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St. Mary’s High School SSC is a
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school split from the adjacent St. Mary's Anglo-Indian School ICSE, with separate buildings and staff. The school covers kindergarten, and grades one through ten.


History

St. Mary's High School lies across Nesbit Road from St. Anne's Church which was established in 1787. St. Mary's High School was founded next to the church to serve military orphans, and then opened to the Catholic populace in general.


See also

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