St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery

St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery
Location
Thalassery, Kerala India
Information
Type	Aided Higher Secondary School
Established	1941
Head of school	Simon
Staff	71
Sports	Cricket, hockey, table tennis
Affiliation	State Council Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Kerala
Website	http://stjosephshss.info

St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery is an educational institution in Malabar. It was started as an Anglo Indian school in the 16th century, run under the management of Latin Diocese of Kannur. It is located in the heart of Thalassery town, by the side of the Tellicherry Fort. The architecture of the school gives a view of the Arabian sea, even from the classrooms.

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An Anglo Indian school was established as apart of the Holy Rosary Church which was established in the early years of 16th century. The Holy Rosary Church was under the Goa Arch bishop until 1609. It was one of the important Christian churches in Malabar. Later it became a part of the Kodungallur archdiocese. Then it became a part of the Calicut(Kozhikode) archdiocese and now a part of the Thalassery archdiocese. This English medium school was known as European school and Catholic middle school in its early days.

In 1922 an Italian missionary father John Baptist Galanta transformed the European school to an Indian middle school. Until September 1939 father Galanta was the headmaster and manager of the Indian middle school. Moorkoth Kumaran, who was one of the well known short story writers of early Malayalam literature, the municipal vice chairman of Thalassery during that period was the 1st assistant until 1930. In 1940 Sri.P.Kanari was appointed as the headmaster of this third forum (up to class 7th) school. There were 166 students during that time. 101 prominent citizens presented a memorandum in front of father Rodrigs and in 1941 Saint Josephs Boys' High School came into existence. There were 32 students in the first batch. It was as a result of the work of Father Rodrigs that the school obtained a double storied building, library and laboratory.

Father George Pathiyil was appointed as the head master of Saint Joseph's High School in 1952.

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