Marymount College, Adelaide
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Marymount College is an all girls school in the suburb of Hove
in Adelaide
, South Australia
that caters for girls in years 6 to 9.
Marymount belongs to a group of three educational facilities, known as the Tri-School partnership. This group also consists of Sacred Heart College Senior
and Sacred Heart College Middle School
. Most of the students that pass through either of the middle schools continue on to the senior school, located nearby Marymount, in Somerton Park
. The school has four houses
: Adamson, McEwen, McLaughlin and Polding.
Hove, South Australia
Hove is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is situated north of Brighton, west of Warradale, and south of North Brighton. Running along the west of the suburb is the Esplanade, a street with numerous townhouses with views of the Gulf St Vincent. The suburb is bisected by its major...
in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
that caters for girls in years 6 to 9.
Marymount belongs to a group of three educational facilities, known as the Tri-School partnership. This group also consists of Sacred Heart College Senior
Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
Sacred Heart College is a Catholic school upholding the Marist tradition in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia...
and Sacred Heart College Middle School
Sacred Heart College Middle School
Sacred Heart College Middle School is an all-boys school founded in 1967 in Mitchell Park, Adelaide, South Australia that serves boys in Years 6 to 9....
. Most of the students that pass through either of the middle schools continue on to the senior school, located nearby Marymount, in Somerton Park
Somerton Park, South Australia
Somerton Park is a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. The mainly residential seaside suburb is home to the Somerton Park Beach, and also to Sacred Heart College.Somerton Park Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1988.-References:...
. The school has four houses
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
: Adamson, McEwen, McLaughlin and Polding.