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

Her early education was at Loreto College, a convent school in Kolkata, India, then called Calcutta.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 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

One day Mother Ermentrude, seeing me studying intently, asks me to help tutor the girls of the convent school.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein