St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun

St. Joseph's Academy was formally opened and blessed on 2 March 1934 by Rev. Fr. Antanasius. Rev. Bro. A.M. Keogh was the first principal of SJA. St. Joseph's Academy has an auditorium, built in 1984 and inaugurated by Mother Teresa. In 2004 St. Joseph's completed 70 years, to commemorate the occasion, the play ‘Peter Pan’ was staged. The musical 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was staged in 2006 and on the 80th anniversary the musical 'Anandsagar' was staged. ==Motto==

The school motto (Latin) is "Laborare Est Orare", which means "Work is Worship". ==Academics==

Until 1975, the school prepared students for the Senior Cambridge Examination for which, the answer scripts were sent to England. In the year 1976, the school officially became an affiliate of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, which conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ICSE - X) and the Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC - XII) Examinations. ==House system==

The student body is divided into four houses. Events such as Cultural Week (Confluence), the Sports-Day and the House Cup are held each year. The four houses, named after the former Principals of the school, are: • Bergin (Blue) • Donovan (Yellow) • Dooley (Green) • Duffy (Red) == List of Principals ==

The following is a list of principals of the school, along with their years of service. ==Notable alumni==

The school has an official alumni association that has its own website. • Abhimanyu Easwaran - Bengal Ranaji Captain • Anirudh Thapa - Indian professional footballer • Arvind Krishna - CEO of IBM • Jubin Nautiyal - Indian playback singer • Kaydor Aukatsang - Tibetan politician • Navtej Sarna - author-columnist (IFS, former Ambassador to United States, High Commissioner to UK and Ambassador to Israel) • Nitin Sahrawat - actor, environmentalist • Prahlad Kakkar - Indian Marketing Guru & founder and key director for Genesis Film Productions, an Indian production house • Pranati Rai Prakash - winner of India's next top model • Prem Rawat - author and Global Peace Ambassador • Rrahul Sudhir - actor • Vijai Singh Shekhawat - Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy • Sudhansh Pant - IAS, Chief Secretary Rajasthan ==References==