OLM - Our Lady of Mercy School

Our Lady of Mercy School (OLM) is an American, Catholic school in the city of Rio de Janeiro which offers cutting edge educational programs open to students of all nationalities. Fully accredited by both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Secretary of Education for the State of Rio de Janeiro, OLM confers both American and Brazilian diplomas upon graduation. Serving approximately 580 students from twenty nations in pre-school (2 years old) through high school (12th Grade), Our Lady of Mercy School is situated in the borough of Botafogo, nestled between the Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer Monument, approximately five miles from the city center and one mile from some of the most famous beaches in the world. Our Lady of Mercy School is maintained by the Society of Our Lady of Mercy, a lay association founded by American and British families in 1919 in order to practice the Catholic faith in their own language and provide for the spiritual needs of English-sp...