Oak Grove School | |
Motto: | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय |
Motto Translation: | From Darkness to Enlightenment |
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Type: | Residential public school |
Principal: | Naresh Kumar (IRPS)[1] |
Principal1: | Mr Vinay Kumar |
Principal Label1: | Headmaster of Senior Boys School |
Principal2: | Mrs. Kusum Kamboj |
Principal Label2: | Headmistress of Senior Girls School |
Principal3: | Mrs. Archana Sankar |
Principal Label3: | Headmistress of Junior School |
Teaching Staff: | 45[2] |
Grades: | 3-12 |
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Lower Age: | 7 |
Upper Age: | 17 |
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Students: | 550 |
Ratio: | 15:1 |
Medium Of Language: | English |
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Colors: | Maroon and White |
Song: | Oakgrovians |
Nickname: | Oakgrovians |
Rivals: | Wynberg Allen School |
Newspaper: | Acorn (monthly) |
Yearbook: | The Oakgrovian |
Alumni: | The Oak Grovian Association |
Picture Caption: | 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 256acres 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. 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.
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
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- |
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
Los Angeles Olympics – 1932
Berlin Olympics – 1936