St. Francis’ School is a minority Christian School, established and administered by the Roman Catholic Dioces of Darjeeling/Sikkim. The School is under the religious jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Darjeeling/Sikkim who is also the President of the Governing Body.
St. Francis’ School, Jorethang is a co-educational school which conducts classes from Lower Kinder Garten to class XII and is affiliated to the Council of the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi.
The School is recognized by the Department of Education the Human Resource Department, Govt. of Sikkim. The School is situated in the town of Jorethang in South Sikkim. The School was established in 1979 and has been growing since its inception.
'LIGHT OF THE WORLD' is the motto of St. Francis' School. The school curriculum is designed to enlighten every child who enters in the portals of the school. The school caters to the education of the local community around and extends its service to outstation students. The school seeks to create a spirit designed to encourage growth in the exercise of responsible freedom, respect for human personality, appreciation of values and a heightened awareness of the responsibilities of knowledge, love and service.
As part of the training of the students, an endeavor is made to guide the students to choose those recreational, cultural and creative activities which will contribute to their spiritual, mental, moral and physical well-being and enable them to become enlightened persons and worthy citizens of the country. Following the spirit of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the school, special emphasis is laid on the love for Nature and the Environment. The medium of instruction in English at all levels. Other languages taught are Nepali and Hindi. Other subjects offered for classes IX to XII are History, Civics, Geography, Economic Applications, Computer Applications, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physical Education and SUPW.
„A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.“
Marcus Garvey
St. Francis' School is a home away home for all the students. All consider one another as brothers and sisters. All share the hopes of discovering and conquering the new horizons of achievements through perseverance, hard work, and above all relying on to God's blessings.
Born in 1181 ACE, the son of a wealthy merchant, Francis gave up everything to follow in the footsteps of Lord Jesus
Christ. He lived in complete poverty, preaching the Gospel. Others came to join him, and they lived by a simple rule based on the gospel. From them grew the Franciscan Order which spread rapidly during his own life time. Motto of his life was putting into practice; the beatitudes and was marked by faith, joy, service of others and love of all created things. Francis was perfectly in harmony with nature. He has been rightly acclaimed as the person who understood nature and loved nature & all creatures.
It is today we need men like St. Francis of Assisi to save and love nature & creatures. Let us pray to him to help us save our Planet Earth.
