St. Mary's Convent High School, Nainital

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{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}}{{Infobox school
| name = St. Mary's Convent High School
| city = [[Nainital]]
| state = [[Kumaon division| Kumaon]]
| country = [[India]]
| established = {{start date and age|1878}}
| website = http://www.ramneentl.org/
}}

'''St. Mary's Convent College''', often informally referred to simply as '''Ramnee''', is an all-girls boarding school located in [[Nainital]], [[Kumaon division| Kumaon]] at an altitude of {{convert|2000|m|ft}} [[above mean sea level|above MSL]] amidst the Kumaon Hills, that provides private school education to girls from prep. grades to XII under the ICSE board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.ramneentl.org/about_us.aspx|access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.ramneentl.org}}</ref> The school was also, in discontinued usage, referred to as "Sonn". Students and alumnae are known colloquially as "Ramneeites".<ref>Vinita Dubey, Merging with the Beloved: Mystical Path to Oneness (Partridge Publishing, 2016).</ref>

==History==
Established by Mother Salesia Reiner in 1878, St. Mary's Convent is a [[Roman Catholic]] institution superintended by Sisters belonging to the CJ(Congregation of Jesus) order founded as Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (until 2003), by Mother Mary Ward, an English lady, in the 17th century. The sisters of this Congregation started working in Patna, Bihar in 1853. Mother Salesia Reiner, then Mother Superior of St. Joseph's Convent Patna, opened a foundation in Nainital.

Nainital was the summer capital of the North Western Provinces and during the summer was frequented by tourists as well as civil and military officials. The presence of the sisters made education more convenient for both the local people and regular visitors. After overcoming the initial difficulties, a team of 8 sisters started a school with a few day-scholars in the month of May 1878. By the end of the year, the school had 40 boarders and a number of day-scholars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ramneentl.org/history.aspx|title=History}}</ref>

==Sports and activities==
Basketball, volleyball and badminton are the principal games. A wide range of cultural and co-curricular activities are available like the martial art Muay Thai. Each student takes part in the annual sports event which generally takes place in May. Traditionally, the school has four houses:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! House Name !! Colour !! Motto
|-
| St. Anne || Green || Honour not honours
|-
| St. Agnes || Red || True to the End
|-
| St. Catherine|| Yellow || Perseverance conquers All
|-
|St. Theresa || Blue || Scale the Heights

|}

== Notable Alumni ==

* [[Meera Shankar]], former [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Ambassador of India to the United States]]
* [[Meenakshi Sargogi]], Sugar Industrialist and Padma Shri Awardee
* [[Nuzhat Husain]], former director of [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences]]
*[[Sukirti Kandpal]] (actress)
*[[Vandana Shiva]] (Indian activist)
*[[Hiroo Johar]] (Film producer)
*[[Apurva Pandey]] (IAS officer)

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ramneentl.org/ Official website]

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[[Category:Catholic boarding schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Education in Nainital]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1878]]
[[Category:1878 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Girls boarding schools]]

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