St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Chengalpattu Explained

St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Chengalpattu is one of the well established schools in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.

St. Joseph's Higher secondary School was started in 1966 by Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel. The school bears the Motto "In God Is Our Trust". This is an institution under the province of Montfort brothers of St. Gabriel, Trichy.^[1]

School History

In the late 1800s, a group of local residents started a school called "Native High school". It ran till 1931 when it was taken over by Fr. Peter Aloysius and became St. Joseph's High School. This administration of the school by Catholic Fathers continued till 1966 when Fr. Mathew Vadacherry was the last Head Master. From then on the school was taken over, in 1966, by Monfort Brothers of St. Gabriel.

Co-curricular Activities

• Physical education
• Games and sports
• Literacy and debating association
• Scouting
• Social service league
• Educational tours
• Mathematics club
• Athletic club
• N.S.S
• N.C.C
• Fine arts association
• FOOTBALL
• Volleyball
• Basketball

St. Joseph's Group of Schools

Branch (Chengalpattu)

• St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Kancheepuram High Road, Chengalpattu
• St Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Vedachalam nagar, Chengalpattu
• St Joseph's Primary school, Vedachalam nagar, Chengalpattu
• St Joseph's Primary school, J.C.K Nagar, Chengalpattu

Notable alumni

• Nassar, film actor, director and producer
• C. V. Sridhar, screenwriter and film director

External links

• Department of school education, Government of Tamil nadu

Notes and References

1. http://www.montfort.net/province/default.asp?t Montfort brothers of St. Gabriel, Trichy