St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School
Siruvallur High Rd, Jagannathan Colony, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600011, India
4.5
132 reviews
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465Q+9W Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Monday: Close
Tuesday: 8–15
Wedneasday: 8–15
Thursday: 8–15
Friday: 8–15
Saturday: 8–12
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 8–15
Wedneasday: 8–15
Thursday: 8–15
Friday: 8–15
Saturday: 8–12
Sunday: Close
Review update - 1stFeb'2020
Annual Day Program was of top notch. Getting most of the students right from std I to std XII to participate is no simple task. Great support/involvement of every Teaching&non-teaching staff, management, students and Parents... Kudos to all...
They not only teach lessons they even teach moral values for life.
• Sr. Denis (RIP), Sr. Agnela (RIP) and Sr. Victoria were godsends who exemplified true Christian leadership.
• The higher secondary teachers were delightful and insightful professionals who respected their students’ transition to pre-adulthood and interacted with maturity.
• The HSc teachers were open to challenging questions and fresh perspectives.
• The campus architecture, with its numerous staircases, helped students get some great exercise.
• St. Joseph’s students are easily the best dressed in the city with their classy red-piped grey pinafores, white blouses, red ties, and black leather shoes.
• The importance of Catholic Doctrine, Value Education, monthly confession, and First Friday mass cannot be understated.
• The computer labs were well-equipped and the faculty always lent a helping hand.
• The support staff were warm, welcoming, and hardworking. They knew the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical work.
• The basketball team is a feather in the school’s cap.
• The birds, rabbits, and trees helped us foster a connection to nature.
Unfortunately, being a student here came with its fair share of bad memories and negative experiences.
• Despite it being an Anglo-Indian minority institution, Anglo-Indian culture is openly disrespected and heavily misunderstood.
• Undeserving students were allowed to avail themselves of the midday meal scheme and other benefits. Background checks are of the essence.
• Music, sports, art & craft, writing, and language-learning are put on the back burner once students reach middle school.
• Students need more than just a compulsory hour in the library.
• Rote learning was the norm. Originality, creativity, and curiosity were snuffed.
• Outspokenness and verbal self-defence were misconstrued as disrespect.
• You had the best chances of becoming a captain if you were the daughter of a teacher/PTA member, your older sister had a badge, or you played it safe and shrewd.
• Some staff took an unwelcome and unhealthy interest in students’ personal lives (who they met, how they dressed, family situations, social media, etc.).
• A retired teacher body-shamed students to sell beauty products.
• The headmistress who left in 2015 was a tyrant with a gutter-mouth.