St Joseph's Convent School, Rourkela

• St Joseph's Convent School, located at Hamirpur, Rourkela, Odisha has been constructed on a sprawling 2.8-acre site to the highest standards. With its large open spaces and tranquil atmosphere, the School's campus provides an ideal setting for stimulating young minds to explore their potentials in perfect harmony with nature.

• All the programmes at SJCS facilitate comprehensive and continuous learning for its students. A child's collective needs are fulfilled at the school –academic, co-curricular, extra guidance, etc.

• Each day's lesson-set at SJCS comprise healthy mix between academic and co-curricular modules. Celebrations, competitions, excursions, field trips and events forms an important part of the school calendar. A plethora of cultural festivals from across the world are celebrated with zest and bring together the entire SJCS family. At SJCS we strive to incorporate a vast and varied range of celebration and competition to increase awareness amongst children.

• We aim to make the schooling experience safe, secure, purposeful and fun. The holistic education at SJCS creates the right resources for both study and leisure. The time spent by a student at SJCS is not just the gathering of memories for a lifetime, but also a genuine cycle of growth physically, mentally and spiritually.

The school offers kindergarten, primary, middle and secondary education. With classes I to XII having science and commerce stream at the senior secondary level. The school prepares the students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.

The SJCS campus strikes a balance between modern facilities and natural surroundings to create an atmosphere that is ideal for students to learn, explore, and grow in a sheltered environment. Abundant greenery and plenty of open space makes the 2.8-acre campus beautiful and serene, allowing students to be in perfect harmony with nature. The school facilitates the students with:

• Science lab: With latest scientific apparatuses in the laboratories of physics, chemistry and biology.
• Computer lab: Equipped with most modern trends and technologies.
• Audio-visual room:

   - For presentation of various subjects using LCD projectors and latest edition educational CDs and DVDs

• Auditorium:

   - For functions with a sitting capacity of nearly 800 people.

• Academic Zone:

   - Spacious and innovatively designed classrooms, with interactive boards and projector screens.
   - Suite of separate laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computers to encourage experiential learning.
   - Library with an exhaustive range of academic and non-academic material to facilitate independent research and learning.
   - Kinder Garten with spacious and brightly coloured rooms, large outdoor play zone, and lush gardens.

• Co-Curricular Zone:

   - Playing and practice grounds.
   - Courts for badminton, basketball, Volleyball, Throw ball.
   - Halls for martial arts, other indoor games, music and dance, equipped with sound and light systems.

• Ancillary Zone:

   - Auditorium.
   - Administrative Block with faculty rooms and offices.
   - Continuous IT support.

• Amenities

   - A great amount of effort goes into taking care of a child's school-related requirements. To make thing as convenient as possible for parents and as well as children, SJCS provides a range of amenities at the school campus.
   - Counseling counselors work with students,parents and teacher, to create a strong support system for the children. Counselors will not only help students when thing go wrong, but also work with them proactively to minimize the 
   chance of the things going wrong.

• For Kindergarten

   - Students & Staff ratio 40:1
   - Focus on communication Skill.
   - Indoor Play Zone.
   - Well decorated classrooms.

• Value education: is given to students with orientation sessions
• Extra-curricular activities: includes music, painting/drawing, debates, elocution, quizzes, and classical dance for overall development of the student's learning process

The school is situated in Hamirpur, behind Ispat General Hospital, in Rourkela.

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