[1][2] It started as an orphanage for the children of the British soldiers and established as one of the elite educational institutions in post colonial India.

[10][11] As a day school, it expanded with new buildings to educate children from the stages of nursery, kindergarten, to higher classes of grades XI and XII.

[15][16] As an elite educational institution,[17][18] it continues to provide not only academic achievements, but also attitudes imbued with social, moral and spiritual values in their students.

She founded the religious order in 1818 and became known as Mary of St. Ignatius, for the poor and those needing care until she fell gravely ill and her last words before dying were, "How good God is",[25] on 3 February 1837, at the age of 63.

[28][29] The journey from the hot plains of India up to the resort of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh was a winding drive through scenic mountain landscape, elevated 2206 meters from sea.

On recommendation from the Governor General of India at the time, Lord Canning, the nuns moved from their work from Agra up to the hills of Shimla in 1864.

[31][32][33] Mother St. Lewis Gonzaga was the first supervisor, the orphans of the British soldiers were cared for and received education from the nuns until 1940, when it was no longer an orphanage.

A statue of the sacred heart of Jesus stands outside the front compound and a grotto of Mary behind the church, jointly shared by St. Bede's.

A lot of quality time of togetherness, bonding and friendship took place amongst the Chelseaites, as there were no cell phones, TV to watch, internet, or computers available then.

[41] For five school days, a strict uniform consisting of a white shirt, grey skirt, crimson red sweater, tie, socks, and a blazer had to be worn.

Off-school hours also required the boarders to don another set of uniform, their long hair neatly plaited and pinned, their shoes clean and their appearance prim and proper at all times.

[43][41][44][45][46][47] The four houses were Red (Honesty), Blue (Perseverance), Green (Generosity), and Yellow (Responsibility), was symbolic and reflected some of the virtues the school hope to instill in the pupils from grade five and up.

Each dormitory had consistent furnishings of a single bed draped by the same color counterpane, a bedside dresser, a chair for each boarder and the dorms were grouped by each class.

The senior pupils had to tidy their space, orderliness and placement of their items had to be precise in its place, their beds had to be aired and made only after brushing their teeth.

A few stay-in matrons helped do the chores in the house but they get off early leaving only Sr. Celsus, to handle the boarders in the evening and whose duty never ends.

[53] Those who fell sick or came down with chicken pox or measles were infirmed in a separate building with a house nurse Elizabeth, who had worked there for decades, and in dispensing medication in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

In the senior dormitories building, Sr. Celsus kept a cupboard under lock that was stocked with chocolates, chilly chips, pop drinks, biscuits, and candies.

Classes would line up to get extra snacks and sign out the payment from their pocket money account kept tallied by Sister Celsus, who taught good stewardship by capping the boarder's spending.

The Tuck cupboard was one of the Chelseaite's favorite indulges when all our snacks brought from home in the beginning of the year would have long been eaten.

Mother Conrad, a teapot-statured four-feet tall nun who taught the pupils elocution, had for the longest decades, been the one person in-charged of the spin-the-wheel stall and she would singularly come close to winning the top three award for the most raised fund stall simply by spinning the wheel as she would bid the onlookers to come try and guaranteed to win a chocolate.

The emphasis continues today in the development of the child to learn to not only reach their full academic potential but to transform their behavior and virtues as a righteous human being before God, as an individual and to their country.

Some of the outings were to Mall Road, Shimla, Eagle Mount, Sanjauli, Rashtrapati Niwas, Naldehra Golf Course and surrounding nature trails.

[61] The new Claudine Thevenet hall building, the expansion of classrooms, workshop, laboratories, new basketball court and facilities to accommodate the growth and demand for Chelsea as a day educational center has only grown in Himachal Pradesh.

It continues to remain as one of the choice all girls high school today, from Nursery, KG, to classes I-XII, under CBSE board.

[35] The memories of one such a person who had a great impact in the lives of thousands of Cheseaites, worldwide, is etched in the minds and hearts of the boarders.

Mother Conrad Coats, a four feet tall nun, in perfect oval shape had for several decades been a fixture at Chelsea and taught the junior school elocution.

Mother Consilio (née Nancy Browne), an Irish nun had dedicated her lifetime in service since her arrival to colonial India.