Ramona Convent Secondary School | |
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1701 West Ramona Road Alhambra, California, (Los Angeles County) 91803 United States |
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Coordinates | 34°4′24″N 118°8′23.35″W / 34.07333°N 118.1398194°WCoordinates: 34°4′24″N 118°8′23.35″W / 34.07333°N 118.1398194°W |
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Type | Private |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | Joan of Arc |
Established | 1889 |
President | Sr. Kathleen Callaway |
Principal | Mary Mansell |
Grades | 9-12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrollment | 430 [1] (2008-2009) |
Campus size | 19 acres (77,000 m2) |
Color(s) | White and Gold |
Team name | Tigers |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | Tiger Tribune |
Alumni | over 5,600 [2] |
Associate Principal Curriculum | Halina Szymanski |
Associate Principal Student Life | Judy Alvarez |
Admissions Director | Veronica Puente-Smith |
Athletic Director | Deborah Drury |
Director of Student Services | Valerie Green |
Website | http://www.ramonaconvent.org |
Ramona Convent Secondary School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls grades 9-12, located in Alhambra, California. Established in 1889 by the Sisters of the Holy Names, Ramona is one of the oldest continually operating schools in the same location in California and has graduated over 8,300 students. Today, more than 5,600 alumnae located throughout the world serve their communities both professionally and personally. Ramona is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and was a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence recipient in 1993 and 1998. 99-100% of Ramona graduates enter college directly after graduation.
Ramona's mission, as a Catholic school sponsored by the teaching order Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, is to provide an educational program that results in graduates who are well-rounded young women characterized by academic excellence, spiritual depth, moral strength, and personal grace, open to the wisdom of other cultures and traditions, and prepared for leadership in the twenty-first century.
Ramona offers a wide variety of activities to its students - academic, service, and cultural. The challenging academic program includes 25 Honors and Advanced Placement classes. Its campus ministry involves the students in social action through Christian service to the community. The school offers a wide range of co-curricular activities and sports. Ramona high school students compete in eight sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, track & field, tennis, and volleyball, in the Horizon League of the CIF, under the California Interscholastic Federation and the Catholic Athletic Association.
Ramona Convent Secondary School's first building was dedicated at Ramona Acres, on January 29, 1890 on the expansive property that was later called Shorb, and is now part of the City of Alhambra. The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary came from Oakland, California at the request of several prominent San Gabriel Valley families interested in the Catholic education of their daughters.