St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof

St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof

Infobox School2
name = St. Mary's DSG


motto = Service Before Self; God Before All
established = 1906
type = Private, Boarding
locale = Suburban
grades = 0 - 12
head_name = Head
head = Mrs Tyna Charter
head_name2 = Exam board
head2 = IEB
city = Kloof
state = KwaZulu-Natal
country = South Africa
students = 945 girls
school_colors = Blue and white
free_label = Fees
free = R 92 960 p.a. (boarding)
R 51 940 p.a. (tuition)
website = [http://www.stmarys.kzn.school.za/ www.stmarys.kzn.school.za]

St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls is a private boarding and day school for girls situated in the leafy suburb of Kloof, near Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

History

The school was founded in 1906 on its original site on Field's Hill in Kloof and was called "St. Elizabeth's". It relocated to its present site in 1909 and was renamed "St. Mary's" in 1919 at the stipulation of a benefactor.

The school has an Anglican foundation and Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivered an address and attended the annual prizegiving in 1994.

The school celebrated its centenary in 2006.

Heads of School

*Miss N. Bertram (1918 - 1919)
*Miss Gertrude Staines (1920 - 1934)
*Miss C.M. Butcher (1935 - 1951)
*Miss Henley (1952 - 1961)
*Miss Beer (Oxon) (1962 - 1968)
*Miss M. Johnson (1969 - 1974)
*Mrs P.S. Scourfield (1975 - 1977)
*Mrs P.A. Butler (1978 - 1980)
*Jeremy Sabine (1981 - 2003)
*Andrew Wood (2004 - 2005)
*Mrs Tyna Charter (2005 - Present)

t. Mary's Today

It has over 9 hectares of grounds; 660 metres above sea level overlooking Durban and the Indian Ocean.

It is recognised as both a top-performing and highly prestigious girls' school with excellent facilities, offering a wide range of choices in the academic, sporting and cultural spheres to students from the pre-primary level to matriculation.

Day scholars are accommodated throughout the school, with boarding available from the high school.

Academics

St. Mary's is one of the top schools that write the Independent Examinations Board exams and its leavers achieve consistently high results.

Notable alumni

*Carla la Reserveé (1997), international model and winner of FHM 100 Sexiest 2006
*Sarah-Kate Seaward (2001), international model and Miss SA 2005 finalist

See also

*List of boarding schools

External links

* [http://www.stmarys.kzn.school.za St. Mary's official site]
* [http://www.stmaryscentenary.co.za St. Mary's centenary site]


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