Marymount Secondary School

Marymount Secondary School
Entrance of Marymount Secondary School at No. 123 Blue Pool Road
Location
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Information
School type	Grant School
Motto	Motto: The Lord is My Light
Established	1927
Principal	Mrs. Julie Ma
Houses	Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Venus
School colour(s)	Blue and yellow
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Website	www.mss.edu.hk

Marymount Secondary School (Chinese: 瑪利曼中學) is a Band 1 all-girls EMI Roman Catholic Secondary School located in Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The Primary School is Marymount Primary School. Marymount is also well known for its school choir which receives a lot of prizes in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival as well as International Competitions.

Marymount focuses on "Multiple Intelligences", most of the students are all-rounded.

Marymount has been ranked amongst the best secondary schools in Hong Kong, with students known to be strong in academics, music and sports etc.

The School, originally known as Holy Spirit School, was founded by the Maryknoll Sisters, an American religious order, on 10 January 1927 in Hong Kong. Back then, the school was on Robinson Road in Central Mid-levels. There were only 8 classes of students sharing four tiny classrooms. In the 1930s, the school moved to a slightly larger building in Caine Road. There were seven classrooms, but conditions were still cramped by today’s standards. By 1941, the school was offering a complete course leading to matriculation, and so was one of only a small handful of schools at that time which prepared girls for university.

In 1941, Japanese forces invaded and occupied Hong Kong. The school was closed until 1948. When the school reopened, Hong Kong was facing a new challenge as many thousands of immigrants were pouring across the border to escape the civil war on the mainland. Marymount rose to this challenge by offering places to as many girls as it could.

As the school continued to expand, a new building with better facilities became necessary. In October 1957, the school moved to its present location on the wooded slopes near the top of Blue Pool Road, overlooking Happy Valley. At the same time, it was renamed Maryknoll Sisters’ School. Initially, the building housed both Secondary and Primary Sections, but in 1961 the Primary School was relocated to the premises at Tai Hang Road, directly above the secondary school. During the school year 1978–79, the Maryknoll Sisters handed over the sponsorship of the school to the Columban Sisters.