Mount Assisi School

Mount Assisi School, is an English medium school located at Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It is affiliated to Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). It is ranked 1 out of the 30 CISCE schools in Bihar.^{[citation needed]} The school is one of the best schools in Bhagalpur.

Mount Assisi School, Bhagalpur, Bihar
Location
Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Coordinates	25.2481663°N 86.9869635°E / 25.2481663; 86.9869635
Information
School type	Private
Motto	For God and Country
Patron saint(s)	St. Francis of Assisi
Established	1972
Principal	Fr. Kurian Thrikkodanmalil
Sports	Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Kho-Kho, Chess, Carrom, Athletics, Table Tennis.
Affiliations	CISCE
Website	mountassisibgp.com

History

The school was established in 1972 by Franciscan friars (Third Order Regular of St. Francis) on the premises of a Franciscan Ashram in the heart of Bhagalpur. The only other missionary school in Bhagalpur, at the time, was the co-educational Mount Carmel School.

School principals included Fr. Louis K, Fr. Job TOR, Fr. Jose Chaklakal TOR, Fr. Jose Thottunkal TOR, and Fr. Thomas Chhitokulam TOR. A new campus was created in the mid-1980s due to the influence of Fr. Jose Chaklakal TOR. The school was split into the Junior Section (Nursery to Class V), which is located on the original campus, and the Senior Section (Class Nursery onwards) on the new campus built east of Bhagalpur in the vicinity of Ranitalab and the Bhagalpur Engineering College. In 2012, a new building with a large auditorium was built for the +1 and +2 students.

In the late 1980s, the institution became co-educational. In 1992, the Plus Two wing was built, initially for a science wing. Fr. Jose Thottunkal TOR and Fr. Thomas Chittokulam TOR, then principal and vice principal, were in charge.

'For God and Country' is the motto of the school.^[1][2][3]

The school has a basketball court, a volleyball court, a games field, an athletic field, an auditorium for parents' and children's day celebrations, a hall, a computer lab, science labs and a library. The school also has a multipurpose court used for playing Basketball and occasionally for Lawn Tennis. The school holds medical camps sometimes for underprivileged members of society, with the school alumni group.^{[citation needed]}

Mount Assisi School is one of the few institutions in Bihar with a continuously-running school magazine, printed nearly every academic year, named MASCO. It includes articles in both English and Hindi.

The students in the school are divided into four houses. Each house throughout the year competes in competitions in quizzes, dancing, and music (instrumental as well as vocal) performances. There are also sports tournaments, including cricket, volleyball, football, Kho kho tournament, and basketball.

The school has a student annual picnic and holds events such as sports day, parents' day, and exhibitions.

Co-curricular activities

The school was a winner in the 2018 CCCC 6.0 city round organized by Extra-C held at Inter Stariya Zila School. The competition was held on 23 July 2018.^[4] The school won the 2019 CCCC 7.0 Bhagalpur city round held on 7 August 2019. It was the second successive victory in the competition.^[5]

The school has won several zonal competitions in different sports like volleyball, basketball, cricket, badminton, chess, carrom, kho-kho and athletics.