Sacred Heart High School (Sidhpur)
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Sacred Heart High School is one of the most reputed convent schools of Dharamshala, situated at Sidhpur Dari Dharamsla, in Kangra district
, Himachal Pradesh
. This school is also one of the oldest in the area, as well. Built in 1968 close to the Dhauladhar
mountain range, it is affiliated with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
.
Initially started as a purely girls school, it became co-ed in the early seventies, on the request of the locals, as it was the only convent school in the area. Sacred Heart High School was also a boarding school for girls. In the early seventies, Mother Phillip Murphy was the principal of the school and also the Mother Superior of the Convent. Currently in 2010, the principal is Sister Teresa Thomas. The boarding has since been closed and it serves as a day-school only.
Kangra district
Kangra is the most populous district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamsala is the administrative headquarters of the district.-Geography:Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh is situated in Western Himalayas between 31°2 to...
, Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
. This school is also one of the oldest in the area, as well. Built in 1968 close to the Dhauladhar
Dhauladhar
The Dhauladhar range is a southern branch of the main Outer Himalayan chain of mountains. It rises spectacularly from the Indian plains to the north of Kangra and Mandi...
mountain range, it is affiliated with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE examination is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private, non-governmental board of school education in India, for class 10, i.e., grade 10...
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Initially started as a purely girls school, it became co-ed in the early seventies, on the request of the locals, as it was the only convent school in the area. Sacred Heart High School was also a boarding school for girls. In the early seventies, Mother Phillip Murphy was the principal of the school and also the Mother Superior of the Convent. Currently in 2010, the principal is Sister Teresa Thomas. The boarding has since been closed and it serves as a day-school only.