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laboratories for the various science subjects (Chemistry, Biology, Physics and
Computers). The Flack Memorial Assembly Hall can house around a thousand people. The kindergarten students have a separate block (KG Block) and playground. The Stewards Block, a building for the Special Needs Department, has a large clock on top which is visible from the roads adjacent to the school campus. The campus has several trees, the most prominent among them being a Christmas tree and a Peepal tree.
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In April 2022, the school was in the midst of a controversy for forcing all students including non christians to carry bible in their school bags. Few Hindu organizations called this a violation of
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Post Office. The school is now located on
Pottery Road, at a junction near Richard's Park. It lends its name to a bus stop for buses moving towards and from M. S. Nagar, Lingarajpuram, Banaswadi, Kammanahalli, Kalyannagar and Hennur. While the main gate faces Pottery Road, the side gates face Viviani
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The school has a number of buildings, one of the newest among them being the
William Carey block. This block has several of the classrooms, the laboratories, the physical education department, the music room and faces the playground field. The Coates library houses 9 000 books. There are a number of
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is a feature common to Public schools in India (based on an equivalent system in
England). The Houses distribute a school community into smaller, more personal units, and thereby build a sense of loyalty and competition. Traditionally there were three houses: Barton, Redwood, and Theobald. Their
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is made the second language for pupils from prep onwards from 2018 as the state government has made a rule urging schools to do so. The tenth standard examinations are conducted in the ICSE (Indian
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The school practises a five-day week schedule. The day begins at 8:00 a.m. (formerly at 8:35 a.m.) with a daily assembly which is normally twenty-five minutes long and is conducted within the school hall. The lunch break is between 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. (formerly between
247:. The Redwoods left Bangalore in the 1960s and were no longer involved in the institution’s management. The school’s alumni raised money to construct the Flack Memorial Auditorium, named after one of the school’s former principals, A C Flack, who came from Australia in 1946.
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In 2014, Clarence High School became the fifth Anglo-Indian origin school in
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12:35 p.m. and 1:05 p.m). The day ends at 3:00 p.m for students from class 3 onwards and 2:30 pm for the kindergarten students. It used to end at 3:10 for the junior pupils (until 6th Std.) and at 3:45 for the senior pupils.
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intent to inspect the curriculum being taught by
Christian educational institutes in the state. The school defended saying this was not a new practice and students were taught the bible as any other subject textbooks.
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team colors are green, red, and blue respectively. Wilcox, a new fourth house was made with the team color yellow. Their mottoes are: "Never
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The rest of the school use the school field and the school library which houses several thousands of books. A basketball court and a few more buildings also form part of the school premises.
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in Latin), "Never Give In" for the Theobald house, and "Press Onward" for the Wilcox house. The Kindergarten children also belong to one of the above houses.
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