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NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTED JUN’16

Awards Day at SMD While schools throughout the country have been closed, education for nuns and monks has continued. All gompas  (monastic institutions) are seats of learning as well as places of spiritual endeavour. Our monks happily moved back into SMD to continue their classes  and our nuns (who normally come to SMD in their bus) are continuing their classes …

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SMD School COVID-19 UPDATE

Kathmandu is in hard lockdown again! But on to brighter news first… Partner Schools & Scholarships Last year, we were only able to place one SMD student on scholarship overseas–this year we’ll have three students abroad again!! A chance to finish high school in preeminent schools like the ones mentioned below opens doors to higher education for a select few …

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SMD School is Open again!

SMD School classes

Grades 5 to 10 are back at SMD! We’re thrilled to announce that schools in Nepal are allowed to operate again and SMD School is in the process of phasing in students by grade. We initially brought all our grade 10’s back into boarding (hostel). They went into a week of isolation and attended online classes from their rooms. Our …

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SMD School Spring Update

This time of year is always bustling with energy at SMD School, and it has been eventful over the past couple of months, to say the least! Here are a few highlights of our activities: We held our final exams for the year from March 22 to 30, followed by results day on April 5 and a short two-week holiday …