Oak Grove School, Mussoorie
| Oak Grove School | |
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| Location | |
Jharipani, Mussoorie | |
| Information | |
| Type | Residential public school |
| Motto | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय (From Darkness to Enlightenment) |
| Established | 1 June 1888 |
| Founder | East Indian Railway Company |
| School board | CBSE |
| Principal | Naresh Kumar (IRPS)[1] |
| Headmaster of Senior Boys School | Mr Vinay Kumar[1] |
| Headmistress of Senior Girls School | Mrs. Kusum Kamboj[1] |
| Headmistress of Junior School | Mrs. Archana Sankar [1] |
| Teaching staff | 45[2] |
| Grades | 3-12 |
| Age | 7 to 17 |
| Number of students | 550[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15:1[2] |
| Language | English |
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| Color(s) | Maroon and White |
| Song | Oakgrovians |
| Nickname | Oakgrovians |
| Rivals | Wynberg Allen School |
| Newspaper | Acorn (monthly) |
| Yearbook | The Oakgrovian |
| Alumni | The Oak Grovian Association |
| Website | www |
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Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie is a residential public school, owned and run by the Indian Railways. It is situated on hill tops covering 256 acres (1.04 km2) in Jharipani, Mussoorie, India.
The school was started by the British Raj on 1 June 1888.[3] The students predominantly consist of the children of Indian Railways employees; 25% of seats are reserved for outsiders. At present there are more than 610 students.[when?][citation needed] The school consists of three semi-independent parts — Oak Grove Sr. Boys' School (commenced 1888), Oak Grove Sr. Girls' School (1890s) and Oak Grove Junior School (1912). The buildings were designed by the chief engineer of EIR Mr. Richard Roskell Bayne and are built in Gothic style of architecture. LBSNAA ( Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration) conducted its sports day several times in the valley of Oak Grove School.
Administration
[edit]The overall functioning of the school is under the control of a Board of Governors, which frames and reviews policies to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of the institution during its annual meetings. The BOG consists of:
Chairman - General Manager, Northern Railway
Executive Governor - The Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway
Member - The Chief Engineer, Northern Railway
Member - The F.A. & C.A.O., Northern Railway
Member - The C.M.D., Northern Railway
Member - The S.D.G.M., Northern Railway
Member - The D.R.M., Northern Railway, Moradabad
Secretary - Principal, Oak Grove School
Principals' Timeline
[edit]| Lt. Col. A.C. Chapman | 1888 – 1912 | 24 years |
| Mr. H.P. Watts | 1918 – 1946 | 28 years |
| Mr. G.F. Chunn | 1946 – 1946 | 1 year |
| Mr. O.G. Sullivan | 1947 – 1948 | 2 years |
| Mr. K.F. McGowan | 1948 – 1950 | 2 years |
| Mr. B.L.J. Love | 1950 – 1956 | 6 years |
| Mr. A K. Bhaduri | 1956 – 1958 | 3 years |
| Mr. B.R. Pasricha | 1958 – 1970 | 13 years |
| Mr. L.C. Mathur | 1970 – 1972 | 3 years |
| Mr. Ratan Kumar Kichlu | 1972 – 1994 | 25 years |
| Mr. Sunil Mishra (Principal designate) | 1990 – 1991 | 2 years |
| Mrs. Gita Mishra | 1995 – 1997 | 3 years |
| Mr. Rajiv Kishore | 1997 – 2001 | 4 years |
| Mr. Deepak Peter Gabriel | 2001 – 2004 | 4 years |
| Mr. Surinder Kumar | 2005 – 2008 | 4 years |
| Mr. Anurag Tripathi | 2008 – 2012 | 5 years |
| Mr. Sandip Trivedi | 2012 – 2015 | 3 years |
| Mr. J.P. Pandey | 2015-2019 | 5 years |
| Mr. Abhishek Kesrwani | 2019-2022 | 4 years |
| Mr.Naresh Kumar | 2022- |
Oakgrovians at the Olympic games
[edit]Several Oak Grove students represented pre-independence India (under the British Raj) in field hockey at the Olympics between 1928 Amsterdam to 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning Gold medal each time. These [4] were:
Amsterdam Olympics – 1928
- Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper
- Leslie Charles Hammond
- Broome Eric Pinniger
Los Angeles Olympics – 1932
- Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper
- Leslie Charles Hammond
- Broome Eric Pinniger
- Richard Carr
Berlin Olympics – 1936
- Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Our Heads". Oak Grove School. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Teaching Staff". Oak Grove School. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "History". oakgrove.jharipani.com. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Gold medallist Olympians".
External links
[edit]- Alumni Corner, http://www.oakgrovian.info/
- Oakgrovians Young & Old, http://www.oakgrovians.com
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