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Saint Xavier’s Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony a grand success
The elite St. Xavier’s school celebrated its Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony on May 2, Monday. Fr. T.J.Jose took the audience through the various achievements in the field of sports and academics. Every announcement was met with a roaring applause. The ceremony included a lively performance by th
The elite St. Xavier's school celebrated its Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony on May 2, Monday. As is the tradition, a lively cultural festival was held in the evening punctuated with some soulful singing and dazzling dance performances.
Fr. Sobin Martin S.J. the Vice-Principal warmly welcomed the august gathering of academicians, parents and alumni and Rev. Fr. John Ravi S.J., Former Principal and now heading St. Xavier's Nevta Branch who was the guest of honour for the evening.
Rev. Fr. T.J. Jose took to the dais, presenting the Annual Report for the year gone by. He began by expressing gratitude to the Lord for ushering the school in the 75th glorious year of existence. He went on to thank the Hon'ble Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje and The Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in India & Nepal His Grace Salvatore Penachio for gracing the Platinum Jubilee Celebration and extending their very kind patronage.
He moved on to sharing the school's accomplishment for the year. With great pride Fr. T.J.Jose shared that a new record has been set now that 50 students have scored 10 CGPA in the Class X Boards and 64 students scoring more than 90% and above. In fact, many students got selected in professional colleges, 5 students cracked IIT JEE and 14 made it through AIPMT. A special mention was made of Bharat Bhargava who stood 2nd in the Mathematics Olympiad across India.
Fr. Jose moved on to share the shining achievements in the field of Sports. 92 St. Xavierites represented Rajasthan at the National Level of which bagged National Sports Talent Search Scholarship.
St. Xavier’s swimming team lifted the trophy in the West Zone National Championship bagging a staggering 15 golds, 28 silver and 30 bronze medals.
The girls Under 19 Table Tennis team was celebrated as they brought in 4 silver and 3 bronze medals at the National level.
Lastly, Fr. Jose reiterated the commitment of St. Xavier’s towards the upliftment and education of the underserved sections of the society. At present around 500 students are studying by availing financial assistance from the school.
Rev. Fr. John Ravi took stage to personally congratulate the young achievers and emphasized that Xavier's stands for all round development including the values and teachings professed by our holy founders. He also urged the parents and teachers to encourage the children to become more self reliant and responsible. Lastly, he urged the children to exercise discernment – choose the right and reject the wrong.
The award distribution ceremony came to an end with Hardik Khandelwal, representative of the prefect body extending a vote of thanks to the audience and the respected dignitaries and guests.