Ramona Convent Secondary School

Ramona Convent Secondary School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Ramona Convent Secondary School

motto=
type = Private secondary (Parochial)
grades = 7–12
established= 1889
city = Alhambra
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = 495
mascot = Tiger
president = Sr. Kathleen Callaway, SNJM
principal = Kathleen Pillon
website = http://www.ramona.pvt.k12.ca.us

Ramona Convent Secondary School is an all-female college-preparatory high school in Alhambra, California. 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.

chool Program

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).

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

Alma Mater

quote|Dearest Ramona, we're singing todayOur love for you most dearList' to the song we will voice all the wayThrough every passing yearAnd when we leave you we want you to know That wherever we goWe'll always be true, dear school, to you So we all gladly sing

Hail to thee, hail to thee Fairest in all the landHonor to thee and loyalty For loving and guiding you standGold and white, emblems of right And right you'll always beWe'll hold for you a love that's trueAlma mater fairAlma mater fair

Notable alumnae

*Lucille Roybal-Allard, Member of Congress
*Marisa Ramirez - Actress
*Loretta Young, Actress
*Miss Cleo, American Actress

ee also

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External links

* [http://www.ramona.pvt.k12.ca.us school website]


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