page_title: St. Paul's School, Darjeeling
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: St. Paul's School, Darjeeling / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Cotton and Milman Halls as seen from Top Field. Uploaded for Contribution to Project St. Paul's School, Darjeeling Encyclopedia. http://spsdarj.org
context_page_description: St. Paul's School is an independent boarding school for boys in the town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. It is often referred as Eton of the East because it is thought to follow the similar cultural and traditional values of Eton College. St. Paul’s is one of the oldest Public School in Asia. Entrance tests for admission are held every September. The school follows the ICSE curriculum till class 10 and the ISC curriculum for higher secondary. St Paul’s has been ranked 1st among boarding schools in West Bengal and 4th in India according to the 2019 Education-World rankings. The school was featured in Forbes India magazine in the article "The great Indian Schools - 2018" the edition was bought by Great Place to study
context_section_description: The school currently presents itself as an residential school for boys, predominantly Indian with an "international, multiracial and cross-regional cosmopolitan character", having students from many countries including the US, the UK, France, Thailand, Bhutan, Japan, Bangladesh, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong.
  Current students are referred to as Paulites and the alumni as Old Paulites. The school lays a great emphasis on uniforms: On off-campus trips students must dress in prescribed suits and carry umbrellas.
  The school motto is derived from the passage 'Cedamus Phoebo, et moniti meliora sequamur' in the Latin epic Aeneid by Virgil. 'Moniti meliora sequamur' means: "Having Been Advised, We Follow Better (Higher) Things"
  The student government is headed by a school captain, assisted by House Captains and Prefects, drawn from the Sixth Form. The Junior and Primary Wings have their own system of monitors. The Sixth form is privileged and enjoys an advantage over the rest. The chapel holds a central place in the life of the school where it meets as a community. There are clubs which develop artistic and technical skills. Each house presents a concert from time to time, apart from the major school production in October.
  The extra curricular activities in school are dramatics, elocution, debate, piano, guitar, drums, violin, marching band and sitar classes. There are various hobby clubs and societies. These are all run by the boys under the supervision of masters. In the senior wing, the hobbies are art and craft, Batik, Indian Western music, model-making, photography, wood and lathe work, cybernetics, Textile design, cooking. The school sends candidates for the music and speech examinations held by the Trinity College London and Royal Academy of Music. The boys are also sent to educational tour to NASA and other historical sites in India and neighbouring countries.
  The sport curriculum is dominated by football, cricket, athletics, volleyball, Basketball, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Eton fives, boxing, Gymnastics, rocking climbing and hockey.
caption: Cotton and Milman Halls
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