St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Chengalpattu

St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School
School Campus (Front) In God Is Our Trust
Location
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu India
Information
Type	Public
Established	1966
Principal	Rev.Bro.jesuraj s.g (active from 2012)
Number of students	2862 (approx)
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.stjosephschoolschengalpattu.com

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 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.

Eminent teachers

Father Benedict, Father Mathew, Brother John of the cross, Brother Jerome Packiaraj, Brother Camillus, brother M.P. John, Mr. G.Sunderajan Iyengar (GS)- AHM & Famous Mathematician, Mr. Srinivasan (AHM), Mr. Palanivelu, Mr. L.Ramakrishnan.P.E.T, Mr. G.Venugopal, Mr. K.C.Venkataraman, Mr. T.M.Devasia, Mr. G.Sellapandi, Mr. Venkatesan, Mr. Arokiasamy, Mr. Kasthuri rangan, Mr. M. E. Srirangan, Mr.K. Ekambaram Mr. K. Balasubramanian, Mr. Mahalingam, Mr. S.P. Sivarajan, Mrs. Rathabai, Mrs. Rukumani -1971(LKG) ,Ms. Cinthia, Mr. R.Nalliah-PET, Mr. Selvin-Physical Director, Mr. Chandrasekar, Mr. B.G.Anthonyswamy, Mr. Murugaiah, Dr. Raghupatty, Mr. Pachayappan PET & NCC, Mr. Rajagopal vanja miss, Mrs. Mary Margeret Miss, Mrs. Hemalatha, pulavar Mr. Chidambranathan Tamil teacher (who is got best film song award "earikarai poongatre" in "Thooral ninnu pochu" Tamil film, Mike Maanikam, Mr. Susaiper (caretaker) Drawing Masters, Mr. Michale, Krishnamurthy, Mr. James Kulandairaj, Mrs. Kalyani (used to be in St. Joseph's KG school), Mrs. Victoria (Tamil teacher), Mr. Susairaj, Mr. Jeyaselan, Bro. Jose V Thomas (Principal), Mrs. Chitradevi, Mr. Gurumurthi, Mr. Chinnappan.Mr. T.V.Raghavan and Mr. M.Muthukrishnan( a famous TV personality) During 1960 Rev Benndict vadachari was the Father (like HM).

Notable Alumini

Mr. Cho Ramaswamy (Actor, Director, Producer, Writer)
Cine Actor Nassar
Cine Director C.V.Sridhar
V. Srinivasan (the insurance expert)
Seetharaman (the famous railway man)
C. Venkatesan (Was a member of the Chingleput district cricket team)
K.T. Dasarathi (the life insurance expert)
K.T. Jagannathan (the famous journalist)
K.T. Srinivasan (the famous industrialist)
K.T. Krishnaswamy (A famous lawyer)
P.N. Krishnan (Famous Lawyer)
Joe Ranjith Stephens
Mr. M. Ramakrishnan (Tamil Nadu Volleyball Player and Technical Committee Member in Tamil Nadu State Volleyball Association)
Mr.A.Mahadevan, Former Sports Officer SDAT
Mr.A. Thiru ganasambatha moorty (the former player of Football from the University of Madras, also a Commentator of Madras Doordharsan and also Chief Sub-Editor of "The Hindu" News Paper)
Mr. N.R. Surya Narayanan (A very famous Chartered Accountant)
Mr. Gnani (Writer)
Dr. Sridhar Narayanan (News Presenter, JAYA TV)

Annual Day

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

References

↑ Montfort brothers of St. Gabriel, Trichy

External links

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