St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School is an all-girls

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school for grades 1st through 12th standard in

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. It is located on Trichy road in a three-school complex with its sister schools St. Francis and St. Marys.

Governing body

The school is run by FMM sisters.

History

The school was founded in 1960 by Mother Mary of the passion. It attained its

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in 2010.

Uniform

The school's colors are

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and

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. School uniforms for regular days are made up of a maroon dress, black shoes, white socks and white collared shirt. For P.T. (play time) days, the green, maroon, purple, or blue (depends on the house- Loyalty, Charity, Truth, Honor respectively) collared shirt and white socks along with a white pleated skirt and white sneakers constitute the uniform.

Houses

There are four houses, named after the qualities valued most by the school : *

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Loyalty Loyalty is a Fixation (psychology), devotion to a country, philosophy, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be the obj ...

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Competitions

The school conducts inter-house competitions like mass drills, salad making, mehendi drawing, poetry and writing, etc. The House Cup was introduced in 2009.

School hours

The school functions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8.30 am to 3.20 pm, with eight 40-minute periods. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the school functions from 8.30 am to 4.00 pm, with theeight 40-minute periods, with an additional period for games and club activities.

School clubs

A few prominent ones are: * Social-Service Club * Eco and Pulse club * English Literary Club * Hindi Literary Club * Art and Craft Club *Tamil Literature Club *Maths Club * Guides * Bulbuls * Computer Club. *Karate. *Band Every year, each club has an open exhibit, where the members showcase their talents, in the presence of an honored chief guest, connected to their club theme.

Sports

The school sports teams include

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and

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. It co-hosted the District-Level zonals in 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Josephs Matriculation Higher Secondary School Franciscan high schools Catholic secondary schools in India Christian schools in Tamil Nadu Girls' schools in Tamil Nadu Primary schools in Tamil Nadu High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu Schools in Coimbatore Educational institutions established in 1960 1960 establishments in Madras State