Website
Website : http://prattmemorialschool.edu.in/

Address
Address : 168 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, (AJC Bose), Kolkata 700 014
Phone : 033 2284 4594
Email : prattmemorialschool@yahoo.in

School motto
Pro deo et ecclesia > For god and the church

Affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi.

Pratt Memorial School was founded in 1876 primarily for the education of Anglo Indian and Christian children.

The School is under the Diocese of Kolkata, the Church of North India; the Bishop of Kolkata being the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the School. The School is recognized by the Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal and is inspected by the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (Anglo-Indian Schools) West Bengal. In Terms of the SUPREME COURT ORDER dated 12th April, 2012, in the WRIT PETITION No 95 of 2010, WE ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RTE ACT, 2009, BEING AN UNAIDED MINORITY INSTITUTION.

Admission
• Parents / Guardians are asked to fill in the Admission Form with the utmost possible accuracy.
• A candidate who has attended a recognized School cannot be admitted into this School WITHOUT A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE from the last School attended.
• Christian pupils must produce a BAPTISM CERTIFICATE.
• Other pupils are required to produce a Birth Certificate or relevant documents supporting the date and place of birth, which once entered in the School Admission Register cannot be changed.

Aims
Education is not a preparation for life. Education is Life! Children must be exposed to situations which will enable them to fend for themselves, not only in their adult life, but also to contend with the fears and frustrations, the joys and excitement, of their daily lives.
The School aims at providing an all-round education and trains girls intellectually, morally, spiritually and physically so as to inculcate in them the right principles of conduct and the right attitudes in life, thereby enabling them to be, and become, loyal and useful citizens of our country.

Important rules
• To acquire a greater facility in the mastery of English, only English should be spoken in the School premises. It is mandatory for all students to speak only in English in the school campus.
• The purpose of regular attendance is to inculcate in the students, traits of punctuality, regularity and academic discipline. To be eligible for promotion, a student must have a minimum of 85% attendance.
• Day Pupils are not allowed to carry letters or cooked food for the Boarders.
• Parents are requested to collect their wards immediately after school is over, failing which the school will not be responsible for them.
• School diary is the true record of a student’s academic performance and conduct.
• Every student attending school is obliged to take part in choral singing, drill, games and other co-curricular activities organized by the school.
• No jewellery is to be worn in the School. No makeup (including streaked and coloured hair) or accessories allowed with the school uniform.
• Electronic gadgets, Cell phones, digital watches and diaries, toys, calculators, video games, pen drives, PSPs, DVDs, CDs, portable audio and video devices and any mass storage devices are forbidden in the school. Students who bring any of the above items are liable to be penalized. Mobiles, cameras are strictly prohibited in the premises and will be confiscated, if found.
• The school uniform is a sacred and prized possession of a student. It symbolizes the ethos and culture of the school of which the student is an integral part. Any violation of its sanctity calls for firm disciplinary action.
• Visit to restaurants, cinema, multiplexes other public places etc. in school uniform is a serious breach of discipline inviting action. Hair colouring, using styling gel and fashionable hair cuts are not allowed in school.

Clubs
• Art-craft and fine arts
• Bengali
• Cookery
• Excelsior
• Health and wellness
• Heritage
• Hindi
• Interact
• Maths
• Music
• Nature
• Photography
• Quiz
• Science

Guide
The PRATT MEMORIAL SCHOOL GUIDE GROUP consists of The Bulbul Flock and The Guide Company.

Bulbuls are girls in the age group of 5 to 10 years, whereas Guides are girls in the age group of 10 to 18 years of age.

The PMS Guide Group was originally founded many years ago, but there was a long period, when the school did not have Guides or Bulbuls. It was in 1973, that the school re-started the Bulbul Flock and Guide Company.

Being a Bulbul and then a Guide helps young girls in many ways… They develop habits which lead to a good character, contributing towards an all round development. Bulbul-Craft and Guide-Craft skills help inculcate a love of service, adventure, creativity, nature and the outdoors among other things. It helps develop respect for their elders and those younger than them and their peers. It develops feelings of loyalty, trust, love for nature, National Integration, religious tolerance, responsibility and encourages leadership qualities and good sportsmanship too. This noble organization was founded by Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, as the Scout Movement in the year 1907. The GIRL GUIDE Movement was officially started in the year 1910 under his sister Agnes Baden-Powell.

History
Pratt Memorial School, situated at 168, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata – 700 014, was founded in 1876 in memory of Archdeacon Pratt as an English Medium School primarily for the education of Anglo Indian and Christian children. The School is under the Diocese of Kolkata, the Church of North India; the Bishop of Kolkata being the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the School. The School is recognized by the Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal and is inspected by the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (Anglo-Indian Schools) West Bengal. In Terms of the SUPREME COURT ORDER dated 12th April, 2012, in the WRIT PETITION No 95 of 2010, WE ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RTE ACT, 2009, BEING AN UNAIDED MINORITY INSTITUTION.

Archdeacon John Henry Pratt was extremely interested in the education of the girl child. He gave instructions for the orphans living at the European Asylum opposite St James Church to attend classes at St James’ Boys School. In 1876, five years after his death in 1871, under the instructions of the Bishop of Calcutta, Bishop Robert Milman, the girls were shifted to an old building on the church vicarage grounds and called Pratt Memorial School. On January 1st 1883, in connection with the Diocesan Board of Education, Pratt Memorial School was under the charge of the sisters of St John the Baptist, Clewer. The lower orphan school building built in 1783 was purchased and renovated. Further extension to the school building was completed in 1919.

In the beginning, Pratt Memorial School catered primarily for the Anglo Indian community and European girls. Later, other categories of children were given admission into the school. During the 2nd World War the R. A. F. took over the school and the school was shifted to Nagpur. The Clewer sisters returned to England in 1940. The principals who followed, did much to improve the standard of education and the school was further extended and renovated and the amenities improved to suit the requirements of the students.

School song
Pro Deo Ecclesia is the Motto of our school
Pro Deo et Ecclesia
God Bless You, Pratt Memorial School

1. For God and for religion
For the love that dwells above
For the Founders and those who serve them
We magnify Thy name …..

2. We gather here in our youth
In the morning of our lives
We love Thee O Alma Mater
For hearts praises arise …..

3. For Wisdom, the Arts and Learning
We imbibed so freely here
For spirits so deeply grateful
Our praise echoes so clear …..

For Prattlers who’ve gone before us
And for those assembled here
Our lives are wrought forever
‘Pro Deo Ecclesia’

– Conrad Mathews