On January 27, 1862, the journey began. Five sisters set off and on the February 16 in Bombay they received a hearty welcome from the good Bishop Monsignor Steins,Great selection canadagooseparka of brand replica watches. the Vicar Apostolic of the city. There the sisters heard for the first time that they were to work in Karachi and he would travel along with them very shortly.
This is how the story of St Joseph’s Convent High School began. The school, located in Saddar, Karachi, is one of the oldest institutions of the country. What started with just 10 students on March 18, 1862 boasts of over 2,000 students today. It celebrated a proud milestone of 150 years of education at a reunion dinner over the weekend.
"When I was here in 1946, in class one,Thank you very much for shopping at goodhermesbirkin online store! it was a boarding school. It was only after partition that the boarding was closed down and the school was started," recalled Rashda Yousufuddin, an alumni, at the event.
"After partition, many Europeans went back, however, my sister and I were still the only two desis (locals) in our class," she said. With the creation of Pakistan, a new challenge was thrown to the sisters.
"When Pakistan came into being, most of the government officials used to send their daughters to study in the A section, which was the Cambridge section here," Yousufuddin added. "I still remember the names of some of the early students that came – AT Naqvi, Nusrat Ispahani (Bhutto’s wife), the Ghori sisters."
Around 250 ex-students, teachers and nuns had gathered for the event held for the batches prior to 1995.
"I am absolutely dazzled to be back. Coming here has brought back a tonne of memories for me," said a thrilled Naushaba Burney. Burney is a journalist and educationist based in Karachi and also among one of the first batches to do her O-levels from the school.
"Those were the times," she said, "when we even had a Jewish girl in our class and Karachi, my friend, had a synagogue!" "We never had a canteen, we always got lunch packed from home."
However, those were not the features that formed part of the memories for the later batches. Taking a break from the event, some alumni revisited the famous Abdullah’s (late) canteen to buy themselves some milk toffee, Alu Bukhara, peanut toffee and slims which was short in stock. They exchanged giggles as they discussed among themselves how the quality of things had gone down and how real jaggery tasted so much better than sugar in the peanut candies.
Little did they know that in the souvenir bags they received, were milk toffees along with an SJC mug, keychain, pen, cards with paintings by the students and a recyclable bag.
Along with the canteen food, other prominent memories from the school also included the music and its architecture. Shamama Faizi, from the batch of 1970, shared that her "one most prominent reminiscence was the music and the piano, the sisters use to teach."
"The sound of the piano during assembly time will always be part of my memory," she recalled amidst hooting and cheering by the alumni as two teachers performed old English and Urdu songs on stage.
Sr Julie Pacheco, the principal of the school since 1998, said: "It feels great to be part of the school’s 150-year celebrations. It feels great to think about the number of years this place has been imparting education, and to how many people they have done so. Sr Julie is not an alumni of the school but has been associated with it for over 30 years.
Student volunteers from the senior most classes expressed their excitement to be the 150th batch of the school. Serena Fernandes of class-X at the registration desk said: "When we see these people entering they have one smile on their face which says it all. I hope we will also get an opportunity when we grow older to be part of such an event".
Once the school song was played, one could see a solemnity as each one at once could recall the words of it and sang along with adhered reverence. Slideshows with messages of the school’s stalwarts like Shafiqa Fikree (late), Suroor Akbar amongst others were played.
"For me coming here is like charging my battery…," Ms Nargis Khan said. Khan is a teacher at the institution for the last 42 years.
About the architecture of the building, declared protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act on September 15, 1997,,canadagoosecoat as rich regain appetite for shopping. she said,The following are some of the steps included in buying jimmyhandbags. "The building is very impressive. I cannot imagine not seeing this building every day."
"The sweetest and most memorable for me was when I had my accident and after the surgery,The great selection of wholesale goodchloehandbags at TradeTang. the hospital asked me where I wanted to go and I told them I wanted to go to SJC. They in fact did get me here. When I came to the location I felt happy to be alive and back."
Another teacher and alumni, Merlyn Rocha, reiterated the same thoughts. "I feel like I can’t do without this place. I got several opportunities but I don’t want to go from here. I feel like it’s my own place."
