All Saints High School (Hyderabad)

All Saints' High School
Location
Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh India
Information
Type	Minority Institution
Motto	Template:Lang-la Template:Lang-en
Established	1855
Headmaster	Rev.Bro.Shajan Anthony
Website	www.allsaintshyd.edu.in

All Saints High School is a Catholic school in Hyderabad, India, offering an education for children from pre-Kindergarten to Tenth Standard (matriculation). It was founded in 1855 and is run by the Montfort Brothers. The school's motto is Virtue Sola Nobilitat (Virtue Alone Ennobles).

The school alumni include some prominent cricketers, such as Mohammad Azharuddin, Venkatapathy Raju, Arshad Ayub and Noel David.

With an age of more than 150 years, All Saints is the oldest school in Hyderabad and is one of the twenty oldest schools in India. The school celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2007. The school has a strength of over 4000 students and staff strength of about 150. The principal of the school is Rev. Bro Shajan Anthony.The school has been visited by many Prominent Personalities, Sir A.P.J Abdul Kalam Being One Of Them.

Admissions

Though the school is a Catholic Minority Institution, its admission is open to all students irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender. For admission into Kindergarten, the school follows a joint admission policy together with Little Flower High School Hyderabad and St Paul's High School, Hyderabad, St Mark's Boy's Town, HYD, All Saints High School, which is also run by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel.

Every year in January, one of the schools conducts the admissions procedure for Kindergarten. It involves an interview of both the student and the parents. The number of students who apply for admission far exceeds the number of positions available; hence, it is a very competitive process. Students are allowed to state their choice among the three schools but their choice is not guaranteed. A twenty-percent quota is generally reserved for economically disadvantaged students.

Admission to all other classes is done on a case-by-case basis by the school itself as per the availability on merit basis. Students who not only have a strong academic standing but also display talent in sports, literary or cultural activities are given priority in admission.

History of the School

All Saints institution was started in 1855 by Rt. Rev Daniel Murphy, the vicar Apostolic Hyderabad. It was then known as the college of All Hallows after his Alma Mater in Ireland. It took nearly fifty years of dedicated service to nurture it into what's today called the All Saints' Institution.

Rt. Rev. Mgr. Caprotti was its first Rector appointed in 1858. At its infancy, the school had a humble beginningwith very few students on rolls. From 1908, the school recorded tremendous growth and progress with Father Garbelli as its 8th Rector.

In 1943, Rev. Bro. M. Paul, an able administrator, took over as the first Indian Rector, and developed it as one of the best Secondary Schools, Both academically and infrastructure wise in the Nizam's Dominion, with the dawn of Independence in 1947 there came one of its most revered and best-known Rector's Brother John of God.

Under successive Rectors and teams of dedicated staff, it has grown by leaps and bounds, developing the much needed human resources thereby, contributing service personnel to the state administration. Many a student who left the portals of the institution has distinguished himself either in Administration, defense, Police, Medicine, Engineering and other state and private Services. This Institution produced quite a few outstanding sportsmen of National and International repute.

Due to inadequate accommodation, and to meet the growing demands for admission and also to mark the Centenary Celebrations of the Institution. Four Branch Viz. Little Flower High School, St. Peter's High School (Housing the present primary sections), St. Pauls High School and St. Mark's Boys Town Each with its own uniqueness were started 1953 and 1955.

Notable alumni

• Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed, Geotechnical and Geosynthetics Civil Enginner
• Syed Abid Ali, Former Indian Cricter
• Mohammad Azharuddin, former Indian cricket captain
• Syed Shanawaz Hussain GM Times of Oman
• Noel David, former India cricketer
• Lalwani Hema, Myers Park High School Teacher
• Venkatapathy Raju, former India cricketer
• Arshad Ayub, former India cricketer
• Sitaram Yechury, senior member of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• Mohan Kanda, former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh
• Shravan Kumar, former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh
• M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS (Retd) Former Director General of Police, Govt of Andhra Pradesh
• E. Ismail, Member Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
• Syed Saadatulla Hussain, Former Judge, High Court of Andhra Pradesh
• Dr Ken Gnannakan, Eminent Environmentalist
• Srinivas Kommareddi, Visionary.
• Kaladhar Rao Potlapally General Manager AP STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION
• Raj Mehta, Add Film Director
• Hemachandra, playback singer
• Irfan, playback singer
• Janardhan Korremulla, photographer -Rajiv Gandhi National Excellence Award '95
• Sameer Ahmed Mohammed, Mechanical Engineer.
• Fazle Akbar, Aerospace Engineer
• Naim Alam
• Syed Mohammed Asimullah Hussaini, Secretary General of Sense Model United Nations, UNCOP 11 (youth segment), India Summit'13
• Mohammed Amer Abeddin, Deputy Secretary General of Sense Model United Nations, UNCOP 11 (youth segment), India Summit'13
• Dhamoder Raja Narasimha, current deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh

School has a huge cabinet of 52 members, Master Rohit as The School Pupil leader and Master Sujeet as the Deputy. Miss Bhavya As The Girl School Pupil leader and Miss Supriya as the Deputy.