| Loreto College Rose Hill(lcrh) | |
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Cruci Dum Spiro Fido
(While I Live, I Believe in the Cross) |
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| Address | |
| Dr. Roux Street Rose Hill, Mauritius |
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| Information | |
| School type | Private secondary school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1951 |
| Rector | Ginette Fernand |
| Gender | Girls' |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Average class size | 32 |
| Language | mainly French |
| Hours in school day | 6 hours |
| Colour(s) | green |
| Sports | Volleyball, football,basketball, badminton and swimming classes are offered to form 1-2 at Serge Alfred swimming pool |
Loreto College Rose Hill is a private secondary girls' school in Rose Hill, Mauritius. One of seven Loreto College campuses in Mauritius, it opened in 1951. Ginette Fernand is the current rector and the asst. rector is Rosyln Thomas.
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In Mauritius, it is on the 8th September 1845 that Mgr Collier introduced a small community of Loreto nuns in the "Isle de France". Sister Augustin Hearne led a group of 8 nuns from England. They installed in Port-louis. They opened a non paying secondary school there.Moreover, in the following years they opened three more secondary schools in Curepipe , Quatre-Bornes and St-Pierre. In 1951,a fifth secondary school in Rose-Hill was opened.
The mission of loreto institute is to be opened to all.To engage in the formation of young people so as they become adults who are competent,conscientious ,caring and capable of shouldering responsibilities in the world of today and tomorrow.
Loreto College Rose Hill is the only non-paying secondary school which offers German and it is compulsory for from 1-form 3. Moreover, some students also do their A-levels in German.
Despite that the school is catholic it offers Hindi.
The school equipped with a biology,chemistry, physics and Junior Lab.
LCRH has a gymnasium in which the Regional competitions are held every year.
The school's students participate in a variety of sports including basketball, football, handball, netball, and volleyball. They are particularly known for volleyball and hold an annual volleyball tournament. LCRH is very famous as the students have won many trophies for the volleyball competitions.
In a show of solidarity with the poor, the school holds an annual charity meal when students bring in food and share with the poor and each other. Every last Saturday of the month, the school's charity club gives food to those in need, bought from money the girls voluntarily give on a weekly basis.
Complete List of Secondary Schools (Mauritius & Rodrigues)