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The schools motto is “Let your light shine” in the context of the love of God shining through there lives. No child should remain marginalized. The students in The Calcutta Emmanuel School are provided with holistic development - Mental, Physical, social and spiritual. To develop a child holistically, resources are needed. Marginalized children in India have insufficient nutrition and clothing; they lack opportunities for recreation and needs to know that hygiene is health The school provides them a nutritious and tasty mid-day lunch. Each student is provided 2 sets of uniforms, shoes and socks, cardigans for winter and sports kits. Additionally there are weekly inspection of personal hygiene, Physical Training Classes, facilities for games and sports, annual medical checkup by a team of doctors, free treatment through government and other hospitals 
Utmost care is taken in developing the mental faculties of the children.
Regular classes and timetables and sensible syllabi, provide a sable learning environment. Lessons are supplemented with visual aids, CD ROMS, audio cassettes. The library is replenished every year. The science laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology make learning interesting and practical for the children.
Incentives make children keener on excellence. There are subject wise prizes, prizes for good conduct and prizes also for children making special effort against all odds. All these are awarded annually at the prize distribution ceremony.
Children not academically inclined can excel in extra-curricular activities like singing , dancing, drama, games, debates elocution, art and craft, sewing , book binding, gardening and vocational skills
Teachers are taught to identify latent talents.
Inter-house competitions and exhibition encourage and showcase these talents.
Vocational training candidates can now get a Jadavpur University certificate for Motor Mechanics and sewing- a first in India for this category of students. Special counseling from professional counselors helps children those who suffer from behavioural problems. Children belong to the society but because of their marginalized status they are deprived from social activities which according to the Indian constitution are for every one. Yet children from the marginalized communities get left out. At the Calcutta Emmanuel School the children are taught to feel a part of the society. We instill in them a sense of history and patriotism for their country. They learn to love their country. They celebrate national celebration of Independence Day, Republic day, eminent people’s birthdays etc. We make them aware of issues related to drugs, HIV and AIDS, Pollution, Garbage Disposal, Environment etc. The student takes part in awareness rallies and other major programmes that uphold a national cause. Projects are allotted to the student on different subjects which they put upon display boards. We involve them on service like cleaning their own classrooms; they help local residents dispose garbage in plastic packets.
The school makes them confident of their social acceptance. They celebrate children’s day, they perform front of dignitaries, and many dignitaries visit them.. We teach them to be grateful: they celebrate Founders Day, Teachers Day. They remember, with concern, other less fortunate than them. Each students gives Rs 15 a month to a fund earmarked for helping other underprivileged children. Children thus learn their roles- however small- in society, they become channels of change in their own homes and silently promote social and communal harmony. Each morning at Assembly the children listen to the Word of God. They are taught to pray and thank God for the good He has done for them. They sing gospel songs which they learn from their music classes. Lessons are taught form the scripture in Scripture classes. Children learn that spirituality is a way of Life on the basis of God’s Love. They learn to think and behave rightly though stories, illustrations, musical plays, scripture classes and moral instruction classes.
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