St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School

St. John's Diocesan Girls' H.S. School, (also known as St. John's Diocesan Girls' High School or Dio), is situated in the city of Kolkata (old name Calcutta) in West Bengal state, India. It was established in 1876 at Sarat Bose and Elgin roads in South Kolkata.In November 2004 a branch of the school was established in Bamunbagan slum area with 26 children. On Children's Day (14 November 2005), a second school was set up at Bedford Lane, off Ripon Street, Kolkata with 52 children.HistoryThe school is one of the oldest girls' schools in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). In 1894, the school was named St. John's Diocesan by the Clewer Sisters of John the Baptist from Windsor, Berkshire. The school was started in 1876 by Angelina Margaret Hoare (17 May 1843 – 10 January 1892), a British missionary from Kent, England who devoted her life to the advancement of women's education in British India. From her diaries we know that the school started with 16 female students.From 1908-31, St. John's Diocesan School remained the only Christian women's college of good repute in eastern India. Hoare wrote in a letters to her brother in England : "...my idea of the future of our Diocesan School is that it should be an institution not confined to any particular society or an elite group..." She died at age 48 in 1892. Upon her death, Bishop of Calcutta, Bishop Johnson, praised her in the following words: