St. Mary's Canossian College
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St. Mary's Canossian College (Template:Zh) is a Catholic girls secondary school in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1900, and is situated at the junction of Austin Road and Chatham Road South.
The school, known as St Mary's School in the past, was originally aimed at educating the Portuguese girls living in Kowloon, Hong Kong. In 2010, the school's main building and St. Michael Building were both confirmed to be Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong. Other Catholic buildings, like the Rosary Church and the St. Mary's Canossian School, are adjacent to the school.
School history
St. Mary's Canossian College was founded in 1900 by the Institute of the Canossian Daughters of Charity, a Catholic religious institute founded by Magdalene of Canossa of the ancient noble family of Verona, Italy, who was canonised on 2 October 1988 for her sanctity.
The school started with only two classrooms for boys and girls in response to the need for a school in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. The small school admitted 30 pupils and was named St. Mary's School. The school developed rapidly as the population in Kowloon grew. In 1960 the enrolment was 2500 including the Primary Section. In the same year the Secondary Section was named "St. Mary's Canossian College", a grant-in-aid school for girls while the Primary Section was renamed "St. Mary's Canossian School".
Exam results
Admission to the college is highly competitive. The school has produced 2 perfect scorers "10As" in the history of Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) and 5 "Top Scorers" and "Super Top Scorers" in the history of Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE).[1][2]
7 x 5** "Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained perfect scores of 5** in each of the four core subjects and three electives.
8 x 5** "Super Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained seven Level 5** in four core subjects and three electives, and an additional Level 5** in the Mathematics Extended (M1/M2) module.[3]
Notable alumni
- Teresa Cheng (politician), Secretary for Justice
- Nancy Ip, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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- Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, actress
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- Girls' schools in Hong Kong
- Secondary schools in Hong Kong
- Catholic secondary schools in Hong Kong
- Through-train schools
- Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong
- Tsim Sha Tsui East
- Educational institutions established in 1900
- Canossian educational institutions
- 1900 establishments in Hong Kong