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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Bergin (Blue) Donovan (Yellow) Dooley (Green) Duffy (Red)
List of Principals The following is a list of principals of the school, along with their years of service.
+ List of School Principals Name Years of service BRO. A. M. KEOGH 1934 BRO. V. M. MCEVOY 1935–1937 BRO. X.W. HENDERSON 1938 BRO. A.M. MULVIHILL 1939–1941 BRO. C. J. BERGIN 1942–1944 BRO. V.M. MCEVOY 1945–1946 BRO. I. W. O'BRIEN 1947–1949 BRO. C.P. BURKE 1950–1952 BRO. A. P. DOOLEY 1953–1958, 1960–1962, 1966–1968 BRO. L.T. DINEEN 1959 BRO. M. K. DUFFY 1963–1965, 1972–1974 BRO. E. T. DUNNE 1969–1971 BRO. S. C. COFFEY 1975–1976 BRO. T. J. MULDOWNEY 1977–1982 BRO. J. C. CARROLL 1982–1988, 2002–2009 BRO. X. THONNIPARA 1988–1991 BRO. B. ATHAKKAD 1991–1993 BRO. B. VALLOCHERIL 1993–1997 BRO. DOMINIC JACOB 1997–2002 BRO. A. J. GEORGE 2009–2014 BRO. DENNIS JOSEPH 2014–2017 BRO. BABU VARGHESE 2017–2019 BRO. JEYASEELAN 2019–2024 BRO. JOSEPH M JOSEPH 2024–
Notable alumni The school has an official alumni association that has its own website.
Abhimanyu Easwaran - Bengal Ranaji Captain Anirudh Thapa - Indian professional footballer Arvind Krishna - CEO of IBM Jubin Nautiyal - Indian playback singer Kaydor Aukatsang - Tibetan politician Navtej Sarna - author-columnist (IFS, former Ambassador to United States, High Commissioner to UK and Ambassador to Israel) Nitin Sahrawat - actor, environmentalist Prahlad Kakkar - Indian Marketing Guru & founder and key director for Genesis Film Productions, an Indian production house Pranati Rai Prakash - winner of India's next top model Prem Rawat - author and Global Peace Ambassador Rrahul Sudhir - actor Vijai Singh Shekhawat - Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy Sudhansh Pant - IAS, Chief Secretary Rajasthan
References
External links
Alumni website