Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah

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Don Bosco School, Liluah, is an all-boys, English medium school imparting education from Lower Kindergarten (LKG) through 12th grade. Established in 1937, it is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, which is a minority institution within the Catholic Church. The school operates under the ICSE board.

The motto of the institution is Virtus et Labor, meaning Virtue and Labor in Latin.

[edit] History

The school started functioning on 31 January 1937, and had the 70th anniversary in 2007.

[edit] Houses

DBL uses the House system to foster a sense of competition and belonging. The four houses are Savio (Red), Bosco (Blue), Francis (Yellow), and Rua (Green). All activities in the school are organized according to the houses.

[edit] Administration

Don Bosco School, Liluah maintains certain strict discipline for everyone in the school. These rules and regulations are the main pillars of success that we have here.

[edit] Academics

The school is famous for its high academic standards. The students of the school regularly feature among the district toppers.One of its students who studied in this school till class 10, wrote IIT-JEE 2007 and has secured an AIR -9.

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[edit] Athletics

Don Bosco has a large number of sports played in the school, with separate coaching classes for each of them. The coaching classes are free for the players on the school team. The different sports are :

Cricket: Also a very popular sport, the cricket team is also highly talented and has won many awards for the school. The school team is one of the best in the district, and had even defeated club level players from Mumbai. Many players also play on the state teams and have been reported as the next sensations in papers.

Football: Football is very popular in the school. Over the past decade the football team has been pretty strong winning several Inter School Catholic Schools and Inter Anglo Indian Schools Tournaments.

Table-Tennis: Table-tennis is also a very popular sport in the school. Many individual awards have been won, and the table tennis team is regarded to be quite good.

Badminton:This sport is popular during winters and is one of the newer sports introduced in the school.

Besides these, there is a games room where students can play games like carrom and chess.

The school offers coaching classes for basketball, cricket, football, table tennis and karate.

[edit] Facilities

The School has excellent educational facilities, aided by well equipped Computer Labs, Library, Science Labs etc. Also the school has some of the best sports facilities in this part of the country. It has 3 Football grounds, Basketball court, Badminton court, volleyball court. Add to it the fact that it also has facilities for CHess, TT, Carrom & Badminton.

[edit] Clubs and Associations

St. John Bosco, the "Friend of the Young and the Poor," is the patron saint of Don Bosco School, Liluah.

[edit] Famous Alumni/Former Students

• Bollywood Singer - Babul Supriyo

[edit] External links

• Don Bosco School, Liluah Website
• DBL Past Pupils Association - Official Website
• Salesian Province of Kolkata Website
• Salesians of Don Bosco in India