Kwalejin Mercedes (Adelaide)

Kwalejin Mercedes makaranta ce mai zaman kanta ta Roman Katolika wacce ke da alaƙa da makarantun firamare da sakandare, wacce ke cikin yankin kudu na Adelaide na Springfield, Kudancin Ostiraliya, Ostiraliya. 

An kafa ta ne ta hanyar ' Yan'uwa Mata na Mercy a shekarar 1954 a matsayin makarantar kwana ga 'yan mata, yanzu haka makarantar kwana ce ta haɗin gwiwa. Mercedes makarantar International Baccalaureate (IB) ce, kuma tana ba da shirye-shiryen Difloma na PYP, MYP, da IB da kuma Takardar Shaidar Ilimi ta Kudancin Ostiraliya (SACE).

 Tarihi 
Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Mata ta Mercy ce ta kafa makarantar a shekarar 1954. Sayen wurin da ke da fadin  a Springfield ya tabbatar da mafarkin samun yanayi mai kyau ga makarantar kwana ta 'yan mata har zuwa wannan lokacin wani ɓangare na Kwalejin Saint Aloysius da ke Titin Angas, Adelaide. Da ɗaliban makarantar kwana tamanin a ranar buɗewa, akwai malamai na kwana sittin, galibinsu 'yan mata ne amma tare da ƙungiyar yara maza a sashen jarirai. 

Bayan shekaru ashirin da ɗaya, an dakatar da makarantar kwana bayan hauhawar farashi da raguwar tattalin arzikin karkara sun sa ta zama ƙasa da ƙarfin iyalai da aka ƙirƙiri don hidima. A shekarar 1976, makarantar ta fara karatu tare da yara maza na farko a aji na 8 kuma adadin ya ƙaru. Asalin kadarar Mercedes wani ɓangare ne na Springfield Estate. An sayar da ita ga Sir John Duncan, (mahaifin Sir Walter, Kakakin Majalisar Wakilai ta Australiya tsawon shekaru da yawa) wanda ya tsara gidan a shekarar 1891 kuma ya gina shi a shekarar 1899. An sanya wa gidan suna Strathspey bayan gidan yarintarsa a Scotland.

Daga ƙarshe, Duncans sun bar kadarorin ga Cocin Presbyterian kuma suka zama Kwalejin Gidaje ta St Andrew wacce ke haɗe da Jami'ar Adelaide. A shekarar 1939, an sayar da kadarorin ga Mista da Misis FW Cornell, kuma suka sake zama gidan zama na sirri.

 Manazarta 
The ECIS international schools directory 2009/10. Bingham, Derek., European Council of International Schools. Woodbridge: John Catt Educational. 2009. p. 3. ISBN 9781904724674. OCLC 390865538