Kwalejin St Mary, Hobart

Kwalejin St Mary ta kasance makarantar Katolika ta yara daga aji 12 zuwa aji 12, makarantar kwana ga 'yan mata, wacce ke gefen arewacin birnin Hobart, Tasmania, Ostiraliya.

Duk da cewa galibi makarantar 'yan mata ce, makarantar St Mary's tana karɓar yara maza da mata har zuwa aji na 2, kuma a halin yanzu tana ɗaukar kimanin ɗalibai 900 daga makarantar renon yara zuwa aji na 12. Tana nan a filin cocin St Mary's, kusa da harabar makarantar renon yara ta Kwalejin St Virgil . Yaran da ke zuwa makarantar renon yara ta St Mary's don renon yara zuwa aji na 2 galibi suna komawa harabar makarantar renon yara ta Kwalejin St Virgil da ke kusa da gidan.

Kwalejin St Mary memba ce ta ƙungiyar Makarantun 'Yan Mata ta Ostiraliya.  A shekara ta 2008, Kwalejin St Mary ta yi bikin cika shekaru 140 da haihuwa a matsayin makarantar Presentation Sisters. Taken bikin na wannan shekarar shine "Kwalejin St Mary. Abin alfahari. Makomar da ta fi ƙarfi".

 Tarihi 
An kafa kwalejin ne ta hannun Presentation Sisters a shekarar 1868, kuma duk da cewa ɗaliban ba sa koyarwa ne kawai daga 'yan'uwansu mata na wannan cocin, har yanzu suna gudanar da kwalejin. Da farko akwai makarantu biyu a harabar makarantar ta yanzu - St Columba's (makarantar firamare kyauta ga al'umma mafi talauci) da kuma Mt St Mary's. Daga ƙarshe aka haɗa su biyun. Asalin gidan sufi da ɗakunan makaranta har yanzu suna nan a wurin har yanzu.

Duk da cewa makarantar 'yan mata ce kawai, har zuwa lokacin da aka buɗe Kwalejin St Virgil a shekarar 1911, kwalejin ta kuma kula da yara maza a manyan makarantu. Kwalejin ta koyar da shirye-shirye zuwa aji 12 ne kawai har zuwa 1996, lokacin da aka buɗe makarantar yara. Har zuwa shekarun 1990, shugabar kwalejin koyaushe tana cikin ƙungiyar, amma ta ƙarshe daga cikin 'yan'uwan da suka zama Shugaba ita ce Sister Barbara Amott. Sister Barbara malamar makaranta ce kuma ta kasance memba mai himma a Kwalejin St Mary tsawon shekaru da yawa, kuma ta kasance Shugabar makaranta a lokuta da dama. Shugabar makarantar a yanzu ita ce Damien Messer.

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