of the Kalyan Bharti Trust.

The school offers English education from nursery up to higher secondary level. There is also an educational enterprise known as Suryakiran which is for underprivileged children.

Houses

The four houses are:

The houses compete each year for the sports trophy, academic excellence trophy, co-curricular achievement trophy and the cock-house trophy. Throughout the year, many inter-house events take place, such as the Science quiz, Know Your School quiz, General Knowledge quiz, Elocution, sporting events such as football, cricket and basketball along with archery, rock climbing, and rifle shooting. The swimming gala is also a major event. The largest event is the year end athletics meet, known as Annual Sports Day.

Every house has a House Captain and a Mentor from class 12, who are assisted by a Vice Captain appointed from class 11. Every house also has a House Master and House Mistress who are appointed from among the teachers. They, along with the house teachers, guide each house.

Campus

The campus includes a football field, cricket field, volleyball field, rock climbing area, archery, rifle shooting range, swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts, roller skating court, sand park and a gymnasium. The building has an auditorium and an audio-visual room. The campus also has two dining halls and one cafeteria. Ankuran and Ankur gets served by one dining hall. Aarohan, Utkarsh by one and the Heritage Institute of Technology and The Heritage Academy gets served by the cafeteria.

The Heritage School has six buildings:

Yoga is compulsory up to class IX. The school prayer is "Atma Deepa Bhava".

Sports

The school students swimming.

The outdoor games program offers cricket, football, athletics, tennis, basketball, volleyball, swimming, rock climbing, rifle shooting, archery and roller skating. Indoor games include table tennis, badminton and multigym.[2]

The Heritage has a regulation size football (soccer) field, a 200-metre track, tennis courts, basketball courts, a swimming pool and a multigym. The juniors have a recreation park which has equipment like swings, jungle gyms, see-saws, slides, rockers and sandpits.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "FEE STRUCTURE ( PAYABLE QUARTERLY ) FOR 2012 – 2013". School Release. The Heritage School. 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sports". School Releases. theheritageschhool.org. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sports Facilities". School Releases. theheritageschool.org. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
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