Loyola English Medium High School

Vision & Mission
• Every Loyolite must become, Emotionally Matured, Intellectually Vibrant and Spiritually Awakened.

We are Committed:
• To prepare men and women for others.
• To provide a distinct environment of excellence in education with human values and social commitment.
• To develop knowledge citizens with multidisciplinary global competencies.
• To integrate in the students the ennobling virtues of truth, tolerance and co-operation that leads them to serve the underprivileged.
• To provide life skills towards a successful career, home and society.
• To create sound intellectual formation equipped with digital class rooms and computer labs.

AIM OF THE SCHOOL
The aim of the school is to train its students in the finest tradition of Jesuit education. Jesuit education acknowledges God as the author of all reality, all truth and knowledge. The school aims to impart a sound intellectual formation which includes a growing ability to reason reflectively, logically and critically. It aims at the development of the whole person in which process the criterion of excellence applied to all areas of school life contributes to the total growth of each student as a responsible member of the school, community and of the larger society of the state and of our country.
A complete educational objective of the School includes the training of our students to be men/women for others, young men/women endowed with that special love for the poor and concern for justice that will enable them to become leaders in the service of our nation and of the world.
The Monogram represents the aims and aspiration of the School. The cross that dominates the monogram is the symbol of love and sacrifice which the school tries to inculcate in the students. The rest of the monogram represents the fullness of reality. The school aims at all round development of the individuals and the society at large.
The motto of the school is “Men/Women for others”. The school, the students and the faculty constantly aim at preparing men and women to achieve greater things for God, country and humankind by aiming at excellence in everything.

THE SOCIETY OF JESUS

ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, was born in 1491, as the last child of a large Basque family of Spain. The name Loyola came from the ancestral castle that was the family heritage of St. Ignatius. According to the traditions of his family, Ignatius was trained to arms and to the etiquette of court life. He enlisted himself in the border was with France and was badly wounded in the battle. As he lay convalescing at Loyola, he read the Gospel narratives and the lives of saints and was inspired to follow Christ by giving up all worldly ambitions and trappings of power and embracing a life of poverty, sacrifice and service after the example of his saintly mentors.
He formed a religious fraternity which became the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as they popularly came to be known in the course of time.

JESUITS

The Society of Jesus is a world wide organization of religious men, numbering about 24000 spread all over the world, of whom over 3000 are working in the 18 provinces of India. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana there are about 160 Jesuits working in Schools and Colleges, youth services, social work centers, in parishes, in mission outreach programmes and in any and every form of ministry of the Church.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF JESUIT EDUCATION

Is world-affirming. It assists in the total formation of each individual within the human community. It includes a religious dimension that permeates the entire education; it is an apostolic instrument that promotes dialogue between faith and culture.
Insists on individual care and concern for each person. It emphasizes activity on the part of the student and encourages life long openness to growth.
Is value-oriented. It encourages a realistic knowledge, love and acceptance of the self.
Proposes Christ as the model of human life. It provides adequate personal care and concern for others. It celebrates faith in personal and community prayer, worship and service.
Is a preparation for active life-commitment. It serves the faith that does justice, seeks to from “men and women for others” and manifests a particular concern for the poor.
Is an apostolic instrument in the Church as it serves human society. It prepares students for active participation in the Church and for the service of others.
Pursues excellence in its work of formation and witnesses to that excellence.
Stresses Lay Jesuit collaboration and relies on a spirit of community among administrators, teachers, parents, alumni and benefactors in an atmosphere that promotes community.
Adopts means and methods in order to achieve its purposes most effectively with a common vision and common goals. It assists in providing the professional training and on-going formation that is needed especially for administrators and teachers.