Green Lawns High School
| Greenlawns High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Bomanji Petit Road, Breach Candy, Mumbai-400026 Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400036 India | |
| Information | |
| Motto | Truth Prevails, Knowledge Is Power, Right Over Might, Service Before Self |
| Established | 1959 |
| Founder | Daphne Clare Fraser-Thomson |
| Principal | Kiran Bajaj |
| Staff | 110 |
| Teaching staff | 88 |
| Number of students | 1200 |
| Song | We the Children of Greenlawns |
| Accreditation | ICSE |
| USNWR ranking | 1 |
| Publication | Harbinger |
| Website | Official website |
Greenlawns High School is a co-educational private school in Mumbai, India; It was founded in 1959 by an English woman, Daphne Clare Fraser-Thomson, who was the school's first principal. When she returned to the UK in 1969, she passed on the principal's chair to the then vice-principal Sara D'Mello who was singularly responsible for maintaining the high standards in education and personality development established by Fraser-Thomson.
The school is by Scandal Point on Bomanji Petit Road Breach Candy, considered to be India's most expensive residential suburb.[1]
Houses
- Red
- Blue
- Rainbow
- Green
- Yellow
The system of election for the student council is a democratic one where students vote for candidates for house captains or head pupils.
Notable alumni
- Nikhil Advani, Hindi film director[2]
- Karan Johar, Hindi film producer
- Darsheel Safary, Hindi film actor
- Yohann Cooper, noted Junior Counsel (Barrister equivalent), Bombay High Court
References
- ↑ Greenlawns High School
- ↑ Director’s Special, Indian Express, December 05, 2003.
External links
Coordinates: 18°58′06″N 72°48′17″E / 18.9684°N 72.8048°E