St. Francis de Sales was born in an aristocratic family on the 21st of August 1567 at Savoy in France. His father was Monsieur De Boisy. He received the best type of education of that time and took doctorate in civil and canon law from the University of Padua in Italy.In spite of many obstacles, he fulfilled his desire and was Ordained a priest in December 1593. He ‘was made the Bishop of Geneva in 1602.

Francis De Sales, known as the ‘Gentleman Saint, was an able Pastor and Teacher.He was a spiritual director to many people of all classes of society through his personal interviews and numerous letters. He became one of the greatest spiritual directors through his world famous writings: “The Introduction to Devout Life”, “The Treatise on the love of God” and “The Spiritual Conferences”. He died in Lyon on 28th December 1622 at the age of 55.

Pope Alexander the VII canonized Francis De sales a saint of the church in 1661. He was declared “Doctor of the church” (a great teacher) in 1877 by Pope Pius the IX and patron of Catholic Journalists and writers by Pius the XI in 1923.

S.F.S. High School, Shanthinagar, Secunderabad is run by the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales. Rev. Fr. Philip Parackal, MSFS, started the K.G. Classes in June 1976 in a shed which gradually developed into the present S.F.S. High School, Shanthinagar, Secunderabad. It follows SSC system and its a Co-education institute.

The school plan was prepared by Bro. Jacob Vattachira, MSFS and the construction work was supervised by Fr. Mathew Thudian, MSFS. The school building was blessed on 2nd January 1979 by Rev. Fr. Emile Mayoraz, then Superior General of the Congregation on his Visit to the Province. The second floor of the school, the elevated stage, computer room and a multipurpose hall building were constructed by Fr. Mathew Mundamattam, Rev. Fr. SesettyMariadas(2002). SFS Hall on KG section was supervised by the present local community (Fr. Inna Reddy, Fr. Sunder Rao and Fr. Bhaskar. Further developments were made by the subsequent principals in the course of time. As a result, the school has classes from Kindergarten to Tenth with very SPACIOUS CLASSROOMS WITH SMART TV PANELS, LIBRARY, SCIENCE LABORATORY with modern equipments, COMPUTER LAB, ABACUS, IIT COURSES andplayground for various sports and games with a homely, beautiful and enviable campus among the schools in the twin cities.

As a Catholic School, we are working not only for the intellectual, cultural and physical development and formation of character of children from the Slum areas and middle class families. We also inculcate in them sound moral principles, so that they grow up as good children of God and responsible citizens of our country.

Be what you are and be at its best.

					Our Father
					in heaven Holy be your Name.
					Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
					Give us today
					our daily bread, forgive us our sins
					As we forgive
					those who sin against us
					Do not bring us to the test
					But deliver us from evil. AMEN

				

					O God we thank you for giving us this new day 
					to manifest your love to the children
					whom you have created in your own image. Help us to remember
					that we work
					with the most precious material in the world the mind of the child 
					Help us always to remember
					that we are making marks 
					upon that mind 
					which the time will never erase.
					Give us patience
					with those who are slow to learn
					andeven with those
					who refuse to learn. When we have to exercise discipline
					help us to do so
					with sternness
					and yet with love. Keep us from the sarcastic
					and biting tongue
					and help us always
					to encourage
					and never to discourage
					those who are doing their best. 
					even that best is not very good.

				

• Lord make all of us channels of peace
• Where there is hatred/let us bring your love.
• Where there is despair/let us bring hope.
• Where there is darkness/let us bring light
• Where there is sadness/let us bring joy/Help us
• Lord /to love one another/Help us to share /what we
have with others.
• Especially our knowledge/and work for the moulding
of a new Society/centered on love/truth, justice and
peace.

					We stand for God and for His glory
					We answer daily to His call
					Our Motto is love, knowledge, service
					That we may give ourselves to all.

				

CHORUS

Into the mines of knowledge, Deeper we’ll dwell every day, And all the wealth of nature’s treasures. S.F.S School will display. With love and joy let us be loyal and to our school be ever true.

Our school cabinet is a unique one with 49 boy and girl leaders training them in leadership, responsibility and governance. Our school is lead by the school pupil boy and girl leader, deputy pupil leader, Sports, Captains and Vice - Captains of four groups and six clubs. Animator teacher ensure that the school norms are followed. Meetings are held regularly over which the principal decides.

LOVE SERVICE KNOWLEDGE

These are the three pillars and the means of the development on which the learner need to build themselves. We impart the knowledge with love and serve with dedication. We enterprise to map academic excellence with a good human value system which in myriad way is ingrained in the culture of the school.

LIGHTED CANDLES

The threeCandles symbolize “ The Integrated Persons” who are Physically healthy, Morally upright, Spiritually enlightened, Emotionally balanced, Intellectually awakened, Culturally integrated, Professionally skilled, Socially committed and will be good citizens of India/World and burn brightly as lighted lamps to dispel the darkness around us.

As top priority is given to academics, punctuality, cleanliness and spoken language, the students have to adhere to the following rules strictly.

The students must attend school regularly.

Students are expected to be punctual to School.

Leave of absence must be obtained from the Principal only.

Children are not allowed to wear religious dress.

Students must be clean and tidy in their person and dress.

Students should avoid Mehndi, Nail polish, and Ear hangings.

“U” shaped plait for girls and boys with short hair cut.

Students must behave in a gentle manly manner both inside and Outside the school.

The fee should be paid in three installments. (June, October, February)

Parents and pupils should comply with the requirements and regulations

of the school. During winter students should wear NAVY BLUE SWEATERS only.

School Unifrom P.T UNIFORM (I TO X)

•Unless there are emergencies, students have to come regularly to school especially on the re-opening and closing day. 90% attendance is compulsory for promotion.

• In case leave is taken, a leave application should be furnished the following day.

• No long leave for any reason can be taken without the prior permission of the principal.

• Unless there is an emergency, no child will be granted permission to go home during the class hours.

•In case the student is sick on days of tests and examinations, she should remain at home. No permission will be granted to go home after the tests. The average marks of all the tests appeared for will be considered for promotion.

• Being a Catholic Institution, the first preference is given to Catholics.

• New admissions are taken as per vacancies, and are strictly based on merit, at the discretion of the Principal.

• The child’s original Municipal birth certificate and Aadhar card with clear name and date of birth have to be produced compulsorily at the time of registration.

• Once entered in the records, neither the name, nor the birth date will be changed.

Those applying for withdrawal and transfer should do it one month before stating the pupil’s details and the purpose of withdrawal.

Students should keep the work space neat and clean.

No eating and drinking in the lab.

Do not break or destroy.

We are living in a fast-advancing computer age. Almost every aspect of Life is programmed efficiently and managed effectively bycomputerization. We teach Modules (Programming code in C, Java,HTML) (MS Office, MS LOGO). Knowledge of Computer enhance teaching-learning process in class rooms and makes student competent in every walk of life in future.

Abacus is widely used today for calculations and as a tool for teaching arithmetic. Abacus users can perform calculations quickly and efficiently, often faster than wit

• School communicates to parents and students through SKOOL COM App, WHATSAPP. You canalso follow us on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WEBSITE and YOUTUBE.

• We the Desalites wish all the very best for the new Academic Year and conclude with the quote of our Patron Saint

• “BE WHAT YOU ARE AND BE AT ITS BEST”.