St. Louis, a Public/Mission Partnership - Catholic Institution, is a first-class academic centre of excellence. Our campus is located in a very ideal place inside the city of Kumasi near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The School is nestled within a wide range of trees, long stretches of well-trimmed lawns, and very conspicuous flora prettification. Our environment provides the right atmosphere for the holistic development of students.
Most Rev. Hubert Pailissen, SMA, in early 1949, said; “In this country, scarcely 15 percent of the school-going youth are girls. The people now begin to realize that more must be done in favor of this much –neglected part of the human race, and the chiefs, conscious of their duty towards their subjects, asked us to establish schools for girls in their respective villages…. But to obtain results, it is necessary that the direction of girls’ schools should be in the hands of Sisters of a Teaching Order with the necessary experience in the latest development of pedagogic methods.”
Hence, on Sunday, October 19, 1947, the first St. Louis Sisters arrived in the country. They were to continue the running of an already-established elementary school, the St. Bernadette School, now popularly called “Roman Girls”. True to character, the St. Louis Sisters, who never do things by the halves, decided to establish a new secondary school on the same compound. In 1952, St. Louis Secondary was opened, with an initial group of 12 girls. Only out of this group survived to join the second group in 1953 to make 42. By December 1957, when the surviving group wrote their “O” Level Examination, they numbered 11 (eleven).
Most of the salaries of the Sisters, funds raised, and Diocesan contributions went into developing the compound and acquiring necessary inputs.
The church wanted the Apostolate of Education to develop the essential task of forming strong and enlightened Christians, capable of exercising influenced Christians, capable of exercising much influence in social and political affairs. Perhaps, there is no branch that needed more attention than female education.
Our Mission
Impart Values, Godly Principles, Skills, and Knowledge that will Empower Our Students to be Relevant in an Ever-Changing World
Our Vision
Produce Excellent, Well-Mannered Ladies Equipped to Positively Affect Ghana and Beyond