Angel School
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Angel Educational Centre (commonly known as Angel School) is a private school in Jitodia, Gujarat, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The school was originally established in 1980, but it has been changed in a number of important ways. The school moved to its current site in the 1994, with its new building premise based opposite the original school building. After 1996 it became a CBSE school and since then it is recognized central board school. Currently it has approximately 1,000 students aged between 3 and 18.

Throughout the school's history it has had less than five headteachers, including the incumbent Mrs. Sanchaita Chakravarty. She is supported by three deputy headteachers.

History

In the early 1980 there was no facility for a good English Medium School
English Medium School
The English Language School, formerly known as English Medium School, is a school located in the Karama area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The school offers a British education system such as GCE A Level and O Level . It has approximately 100 teachers with British and Pakistani qualifications...

 in and around Anand
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 area and parents were compelled to put their wards to Mt. Abu, Ooty or other places. The need for English as a medium of instructions was realized by the trustees viewing those parents who had settled in USA and left their children for study and care taking in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The trustees also thought of a need of English in computer education in future and they thought of establishing a good English Medium School
English Medium School
The English Language School, formerly known as English Medium School, is a school located in the Karama area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The school offers a British education system such as GCE A Level and O Level . It has approximately 100 teachers with British and Pakistani qualifications...

.
It was a difficult dream but the founder Trustee Dr. Bakulbhai Joshi and all trustees fought for it and after a good struggle they could achieve it. Initially it started as a small class of Nursery with only twenty children but later on the project picked up. The seedling grew to a full-fledged school and at present there are 1000 plus students. Today the school has three different divisions headed by experienced and knowledgeable Principals.

Houses

There are four school houses, all named after planets in our Solar System
Solar System
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. They are, Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

, Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...

, Jupiter
Jupiter
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, Mercury
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Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...

. The houses compete against each other at events like the school's Sports Day.
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