Academic : St. Xavier’s School conducts classes from LKG to XII leading to:

a) The ICSE (Class X) and

b) The ISC (Classes XI & XII)

    Humanities & Science

    Humanities - English, Env. Education, Nepali/Hindi, Political Science, History, Geography, Economics & Computer Science.

    Science     - English, Env. Education, Nepali/Hindi, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology & Computer Science.

The School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi.                                                                                                           

Curriculum : The medium of instruction is English at all levels. Other languages taught are Nepali, Tibetan, Hindi & Lepcha. Other Subjects offered for Class IX-X.

1. History - Civics - Geography - Economics - Computer Studies - Commerce-Environmental Education

2. Physics - Chemistry - Biology - Mathematics.

3. Socially Useful Productive Work.

Compulsory Subjects English, Second Language and Value Education.

Curriculum : Any three or four of the following may be offered.

ISC SCIENCE : Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Second Language, Environmental Education

HUMANITIES : History, Political Science, Geography, Economics, Computer Science, Second Language, Math., Env. Education

Co-Curricular Activities : A board programme of co-curricular activities supplements the curriculum. Students Activities should become members of at least one of the following:

(a) NCC (b) Scouts (c) Girl Guides (d) N. S. S. Club (e) Music Club (f) Elocution, quiz, fine arts, singing and other contests are held in the school on a regular basis, (g) Xaverian Orchid Eco Club.

Games and Sports : Facilities for the following games/sports are provided:

Sports : (1) Football (2) Volleyball (3) Basketball (4) Badminton (5) Table Tennis (6) Cricket (7) Athletics (8) Throw ball.

Regular coaching camps are conducted during the year by qualified coaches. Students are encouraged to take part in these camps and the Inter House Tournaments.

It is compulsory that each pupil/student should be the member of at least one co-curricular activity and should participate at least in two games and sports during the academic year for personal evaluation and for personal grade.

Uniform : All students from L.K.G. to Class XII are required to attend school in full school uniform on all working days, and on all official school functions. The uniform consists of Worsted Grey Trousers (Class V-XII) for boys (Shorts for LKG - Class IV) for boys, Tunic for girls, (LKG-Class IV) pleated skirts for girls, (V-VII) full white sleeved shirt, school tie, house badge (Class I-XII), school cardigan and flat bottomed (Naughty boy type) black shoes. Those who come with the school blazer, should wear the school crest. For attending P.T./S.U.P.W. classes, all students (Class I-XII) will come in the P.T. uniform which consists of white canvas, white socks stockings & the prescribed P.T. Dress for boys & girls Sleeveless sweaters are not allowed.

Note : 1. Boys from L.K.G.- Class IV will wear shorts (not full trousers).

2. Boys and girls from L.K.G. to Class IV will wear Grey stockings (not socks) with Sky Blue border.

3. All girls from L.K.G. to Class XII will wear school Grey stockings with Sky Blue border and White school ribbon for hair.

4. Boys from Class V to XII will wear the prescribed Grey socks/half stockings with Sky Blue border.

5. Sleeveless Cardigans and school shirts are not permitted.

P.T. Dress : From I to Class XII, will be same for all. The prescribed dress (P.T) for boys & girls will be available in Pakyong bazar.

House Assembly : On Saturdays, the school assembly will be housewise. Students will wear housewise : School uniform pants, white socks/stockings and white canvas. All prescribed school uniform materials are available in Pakyong bazar. No Student will be allowed to attend classes without the prescribed uniform.

Discipline : This aspect of education is given great importance in this institution. Therefore, violation of school rules, directions and norms, disrespect towards the school and its authorities and staff in words and deeds open or covert, disrespect towards the teaching and non-teaching staff may incur severe penalty including dismissal of the students concerned. Also, students who are habitually irregular in their attendance and work, or who cause harmful injury (physical or otherwise) towards their fellow students, or those who have spoiled the good name of the institution by their behavior in or outside the school and students who have failed to secure promotion for two consecutive years will be asked to leave the School. Discipline is kind but necessarily strict. Parents and Guardians are expected to abide by the Disciplinary Committee's decisions where a particular students or a group of students is concerned in or outside the school. Boarders asked to leave the hosted (boys and girls) on disciplinary grounds. will automatically cease to be students of Xavier’s School.

