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{{Short description|Public school in Latha Township, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Latha 2 High School
| native_name = {{lang|my|အ.ထ.က (၂) လသာ}}
| image= Basic Education High School No. 2 Latha front.jpg
| caption = Basic Education High School No. 2 Latha
| logo = BEHS 2 Latha school logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| motto = ကျောင်းတော်မဟာ (၂) လသာ
| motto_translation = Superb School Latha (2)
| established = {{start date and age|1861}}<ref name=igi-220>{{cite book | last=Hunter | first=Sir William Wilson | title=Imperial Gazaetteer of India | volume=21 | publisher=Clarendon Press | year=1908 | location=Oxford | page=220}}</ref>
| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
| acres=
| founder   = 
| principal = Dr. [[Burmese honorifics|Nang]] Than Than Sein
| faculty = 
| students = 
| mascot = 
| colors = 
| city = [[Yangon]]
| state = [[Yangon Region]]
| country = [[Myanmar]]
| website =
| grades = Grade 1-Grade 11
| address = 112 [[Bogyoke Aung San Road]], [[Latha Township]]
| schoolnumber = 2
}}

{{Designation list|designation1=Yangon}}

'''Basic Education High School (BEHS) No. 2 Latha''' ({{langx|my|အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် (၂) လသာ}}; abbreviated to အ.ထ.က (၂) လသာ; formerly '''St. John's Convent School''';<ref name=igi-220/> commonly known as '''Latha 2 High School''') is one of the most well known public high schools in [[Myanmar]]. Located in [[Latha Township]] opposite the [[Yangon General Hospital]] and next to the [[University of Medicine 1, Yangon]], the all-girls school<ref name=mmTimes2>{{cite web|url= http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/special-features/195-women-of-asean/11204-smart-girls-are-born-here.html|title= Smart girls are born here|date=29 July 2014|last=May Thinzar Naing}}</ref><ref name=Wedding>{{cite web|url= http://kanyawanddylan.ourwedding.com/view/9124009970372972/35169950|title= Kanyaw-Paw and Dylan from Yangon|date= 13 December 2014|access-date= 18 October 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081231/http://kanyawanddylan.ourwedding.com/view/9124009970372972/35169950|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> offers classes from Kindergarten to Tenth Standard (until Grade 10 in the new nomenclature).

The school's colonial era building is a [[landmark]] protected by the city.<ref name=hl>{{cite news|url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no87/New/14.htm |title=Special Reports: Heritage List |newspaper=The Myanmar Times |date=2001-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615164607/http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no87/New/14.htm |archive-date=2009-06-15 }}</ref>

[[Kyi Phyu Shin]] created many videos and movies including "Little stars of future" ({{langx|my|အနာဂတ်ရဲ့ ကြယ်ပွင့်လေးများ}}) movie.

[[File:Basic Education High School No. 2 Latha.JPG|thumb|Front view]]

== Uniform ==
From Grade 1 to Grade 5, school-girls wear a white-shirt-and-green-skirt uniform. Starting from Grade 6, school-girls wear the traditional white Burmese blouse called ''yinbon eingyi'', and green ''htamein''.

== List of Headmistresses ==
* Muriel Tun Kyaw (1966–1980)
* Tin Tin (1981–1987)
* [[Burmese honorifics|Nang]] Nuan (1987–1993)
* Win Kyi (1993–1996)
* Khin Ohn Myint (1996–2007)
* Dr. Theingi Kyaw (2007–2017)<ref name=mitvNews>{{cite news|url= http://www.myanmarinternationaltv.com/news/outstanding-students-gov’t-honours-distinctive-passers|title= Outstanding Students:Gov't Honours Distinctive Passers|date=16 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=MyanmarGeneva>{{cite news|url=http://www.myanmargeneva.org/11nlm/may/n110531.htm|title=Vice-President attends tree-planting ceremonies, visits schools in Yangon|date=31 May 2011|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133719/http://www.myanmargeneva.org/11nlm/may/n110531.htm|archive-date=3 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Dr. [[Burmese honorifics|Nang]] Than Than Sein (2017–present)

== Alumni ==
* [[Mi Mi Khaing]]: Scholar and writer <ref>{{cite web|last1=Khaing|first1=Mi Mi|title=KANBAWSA --- A MODERN REVIEW|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/MiMiKhaing-Shan.html|website=ibiblio|ref=She went to St. John's convent, Rangoon}}</ref>
* [[Kyi Phyu Shin]]: Film director <ref>{{cite web|last1=Shin |first1=Kyi Phyu |title=Director Kyi Phyu Shin's Biography |url=http://kyiphyushin.com/artprofile.htm |website=Kyi Phyu Shin |ref=ပညာအရည်အချင်း - အထက်တန်းကျောင်း ( အ.ထ.က-၂ ) လသာ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107225802/http://www.kyiphyushin.com/artprofile.htm |archivedate=2011-11-07 }}</ref>
* [[May Thet Khine]]: Actress <ref name="ReferenceA">From 4:47-5:07 former school girls cast list, shown at Part 3, Little Stars of Future Movie</ref>
* [[Warso Moe Oo]]: Actress, Model, Singer<ref>{{cite news|last1=မိုးဦး |first1=ဝါဆို |title=ကျောင်းဖွင့်ချိန် ရင်ခုန် လှုပ်ရှားမှုနှင့် ကျောင်းသားဘဝ ဖြတ်သန်းခဲ့သူ တို့ စကားသံ |url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/mpaper/2014/05/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%80%96%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%AF/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809131257/http://www.popularmyanmar.com/mpaper/2014/05/%E1%80%B1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%80%96%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%81%E1%80%AF/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-08-09 |work=Popular Myanmar |date=May 2014 |ref=ကျောင်းက လသာ (၂) မိန်းကလေး ကျောင်းမှာ တက် ခဲ့တာ။ }}</ref>
*[[M Seng Lu]]: Supermodel<ref>{{cite news |title=A peek into the life of Model M Seng Lu |url=https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/a-peek-into-the-life-of-model-m-seng-lu |work=[[Eleven Media Group]] |date=24 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703082748/http://www.shweo.net/shweomovie/movie/id/3648 Little Stars of Future Full Movie (Part 1-10)]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/BEHS-2-Latha/175197275856187 BEHS 2 Latha]
* [http://www.facebook.com/behs2lathaburma BEHS 2 Latha in Burma]
* [http://kyelkywaichain.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_16.html Tomboys By kyelkywaichain]

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[[Category:High schools in Yangon]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1861|Latha 2]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in Burma]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Yangon]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in the British Empire]]