Loyola School, Bhubaneswar

Coordinates20°18′26″N 85°48′46″E / 20.30722°N 85.81278°E

TypePrivate primary and secondary school

MottoTo Love and To Serve

Religious affiliationCatholicism

Loyola School, Bhubaneswar

Location

S.E. Railway Colony, Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar , Odisha , 751023 India
Coordinates	20°18′26″N 85°48′46″E / 20.30722°N 85.81278°E / 20.30722; 85.81278
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary school
Motto	To Love and To Serve
Religious affiliation	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuit
Established	2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Principal	Fr A.Amaladoss, SJ
Teaching staff	69
Grades	K-12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	3000+
Nickname	Loyoleans
Accreditation	Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ISC)
Website	www.loyolabbsr.edu.in

Loyola School, Bhubaneswar, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Bhubaneswar, in the state of Odisha, India. The co-educational, English-medium school was founded by the Jesuits in 2001.^[1]^[2]

The current principal of the school is Fr A.Amaladoss, SJ

The curriculum includes English literature, English language, Hindi, Odia, history, geography, civics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, commerce and accountancy, economics, computer science, socially useful productive work (such as class cleaning), environmental studies, value education, community building, moral sciences, and for Christians religious instruction.^[3]

Houses

There are four houses: Ruby (red), Sapphire (blue), Emerald (green), and Topaz (yellow). Every Thursday the school conducts house assemblies separately at four places on the campus: at a small red stage, staff room, junior assembly ground, and the badminton court. The place allotted to a house is for two months, after which they rotate. Each week the students of a particular house look after the campus, to maintain discipline.

The students of the minding house are known as mentors. The houses have moderators, a captain, and a vice-captain from senior and junior year.^[4] In alternate years a sports day and Parents' Nites are organized. The respective Parents' Nites for juniors and seniors are held in consecutive dates. Students undergo practice for a month or more to prepare for them.

Activities

Campus and Awards

Loyola School boasts a huge campus, comprising the main school, walkways, fields, various sports courts and a park for juniors, At the end of the field, is Loyola Odia School. The main specialty of the school grounds, is its Basket Ball court, with mats and high quality hoops ensuring a joyful match for any students present. The school also takes pride in its cricket training court adorned with mats and nets, it surely is a cricket enthusiast's place to be. The entire field acts as both a football field and a cricket pitch, senior students can take goalposts with the permission of sports teachers and pitch them wherever they want, as the goalposts have wheels attached to them. The volleyball and throwball court are well established with nets and chalk boundaries, The badminton Courts are situated in the quadrangle, i.e., an open space surrounded by the school buildings where assemblies and events are hosted.

There are a total of five labs, comprising the bio lab, chemistry lab, physics lab and a computer lab individually for seniors and juniors, There is a massive library with countless reference books, novels, biographies etc. There are various English rooms throughout the school for ease of access and various other rooms such as an AV room, music room, conference hall, old hall, new hall, and two exam halls. All the classrooms till class 7 are equipped with a smart board (not movie camera, actual 4k TV like devices, for notes, videos and equipped with WIFI), blackboard, and a soft board for drawings and articles to be displayed. Each month a class wins cleanliness award by keeping the class clean, regular inspections are also done to check the cleanliness. Apart from this Select students win "Best Dressed Boy/Girl" And "Most Disciplined Boy/Girl" Badges from each class and section every month. These selected students are carefully picked by the teachers.

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Madhya Pradesh	Campion School, Bhopal
Maharashtra	Campion School, Mumbai Dnyanmata Vidyalaya, Sangamner Holy Family High School, Mumbai St. Mary's School, Mumbai St. Mary's High School SSC St. Mary's School, Sangamner St. Peter's School, Mumbai St. Stanislaus High School St. Vincent's High School St. Xavier's Boys' Academy, Mumbai St. Xavier's High School, Fort St. Xavier's High School, Nashik St. Xavier's School, Kolhapur
Odisha	Loyola School, Baripada Loyola School, Bhubaneswar St. Joseph's School, Kendrapara
Rajasthan	St. Xavier's School, Behror St. Xavier's School, Jaipur St. Xavier's School, Nevta
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Telangana	Loyola High School, Karimnagar St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad St. Xavier's High School, Suryapet
West Bengal	St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata St. Xavier's Collegiate School St. Xavier's School, Burdwan St. Xavier's School, Durgapur St. Xavier's School, Raiganj
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Loyola School, Bhubaneswar

Houses

Activities

Campus and Awards

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