APX ( Association of Past Xavierites, Alumni/ae association of St Xavier’s High School Loyola Hall Ahmd ) had its AGM today.

The Principal Fr Xavier Amalraj SJ who is also the APX & JAAG Chairman and the PCA for Gujarat Province was present as also Fr Lucas SJ, Superior & Manager of the Institute.

The AGM was hosted on the premises following COVID protocol and accounts and activities of the last year were shared, discussed & passed and the new team formed for the coming year.

APX has organised a blood donation drive on Saturday 10 July on the campus.

The pandemic has affected students greatly as all classroom learning have gone digital. After the online career guidance programme we conducted, and through some interactions with parents we noticed that many kids did not have dedicated devices for online study.

So naturally they fall behind in their studies as they simply cannot attend class. We requested Principal Sr. Arockia, along with class teachers to identify children based on their attendance in online class. They drew up a list of 21 children from classes V to X who needed the devices based on their online attendance pattern and economic status.

SSESA Secretary, Mr Vinay Pinto very happily sponsored brand new Lenovo and Samsung tab devices. We met all the kids 03 July 2021 through an interaction organised by Principal Sr. Arockia, and Vice Principal Felix and found all the kids were intelligent and eager to learn.

On June 12th, 2021, the St. Stanislaus Ex-Students Association (SSESA) & Vinay Pinto, Secretary SSESA organised a Career Guidance Programmes for Std. X students. The objective of the programme was to give the children an exposure to myriad real-life career options and show them the pathways to achieve success in each.

All the career talks were delivered by dynamic young ex-Stanislites who have demonstrated success in their field. The speakers were Brian Almeida on Marketing, Andrew Simoes on Human Resources, Dr. Ranjit Nair on Engineering & IT, Dr. Sailesh Advani on Medicine, Sumit Advani on Studying Abroad, Chef. Rohit D’Souza on Hospitality and Col. Asad Shaikh on a career in the Armed Forces. The programme was superbly moderated by Peter D’Souza.

The Association of Past Xavierites (APX) the Alumni Association of St. Xaviers High School Loyola Hall conducted a blood donation drive for alumni and families on the School Campus on 27th June 2021.

Today morning ( 26 June 2021 ) had the opportunity to address & interact with the teachers of the primary section at St Xavier’s High School Loyola Hall. Was a fruitful and fulfilling session with Fr Xavier Amalraj ( Principal and Chairman APX/JAAG & PCA Gujarat Province ) in attendance too.

The Ex-Xavierites Association, Surat (TEXAS) are living up to their motto of 'Xavierite being a person for others' under the able guidance of our respected Ex. Officio Chairperson - Fr. Sudhir Bhatia are have distributed 10 covid essential medical kits to different educational institutions in the tribal areas of at Vyara, Mandal, Songadh, Bardipada, Unai Pimpri, Subir, Shangahan, Borpada, Paraspada (Fulwadi) with great Joy & enthusiasm maintaining Covid 19 norms with motto Be Healthy & Be Safe.

Contents of kit are
1) Temperature gun
2) Oxy meters
3) Vaporisers (steamers)
4) Surgical grade masks
5) Sanitizer bottles
6) Cough syrup bottles
7) Cold and Cough tablets
8) Vitamin C tablets

Out APX & JAAG past president Mr Anuj Mehta has taken this initiative & whosoever is in need May contact APX/JAAG Chairman Fr Xavier Amalraj, also the Gujarat Province PCA.

Kudos to Anuj Mehta and many such who are reaching out to society.

The School ( St Xavier’s High School Loyola Hall along with all stakeholders ) is also in forefront reaching out and meeting people's need.

• Supplying grocery
• Supplying clothes
• Doing laundry
• Supplying food to quarantined people
• Giving psychological councilling
• Meeting people to get over grief and pain and assisting migrants. Financial aid also given as and when need arises

As part of their Oxygen Outreach for needy patients, St. Xavier's Loyola - Ahmedabad Parivar are distributing Oxygen Concentrators to needy patients.

A sports & annual day program on the St Xavier’s High School Loyola Hall Ahmedabad grounds.

A year that went by , the toughest and most testing one that was and we are still slowly coming to adapt to the new normal even as this dreaded virus is here to stay.

Kudos to Fr Xavier Amalraj ,Principal of the school , Province Coordinator, also chairman of APX & JAAG along with the management , staff , students , alumni/ae and parents for taking this step forward and ensuring a smooth program maintaining Covid protocols & safety measures, this will establish and ensure confidence in all stakeholders & collaborators, upwards and onwards now.

Management , Staff , Alumni/ae ( APX ) & Parents : lunch at St XAVIER’s High School Loyola Hall Ahmd with the visitation of the Provincial Fr Durai , the host being the management of the School, Principal & APX chairman , also JAAG chairman Fr Xavier Amalraj.

Superior Fr Jerry Sequeria & other Jesuits community members also graced the program , almost a year since such a ‘loyola parivar’ gathering took place on the campus , a productive and meaningful way to start getting back albeit slowly to the new normal taking precautions of course.