GENERAL INFORMATION AND AIM

Holy Family School, Farakka, West Bengal is an English medium Co - educational School conducted by the Sisters of the congregation of the Holy Family. It is governed by the Poreyahat Holy Family Society which is a Religious and Charitable Organization Registered under the Society Registration Act. 1860.

Holy Family Sisters run several schools in India in which young people belonging to every creed, social class, community and linguistics group are educated through the medium of English and the regional languages. These institutions are part of Catholic Church's effort to share in the country's educational understanding. This effort, while particularly responsible to the Christian Community has always been at the service of the whole nation. Established on 3rd July 1997, the school is staffed by dedicated, competent and highly qualified Sisters and Teachers who create and foster the ethos for the all-round growth and progress of students. The school is affiliated to the COUNCIL FOR THE INDIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICTATE EXAMINATION (CISCE) Board New Delhi 2006. Holy Family School aims every student with the strength and depth of character that enables him/ her to face the fiercely competitive society of today with ease and confidence. The institution has a holistic approach to education where by the Scholastic performance of the pupil is reinforced by Holy Family ideals of universal brotherhood, love, peace, joy and kindness in which the school explicitly believes. Exemplary discipline, outstanding Academic performance and excellence in cocurricular and extra-curricular activities are the hall marks of every Holy Family student.

VISION

Create a better world of enlightened and integrated citizens and mould ideal families by imparting knowledge of God and value based quality education.

MISSION

HFS education should enable the students

1. To foster a culture of faith through a deep experience of the fatherhood / motherhood of God and the brotherhood / sisterhood of humankind.
2. To ensure holistic and integral development the he / she realizes his / her responsibility towards family, society, nation and to the whole world.
3. To train themselves to behold the presence of Divine in the universe and in the scientific and technical achievements.
4. To provide an education of quality and relevance to all in particular to the marginalized - poor, oppressed, the side - tracked, women and children and to bring them to the main stream of the society and thus to empower them with the realization of their humanity and integrity.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The aim of the school is to impart quality education which will enable the child to grow into a matured human person.The school aims at the integral development of the whole person enabling them to be spiritually oriented, morally upright, intellectually well informed, socially concern, nationally conscious, appreciative of the culture, emotionally balanced and physically well developed. Over the years, it has built its own image , cluture and ethos. It has excelled in the field of education and has striven to produce dynamic and socially useful citizens for our country respecting all castes, creeds and religions and above all upholding the core value of human dignity in the name of the God and Country.

The students are prepared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E) New Delhi, which has been recognized by the Government of India as one of the main All - India School Examining bodies.