Ramona Convent Secondary School

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Ramona Convent Secondary School
Ramona Convent Secondary School Coat of Arms
Established 1889
Type Private secondary (Parochial)
President Sr. Kathleen Callaway, SNJM
Principal Kathleen Pillon
Students 495
Grades 7–12
Location Alhambra, California, USA
Mascot Tiger
Website http://www.ramona.pvt.k12.ca.us

Ramona Convent Secondary School is an all-female college-preparatory high school. Founded in 1889 by the California province of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Ramona is one of the oldest operating schools in California and has graduated over 8,300 students. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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Ramona offers a wide variety of activities to its students - academic, service, and cultural. Its campus ministry involves the students in social action through Christian service to the community. The school is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Ramona is the only Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to be twice recognized by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (1993 & 1998).

[edit] 2005 Demographics

Ethnic enrollment (approx.): 67.0% Hispanic, 12.75% Asian, 5.0% Non-Hispanic Caucasian, 9.0% Multi-Ethnic, 0.25% African-American. Religious Affiliation: 86.0% Catholic, 14.0% other faiths

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Dearest Ramona, we're singing today Our love for you most dear List' to the song we will voice all the way Through every passing year And when we leave you we want you to know That wherever we go We'll always be true, dear school, to you So we all gladly sing

Hail to thee, hail to thee Fairest in all the land Honor to thee and loyalty For loving and guiding you stand Gold and white, emblems of right And right you'll always be We'll hold for you a love that's true Alma mater fair Alma mater fair

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