St Catherine’s Convent is a small girls’ school which offers a family atmosphere, exceptional attentiveness to each individual learner and uncompromising academic excellence. In addition to the rigorous academic study and varied sporting and cultural activities on offer, our expert and loyal staff offer a variety of teaching styles which enable each learner to discover and develop her unique strengths. St Catherine’s Convent is a four-term independent Catholic Girls’ School for learners from grade 0000 to grade 12 and follows the IEB curriculum.
St Catherine’s Convent provides a superior educational experience in a nurturing and secure environment which focuses on the development of the whole child. Our dedicated teachers are experts in their field and encourage each child, focusing on her individual needs. St Catherine’s Convent provides the foundation for outstanding and balanced schooling through our decades-long tradition of academic prestige and sporting and cultural triumphs. St Catherine’s Convent encourages confidence and independence in our girls thus enabling them to enter the world outside of the school walls with the ability to think critically, listen carefully, care whole-heartedly and attain excellence in all spheres.
St Catherine’s Convent provides learners with a solid grounding in Christian values which enables them to develop and grow spiritually, though it is not essential to practise the Catholic faith in order to enrol at the school. Through our various community outreach projects, our learners are encouraged to not only reach their full potential but also to look past their own needs to become compassionate and involved in assisting others.
Despite fierce competition, St Catherine’s continues to successfully equal and often surpass the academic and sporting results of other larger independent schools. We continue to thrive and grow, often being the first choice for many families who wish to provide their daughters with a well-rounded schooling experience. Our small classes, committed staff and beautiful surrounds make St Catherine’s Convent a sought after girl’s school in Johannesburg. At St Catherine’s Convent we believe that “Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire” (William Butler Yeats).
DOMINICAN VISION STATEMENT
Dominican schools aim to provide forward looking education of the highest quality based on a tradition that goes back over seven hundred years of commitment to education. Our schools seek to care for the whole person in order to develop in young people:
- A willingness to serve in spirit of healing and reconciliation,
flowing from an appreciation of the word of God and a deep commitment to:
- A love for learning
- An enthusiasm for truth
- A love for others
- Respect for the culture and religious values of all.
VERITAS
The Motto of all Dominican schools is VERITAS – TRUTH. Our aim is to enable our students to reach their full human potential and lead them to the Truth, which is Christ.
Why St Catherines?
This poem together with the Foundations and Values of St Catherine of Siena are the reasons your daughter should join us.
I took a piece of living clay
And gently formed it day by day
And moulded with my power and art,
A young child’s soft and yielding heart.
I came again when days were gone:
It was a woman I looked upon,
She still the early impress bore,
And I could change it never more.
(Unknown)
Catherine of Siena
The traditions and foundations of St Catherine’s Convent are deeply rooted in the school’s heritage and the legacy of our patron saint, St Catherine of Siena. The school is dedicated to instilling in its learners the key values of a commitment to truth, a love of learning, respect for others, and service to our fellow human beings.
With these value in mind your daughter as a living piece of clay will be molded into a woman who can enter the world and be successful.