convent school

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But her father, a government employee, wanted more for her and at the age of eight, enrolled her in a convent school where the medium of instruction was the state's official language - Kannada.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

After becoming orphaned as a teen, she went to a convent school to be educated, but she eventually returned to her family’s estate and married her neighbor Manuel Padilla, an influential politician with progressive views.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

I also went to an all-girls convent school, so the cleverest person was a girl, the sports hero was a girl, the class clown was a girl.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Her father’s job led the family to move to Cyprus, Hong Kong and eventually Japan, where Ms. Pagett attended a Yokohama convent school and began acting at age 8, playing Snow White.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2021

At the convent school, I helped the nuns with one last polishing before all the students came back.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple