St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School is a boy's school located in the scenic hill station town Ooty, which is part of The Nilgiris

The Nilgiris District

The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is also the name given to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats...

 district in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India. The school was started by Christian missionaries in 1820.

Location

The school is incorporated in the locale of St. Mary's Hill in the town, at a distance of about one kilometer from Ooty bus stand and Railway station. The location of the school enables student access from even remote rural parts of the district. The school is considered to be located in an environment ideal for students' education as the surroundings are quiet and free from noise pollution.

Activities

The school takes part in sporting activities like cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, hand ball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, football etc. The school also engages in other activities like organizing the annual dog show in the school ground.

See also

• St. Joseph's Boys School
  St. Joseph's Boys School
  St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School is a residential school in Coonoor in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu.St. Joseph’s Boys’ Hr. Sec. School is commonly known as St. Joseph's College. It is a residential-cum-day School. It was established in 1888 by the Brothers of St. Patrick . The...
  
  , Coonoor
  Coonoor
  Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....
  
  
• Breeks Memorial School
  Breeks Memorial School
  Breeks Memorial Anglo-Indian School located in Charring Cross, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India is named after James Wilkinson Breeks, the first Commissioner of the Nilgiris...
  
  , Ooty
• Hebron School, Ooty
  Hebron School, Ooty
  Hebron School is an independent international Christian school in Ootacamund, the hill station formerly known as Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India...
  
  
• The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti
  The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti
  The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti is an English-medium school in Ketti, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1914 in Kodaikanal and moved to Ketti in 1922. The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, of St. Georges Homes, Ketti was founded in 1914 by the Late Rev...
  
  , Ooty
• Lawrence School, Lovedale
  Lawrence School, Lovedale
  The Lawrence School, Lovedale is an educational institution in Lovedale, located near Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India and named for its founder, Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. Lawrence had mooted the idea about the establishment of a chain of schools with a view to provide education to the children...
  
  , Ooty
• Woodside School, Ooty
  Woodside School, Ooty
  Woodside School is a co-educational boarding school and day school situated on the outskirts of Udhagamandalam Tamil Nadu, India, a hill station which is more commonly known under its abbreviated name of Ooty. The campus of the school rises steeply from National Highway 67. The school roll includes...
  
  
• Stanes Hr.Sec. School, Coonoor
  Coonoor
  Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....
  
  
• Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
  Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
  Good Shepherd International School is a full time boarding school located at Ootacamund, in Nilgiris, India on a 70-acre campus. Facilities on the campus include classrooms and laboratory blocks, two lecture theatres,two indoor sports complexes, rifle ranges,fields and courts for tennis, golf,...