Carmel School Giridih
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Carmel School is a convent private school
located in the Giridih
district of Jharkhand
, India. The school provides hostel for girls. The boys attend the school as day scholars
. The students of carmel School are referred to as Carmelites. Carmel School also has a neighbouring branch known as Carmel Hindi Medium School (Hindi: कार्मेल हिंदी मीडियम ), that provides education to students with a hindi curriculum.
board and provides education up to 12th standard with the ISC
Board. It is co-educational and Instruction is primarily in English. Among the facilities provided to the pupils are a computer laboratory, science laboratories, library, and playground.
, dance, music, and sports.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
located in the Giridih
Giridih
Giridih is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state, India. The literal meaning of Giridih is the land of hills & hillocks - giri, a Hindi word, means hills and dih, another word of the local dialect, indicates upland...
district of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, India. The school provides hostel for girls. The boys attend the school as day scholars
Day pupil
Day pupils are students who attend boarding school but who are not boarders and who travel between home and school every day...
. The students of carmel School are referred to as Carmelites. Carmel School also has a neighbouring branch known as Carmel Hindi Medium School (Hindi: कार्मेल हिंदी मीडियम ), that provides education to students with a hindi curriculum.
History
It was founded in 1954 by the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa a community started by Mother Teresa of St. Rose of Lima.As of 2011, Sr Daphnee is the principal of the school..Academics
It is affiliated to the ICSEIndian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE examination is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private, non-governmental board of school education in India, for class 10, i.e., grade 10...
board and provides education up to 12th standard with the ISC
Indian School Certificate
The Indian School Certificate is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for Grade 11, i.e., year 11, until 1976....
Board. It is co-educational and Instruction is primarily in English. Among the facilities provided to the pupils are a computer laboratory, science laboratories, library, and playground.
Activities
The school promotes extra curricular activities among the students. It encourages them to participate in various community building activities such as helping poor students, organizing public awareness campaigns etc. The pupils participate in extra-curricular activities like elocution, debate, declamation, including yogaAsana
Asana is a body position, typically associated with the practice of Yoga, originally identified as a mastery of sitting still, with the spine as a conduit of biodynamic union...
, dance, music, and sports.
Sports
The school has its own play grounds for football, cricket along with courts for basketball and volleyball. Every year a Sports day is held which lasts for about a week and students are given a break from classes to participate in various sports. Various Athletics events are held for students. Junior students also participate in events such as Sack Race, Spoon race etc.Athletics
Races 800, 400m, 200m, 100m, Relay race, Shotput throw, Discus throw, Long-jump, High-jump etc are held for boys and girls, and points are awarded house-wise to the four houses namely Rose, Shamrock, Sunflower and Violet.Cricket
It is a popular sport among the students who compete in an annual Cricket championship among various houses. The school team also plays matches with other school in the district which are conducted by school authorites.Football
Students compete in an annual Football championship among various houses. The Final matches of the football championship are popular and the students are allowed to watch the match and cheer up their teams.See also
- ICSEIndian Certificate of Secondary EducationThe Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE examination is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private, non-governmental board of school education in India, for class 10, i.e., grade 10...
- Indian School CertificateIndian School CertificateThe Indian School Certificate is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for Grade 11, i.e., year 11, until 1976....
(ISC) - Council for the Indian School Certificate ExaminationsCouncil for the Indian School Certificate ExaminationsThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations is a private, non-governmental board of school education in India. It conducts two examinations in India: the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and the Indian School Certificate...
(CISCE)