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St Mary’s School Belagavi turns 165 soon

Nov 10, 2016 by Editor Nov 10, 2016 10 Comments

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St. Mary’s School Belagavi is situated in the heart of the city at the end of the Cantonment limits. 

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St.Mary’s School Belgaum then

Established in 1852 mainly for the children of the British soldiers with only 4 pupils, then in 1947 for the Anglo- Indians and in 1958 for purely Resident Indian. St. Mary’s has seen a glorious past of 165 years in history, carving a niche for itself in Belgaum city and North Karnataka. The school now houses about 2,300 odd students studying in 2016.

It is a religious minority Institution, the motto being ‘Serve God in Man’. We have children from all religious back grounds and all stratas of society.

To mark the beginning of celebration of 165 years a Rally will be flagged off on 13th November 2016 at 8.00 am

Late. Rev.A.V.Rubdi the parish priest of St. Mary’s Church Belagavi restarted the school on 9th June 1958 with just 4 children, he was also the Principal of the school at that time. Today the school has 2394 children and is a leading school in North Karnataka affiliated to the state board.

St.Mary’s School BelgaumMiss Lydia Acton, Miss Devshikhamani, Mr G.D.David were the former Principals and Mr.P.A Karakat, Ms S.A.Rubdi Mr.P.P.Alvaris were the incharge Headmasters, and from the year 2003 to the current, Ms Jasmin Rubdi is the Principal of the school.

The first batch of SSLC students passed in the year 1969.

A special mention is to be made regarding the life line of the school which is the school ‘open well’, which provides potable water during all seasons, it never runs dry , It is a great blessing to maintain the green environment of the school.

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  1. Dr. Meera Pandey says

    Aug 21, 2021 at 6:50 AM

    I am an ex student of St. Mary’s High school Belgaum and passed SSLC from this school in 1975. At present I am principal Scientist at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru. Madam Shikhamani was the principal then. I was taught by David sir, Prem Ratnam sir, Rajshekar madam, Johnson madam. During 1974 and 1975, I was the only girl student in the class. My class mates were Rajesh Pillai, Satish Shevade, Shankar Gowda

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  2. Sandhya says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 5:18 PM

    I am a Ex student of this school in the year 1977.David was the principal and jasmine was biology teacher.I always remember premaratnam sir always joking and same time rem pawar sir nayak teacher and pramila ,prabakar sir.Iwish all the best for its success.Hats off to st mary”s.

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  3. Dr.Ramesh Gaddi says

    Mar 10, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    I m of the batch 88-89 have completed PhD in veterinary sciences n serving as chief veterinary officer in Karnataka government ,I wish many more doctors from this school.

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    • SD says

      Oct 16, 2017 at 5:56 PM

      Doc, If I am not wrong, you are from 87-88 batch (passed in Apr 1988). Now guess who am I 🙂

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  4. Rajendra Chougule says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 5:01 PM

    Rajendra Chougule batch of 1978. Principal was Mr. David.when we were in ssc Ms. Jasmine was Biology teacher. Miss school days. I wish great success in near future.

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    • Nivedita Rao says

      May 16, 2017 at 10:05 PM

      Mr. David became the Princi when i was in school too. Remember Ms Musafar? She was my class teacher in 3rd or 4th standard.

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  5. Irfan Mohammed says

    Nov 13, 2016 at 12:21 PM

    Gr8 School,,,
    I remember even today as am an ex student during 80’s :
    -> No Donations for Poor students
    -> Payment of Monthly fees was relaxed upto 5 months.
    -> Good Environment & friends irrespective Rich or Poor, Any Religion/caste,
    -> and many mooooore
    I wish a Great Success for the School & Management

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  6. Madhav says

    Nov 10, 2016 at 3:02 PM

    Thanks AAB for sharing our story…feel proud to be a Ex-Student …Still miss our school days ..

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  7. Kirit Goradia says

    Nov 10, 2016 at 2:11 PM

    Wish the School all the very best, I am an Ex Student of 1977 batch. I wish the School a great Success on the occasion.

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    • Nivedita Rao says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 6:16 PM

      Hi , I studied in St Maries HS till 1975. Do you know anyone from that time? Ujjawala ( Ministers daughter) Suparna Shandbag, Supriya, Monica Francis were some of my classmates.

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