A candid Ms Soares, "not just" a math teacher at St Joseph’s, sat smiling with the School Administrator Sr Zenia Pinto, Sr Emily, Sr Margaret to name a few. A woman known for her dedication to the school for the last 50 years had only little to say but she said it all "I enjoy teaching. I feel happy to be here".
This is how the story of St Joseph’s Convent High School began. The school, located in Saddar, Karachi, is one of the oldest institutions of the country. What started with just 10 students on March 18, 1862 boasts of over 2,000 students today. It celebrated a proud milestone of 150 years of education at a reunion dinner over the weekend.
"When I was here in 1946, in class one,Thank you very much for shopping at goodhermesbirkin online store! it was a boarding school. It was only after partition that the boarding was closed down and the school was started," recalled Rashda Yousufuddin, an alumni, at the event.
"After partition, many Europeans went back, however, my sister and I were still the only two desis (locals) in our class," she said. With the creation of Pakistan, a new challenge was thrown to the sisters.
"When Pakistan came into being, most of the government officials used to send their daughters to study in the A section, which was the Cambridge section here," Yousufuddin added. "I still remember the names of some of the early students that came – AT Naqvi, Nusrat Ispahani (Bhutto’s wife), the Ghori sisters."
Around 250 ex-students, teachers and nuns had gathered for the event held for the batches prior to 1995.
"I am absolutely dazzled to be back. Coming here has brought back a tonne of memories for me," said a thrilled Naushaba Burney. Burney is a journalist and educationist based in Karachi and also among one of the first batches to do her O-levels from the school.
"Those were the times," she said, "when we even had a Jewish girl in our class and Karachi, my friend, had a synagogue!" "We never had a canteen, we always got lunch packed from home."
However, those were not the features that formed part of the memories for the later batches. Taking a break from the event, some alumni revisited the famous Abdullah’s (late) canteen to buy themselves some milk toffee, Alu Bukhara, peanut toffee and slims which was short in stock. They exchanged giggles as they discussed among themselves how the quality of things had gone down and how real jaggery tasted so much better than sugar in the peanut candies.
Little did they know that in the souvenir bags they received, were milk toffees along with an SJC mug, keychain, pen, cards with paintings by the students and a recyclable bag.
Along with the canteen food, other prominent memories from the school also included the music and its architecture. Shamama Faizi, from the batch of 1970, shared that her "one most prominent reminiscence was the music and the piano, the sisters use to teach."
"The sound of the piano during assembly time will always be part of my memory," she recalled amidst hooting and cheering by the alumni as two teachers performed old English and Urdu songs on stage.
Sr Julie Pacheco, the principal of the school since 1998, said: "It feels great to be part of the school’s 150-year celebrations. It feels great to think about the number of years this place has been imparting education, and to how many people they have done so. Sr Julie is not an alumni of the school but has been associated with it for over 30 years.
Student volunteers from the senior most classes expressed their excitement to be the 150th batch of the school. Serena Fernandes of class-X at the registration desk said: "When we see these people entering they have one smile on their face which says it all. I hope we will also get an opportunity when we grow older to be part of such an event".
Once the school song was played, one could see a solemnity as each one at once could recall the words of it and sang along with adhered reverence. Slideshows with messages of the school’s stalwarts like Shafiqa Fikree (late), Suroor Akbar amongst others were played.
"For me coming here is like charging my battery…," Ms Nargis Khan said. Khan is a teacher at the institution for the last 42 years.
About the architecture of the building, declared protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act on September 15, 1997,,canadagoosecoat as rich regain appetite for shopping. she said,The following are some of the steps included in buying jimmyhandbags. "The building is very impressive. I cannot imagine not seeing this building every day."
"The sweetest and most memorable for me was when I had my accident and after the surgery,The great selection of wholesale goodchloehandbags at TradeTang. the hospital asked me where I wanted to go and I told them I wanted to go to SJC. They in fact did get me here. When I came to the location I felt happy to be alive and back."
Another teacher and alumni, Merlyn Rocha, reiterated the same thoughts. "I feel like I can’t do without this place. I got several opportunities but I don’t want to go from here. I feel like it’s my own place."
A candid Ms Soares, "not just" a math teacher at St Joseph’s, sat smiling with the School Administrator Sr Zenia Pinto, Sr Emily, Sr Margaret to name a few. A woman known for her dedication to the school for the last 50 years had only little to say but she said it all "I enjoy teaching. I feel happy to be here".
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