Convent of Jesus and Mary, popularly known as CJM Waverley, is a boarding school in Mussoorie. CJM Waverly is the oldest and best boarding schools in India for girls.Â
History
The school was founded in 1845. It had its formal opening on 18th September. Waverley was the second school to be established in India by the Religious of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, three years after they set foot in Agra. However, it was the first of the Convent Boarding School on the hills of the Northern Provinces. Over the years of inception, the institution has gained the reputation among the top boarding schools in Mussoorie.
Academics
Waverley is an English medium school which prescribes the Central Board of Secondary Education, with classes from Class I to Class XII. The school has an extensive curriculum that goes beyond the classroom to ensure that the girls are equipped with an education that fulfills the objectives of the institution and enables them to meet the challenges of the dynamic and competitive modern society. The school aims at a holistic education that helps in developing mind, body and soul.Â
Infrastructure
Located at an elevation of 6,600 feet above sea level in the beautiful hill station of Mussoorie CJM Waverly has a widespread campus with all necessary modern infrastructures.The school is equipped with state of the art facilities and all new age amenities to allow the girls to blissfully reside in a secure and comfortable abode.
Activity
Besides a vast curriculum, the CJM Waverly also incorporates a number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities into its schedule to ensure that the girls are able to discover their talents and perfect them as well as get the exposure necessary in this modern competitive world. Debates, declamation, elocution, extempore, story-telling, dramatics etc. are conducted both in the English and Hindi languages, on a regular basis. There is a variety of sports that the girls can explore at the boarding schools in Mussoorie.
The various clubs in the school are –
Besides the aforementioned activities, the best boarding schools in Mussoorie present clubs like:
- Literary Club
- Science Club
- Social Science Club
- Ecology Club
- Moral EducationÂ
Alumni
Some notable personalities who have passed out from here are ;