Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th century in Germany, Bavaria and Alsace to serve children whose parents both worked outside home. The term was coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel, whose approach globally influenced early-years education. Today, the term is used in many countries to describe a variety of educational institutions and learning spaces for children ranging from two to six years of age, based on a variety of teaching methods.
Abbotsleigh is an independent Anglican early learning, primary, secondary day, and boarding school for girls located in Wahroonga, on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school currently educates approximately 1,400 students from Transition (pre-school) to Year 12, including 170 boarders from Year 7 to 12.
Seisen International School (SIS) is an all-girls Catholic school located in Setagaya, in Tokyo, Japan. Students and faculty from over sixty countries are represented at Seisen, with English being the main language of instruction. It offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for grades 11 and 12. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Council of International Schools. It teaches Montessori kindergarten and grades 1-12.
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN) is a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters. It was founded in 1812 near Bardstown, Kentucky, when three young women responded to Bishop John Baptist Mary David's call for assistance in ministering to the needs of the people of the area.
Catherine Spalding, known as Mother Spalding, was an American educator who was a co-founder and longtime mother superior of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. She pioneered education, health services and social services for girls and orphans in Louisville and other Kentucky cities. On January 6, 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal named Spalding as the only woman among sixteen "most influential people in Louisville/Jefferson County history."
Nazareth is a town in the Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Atreyee D. A. V. Public School, Mangalpur, Balurghat, India,, Balurghat, affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was the first English medium school of the city Balurghat as well as of the district South Dinajpur.
Catholic Academy of Sunnyvale is a Roman Catholic elementary school in the Diocese of San Jose San Jose, California. It has approximately 200 + students, from kindergarten to eighth grade. The last principal was Diane Rabago, but is now being managed by Susan Morissey since 2015. The school consolidated St. Cyprian School with St. Martin School in Sunnyvale, CA to form the Catholic Academy of Sunnyvale.
Vincentian Academy was a Catholic college preparatory school in McCandless, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was located in the Dioceze of Pittsburgh. In February 2020, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth announced the school would cease operations after the 2019-2020 school year.
Nazareth University is a private university in Pittsford, New York. It offers over 60 undergraduate majors and more than two dozen graduate programs. The college was previously Nazareth College of Rochester, or Nazareth College.
A Spiritist centre, also called Spiritist society or Spiritist house, is the basic unit of organisation of Spiritism, which is a distinct form of Spiritualism.
Gandaki Boarding School, , formerly known as Nepal Adarsha Bidyashram, is a model boarding school in Nepal, established on 11 June 1966 in the city of Pokhara, 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu. It was established as a result of the initiation of by three groups - The United Mission to Nepal, The Shining Hospital, and the local community.
St. Francis Xavier School is an independent Catholic school of the Vancouver Archdiocese. S.F.X. was ranked number one in "Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools" by the Fraser Institute in the 2008 edition. The school is a dual-stream elementary school, established by St. Francis Xavier Parish in 1933, and it follows the policies and procedures recommended by the CISVA. The school enrolment consists of 440 students with a class size of approximately 28 students. St. Francis Xavier School offers education from kindergarten through to Grade 7. The school was originally located near Chinatown but is now located north of Mount Pleasant. The current principal is Anne Yam.
Saint Peter's is a school located in Kadayiruppu, Kolenchery in Kerala State, South India. It caters a co-educational programme from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. The school is owned and managed by the Saint Peter's Education Trust, Kadayiruppu, a society within the meaning of the Travancore–Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act 1952.
MontFort Inter College formerly called the Mahanagar Boys' Inter College is an educational institution established in July 1959 by the Society of St.Gabriel in Lucknow, India affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.
Mercy College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and high day school located in the Perth suburb of Koondoola, Western Australia. Mercy College caters for 1550 students from kindergarten to Year 12. Mercy College draws on its history as a part of the journey of the Sisters of Mercy, founded by Catherine McAuley. The school was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1972. The college's aim is to offer a Christian and general education which will provide for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional and social needs of its students.
St Aloysius Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and secondary day school with campuses in Kingston Beach and Huntingfield, in southern Tasmania. The college provides education for children from Kindergarten to Year 4 at the Kingston Beach campus and Year 5 to Year 10 at the Huntingfield campus.
Angels Arc Senior Secondary School is located in Kallummoodu, Kayamkulam, India. It was established in 1989. The school conducts the "Kunjunni Memorial Road Race (4km) Championship" every year in January.
Bodagama Chandima Thero is a Buddhist monk. As of 2015 he taught Theravada Buddhism in Taiwan. With a group of Taiwanese Buddhists, he founded the Theravada Samadhi Education Association in Taipei.
St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic primary and senior secondary school located in Bettiah, Bihar, India. The school was founded in 1998 and is run by the Society of Jesus. The school offers kindergarten through higher secondary curriculum.
