Oak Grove School, Mussoorie

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Residential public school in Uttarakhand, India

Oak Grove School

Location

Jharipani, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand

India

Information
Type| Residential public school
Motto| तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
(From Darkness to Enlightenment)
Established| 1 June 1888; 135 years ago (1888-06-01)
Founder| East Indian Railway Company
School board| CBSE
Principal| Abhishek Kesarwani (IRPS)[1]
Headmaster of Senior Boys School| [1]
Headmistress of Senior Girls School| Mrs. Kusum Kamboj[1]
Headmaster of Junior School| Mr. Vinay Kumar[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
Campuses|

* Oak Grove Estate

* Jharipani
* Mussoorie Hills

Houses|

* Patel
* Ashoka
* Tagore
* Shivaji

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.oakgrovejharipani.in

The Oak Grove Flag

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.

Auditorium

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

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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-  |

## 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]

1. ^ a b c d "Our Heads". Oak Grove School. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. ^ a b c "Teaching Staff". Oak Grove School. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. ^ "History". oakgrove.jharipani.com. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
4. ^ "Gold medallist Olympians".

## External links[edit]

* Alumni Corner, http://www.oakgrovian.info/
* Oakgrovians Young & Old, http://www.oakgrovians.com