A Sunday afternoon with St. Mary's 150th Year Facebook Page's competition winners!

A short while ago a competition was held on Facebook to identify Mr.Giles Rebello in a couple of staff pictures from an old school magazine. Kenneth Mascarenhas & I were the lucky winners. By coincidence we were both from the same class-"The Class of 1968". The prize was a Sunday Brunch for 2 at Neel-Tote on the Turf restaurant. A suggestion was put forward by the social media cell that we should both go together with our wives & invite Mr.Giles Rebello to join us. It was an excellent suggestion which we both appreciated tremendously. Kenneth approached Mr. Rebello as they live close to each other & he readily agreed to join us.



The brunch on Sunday, 27th. October 2013 was an extremely enjoyable & memorable experience for both of us. I met Mr. Rebello for the first time after leaving school in 1968-an unbelievable 45 years! I recognized our popular English teacher immediately and you won't believe he looked very much the same after all these years!

Kenneth and I spent a lovely afternoon with Mr. Rebello, Kenneth's wife Lynette and my wife Roshan. We talked of old times & how mischievous some of our classmates were. He recollected many incidents like the times when he used to allow us to listen to the cricket commentary in the last row in his class and being very fond of cricket himself, he had to be immediately informed every time a wicket fell! He also remembered the famous "kheema gutli" & "bun chop" which was always available in the school canteen. We also fondly remembered many of our old teachers who are now no more.



After a delicious brunch we left with the promise and hope of meeting up again with many more of our teachers and batchmates during the 150th year celebrations of our beloved ST.MARY'S SCHOOL (ICSE). Kenneth dropped Mr Rebello home and he told us that he would definitely try to come to St Mary's for at least one of the functions during this landmark year.

- Article by Behram Colah (Batch of 1968)
     Pictures courtesy Behram Colah & Kenneth Mascarenhas
     (Edited version of the article)

   

150th YEAR CELEBRATIONS - FACEBOOK COMPETITION FOR IMMACULATA 2013

St. Mary's School ICSE's 150th Year Celebrations brings you its first competition. The Facebook Competition for IMMACULATA 2013. 
An exciting Interschool Cultural event organized and conceptualized completely by the students of St. Mary's is round the corner. 150th Year Celebrations' FACEBOOK PAGE gives you a chance to win FREE entry passes for this two day interschool cultural extravaganza. Just answer these ten simple questions and send in your answers with your name and batch or son's name and standard to stmarys150years.competition@gmail.com. Its as simple as that. So get going as only ten winners with the most correct answers stand to win. Let's see how much you know about your school :) (You can click on the pictures to view larger images)

QUESTIONS:

Q1.Where is this Notice exactly located at our School? 

[A] At the main entrance near the bridge & St. Anne's Church
[B] At the Main entrance near the Arch
[C] On a tree between the Basketball court & Football grounds 
[D] On the fence between the children's play area and railway yard

Q2. Where on our school's campus are these School Badges located?

[A] Outer wall of the top floor of the Senior school building & above the notice board in the Senior assembly hall

[B] Above Captains board on 1st floor & above the fish tank

[C] Above the Arch at the main entrance & above the notice board in the Senior assembly hall

[D] Outer wall of the Top floor of the Senior School building & above entrance to the auditorium

Q3. Where have these Frames been put up?

[A] Second floor Senior school building
[B] The wall opposite the auditorium entrance
[C] First floor junior school wall opposite the staircase
[D] The wall behind the canteen in the junior assembly hall

Q4. This is the commemorative plaque celebrating our School's Diamond Jubilee in 1939. Where has it been installed?

[A] The wall outside the Principal's office
[B] At the base of the main staircase
[C] In the Gym room
[D] The wall in the senior assembly hall

Q5. This is an old yet gorgeous wooden door and grill with our School's 'M' monogram. Where is it located? 

[A] The grill between the canteen and the water fountains

[B] Second floor of the senior school

[C] At the steps of the auditorium

[D] The grill near the junior school's play area

Q6. What National Award has Father Evarist Newnes won, in which year and from whom did he receive it?

[A] Padma Shri Award in 2010 from the President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil

[B] Padma Bhushan Award in 2008 from the President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil

[C] National Education award in 2007 from ASSOCHAM President Mr. Venugopal Dhoot

[D] National Award for Teachers in 2004 from the President Abdul Kalam

Q7. How many trees are there in the playing grounds? 

(NOTE: Only the ones on the Cricket Ground, Basketball Court & Football Ground. Trees behind the shed have to be counted but not the ones in the railway yard and children's play area)

[A] 20          [B] 14          [C] 18          [D] 9

Q8. What is the seating capacity of our School's Auditorium?

[A] 900     [B] 1000     [C] 1200     [D] 800

Q9. Our Grey Stone building the first from the Railway yard was the first building built to house the school on the current campus. Which year was it built?

[A] 1903     [B] 1864     [C] 1865     [D] 1895

Q10. How many steps of the main staircase lead from Ground Floor to the first floor?

[A] 30          [B] 32         [C] 26          [D] 24 

Please read the Rules and Regulations carefully before submitting your answers. The Judges decision will be final and binding.