Marian Academy is a
private
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nursery, primary and secondary school, located in
Georgetown,
Guyana
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. It is situated on Carifesta Avenue in central Georgetown.
History
The school was opened on 14 September 1998, with 227 enrolled students.
By 2001, the school had doubled in size, recording a figure of 453 students.
Since 2008, the school has run an annual "blood drive", in which students are encouraged to become blood donors.
The drive is organised in collaboration with Guyana
Red Cross
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and the
National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS).
In 2015, the school signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jinshan Middle School in
Fuzhou
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, China making Marian Academy the first school in Guyana to have a sister school in China. In 2019, 20 students from Marian visited Jinshan.
Environs
It is between a
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and the
Guyana National Park
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Despit ...
.
See also
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Education in Guyana
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List of schools in Guyana
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Roman Catholicism in Guyana
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References
External links
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1998 establishments in Guyana
Christianity in Georgetown, Guyana
Educational institutions established in 1998
Catholic elementary and primary schools in Guyana
Catholic secondary schools in Guyana
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