St. Anne's High School, Orlem

St. Annes High School and Junior College is a Catholic school in Orlem, Malad, Mumbai, India, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mumbai.

In the city of Mumbai, it is known for its excellence in sports, particularly in football and hockey.

History

St. Anne's High School was established in the year 1915. It is attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Church at Orlem under. Initially founded as a school for boys, it is currently a co-educational institution.

In the early 1990s, during the tenure of the Principal Dr. Fr. Clifton Lobo, much of the school's structure was redeveloped and redesigned. He had a closed-circuit television system installed in every classroom; St. Anne's was the first in Mumbai to have such a system. Fr. Lobo is still remembered for his progressive achievements. People like to join the school as the school focuses on the all round development of the students and not mere academic progress.

The majority of students are from the suburbs of Malad, Kandivali & Goregaon.

In 1996, Ronak Bhandari created history when he topped the SSC examinations in the whole of Mumbai. The school also has three most prestigious and coverted international school olympiads in its list of trophies and medals. It also has a list of students as its alumni working with some of the best organisations.

Sports and other activities

The school is famous for its focus on extra-curricular activities, particularly in football. The school has won many football tournaments. It has produced national level field hockey players like Gavin Ferreira, Jude Menezes and Adrian D'Souza who have represented India in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics respectively. The young Alden D'Souza played for the Maratha Warriors in PHL (Premier Hockey League) 2008. It also has a Junior college with studies up to Class XII (for Science and Commerce streams).

There is a football field and a basketball court on the school premises. Students of this school and college are also engaged in learning football freestyle.

Principals

• Rev. Fr Octavian Dias
• Rev. Fr. Dennis Pereira
• Rev. Fr. Earnest Fernandes
• Rev. Dr. Fr. Clifton Lobo
• Rev. Fr. Ronald(Ronnie) Braganza
• Rev. Fr. Francis Carvalho
• Mrs. Annie Braganza

Notable alumini

• Adrian D'Souza, Goalkeeper, National Hockey Team, Olympian
• Adrian Fernandes, Musician, Drummer, Indus Creed
• Jude Menezes ,Former Goalkeeper, National Hockey Team, Olympian
• Gavin Ferreira, Former Center Forward National Hockey Team , Olympian
• Frank Raman, Operations Manager, Datamatics Global Services Inc, USA
• Rohit Arora, Asst. CFO Boston Consultancy Group
• Albert Dias ,Asst Assigning Officer World Bank
• Prateek Desai, Secretary Finance Ministry
• Niket Bhandari, Indian Representative International Monetary Fund
• Clavin Grey, Head Web Work Google
• Sukumar Manek, Technical Head Nokia
• Ashwin Kenia, Motorola
• Craig Mattews, Asst Program Lead Microsoft
• Zaid Usman Asia Pacific Head Treasury HSBC
• Jasmeet Singh Bansal, Foreign Investments Manager Goldman Sachs, Netherlands
• Anay Rey Banerjee, Mickensey Europe
• Nikhil Jivrajka, MTN,Joburg
• Malcom Paul,Finance Control Division, Mercedes Benz
• Darell Miranda,Finance Lead,Kanplan Consultancy Great Britain
• Nilesh Maurya,3 time International olympiad Winning team captain
• Nevin Lobo, GM At SWT, London
• Roopesh R Rane, Sr.Manager-Information Technology,ZENTA
• Cedric Fernandes, Drilling Fluids Engineer and Experienced Photographer, India
• Hans Lewis, Director of Jephersons and Doodle Talk Creator
• Kenneth Lewis, Regional Director FYMC Pvt. Ltd and Life Coach
• Nagarajan Rao FX Trade ,Chicago Trade Board.
• Sunil Gerald (Jez) Pereira, Internationally Acclaimed DJ & Music Producer
• Clement D'Souza, DJ, Music Producer and Winner of various DJ mixing contests in India
• Lyndon Pereira, Vice-President, Credit Suisse, New York
• Yves Bent, Asst. Vice-President, JP Morgan Chase
• Erle D'lima, IT Manager, WNS Global Services