About Holy Cross Nursery & School, Thoothukudi

Welcome to Holy Cross - The only place for academic excellence. Straddling a timeline of a hundred years, since its founding by the Holy Cross sisters, Holy Cross Nursery & Primary School has educated thousands of girl students, empowering them to evolve into women of substance. Be they doctors, engineers, teachers, nurses, homemakers, scientists or corporate administrators, Crossians have always make their mark.

Every stone in our sprawling campus has a story to tell - of the vision of the founding sisters and the courage and commitment of a succession of women principals who over the decades pioneered gender equality and emancipator values in these hallowed portals long before such concepts became part of the collective public consciousness.

At Holy Cross, our rich legacy of all-round education inspires us to even greater heights of excellence, preparing our students from nursery through junior and high school for challenges that lie ahead.

By the grace of God, we shall continue to provide a learning environment that fires the imagination, inspires the intellect and ennobles the glorious human spirit.

Above all, we want the school to be a happy place; a heaven of learning, sharing and caring to which every child and every member of the staff is happy to come to every morning.

Vision

As sisters of the Cross, we commit ourselves through the ministry of education, to form integrated and responsible persons, who in turn will become agents of social change through their active involvement in the lives of people, respecting the sacredness of every person and nature.

Mission

The primary aim of this institution is :

• To provide an inclusive education that will empower our students with the knowledge and skills that make them economically independent and socially responsible.
• To organise activities that will inculcate in them the values that make them responsible citizens.
• To create opportunities that will enhance the personalities of our learners to enable them to contribute to the development of the nation and the whole human society.
• To live and cherish the two great values of the school motto – “Love and Serve”.

Motto

Our Motto ‘Love and Serve’ is a real programme of the Crossian life and an ideal to be realized. Therefore we would like to give you the meanings depth and significance of the Crossian Blazon.

• The blazon is divided by a vertical line into two equal parts of different colours red and blue.
• The bright red stands for the blood and fire of Christ. It symbolizes the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• The cross symbolizes Calvary and the Rays remind us of our continued participation in the death and resurrection of Christ in the events of our daily life.
• Blue stands for the humility of Mother Mary.
• Letter ‘M’ symbolizes Mother Mary. To signify more forcefully the Blessed Virgin the letter ‘M’ is topped with a star. This reminds us of our Protector Mother Mary and her continual guidance in our lives.
• The Anchor between the two partitions symbolizes Hope in the radiant cross and in the Blessed Virgin Mary.