Holidays & Vacations : Besides the major Winter Vacation, there are two short vacations during the Summer Vacations and the Pujas. Other leave, therefore, needs prior permission of the school authorities. Students who are absent for any reason should produce a duly signed Leave Note in the school diary signed by Principal/Vice Principal before attending classes. If the said above was due to illness, the leave note should be accompanied by a medical certificate/treatment record by an approved medical officer Defaulters.. with regard to the Leave Norms are subject to Disciplinary measured which the school authorities deem fit, including heavy fines, suspension or dismissal from school.

Examinations, Results & Promotions : During the First and Second Terms, regular UNIT Tests are held. The results of the Unit Test will be noted the Unit Test Marks Column in the students’ school diary. Parents/Guardians are expected to make it a point to go through this particular lesson column and countersign the same. There are three Term Examinations. Progress Reports are given to students to be shown to their parents/guardians and to be counter-signed by them. Performance of a student throughout the whole year will be taken into account in tabulating the promotion of a student. To help the parents, guardians and students in this regard, promotion criteria will be given to all concerned, in the month of April. Attention of the parents/guardians and students is drawn to the fact that the pass marks for all the school examination is 40% in every subject. Please note that there is no system or re-examination for students who have been absent from any Unit Test or Term Test.

As far as promotions are concerned KINDLY DO NOT PRESSURIZE EITHER THROUGH INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OR THROUGH SOCIAL, POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. IT IS NOT BECOMING OF PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF ST. XAVIER’S SCHOOL. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to visit the school as often as possible and meet the school authorities and the staff member concerned to ascertain the progress of their children/wards.

Hostel Facilities : There are separate hostels for boys and girls- JEEVAN JYOTI HOSTEL for boys is under the care of the Fathers, The NIRMALA GIRLS’ HOSTEL is looked after by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Hostel accommodation is granted only after getting admission in the school. All admission to the boys’ and girls’ hostels are done through the School only. There is no direct arrangement to be made before a student is admitted into the school. Students from outside Pakyong are to stay in these hostel only.

Fee Structure : Fee Structure is subject to change for a particular year. Guardians are requested to obtain a fresh list from the Account Section.

A. Boarders’ fees must be paid in advance in installments.

B.

1. Tuition Fees should be paid for 12 months irrespective of the date of joining the school.

2. Tuition Fee must be paid before the 10th of every month. Tuition Fees up to January are to be cleared before the annual Examinations.

C. Annual Fees are to be cleared before the 31st of May.

D. Students leaving during the academic year should pay the tuition fees & including the month in which they leave.

E. A fine of 10% in case of boarders and a fine of Re. 1 per day in the case of day-scholars will be charged if the fees are not paid on time. Parents who regularly pay their fees late may be asked to withdraw their children.

F. Tuition Fees are accepted at the office counter between  9.00 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. only.

G. Admission Fee, Development Fee, and Annual Fee is not refundable.

Admission : All students seeking admission into this institution are required to undergo an Admission Test in English language and Mathematics. Candidates seeking admission should apply in Sep-October for Registration for the new academic session commencing in February. Information regarding the Interview/Admission Test will be posted in October. Admission Tests will be held in the month of November and only successful candidates will be granted admission to the class for which they have given the test. Admission Tests are held for classes U.K.G.-VII only and interviews for L.K.G. only.

Parents/Guardians are requested to submit all the documents (B/C, T/C if they come from another institution).

Note : Date of birth once entered in the admission form cannot be changed. (Ref. letter from the Dept. of Education, Govt. of Sikkim No. 613/Est-1/Edn, dated 5.8.03)

Students desirous of joining class XI for the next academic year in the ISC stream should register their names by 31 st of March and confirm their admission by the 8th of April. Classes normally commence from the week after the confirmation of the admission. School Prospectus and Registration forms are available in the school office on all working days between 8.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Registration fee is Rs. 1000/- (non- refundable). All admissions till the publication of the ICSE (CBSE/Board Exams) are provisional and are given on the basis of the performance of a student in the Annual School Examination of class X.

Subjects offered : English is compulsory for all streams.

The following subjects are offered for:

ISC Science : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Env. Edn.

ISC Humanities : History. Economics, Political Science, Geography, Mathematics, Env. Education

There is a choice between Computer Studies and Second Language/Mathematics for all streams.

