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Carmel Junior College
Carmel Junior College
Location
	Balvihar & Sonari Gurudwara; Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 831011; India
Coordinates	22°49′34″N 86°10′09″E / 22.8261°N 86.1692°E
Information
School type	Private, Comprehensive
Motto	"Excellence Our Endeavour"
Patron saint(s)	Venerable Mother Mary Veronica of the Passion
Established	3 March 1997; 27 years ago
Founder	Sister Flavian A.C.
Status	Open
Sister school	Sacred Heart Convent School
School board	ICSE
School district	East Singbhum
Authority	Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel
Principal	Sister M. Natasha, A.C.
Number of students	2500
Student to teacher ratio	1:53
Language	English
Colour(s)
Nickname	CJC
Publication	The Third Eye
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Education
Website	cjcollege.com

Carmel Junior College, Sonari is an English Medium Co-educational School, conducted by the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel Congregation. The congregation of the Apostolic Carmel has several schools in India and abroad in which young people belonging to every creed, social class, community and linguistic group are educated through the medium of English and the regional languages. These institutions are part of the Catholic Church’s effort to share in the country’s educational endeavour. This effort, while particularly responsible to the Christian community, the school welcomes applicants from all creeds and beliefs.

History

Carmel Junior College is a Christian School established and administered by the congregation of the Apostolic Carmel Sisters in the Catholic Church. The school is under the religious jurisdiction of the Bishop of Jamshedpur. The school was opened on 3 March 1997. It was founded by Sister Flavian AC at Bal Vihar, Sonari.

Curriculum

The medium of instruction is English but emphasis is given to Hindi, the official language of the state, together with the essential subjects : Sanskrit, History, Geography, Social studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physical Training, Computer Application, Economics Application, and Fine Arts. The school has laboratories for science, modern computer Labs and libraries.

Extracurricular activities

The school offers a wide range of activities. The school fields Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Handball and Basketball teams in all the inter-school competitions. Members of these teams have represented the district and state several times over the years. As all schools have activities (co-Curricular activities) are no longer part of its regular classes expect for important inter-school activities.

Students also participate in chess tournaments,^[1] and each year the school hosts a Grandparents Day^[2] and a dance contest.^[3]

The school organises the following inter-school events:

Event	Organising Body	Occurrence
Blitz	The Interact Club	Annual
Cascading Sounds	The Jyoti Club	Annual
Carmel Summit	The Legal Literacy Club	Annual
Aura	The School Cabinet	Variable
Greenade	The Go-Green Club	Variable
Biblica (Catholic Fest)	The School Management	Variable
Ecorsa	The Economics and Business Department	Annual
Provoke	The Computer Club	Annual

However, only biblica and Carmel Summit are fixed annual events while others happen at sporadically.

Clubs

All ventures have been divided into clubs. The school has four active clubs. The clubs are led by a President, assisted by a Vice- President and are guided by at least two teacher moderators.

Publications

The school's first publication is "The Seed was Sown." The School also had several other minor publications like "Soldiers of God". However, from 2013 the school started its annual magazine "The Third Eye".