Convent Green Lane

Convent Green Lane, Penang (31 May 2012)


Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, better known as Convent Green Lane, and now as Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Convent Green Lane, is a girls' secondary school in Penang. It is located along Green Lane, with one side along Hamilton Road.

Convent Green Lane was established by the Roman Catholic missionaries, primarily instrumental being Father M. Surmon of the Missions étrangères de Paris. Father Surmon serves as the parish priest of the Church of the Holy Spirit (now Cathedral of the Holy Spirit) while staying at the Little Sisters of the Poor along Batu Lanchang Lane. Convent Green lane was opened on 3 April, 1961.

The first headmistress of Convent Green Lane was Sister Helen O'Sullivan. From a beginning with just twelve classrooms, the school has expanded over the decades. The school hall was added in 1968 while a library came into being six years down the road.

Convent Green Lane today has a student body numbering around a thousand and a staff of about sixty teachers.

SK Convent Green Lane (21 September 2009)


SK Convent Green Lane wing facing Jalan Hamilton. (21 September 2009)

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