St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun

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St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
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Arms of the St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
Rajpur Road
Dehradun

India
Information
MottoLaborare Est Orare
(Work is Worship)
Religious affiliation Patrician Brothers
Established1934 (1934)
PrincipalRev. Bro. Joseph M. Joseph.
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment3500
Houses4
PublicationThe Academician (Annual)
The SJA Epistle (tri-annual)
Affiliation CISCE
Website stjosephacademy.in

St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun (SJA) is a co-educational Indian Certificate of Secondary Education school in Dehradun, the capital of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Founded in 1934, the school is governed by the Society of the Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland). It is located in the heart of the city of Dehradun on the main thoroughfare Rajpur Road.

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Entrance of the school

History

St. Joseph's Academy was formally opened and blessed on 2 March 1934 by Rev. Fr. Antanasius. Rev. Bro. A.M. Keogh was the first principal of SJA. St. Joseph's Academy has an auditorium, built in 1984 and inaugurated by Mother Teresa.[ citation needed ]

In 2004 St. Joseph's completed 70 years, to commemorate the occasion, the play ‘Peter Pan’ was staged. The musical 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was staged in 2006 and on the 80th anniversary the musical 'Anandsagar' was staged. [1]

Motto

The school motto (Latin) is "Laborare Est Orare", which means "Work is Worship".

Academics

Until 1975, the school prepared students for the Senior Cambridge Examination for which, the answer scripts were sent to England. In the year 1976, the school officially became an affiliate of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, which conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ICSE - X) and the Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC - XII) Examinations. [2]

House system

The student body is divided into four houses. Events such as Cultural Week (Confluence), the Sports-Day and the House Cup are held each year.

The four houses, named after the former Principals of the school, are:

[3]

List of Principals

The following is a list of principals of the school, along with their years of service. [4]

List of School Principals
NameYears of Service
BRO. A. M. KEOGH1934
BRO. V. M. MCEVOY1935–1937
BRO. X.W. HENDERSON1938
BRO. A.M. MULVIHILL1939–1941
BRO. C. J. BERGIN1942–1944
BRO. V.M. MCEVOY1945–1946
BRO. I. W. O'BRIEN1947–1949
BRO. C.P. BURKE1950–1952
BRO. A. P. DOOLEY1953–1958, 1960–1962, 1966–1968
BRO. L.T. DINEEN1959
BRO. M. K. DUFFY1963–1965, 1972–1974
BRO. E. T. DUNNE1969–1971
BRO. S. C. COFFEY1975–1976
BRO. T. J. MULDOWNEY1977–1982
BRO. J. C. CARROLL1982–1988, 2002–2009
BRO. X. THONNIPARA1988–1991
BRO. B. ATHAKKAD1991–1993
BRO. B. VALLOCHERIL1993–1997
BRO. DOMINIC JACOB1997–2002
BRO. A. J. GEORGE2009–2014
BRO. DENNIS JOSEPH2014–2017
BRO. BABU VARGHESE2017–2019
BRO. JEYASEELAN2019–2024
BRO. JOSEPH M JOSEPH2024–


Notable alumni

The school has an official alumni association that has its own website.

References

  1. ↑ "St. Joseph's Academy".
  2. ↑ "St. Joseph's Academy".
  3. ↑ "St. Joseph's Academy".
  4. ↑ "St. Joseph's Academy".
  5. ↑ "Anirudh Thapa captain of the Indian National Football Team (Under-19)". Indian Gorkhas. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "All you need to know about IBM's new CEO Arvind Krishna". The Times of India. 31 January 2020.

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