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Golden Jubilee of H. Elias Hr. Secondary School, Nongthymmai

Posted by INS Correspondent

Shillong 28 October 2022: The H. Elias Memorial Higher Secondary School Nongthymmai a Don Bosco Institution took the opportune moment of celebrating its Golden Jubilee during the celebration of the Centenary Celebration of the existence of the Salesians in Northeast India on 28 October 2022. The Chief Guest of the event was Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, the Rector Major of the Salesians.

In this important milestone, the Rector Major garlanded the bust of Late Fr. Hopewell Elias Sohliya, a renowned Khasi poet and writer to whose honour the school is dedicated to and a commemorative slab was also unveiled. The school also honoured all the former Principals and Vice Principals, retired teachers of the school, the former parish priests of Divine Saviour Parish, Nongthymmai and all dignitaries present on the occasion with a memento specially prepared for the Golden Jubilee of the school.
The Rector Major in his talk invited the salesians, the members of the salesian family, the staff and students of the school to carry forward the dream of Don Bosco.
H. Elias Higher Secondary School in its endeavours to cater to the poorest section of the society opened its morning section school since its inception in 1972. In these present days it has emerged as an institution which takes great interest in the integral formation of its recipients and they have excelled in sports and games and created a record by winning the 59th Subroto Cup Football tournament U-17 Boys in 2019.