For all my Sacred Heart Dharamshala Friends. Mission The Congregation values the Educational Apostolate, of helping individuals to discover the dignity as human persons and children of God. To bring about a society based on love, justice and peace, is one of the most important expressions of this mission. Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sidhpur is a unit of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, which has branches in all five continents. This school was established in 1969 and it is a co-educational institution open to students irrespective of caste, colour, creed and religion. The endeavour therefore of our educational apostolate is to foster the personal growth of the individual: intellectually competent, morally sound; psychologically whole, imbued with the sense of Divine, respectful of the environment, committed to the cause of justice, love and peace and ever receptive to the challenges of continued growth. To implement this vision, the Congregation expects the collaboration of a supportive and inspiring management, a dedicated and united staff, concerned parents and valued assistance of the students both past and present, of the neighbouring community and government authorities. Description The Indo-Pak war of 1965 had a lot to do with the administrative set up the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary in India. The then Provincial mother Declan was contemplating on opening new avenues for apostolic activities. At that time some military officials contacted mother Declan, asking for sisters to take over the Garrison school, a small primary school at Yol military ca...mp in Himachal Pradesh. A military bungalow was given to the sisters as residence and several similar bungalows near by mere to be used for the school, which was then run by an elderly lady. On 26th August 1966, five sisters arrived in Yol (Srs. Giovanni, Vincentia, Susan, Nirmala and Justina). In November 1966 the community was officially established with Sr. Corneliave as its first superior and Srs. Vincentia, Susan, Silvia, and Lucia as founding members. By January 1967 the Primary Garrison School with 150 students was completely taken over by the sisters and it was rechristened “Sacred Heart Garrison School”. It was a co-educational school with the arrival of 4th Mountain Division of the army under the commands of Major General Rai, the number of students increased, the bungalows could not accommodate them. So we had to look for the land and built many more classrooms. After a lot of searching we found a new location between Dharamsala and Yol, in Sidhpur. Though very rocky land, it gave a picturesque sight of the natural beauty of the snow covered foot hills of the Dauladhar Ranges. The new school building consisted of 8 class rooms and all the facilities for the boarding school. The classes started in Sidhpur in 1969. The convent in Sidhpur was built later. The first prize distribution function was held at the school in Yol on December 5th 1969. Shri Choudhary Hari Ram, the then Transport minister of Himachal Pradesh was our honourable Chief Guest. In March 1970, the late Dr. Y.S. Parmar, the then Chief minister of H.P. formally inaugurated Sacred Heart High School, Sidhpur with classes Primary to I.S.C (+2). From then on school grew rapidly. The local population increased steadily and there was demand for more admissions, therefore the boarding house had to be closed down in 1985.
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