St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad
| Saint Ann's High School | |
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| Location | |
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Marredpally, Hyderabad, Telangana India |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1 April 1871 |
| Principal | Sister Thressia |
| Faculty | 140 |
| Enrolment | 400 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Navy blue/white |
| Mascot | Sicut Apis Operosa |
| Website | http://stannsisc.com/ |
Saint Ann's High School is a girls school located at East Marredpally, Secunderabad, India. It was opened on 1 April 1871. Saint Ann's Convent was founded by Mother Enrichetta, an Italian missionary, in the 18th century.
The school is named after Saint Anne, known by tradition as the mother of The Virgin Mary. The school's motto is "Sicutapis Operosa" which translates from Latin to English as "Busy As Bees". The students from first to tenth grade are divided into four houses: Daffodils, Pansies, Roses, and Shamrocks and follow two syllabi: ICSE (white belts) and SSC (red belts). The students in eleventh and twelfth grade are divided into the houses Violets and Orchids and follow the ISC syllabus.
Msgr.Dominic Barbero invited the Sisters of St. Ann of Divine Providence to Hyderabad Vicariate and Mother Enrichetta Dominici selected six sisters on 20 November 1870. The six Sisters arrived in Secunderabad on 3 March 1871. The Sisters were entrusted with the orphanage and education of girls. To impart education to the poor and needy the school was started on 1 April 1871 with 25 orphans and 3 boarders by the Sisters of St. Ann.
By 1883 the strength had increased to 130 pupils. In November 1884 it was inspected and recognized as a Middle School. From its start the school presented pupils for the Middle School Examination for the Madras Matriculation.
In May 1902 it was recognized by Madras as a European Aided High School. In 1911, the Madras Matriculation was abandoned for the Cambridge examination which was later superseded by the Indian School Certificate Examination. From 1915 candidates were sent up for the Cambridge School Certificate. From 1933 till 1941, candidates were also sent up for the HSLC introduced by the Nizam, followed later by the HSC, and now by the SSC. Throughout these years candidates were also sent up for the Trinity College of Music Examination which is still being carried as on date.
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