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Bond of Boys 2012 Reunion night was held on 15 January 2012 on the School's Backyard lawns. Alumni from across the years assembled met each other and had a great time. Melville D'souza from Class of 1941 was the oldest alumnus present along with Dr Keki Gharda (Class of 1944).

The logo for the Sesquicentenary celebrations (150 years ) of our school was unvield. The logo was designed by Master Prajwal Bhagat of Class VI D and winner of the logo competition. 

Alumnus Gautam Patil was presented the School flag by our Principal Fr. Jude Fernandes SJ for his expedition to Mt. Everest in April 2012. All present wished Gautam well for his expedition.

The Bond of Boys Alumni V School cricket match was filled with thrills and aching alumni bodies. The first match played with the school Under 16 boys was a thriller. A last ball four hit by Denzil Rego ended the very close match.

The second match involved the School Under 12 boys and alumni. The little Under 12's literally made alumni run around and won the match

All had a great time and it was great fun interacting with the young kids of our school. Thanks to alumnus Farookh Munsiff and his able team of volunteers who conducted the matches

Dear Stanislite,

Appreciating and felicitating our alumni
At Bond of Boys 2012 on 15th January 2012 we will pause in our celebrations to  appreciate and felicitate contributions by our alumni in fields such as Civic, Government, Arts, Corporates, Sports, Humanity, Defence etc.

We call upon our alumni to nominate an alumunus of our School who has excelled in his field of work. The nominations may be submitted by alumni / SSESA members / teaching faculty. You may SUBMIT NOMINATION ONLINE  or e-mail nominations to mc@stanislites.org

The Managing Committee of SSESA will consider nominations received and select those who will be given a citation at Bond of Boys 2012.

Dear Stanislites,

It my pleasure to share with you that we have successfully completed 5 years of our Teachers’ Healthcare Initiative thanks to your support. What started off as a small noble idea initiated by a group of our alumni has grown and touched the lives of 126 retired and serving teachers and workers of our school who have been covered for Rs 1 lakh each. Our teachers have relentlessly contributed in so many unseen ways to make us what we are today. It just goes to prove how a little thoughtfulness and a small push can do wonders to people around us.

I once again appeal to you to join us to raise an amount of Rs. 5 Lakhs, estimated to be the premium for this year, towards the St. Stanislaus Teacher Healthcare initiative. Since the policy expires on 31st October 2011, we need to achieve the target before 25th of October 2011.

Help Spread the Word! I request all of you to help spread the word with other Alumni you are connected with over email or Facebook. Rs. 4000 is the approximate amount that pays the healthcare premium of one teacher for one year. Let’s all work together and get at least one Alumni to contribute for one teacher’s healthcare.

Cheque Payments Open
I urge you to donate generously and assist us pay the healthcare premium before 31st October 2011. You can currently donate by cheque. Please make cheque payable to “St. Stanislaus Ex-students Association” and mail the cheque to the address below.

Online Payment
A new set of rules made applicable on Paypal by RBI, has resulted in Paypal not accepting any payments for donations. We are currently in advanced talks with Payment Gateway services, and we should be able to integrate a gateway which will accept electronic payments shortly.

Dr. Keki  Gharda (Class of 1941) an octogenarian and an ex-student,  visited his Alma Mater on Tuesday, 13th September 2011.

Dr Gharda is a prominent Indian chemical engineer, chemist and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and managing director of Gharda Chemicals Limited, an R&D-based company with business interests in agrochemicals, polymers and pigments. He got his Chemical engineering degree in 1950 from Bombay University, Masters from University of Michigan and Ph.D from University Of Oklahoma.

As Dr. Gharda walked down memory lane he had small anecdotes to mention about his prime School days to the Principal Fr. Jude Fernandes.

Being a book lover and a voracious reader, he visited the School library and was proud to see it updated.

He was also glad to see his Alma Mater a heritage structure still stand out loud and tall.

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The day began early at 7.45am with the hoisting of our National Flag and singing of our National Anthem

The alumni of St. Mary's (ISC), Holy Family HS Andheri and St. Stanislaus HS Bandra assembled at St. Stanislaus HS Bandra to celebrate our Independence Day with gusto. Jesuit school rivalries were re-ignited on the football field when grown men turned boys once again and played some very entertaining football.

Matches were 20 minutes per half with no half time and rolling substitutions. St. Mary’s (ISC) fielded an "A" and "B" team. The first match was played between the very strong and experienced St. Mary's "A" and a young Holy Family. The class of St.  Mary's was evident in the 6-1 score line. The next match was played between St. Stanislaus and St. Mary's "B". The young Marians were no match for the very fast and skillful Stanislites who won 5-1. The match for the third place was played between St. Mary's "B" and Holy Family. The match was fast and evenly fought till Holy Family broke the deadlock and went on to score two more before St. Mary's "B" pulled one back.

The stage was now set for the final between St. Mary's "A" and St. Stanislaus. St. Mary's immediately realized that they had a tough match on hand and played some uncompromising football. The match was most evenly poised till some delightful passing between the Stanislite forwards resulted in the first goal. St. Mary's fought back and they pressed forward and were foiled by some good goal keeping and the goal post. The second half began at a fast pace and gradually the St. Stanislaus mid-field pressed forward and the Stanislites missed a number of  easy chances. On the day, St. Stanislaus emerged the deserving winners. They thus ended the unbeaten streak of St. Mary's (ISC) of the last three years.