Grace Ling Liang English School
| Grace Ling Liang English School (glles) | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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21B, Hughes Road Kolkata – 700046  | |
| Information | |
| School type | Coeducational, Private |
| Motto |
Deo Gratias (To God Be The Glory) |
| Established | 1974 |
| Founders | Rev. Dr. T.D.Lamb and Mrs. Mary Lamb |
| Sister school | Ling Liang High School, Kolkata |
| Session | April to March |
| Chairman | Pastor Chiang Kuo Thai |
| Principal | Ms. Dorothy Jane Mathews |
| Classes | Preparatory to Class 12 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6 |
| Houses |
Lambs , Davidson , Verma , Dzao
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| Slogan | Deo Gratias |
| Song | We are Proud to Belong Ourselves |
| Sports | Basketball, Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Throwball |
| Nickname | Gracians |
| Yearbook | Light |
| Communities served | LTS |
| Affiliations | CISCE |
Grace Ling Liang English School (informally glles) is a private, co-educational school imparting primary, secondary and higher secondary education, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The school is located at 21B, Hughes Road in the city of Kolkata and is open to children from all creeds and communities.
The school has a church. The school is equipped with a basketball court.
History
The late Rev. Dr. and Mrs. T. David Lamb, a missionary couple that came to India from Shanghai, China in 1949, founded the Ling Liang Chinese Church Trust in 1961 and the Grace Ling Liang English School in January 1974. They brought with them a keen respect for literacy and did commendable piece of pioneering work in the field of education which finally resulted in the establishment of two educational institutions, one in central Kolkata and other in Tangra, an eastern suburb of Kolkata.
Recognition
The Grace Ling Liang English School is recognized by the Department of Education, Government of West Bengal and is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, which conducts the ICSE and ISC Examinations at the close of Classes X and XII respectively.
School Session
The school session is from April to March. Saturday is the normal weekly holiday (in addition to Sunday).
Principals
- Late Mr Ravi Verma
- Dr M.C. Alexander
- Mr Valentine Peter Roy
- Mr Terence John
- Ms. Dorothy Matthews
Teaching Staff
- English Department:
•Mrs. T. Sen •Mrs. Supriya Chakraborty •Mrs. Swati Ghosh •Mrs. B. Gomes . Mrs. S. Mitra
- Mathematics Department:
•Mr. Sabat Akhtar Khan •Mr. C.J. Joshi
- Chemistry Department:
•Mrs. P. Koley
- Biology Department:
•Mrs. Madhuchandra Chakraborty •Mr Jayanta Pal
- Physics Department:
•Mrs. P. Sikdar
- Economics Department:
•Mrs. Chameli Mukherjee
- Accounts Department :
•Mr. Chitrasen Bhattacharyya
- Commerce Department:
Mr. T. K. Ghosh •Mrs. Li Chiu Chou
- History & Civics Department:
•Mr. Ambett
- Geography Department:
•Mrs. Florence Chakraborty
- Computer Department:
•Mrs. Sarmistha Biswas •Mr. Jayanta Chowdhury
- Hindi Department:
•Mr. Suresh Shaw •Mr. Anand Tiwari
- Bengali Department:
•Mrs. A. Mondal •Mrs. Sumita Chakraborty
- Chinese Department:
•Mrs. Li Chiu Chou •Mrs. Li Chun Yin
Alumni
ISC 2012 Science Stream- Siddharth Bhattacharjee Sounak Chandra Suvam Maity Anirban Chatterjee Soumya Chatterjee Abhishek Saha Aindrilla Das Debopriya Gupta Ayesha Anjum Souptik Garai Sourav Paul Avi Mondal Indranil Singha Arfi Khurshid Sayan Roy Sumit Paul Rahul Patro