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Only a few days after the Sisters had arrived in Gore, they met 43 Catholic children who lived in the area and arranged them in primary and secondary age groups.
The Sisters taught the primary school children in the Town Hall until the school was built. The secondary school students were taught in a room in the Convent.
In October 1890, the new St Mary’s School was finally opened.
The parents of the primary school children paid the Sisters for teaching their children by giving them food and other things the Sisters needed. Only the parents of secondary students who could afford to pay gave money to the Sisters for teaching.
The Sisters knew that they needed more classroom space- many more primary students wanted to go to St Mary’s School, and more girls in Gore wanted to attend secondary school.
In 1936, a new primary and secondary school was finally built to provide for the many Catholic children in the area.
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Only a few days after the Sisters had arrived in Gore, they met 43 Catholic children who lived in the area and arranged them in primary and secondary age groups. The Sisters taught the primary school children in the Town Hall until the school was built. The secondary school students were taught in a room [Read more…]
