| Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School | |
| Location: | Sacred Heart Convent School, Jagadhri, Haryana, India |
| Motto: | "Love Conquers All" |
| Type: | Convent run Private School |
| Affiliations: | Central Board of Secondary Education(C.B.S.E), New Delhi |
| Principal: | Sr. Jesina S.D – present |
| Head Name: | Second Master |
| Head Name2: | Assistant Headmaster |
| Grades: | Kindergarten – Intermediate |
| Coordinates: | 30.1462°N 77.3064°W |
| Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Free Label: | Emblem |
| Website: | http://www.shcsjagadhri.org |
Sacred Heart Convent School is an English-medium Catholic education private school run by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute in the city of Jagadhri, India. It is affiliated to CBSE[1]
The school has education levels from kindergarten to 12th (Plus Two). There are two kindergarten levels, both aimed at preparing girls for school. The first is similar to a playschool, rather than emphasising intellectual achievement.
Students are admitted at the beginning of the school year, which commences in mid-March.
Computer science is taught as a compulsory subject until ninth standard, where students can choose to continue with the subject or choose a different stream of subjects. The school is equipped with a lab for computer literacy and programming courses. The computer and basic science courses offered at the school include GW-BASIC, Java (using the BlueJ IDE), and Logo. C++ is used as an optional course for the Plus Two students wishing to study computer science in college. The standard chemistry, physics, and biology courses are also offered as part of the science curriculum.
The arts and sciences offerings at the school include mathematics (covering geometry, algebra, and calculus), English, Hindi, Sanskrit; geography; environmental science; home economics, political science; commerce; economics, and history.
Moral science is taught in all classes, aimed at teaching the pupils about their duty to God, to fellow men, and to self.
As students move from 9th standard to 12th standard, they are allowed more freedom in choosing their own classes. They typically opt for a science or commerce-related curriculum to facilitate their entrance into college.
Many students struggle with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E.) exams, so the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was introduced. This is a program that allows weaker students to prepare for their examination and, thus, increases their chances of success. Boys and girls of Jagadhri and other districts have registered for the examination through this school.
Track sports include 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 4x100 m relay, and 100 m hurdles. The field events include discus throw, javelin throw, and shot put. Most of the students take part in track and field, one of the most popular sports at the school.
The basketball teams have represented the city and the state at the District and National Level Tournaments. Football is practised for an hour each morning. handball is practised at the handball court of the adjacent J.R.D. Tata Sports Complex. The school has a Kho Kho (a tag sport) team. Volleyball, one of the athletic programs at the school, holds practices in the morning for an hour, in anticipation of the Annual Volleyball Tournament.
Karate in the Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu style is offered as one of the athletic programs by qualified senseis to promote skills in self-defence, as well as to increase the self-esteem and physical fitness of the girls at the school.
School contests include the nationwide quiz-style competitions; the QUANTA, a contest for science, mathematics, astronomy and computer science; the Fountainhead Essay Contest; the Cadbury Bournvita Quiz Contest; and essay and short story competitions for the Telegraph, the local newspaper, offered throughout the year. In 2005, Sacred Heart won Neuron, an inter-school quiz in biology.[2]
The school uniforms in the colours of blue, white and maroon are worn at all times.
Girls
Boys
Maroon and blue-striped tie, blue socks and black shoes for all.
The Association of Sacred Heart Alumni (ASHA) was founded in 1995 by Sister Flavian. Among the activities and services provided to the community and school by ASHA are counselling to help students to receive guidance on careers and personal problems; inviting ex-students for career counselling and to share their own experiences; conducting the blood drives in aid of cancer patients; raising funds for the cancer hospital and the old age home; conducting spoken English classes for non-native speakers; operating a book store on the school premises; and volunteering at the Samaria Ashram (leper colony).