Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School Mankon

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School
Location
Mankon, Bamenda, P.O Box 92  Cameroon
Information
School type	Private, All-Girls Boarding school
Motto	To Serve With Love
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1963
Founder	Fr. Nabben
Authority	Archdiocese of Bamenda
School code	Center N° 1025
Principal	Sr. Eucharia Ndidi
Classes	Form 1-Uppersixth
Average class size	40
Language	English
Hours in school day	7
Houses	Immaculata, Rosary, Fatima, Bernadette.
Color(s)	Beige and Red
Nickname	O.L.L.S.S, OLALOCO, Spain,city
Newspaper	'School Magazine'
Graduates	~2800
Alumni	LESA
Anthem	Come Children of the Rosary
Website	http://www.ourladyoflourdescollegeex-students.org/

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School (Our Lady of Lourdes College) Mankon is a Roman Catholic, all-girls secondary school located in Mankon, Bamenda in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.It is run by the Holy Rosary Sisters under the authority of the Archdiocese of Bamenda. Our Lady Lourdes Secondary School has a long standing reputation of producing some of the best students in the country academically and the school aims at creating and maintaining a good balance between religion, education and social life for its students.

History

Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School was founded in 1963 by Father Nabben who was a Parish Priest for St. Joseph's Parish Mankon, he thought it wise that offering good quality education dedicated to girls especially at that period when female education was not a priority, was the best way to encourage families in the parish to send all of their daughters to school. Our Lady interceded for him and the first block of the school was built. Upon completion of the building in 1963, he then proceeded to ask Bishop Peeter who was then the Catholic Bishop of West Cameroon permission to open the school. St. Joseph's Parish Mankon generously donated a building and the establishment was named and entrusted into the care of Our Lady of Lourdes.

On the 15th of October 1963, its doors were opened to the first 35 girls. Our Lady of Lourdes College then joined Saker Baptist College and Queen of the Rosary College Okoyong, as the only all-girls secondary schools in Cameroon.

Throughout the years Our Lady Lourdes Secondary School (Our Lady of Lourdes College) has expanded with new buildings, new facilities and programs with about a thousand students enrolled yearly and has grown into one of the best English secondary schools in Cameroon as it provides tailored academics programs.The association of ex-students is known as the Lourdes Ex-Students Association (LESA) and ex-students are called LESANS.

Administration

Principals:

• Rev. Sister Eucharia Ndidi since 2003
• Rev. Sister Bernadette Ukadike 1995 - 2003
• Rev. Sister Mercy 1995
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Houses:

• The six houses are Immaculata, Rosary, Fatima, Bernadette,shanahan(bishop joseph shanahan,lowesith dormitory) and st.paul(uppersixth dormitory).Students are lodged in different dormitories within the four houses.To each house is assigned a color (sky blue,green,red,yellow or deep blue respectively) for casual dresses which students wear during sports,club activities or inter-house competitions.

Prefects:

• Senior prefect and assistant senior prefect.
• Other prefects include house captains, dormitory captains, sports captains, refectorians, sanitarians, infirmarians, labour prefects, religious prefects, class prefects, study prefects.

Admission:

• Exams and interviews are usually organised on campus before the beginning of a new academic year.

Spiritual life

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• Daily mass celebrations at the school chapel on weekdays and at the St Joseph parish on Sundays.
• Retreats: Retreats are usually organised for all classes in order for students to withdraw from other school activities for some days so as to commune with God in prayer and reflection.
• Students from other Christian denominations are allowed to go and worship in their nearby churches on Sundays (or for other holy obligations).

Clubs and social activities

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• Daily activities:Mass celebration, breakfast, chores (charges), classes, lunch, siesta, sports, supper, evening preps.
• Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Lawn tennis, Table tennis, Athletics.
• Clubs: Music Club, Drama Club, Dancing Club, French Club, Drawing Club, Science Club, Health Club, Environmental Club, Judo Club,
• Outings and visiting days: Once per term
• Inter-house competitions.
• Inter-school sports events.
• Prize-giving ceremonies.
• French cultural evenings.

Feasts

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• School feast :February 11, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
• Rosary feast :October 7, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
• House feast : Feast with brother school Sacred Heart College, Mankon.

Noteworthy Alumnae

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External links

• Our Lady of Lourdes Ex-students
• Lourdes Ex-Students Association(LESA) USA
• LESA USA Alumnae

References