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| name = St. Mary's Convent High School | | name = St. Mary's Convent High School | ||
| city = [[Nainital]] | | city = [[Nainital]] | ||
| state = [[ | | state = [[Kumaon division| Kumaon]] | ||
| country = [[India]] | | country = [[India]] | ||
| established = {{start date and age|1878}} | | established = {{start date and age|1878}} | ||
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'''St. Mary's Convent College''', often informally referred to simply as '''Ramnee''', is an all-girls boarding school located in [[Nainital]], [[ | '''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== | ==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. | 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> | 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== | ==Sports and activities== | ||