St. Joseph’s Sr. Sec. School is one of the chandigarh’s prestigious schools with quality education, a strong intellectual backdrop, an unequivocal commitment to social service , a curriculum that develops various qualities such as discipline, leadership, a spirit of service fair play and becoming responsible world’s citizens.The school bagged many awards in the current session ‘National School Excellence Award,Excellence Award for Eco Friendly,School Excellence Award,Peace Nurturer Award,The Best School Award amongst all Private & Government Schools, ,’Swachh Vidyalaya’ , ‘ The Best Eco club’ Award ,First Prize in Festivals of india,’Third Prize in State Exhibition’,’First Prize at Parade Ground for Best Cultural Performance’,’Outstanding Performance during Gurupurab Celebrations’.
At St.Joseph, discipline and teamwork are taught hand in hand within the school’s curriculum as well as through wide range of opportunities such as clubs, societies and sports teams. St.Joseph aims to provide education and to encourage lateral ,creative and innovative thinking which would propel students towards a world of continuous change. The school values time and provides a platform to nurture aesthetic skills such as Arts, Music and Dance ,drama as well as prepare them for future challenges. To ensure a child’s overall holistic development , emphasis is laid on the teaching of moral values and ethics as well.
Sports department of the school acclaim to nurture and train 11 National Achievers ,82 State Level Individual Medalists,5 State Level ,64 UT Inter School Individual Medalists,9 UT Inter School Team Achievers,12 UT Sports Department Individual Winners,8 CBSE North Zone II Individual Sports Achievers and 2 International ,1 District Level,35 State Level,2 National , 205 Inter School Co-Curricular Achievers. Shreya Chawla ,Student of class XI was awarded the ‘GLOBAL YOUTH PEACE PRIZE’ during Global Youth Peace Ambassador Training Program held at Maldives.
Being a 21st century school, the school is alive to the challenge of moulding students to be life long learners by developing their skills as academic achievers, progressive thinkers, effective communicators and empowered citizens who think local but act global. The transformation from conventional classrooms to smart classrooms equipped with world’s best ‘Teach Next ‘ software and school cinema bears the testimony to its phenomenal growth and the school’s commitment to excellence. Organising different workshops for teachers to improve teaching strategies and self grooming is a regular feature of school.
