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The School of the Sacred Heart is an international network of private Catholic schools that are run by or affiliated with the Society of the Sacred Heart, which was founded in France by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat.
Since Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in France in 1801, Sacred Heart has grown and expanded across the world. The Sacred Heart network now includes 25 schools across North America and nearly 160 schools internationally.
Catholic Schools of Switzerland are private boarding schools and day schools for girls and boys in all language regions of Switzerland. Our members cover all school levels of the Swiss educational system.
- Hochalpines Institut Ftan Swiss International School and Sports Academy. Hochalpines Institut Ftan – School. Sport. Nature. Where Your Future Begins. Surrounded by the picturesque village of Ftan in the Romansh-speaking Lower Engadine, we have been providing students excellence in education in a unique institution for over two centuries, founded on principles of respect, responsibility, and kindness.
- Le Régent International School. Le Régent, an IB World School and Apple Distinguished School, is the youngest and the most progressive international boarding and day school in Switzerland.
- Swiss Boarding Schools Disentis & Zurich - Mountain Campus. Go to school where others go on holiday. Disentis is nestled in the fantastic mountain scenery of the Grisons.
- Collège Champittet Nyon. For more than 120 years, Collège Champittet, a Swiss school open to the world, has offered an excellent education on both its Pully and Nyon campus .
Convent schools (also called monastic schools) emerged in Europe during the Early Middle Ages (c. 500 – 1000). With the disappearance of classical Roman culture in western Europe, monasteries became sites for education.
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The call to convent life drew women throughout the early modern Spanish world, from Madrid to Mexico City to Manila. For all the strictures these institutions placed upon their inhabitants, they also gave women opportunities to pursue vocations of the spirit and of the mind.
