St. Mary's Higher Secondary School is a Higher

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at Cox Colony in the

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. Established in 1959, this school provides higher level English medium education with

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s and extra curricular activities facilitated. The school has a decent interior with

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cameras all around the campus. This school also provides Smart classes for deep understanding of different subjects. The school also encourages children to learn different activities that would prove to have an opportunity to make a career like

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and

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History

It was founded in 1959 and, as of 2025, serves more than 2000 students. St Mary's Higher Secondary School is affiliated with the ICSE Board and

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. Sr. Blessy is the present principal of the school.

School structure

This school has a

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, a physics lab, a chemistry lab, a biology lab and two

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s. Each classroom has a Smartboard and a projector. Each year, the school has an investiture ceremony where leaders of the 4 houses (

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, and

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), Head Boy and the Head girl and the General Monitors are felicitated. The Vedanta Group of Jharsuguda are invited as the Chief Guest each time, who honour the ICSE School Topper and the ISC School Topper with Laptops. Every alternate year, the school hosts a School Function and the Sports Day.

References

External links

* Website
www.smcsjsg.org.in
* Website
ICSE Schools in India
Educational institutions established in 1959 Jharsuguda district High schools and secondary schools in Odisha 1959 establishments in Orissa {{Odisha-school-stub