Our History

Loreto Convent Shillong was begun in 1909 by Mother Mechtilde Costello for the education of the children of the tea garden areas of Assam and for Anglo-Indians. To suit the needs of the area it was a boarding school for girls and young boys were also kept till Class 3. it prepared girls for the Senior Cambridge and later the ICSE.

In the seventies the State Board exam was introduced.

When it was found that students on transfer were not able to get admission easily in other states the school reverted to the ICSE Board in 2001.

Past pupils remember with affection the long low buildings with wooden floors and "okhra" walls as well as the small numbers in each class which gave the school and the hostel a very homely atmosphere.

A major fire in 1943 necessitated new constructions. Another fire on Christmas day in 1972 destroyed the Forbes Hall and the new hall was completed in 1975.

As the numbers increased it became necessary to rebuild the school in the sixties. A double storeyed building was put up for the secondary school classes.

The boarding school was closed in the eighties and the dormitories converted into the present library, computer room and offices.

The old Teachers' Cottage now houses a small group of girls from far off villages who want to go to college in the town.

PAST PRINCIPALS  

Sr.Mechtilde Costello
Sr.Margarita Craven
Sr.Dorothea Coyle
Sr.Columba Ormiston
Sr.Kevin Parton
Sr.Concepta McCaul
Sr.Carmel O'Connor
Sr.Baptista Murphy
Sr.Stanislaus Smith
Sr.Enda O'Connor
Sr.Emmanuel Power
Sr.David Farias
Sr.Celine Pinto
Sr.Elizabeth D'Souza
Sr.Anne Marie Brown
Sr.Phyllis Morris
Sr.Stella Lahiri
Sr.Jude Hales
Sr.Sunanda Vase
Sr.Celine Pinto