The following averages in the Class X School Assessment (whole year) are required to select any of the following streams:

a)    Science : Mathematics - 60%

       Physics - 70%

       Chemistry - 70%

       Biology - 70%

b)    Humanities : 50% and above in History/Geography/Economics

Note: 1. A student failing to get the required academic marks in the actual ICSE/CBSE/Board Examination, will be required to change the stream and switch over to the one for which he/she is eligible.

2. Students from outside Pakyong, admitted to class XI (Arts & Science) are required to deposit the Tuition Fees for the whole academic year (12 months) at the time of admission. The same will be forfeited should the students leave or is withdrawn on his / her own, after getting admission in this institution.

3. Student of Class XI & XII are not permitted to stay outside as paying guests.

For Hostel facilities apply on separate forms. Hostel accommodation is limited. First apply first served basis.

Saturday : No classes for L.K.G. & U.K.G.

Normal days : 9.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.

Lunch Break : 12.35 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.

Normal days : 9.00 a.m. - 3.35 p.m.

Saturday : 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

Other days : 12.40 p.m. - 1.35 p.m.

Lunch Break : 12.40 p.m. - 1.35p.m.

NOTE WELL : Classes begin only after the daily school assembly in the morning. All students and staff are required to attend the school assembly. The bell for the Assembly goes at 8.50 a.m. Attending the assembly is compulsory for all staff and the students.

1. English will be spoken by all staff and students at All Times on the school premises.

2. Students should be punctual to class. No one who has been absent or late may be admitted into the class without a leave/late note signed by the principal/Vice Principal. Space for this leave/late note is provided in the school diary.

3. The School is not responsible for goods lost. Students are advised not to bring valuable articles and money to school. All of our students are expected to be Honest and Truthful at all times, specially regarding goods that belong to others. Things confiscated will not be returned.

4. Day scholars/boarders who do not return promptly after the holidays (major or minor) are liable to disciplinary measures which may include suspension, fines or dismissal as the school - authorities may deem fit.

5. Private tuitions for students are discouraged. Teachers will be most willing to help those who need extra help during their free time or after the classes. Explicit permission from the Principal is to be obtained before making arrangements for private tuition.

6. Buying Eatables from the hawkers outside the school premises is strongly forbdden violation of this rule may incur heavy fines.

7. Day scholars may not leave the premises except during the lunch break to go for lunch. During other times a permission slip is to be obtained from the Principal/Vice-Principal to leave the premises.

8. Boarders should get explicit permission from the Hostel Superintendent/Principal/Vice Principal to leave the Hostel/School premises all the times.

9. Students who want to go out of the classroom for any reason, should obtain a permission slip from the incoming/outgoing subject teacher.

10. Personal letters for students are to be addressed to their home/hostel address. Only official letters may be addressed to the school address.

11. Use of Tobacco products in any form, consumption of alcoholic drinks, use of ganja, drugs in any form will result in dismissal without any consideration.

12. Absolute silence must be maintained in the school library at all the times. Library books newspapers and magazine should be handled with utmost care and returned within the stipulated time.

13. Chewing the gum in the class is strictly forbidden. Violation of this rule may incur heavy fines.

14. Parents and guardians are urged to inculcate in their children/wards a taste for prayer, a sense of the Divine and the necessary of a life of ethical and spiritual values.

15. All parents/guardians of students admitted into St. Xavier’s School, Pakyong, Sikkim are required to sign the School Identify-cum-Agreement Certificate.

16. Students (specially of the higher classes) are discouraged from developing and cultivating deep and committed friendship with a single person of the opposite sex from among the school community and its open manifestation in the class rooms or in the school campus. Parents of such students who develop and continue such committed friendship will be asked to withdraw their son/ daughter from the school as such students can hardly concentrate on their studies besides adversely influencing fellow students to take up similar mode of school life style.

17. Mobiles are not permitted in the School/Hostel.

18. PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCEPT AND ABIDE BY THE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL /HOSTEL AUTHORITIES.

1. Today, O God, make me. brave enough to face the things of which I am afraid, strong enough to overcome the temptations which try to make me selfish; persevering enough to finish every task that is given to me to do; kind enough always to be ready to help others; obedient enough to obey your voice whenever you speak to me through my conscience. Help me to live in purity to speak in truth, to act in love all through today. I offer this prayer through Christ our Lord.