St Joseph's School, Bongaon
(A unit of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta)
Chhoyghoria, Bongaon, West Bengal, PIN 743 235, India
SCHOOL MOTTO
Let your light shineTHE PRESENT
St Joseph’s School, Bongaon, is an English medium institution in the making for boys and girls from Nursery to Class 3 as on date (year 2018). A new class is being added every year
ADMISSION FORMALITIES
Eligibility: Nursery> 3.5 years, KG1> 4.5 years, KG2> 5.5 years, Class 1> 6.5 yearsAdmission Forms given out in October followed by interview and selection and admitted in January.
Academic session April to March
School hours: Nursery > 7.30-11.30am / KG1-2 > 7.30-12.30pm / Class 1-3 > 7.30-1.30pm
Office hours 10.00-11.30am
AIMS
# Spread education among the children of all faith irrespective of caste, creed and community.
# Assist them to grow up with a sense of virtue of love, sincerity, justice and freedom.
# Foster all round growth and development to their fullest potential, spiritual, intellectual and physical.
# Guide them to develop a sound value system.
# Inculcate in them a deep sense of love and appreciation for their culture and country.
# Create an atmosphere to discover the scope of knowledge, skill and wisdom.
# Help them to converse fluently in English.
# Impress upon them to develop clean habits.
FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS
- Spacious classrooms
- Playground
- Computer lab in the making (year 2018)
- Regular Parent teacher meeting
BEYOND ACADEMICS
- Annual Sports
- Art and Craft
- Meghmala Roy Education Centre Archdiocesan Inter School Singing
- Science Exhibition
- St Aloysius Archdiocesan Inter School Quiz
- St Joseph Archdiocesan Inter School English elocution
Co-curricular Activities
- Dance / Fancy dress
- Handwriting / Mental Maths / Reading / Spelling and dictation
- Poem (theme: National Importance)
- Rangoli arrangement
- Singing (Rabindra sangeet)
- Sit and draw
Functions and Celebrations
- Carmel Feast
- Children’s Day
- Feast of St John Mary Vianney’s Day
- Gandhi Jayanti
- Independence Day
- Pre-Christmas Celebration
- Rabindra Jayanti
- Republic Day flag hoisting
- Teachers’ Day
Gallery
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TIMES GONE BY
- 1975 St Joseph’s School, Bongaon, started as a Bengali medium school by Fr Verghese SDB who also constituted the St Joseph’s Educational Trust, Bongaon, at Chhoyghoria, Bongaon, 24 Parganas (North), West Bengal for educational and charitable activities. The Trust is governed by the Diocese under the Catholic Bishops Conference of India and guided by Catholic Church.
- Fr Thomas SDB constructed a new school building and sisters of The Daughters of St Anne helped in running the school
- Various priests took charge and looked after the school and its development
- 1989 Bengali medium upgraded to class 4
- 1993 Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel given charge to run the school
- 2016 Sr Lidwin AC, first principal of the school and Fr Anthony Rodrick, Parish Priest changed the medium of instruction from Bengali to English
- 2018 Has Nursery to class 3 and a new class is being added every year
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