St. Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)

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Saint Joseph High School is a Catholic secondary school located at 97, Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1954 as the "St. Joseph English Medium School" in 16 Monir Hossain Lane, Narinda in the current old part of Dhaka by the Congregation of Holy Cross missionaries, the institution had a General Certificate of Education(GCE) based education structure. The school moved to its current location in 1965. After the liberation war of Bangladesh, the medium of instruction in Saint Joseph High School changed to Bengali. In 1973 the last of the Cambridge groups took their examinations, as the school integrated itself into the government regulated secondary education system in Bangladesh, although it is still recognized for its particular emphasis in teaching English. However, the institution currently has both English and Bengali medium based education for secondary level. Higher Secondary Education had also been introduced in Saint Joseph, changing the name of the institution to "Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School". The school is recognized by the Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The average graduating class from Saint Joseph each year used to have 130 to 140 students. It is a Boys' School and the students are known as "the Josephites".

Saint Joseph is indisputably one of the topmost secondary schools in the country, in terms of the quality of education and success records in public examinations, discipline, practice of leadership, sports and co-curricular activities. Many of the graduates from the school are established leaders and notable personnels of the country in various fields. The school has a beautiful campus with varieties of trees and plants, and a big play-ground for soccer, cricket, volley-ball, badminton and so on. It also has table-tennis facilities and a basket-ball court which is usable as an auditorium. The alumni of the school had formed the Saint Joseph Old Boys Association (SJOBA), which continues to organize regular events and programs in and outside the school boundaries.

Saint Joseph is run under the supervision of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka.

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[edit] Notable academic results

  • During the ten years of Cambridge, 233 boys took the overseas examination and 98% passed with over 60% in the first division.
  • Eight positions (including the first position) in the merit list among approximately 100 graduating students in 1980.
  • Eight positions (including the first position) in the merit list among approximately 100 graduating students in 1992.
  • Five positions (including the third position) in the merit list among approximately 80 graduating students in 1995.
  • Highest percentage of GPA 5.0/5.0 in S.S.C. Examination in 2004,2005,2006,2007.

[edit] Notable achievements and contributions

  • Introduction of Basketball in Bangladesh
  • Introduction of Parliamentary Format Debate in Bangladesh
  • Established the first High School Level Science Club of Bangladesh in 1957
  • Formed the first High School Level Debating Club in Bangladesh in 1969

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Dr. Rashid Uddin (One of the Leading Neurologists in the Indian Sub-continent)
  • Babna - Band Music (Member of Warfaze)
  • Kamal - Band Music (Member of Warfaze)
  • Manam Ahmed - Band Music (Member of Miles (band))
  • Miraj - Band Music, Bassist (Member of Black) Class of 1999
  • Nahian (Saimum Hasan) - Band Music, Guitarist and Band Leader (Member of PowerSurge, winner DRockStarz 2007), also Severe Dementia, Class of 2001
  • Niaz Morshed (Grand Master of Chess), Class of 1983
  • Reefat Bin Sattar (Grand Master of Chess)
  • Russel - Band Music (Member of Warfaze)
  • Shahriar Nafees - Sports (Cricketer, Bangladesh National Team), Class of 2001
  • Tahsan - Band Music (Ex Member of Black)
  • Shafin Ahmed (Member of Miles)
  • Naqib Khan (Member of Renaissance)

[edit] Head masters and/or Principals

  • Brother Jude Costello, C.S.C. (1954 - 1962)
  • Brother Gerald Kraeger, C.S.C. (1963 - 1967)
  • Brother Thomas O'Linn C.S.C. (1967 - 1969)
  • Brother Ralph Baird, C.S.C (1969 - 1972 & 1979 - 1985)
  • Brother John Stephen, C.S.C. (1985-1987)
  • Brother Thomas Moore, C.S.C. (1973 - 1978 & 1987 - 1988)
  • Brother Nicholas Thielman, C.S.C.(1987 - 1989)
  • Brother John Rozario, C.S.C - Prick (1990 - 2007)
  • Brother Leo James Pereira, C.S.C (2007-Present)

