Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College is an Independent, Roman Catholic, secondary day school for girls, located in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1875, Monte is the oldest independent girls school on Sydney's North Shore, and currently caters for approximately 1,080 students from Years 7 to 12. The college is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Australasian Mercy Secondary Schools Association, the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia, and is an affiliate member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools .Since 2007, Monte has offered its students the option of the International Baccalaureate Diploma program.HistoryMonte Sant' Angelo is the oldest independent girls' school on Sydney's North Shore. The college was established in 1865, on the corner of Miller and McLaren Street, North Sydney, by Mother Ignatius McQuoin of the Sisters of Mercy.By 1879, the school had outgrown its original site and subsequently moved to its current location at Miller Street. The name of the College is taken from Monte Sant' Angelo, a centre of religion, culture and learning in Gargano, Italy.