The Immaculate Heart Girls School is located about six hours from Uganda’s capital Kampala in the rolling green hills of Nyakibale Parish. The garden has been cultivated since 2003 but unfortunately there has been a steady decrease in the number of students willing to help care for the garden.
The school is a Government aided one offering both Ordinary and Advanced level classes. It is fully accredited by the Uganda National Examinations Board as an Examination Centre. The Examination Centre number is U0083.
[related_posts]Our Objectives
- To provide a conducive environment for learning.
- Explore, identify and avail a wide range of opportunity to promote learning.
- Seek to identify and develop personal talents of the girls.
- To identity cultural inhibitions and develop programmes for overcoming them.
- To promote cultural heritage
- To develop personal confidence self motivation and a positively competitive spirit among the girls.
- To help girls excel in the academic, intellectual, scientific and social dimensions.
- To help the girl child to become God loving, morally upright and a woman of self esteem and substance.
- To build up a sound basis for scientific development in the girl child using CYBER SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS PROJECT (SESEMAT). These enhance quality teaching and learning.
Curriculum
The school offers a wide curriculum so as to provide a balanced education for the students and wider opportunities in career options. For senior 1 and 2, students study a total number of 14 subjects, all compulsory.
The High School enjoys the rigors of an international system and includes courses that are particular to English speaking curricula:
- English Language and Literature
- Mathematics
- History
- Geography
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
We Teach From a Biblical Perspective
In addition, students study Acts, World Religions, Philosophy, and Ethics as part of the core Bible curriculum.
Every course is taught from a Biblical perspective.
Advanced Placement (AP) Opportunities
Students in grades 11 and 12 are offered more rigorous courses through the Advanced Placement (AP) program. This is an international program offered through the College Board that enables students to take more advanced courses in specific subject areas.
Electives for Untapped Talents
Semester-long electives present the opportunity to investigate the possibilities of previously untapped talents.
Online Courses
Opportunities for advanced, individual and specialized courses are offered with Sevenstar and Northstar Online Academies.