[edit] Faculty

  • Late Mr. Sarkar
  • Late Mr. A. Sattar
  • Late Mr. Mahtab Hossain
  • Mr. Benjamin Rozario (left)
  • Brother Dominic Mree (left)
  • Mr. Moinuddin Ahmed (left for Mastermind)
  • Ms. Lucille Sadekin (retired in 2005)
  • Mr. Bidhubhushan Paul (currently residing in Canada)
  • Mr. Joseph Modhu (retired)
  • Ms. Hosne Ara Biswas (retired in 2006)
  • Ms. S. Suraiya Akhtar (retired in 2006)
  • Ms. Afifa M. M. Ahmed (retired)
  • Mr. Abdul Bari Mridha (left)
  • Mr. George Gomes (retired in 2007)
  • Mr. Milton Das (left)
  • Mrs. Zulfikar (left)
  • Mrs. Mathews
  • Mr. Albert A. Golder (retired in 2006)
  • Ms. Nishat Jahan (left)
  • Mr. Raihan Uddin Ahmed (retired in 2007)
  • Ms. Rehana Begum
  • Mr. Keshob Chandra Chakrabarty
  • Mr. Suvankar Dutta
  • Mr. Phanindra C. Banik
  • Ms. Nargis Labib
  • Ms. Sabera Khanam
  • Mr. Harashit Biswas
  • Mr. Mathew Mendez
  • Mr. Francis P. Rozario
  • Ms. Charlotte Rozanov
  • Mr. Krishno Pada Chakroborty
  • Mr. Anil Kumer Mallick
  • Mr. Mahmudar Rahman
  • Mr. Md. Farid Uddin
  • Mr. Amit Kumer Baroi
  • Mr. Isodor Palma
  • Mr. Leonard Vincent Gomes
  • Mr. Uttom Halder
  • Mr. Asifur Rahman
  • Mr. Amimul Ahsan
  • Mr. Ariful Kabir
  • Mr. Amit Anjus
  • Mrs. Shibani Halder
  • Mrs. Rabeya Rahman Hena
  • Mrs. Lauisa Sarder
  • Mr. Md. Azizur Rahman
  • Br. Nipu Hubert Rozario (Asst. Headmaster) (2007)
  • Ms. Lipi Daisy Gregory (2005)
  • Br. James Sarker (2005)
  • Mr. Amit E. Anjus (2005)
  • Mr. Prodip Kumer Samaddar (2007)
  • Ms. Toma Samaddar (2006)
  • Ms. Zeenat Hossain (2006)
  • Mr. Swapan Kumer Mistry (1999), Chemistry
  • Mr. Sudeb Chandra Paul (2000), Physics
  • Mr. Motasim Billah (Lipon) (2008), Physics
  • Mr. Debbrota Kumar Biswas, Physics
  • Mr. Alok Kumar Das (2008), Chemistry

[edit] Grades/Classes

Instead of Section 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C etc, St. Joseph traditionally uses names for its sections of different grades. There are three sections for grades 3 - 10, and there are six sections for grades 11 - 12. In the school section, each class contains 55 students. Below is a complete list:

  • Grade 3: Eagles, Hawks, Falcons
  • Grade 4: Lions, Tigers, Mountain Lions
  • Grade 5: Hornets, Wasps, Drones
  • Grade 6: Bears, Wildcats, Polar Bears
  • Grade 7: Jaguars, Panthers, Leopards
  • Grade 8: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids
  • Grade 9: Jets, Rockets, Concords
  • Grade 10: Giants, Stars, Titans
  • Grade 11: Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Vulcan
  • Grade 12: Pluto, Phobos, Uranus, Earth, Neptune, Diebos

[edit] Lab facilities

St. Joseph has some of the best high school lab facilities in the country. The Biology lab and the chemistry lab is well-equipped and large in size. Some external schools and educational institutions as the British Council use these facilitiesfor their students. St. Joseph Higher Secondary School has two computer labs with multimedia projector, scanner and printers, and one internet lab where both students and teachers can explore the net.

[edit] Extra-curricular organizations

  • Josephite Chess Club
  • Josephite Cultural Forum (Currently JCF, formerly JCC), established 1993
  • Josephite Debating Club (JDC)
  • Rotary Interact Club of Saint Joseph
  • Scintilla Science Club
  • Josephite Language & Reading Club
  • Josephite Natya Dal
  • St. Joseph Boy Scouts
  • Josephite Business Club

[edit] Year Book

  • The Josephites

[edit] References

[edit] External links