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ccepting the grace of the father of oriental the school to glory. The strength of students was on
Amissionaries; His grace V Benedict, in the an upward graph. The services of a fleet of school
valley of shadows, Vallambroza V. John Gulbert, buses enhanced conveyance facilities from all
the Personification (synonym) of prayer and corners. The coveted ‘CBSE affiliation’ was accorded
patience, established the Vallambrosan, Benediction to the school under the stewardship of then
congregation. The congregation that imbibed prayer, Principal Dr. Babu Kochamkunnel, At the same time,
learning, meditation, contemplation and hardwork permission too was granted to take up secondary
as missions in life, founded a society on honesty, school. Daily assemblies and various activities there
purity of life and fraternity, exhibited its existence in in, Athletic and cultural competitions, interschool
the form of St. Kuriakose Sr. Sec. School. The school is competitions were all his brain children. Prof. V.J.
set up in the picturesque village of Pazhuthuruth, at Joseph Vattaikunnel, who took over the mantles
Mariamala 5 km off historical town of Kaduthuruthy. of Principal did everything to nurture the all round
through alley of history growth of the school. The superlative testimonial
to the enviable growth of the school remained the
An English medium nursery school had been cent-percent success of the maiden tenth batch in
functioning under the management of sisters of 1999. The same year is yet another mile stone in the
School instructions of the Bishop of Kottayam diocese, Mar itself to higher secondary and commencement of
St. Joseph’s order. Under the special interests and
astronomical rise of the school. The school graduated
Kuriakose Kunnacherry, Vallambrosan Congregation,
timely computer classes were highlights of that year.
in 1993 adopted this school, to serve the interests of
Besides, separate labs were also set up for each of the
History entrusted the responsibility as the Manager and underlines the prophetic and prognostic capabilities
24 the poor in providing ‘Value based education’, and science subject. One should not lose sight of the fact
re-christened as SKPS. Rev. Dr. Jacob Velliyan was
that computers were not all that popular those days,
(late) Shri. T.K Joseph, as the principal of the school,
of the school management. The computer lab and
that commenced functioning formally on 7th June
1993. In the beginning the strength of students was higher secondary wing of the school complex were
dedicated to the students by none other than Ms. Usha
mere 72 in four standards. The church’s building Narayanan, the first lady of the nation. By that time
itself was the venue of the LP sector of school, under the strength of students and teachers had swollen to
the Vallambrosan Congregation’. However nursery 950 and 41 respectively and the school had become
section had still been under the supervision of the an icon of an educational institution of excellence.
St. Josephian sisters.
By millennium school had carved a niche in cultural
Stairs of growth and physical fields and started standing first, very
To establish an inter religious dialogue centre at often in regional as well as state levels. Those
Mariamala was a dream project of the abbot general achievements have still been defended, is a matter
of Vallombrosan congregation Italy, Abbot general of proud and appreciation. The school can boast
Rev. Fr. Lorenso Russo. The dawn of SKPS too was a of the activities of as many as 15 clubs to meet the
part of that. In the school’s infancy, Dr. Alex Chetiyath, varied affinity and taste of students. When Shri. John
Dr. Jacob Kollamparambil and Fr. Alex Aakkaparambil, Munjanatt was the principal the school secured 100
in particular, held its hands with their presence and percent pass for its first ever +2 batch students.
uninterrupted support. Succeeding years witnessed at the Pinnacle of glory
unprecedented growth and popularity to the It was in 2000, Fr. Tomy Thervalakattayil took over
school. A long list of eminent teachers catapulted

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