Carmel Junior College

Carmel Junior College

Established on 3rd March, 1997 "Excellence Our Endeavour"
Location
Near Balvihar & Sonari Gurudwara Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 831011 India
Information
School type	Private, Comprehensive
Patron saint(s)	Venerable Mother Mary Veronica of the Passion
Established	3 March 1997
Founded	1997
Founder	Sister Flavian A.C.
Status	Open
School board	ICSE
School district	East Singbhum
Authority	Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel
Number of students	2500
Student to teacher ratio	1:53
Medium of language	English
Houses	Jupiter Mars Uranus Neptune
Colour(s)
Nickname	CJC
Publication	The Third Eye
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Education
Website	CARMEL SCHOOL, JAMSHEDPUR

Carmel Junior College is a Catholic school in Jamshedpur, India, managed under the guidance of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Congregation

The school was founded in the year of 1997. The Carmelite institution starts from Nursery and goes through till 12th. Carmel is a sister-school to Sacred Heart Convent School. Sister Flavian A.C. who laid the foundation stone and served as the first principal served as the head of Sacred Heart Convent School on and before 1998.

The current principal is Sister M. Lini A.C. and is managed by Sister Eulaliya A.C. Sister Lini took charge as the principal on 15 June 2015 before which she served as the head of Carmel, Hazaribagh. She succeeded Sister M. Sylvie A.C. who took office on June 2010 from the former principal and founder Sr. Flavian A.C. and served for approximately five years.

The school has approximately 2500 students.

History

Founded in 1997, the Bal Vihar Committee provided land for the project. Tata Steel, Timken and Tata Power were instrumental in providing support for the school. Most important of these was the founder Sr. Flavian's planning of how she wanted her school to be. On 3 March 1997 Sister Vincent, the then Superior General lit the symbolic lamp to inaugurate the school. Sister Flavian earlier served as the Principal of Sacred Heart Convent School which is also managed by the sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Congregation. The school was an only-girls school. Sister Flavian proceeded to establish her own institution that would be the one of the only two co-ed Carmel schools. The School is under the religious jurisdiction of the Bishop of Jamshedpur.

Curriculum

The school is affiliated to the ICSE board, New Delhi for classes up to tenth and CISCE board, New Delhi for classes eleventh and twelfth. Students are offered classes in Science, Mathematics, English, Arts, Hindi along with compulsory Physical Education which is essential for achieving passing grades in the final examination of each year. At the end of Class X, students are allotted streams for further study based on their preferences and marks. The streams currently on offer are PCM (Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics along with Computer Science), PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and/or Maths or Hindi), PCME (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Economics) and Commerce. The school was the first in the town to use digital methods of teaching via computer aided modules and projectors in 2004.

Extra Curricular activities

The School offers a wide range of activities. The School fields Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Handball and Basketball teams in all the inter-school competitions. Members of these teams have represented the district and state several times over the years. As all schools have activities (co-Curricular activities) are no longer part of its regular classes expect for important inter-school activities.

Students also participate in chess tournaments,^[1] and each year the school hosts a Grandparents Day^[2] and a dance contest.^[3]

The school organises the following inter-school events:

Event	Organising Body	Occurrence
Blitz	The Interact Club	Annual
Cascading Sounds	The Jyoti Club	Annual
Carmel Summit	The Legal Literacy Club	Annual
Aura	The School Cabinet	Variable
Greenade	The Go-Green Club	Variable
Biblica (Catholic Fest)	The School Management	Variable
Ecorsa	The Economics and Business Department	Annual
Provoke	The Computer Club	Annual

Clubs

All ventures have been divided into clubs. The school has more than five active clubs. The clubs are led by a President, assisted by a Vice- President and are guided by at least two teacher moderators. The Legal Literacy Club, Interact Club, Jyoti Club, Eco Club, Computer Club, Dance Club.

Publications

The school's first publication is believed to be "The Seed was Sown" which celebrated the school's first ten glorious years. The School also had several other minor publications like "Soldiers of God". However, from 2013 the school started its annual magazine "The Third Eye". The current Editors are Sankhaneel Dutta, Qurratul Ain and Kritika Kumar.

First and Second issue of The Third Eye which were printed in the years 2013 and 2014.

First and Second issue of The Third Eye which were published in the years 2013 and 2014.

References

↑ Paraminder Bhatia. "Carmel, Kerala Public shine". Telegraph India, July 28, 2013
↑ "Tots' tribute to senior citizens - Grandparents get entertainment treat". Telegraph India, December 17, 2004
↑ "Dancing stars light up Carmel stage". Telegraph India, September 22, 2012.

Coordinates: 22°49′34″N 86°10′09″E / 22.8261°N 86.1692°E / 22.8261; 86.1692

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