Crescent Model Higher Secondary School
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| Crescent Model Higher Secondary School | |
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Shadman Colony, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |
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| Established | 1968 |
| Principal | Rabia Najam |
| Age range | 3–17 |
| Average class size | 30[citation needed] |
| Language | English |
| Schedule | 8:00-14:00 |
| Classrooms | 150[citation needed] |
| Houses | 4 (Jinnah, Sir Syed, Edhi, Iqbal) |
| Slogan | Unity – Faith – Discipline |
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| Publication | Al-Hilal |
| Website | crescentschool |
Crescent Model Higher Secondary School is an old educational institution in Lahore, Pakistan from Montessori School to Higher Secondary Level. The school is run by a private trust. Besides the conventional Pakistani Matriculation degree, it also offers 'O' and 'A' level programs. It has a main campus for boys and a separate campus for girls, both of which are located in Shadman.
About
Crescent Model School was established in 1968. At that time the school was in Qaddafi Stadium, but was later moved to a new building in Shadman Colony in 1970.[1]
The school offers many indoor and outdoor extracurricular activities. The school has two separate branches for boys and girls. The institution provides the students with ample sports fields, auditoriums, libraries, swimming pools and state-of-the-art science and computer labs.[2] In 2019, professional tennis player and alumnus Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi laid the foundations of a new tennis court in the school, which was named the "Aisam-ul-Haq Lawn Tennis Court".[3] In 2018, Crescent Model School defeated then 8-times consecutive champions, the Divisional Public School and Intermediate College, Lahore (DPS), and won the ninth Punjab Olympics Games.[4]
Academics
Established in 1968, the school follows the Lahore Board curriculum but also runs classes for pupils who are interested in taking O-level and A-level examinations. Courses offered for O-Level include English, Urdu, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Islamiat/Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, Business Studies, Economics, Accounting, Additional Mathematics, Sociology, Global Perspectives, and Travel And Tourism. Although the medium of instruction is English, Islamic Studies are taught in Urdu. The school conducts debate and poetry competitions in both English and Urdu. On 15 December 2018, Crescent Model School hosted an International Education Excellence Conference, called Vision-2050, in Lahore.[5]
Boys section
The first principal of the Boys Section of Crescent Model School was Sh Moin-Ud-Din. The Boys section is located in the center of Shadman Colony Lahore. The area of the place is about 8 acres. There are 2 swimming pools, four libraries, a gymnasium, and a very large school ground available to the students. There are almost 250 teachers employed, who have a long history at the institution. The Montessori section, Junior Section, High School Section and College are joined collectively as one platform.
Societies and Student bodies
Many societies and clubs are available for students to join. These include: Gentlemen Club, Horse Riding Club, Fencing Club which come under the banner of Minding Manners. There are also different linguistic societies which offer Arabic, French and a few other languages.
There are Student Councils at different class levels in both boys and girls campuses of the school in which students are trained to organize events, competitions and to maintain discipline within the premise of school. Aaron Abdullah is the current Head Boy of the Senior Section.
Admission date
Registrations for Admission to Montessori Section and Class 1 start in January. In February, registrations for admission to Classes II until IX & O Level are taken. Admission tests for Class I are taken in February and results are announced by the end of the month. In March, results are announced for Montessori and Class I intakes and from April new classes begin.
Notable alumni
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- Aisam-ul-Haq
- Mustafa Muhammad Khan
- Aleem Khan
- Lt Gen Khalid Zia [6]
- Abdul Hanan Shahid, Pakistan Junior Hockey Player
References
- ^ "History". Crescent School. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Crescent Educational Trust". www.crescentschool.edu.pk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Aisam lays foundation of tennis court at Crescent School". The Nation. 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Crescent School wins Punjab Olympics". The Nation. 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Moot on education held at Crescent School – Business Recorder". Business Recorder.
- ^ @DanyalGilani (12 September 2019). "A moment of pride! An alumnus of Crescent Model School Lahore, Major General Khalid Zia (1983 session) has been pr…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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