The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore


Frank Anthony Public School is a co-educational day-school, for students of age 4–18 years, in central Bangalore, India. It was founded in 1967 by the Anglo-Indian educationist and barrister-at-law, Frank Anthony. who was also the Founder-Chairman of the All India Anglo-Indian Educational Trust which, today, owns and administers five schools named after him, including The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, The Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata and three Frank Anthony Junior Schools in the cities of Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi.

Overview

The school officially opened on 9 January 1967, being the third of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools in India. It is established, owned and administered by the All-India Anglo-Indian Education Institution, New Delhi, registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.
The school is divided into the Nursery Section, the Junior Section and the Senior Section. Each class has three sections in the Junior section, and four in the senior section. Students of classes 11 and 12 are divided into three sections:
  1. Science,
  2. Commerce
  3. Humanities.
The student count from Nursery to the Class XII is above 2000.

Terms

There are two academic terms in the year:
The second term is split into half by two and a half weeks of Christmas vacation. Summer vacation lasts from early April till late May, during the warmest part of the year in Southern India. There is a week off for Dasara, around late September or early October.

Houses

The House system is a feature common to Public Schools in India.
FAPS has four houses, named after eminent members of the Anglo-Indians and benefactors of the school. Each house is represented by a colour and a motto that defines the House's identity.

House structure

Each house is led by two House Captains, two Vice-Captains, and a body of prefects, selected from among the students of Class XII.
Corbett House
D'mello House
Gidney House
Rodrigues House
The houses compete in inter-house activities, including sports, athletics, quizzes, debates, and elocution competitions.

School song


May all we learn here in our school
By thought and deed be shown.
Let living truth within us rule,
And seeds of love be sown;
We pray for grace, serenity
To keep a humble mind,
That we may learn through charity
To love all human kind;
Undaunted, though alone we stand,
Upholding what is right.
Proud children of our mother land
With truth our stay and might;
All that is good may we retain
When scattered far and wide.
May we our destiny attain
With courage as our guide;

Facilities

The school has a playground where sports like cricket, football, hockey and other field sports are played. Basketball, throwball and volleyball courts are available. In academics there are labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science and a Home Science Lab.
There is an auditorium and a multi-purpose hall.

Tournaments

An inter-school girls throwball tournament is held every year in the month of August.

Tri-Faps

Every year an inter-school tournament, Tri-Faps is conducted in the one of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools across the country. The last Tri-Faps conducted at Delhi was in 2019, with recurrences every year, in one of the three Frank Anthony Public School campuses.

Heads

Principals

The headmaster was in charge of the Senior section which includes classes 6 to 10 and the ISC grades. The office of Headmaster was renamed Vice-Principal in 2015.
The headmistress is in charge of the Junior section which includes the Nursery, Preparatory and classes 1 to 5.