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{{Infobox school
| name = McWilliam Higher Secondary School
| image = McWilliam School Ground Northside.jpg
| location = [[Alipurduar]], [[India]]
| type = [[State School]]
| established = {{start date and age|1937}}
| founder = [[P.N. McWilliam]]
| staff = 78
| enrolment = 2380
| campus_type = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| colours = White {{color box|white}} and Blue {{color box|blue}}
| affiliation = [[WBBSE]]<br>[[WBCHSE]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[English language|English]]
}}

'''McWilliam Higher Secondary School''' is a state government school in [[Alipurduar]], the central town of [[Dooars]], in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Statesman News|date=2018-01-17|title=SJDA to work outside Siliguri, J'guri areas|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/sjda-work-outside-siliguri-jguri-areas-1502565932.html|access-date=2020-07-18|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> It is one of the oldest schools in Alipurduar. It was founded in 1937, during [[British Raj]], as an upper primary school. Presently, there are more than two thousand students enrolled in this school from class one to class twelve with seventy eight teachers and a management body consisting students' guardians and teachers. There are two adjacent high school buildings and a primary school building situated in same campus. Also there is another junior school building in other part of the town, near [[Alipurduar College]]. This was established in 1955. McWilliam provides a [[liberal education]] and the medium of instruction is [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[English language|English]]. This school cater for pupils from the ages of five to eighteen and it is affiliated to [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mc William High School - Alipurduar Municipality, Alipurduar - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating - Directory|url=https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/mc-william-high-school-alipurduar-municipality-alipurduar-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/|access-date=2020-07-18|website=EduGorilla Listings|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mc William Jr High School - Alipurduar Municipality, Alipurduar - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating - Directory|url=https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/mc-william-jr-high-school-alipurduar-municipality-alipurduar-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/|access-date=2020-07-18|website=EduGorilla Listings|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Peter Neish McWilliam ==
[[File:Statue of Peter Neish McWilliam.jpg|alt=A white statue of P.N. McWilliam at McWilliam School campus. Portion of school building is visible in background.|thumb|Statue of P.N. McWilliam at McWilliam H.S. School.]]
McWilliam Upper Primary School was founded by Peter Neish McWilliam (1906–1999), who was an officer in [[Indian Civil Service]] and son of [[Peter McWilliam]] (a British professional football player and manager).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter McWilliam - Postscript|url=https://www.scotsfootballworldwide.scot/peter-mcwilliam---postscript|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.scotsfootballworldwide.scot}}</ref> He joined service on 26 November 1930, as Asstt. Magte. and Collr. in [[Jalpaiguri]]. After two years serving there and one year in [[Dacca]], he was transferred to Alipurduar as Sub-Divisional Officer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=General|first=Bengal (India) Office of the Accountant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5LGsAAAAMAAJ&q=peter+mcwilliam+india++civil+service+1930&pg=PA101|title=History of Services of Gazetted and Other Officers: Corrected Up to 1st July 1935|date=1935|publisher=Superintendent, Government Print., Bengal Government Press|language=en}}</ref>

McWilliam was transferred from Alipurduar, few years after establishing the school. He continued his contribution towards the school and the town through various initiatives of fund arrangements and regular letters to the headmaster. His family created McWilliam Memorial Fund after his death. In 2001 it donated five hundred pounds to the headmaster of the school.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=roma+500+McWilliam+memorial+fund|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref>

== Early years ==
To build a proper school for children in Alipurduar, McWilliam and his wife began raising money in 1936. After receiving donations from local families and friends, they had enough money to start in 1937 with fifty students between the age of six and ten.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=statesman+1998|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref> Few years later this upper primary school was upgraded to junior high with Muhammad Rahim as its headmaster.
[[File:Statue of Neelkanta Mukherjee.jpg|alt=Statue of Nilkanta Mukherjee in front of school building. The sign board of McWilliam HS School visible in the background.|thumb|Statue of Nilkanta Mukherjee at school campus.]]
Nilkanta Mukherjee, an eminent educationist of [[North Bengal]], took initiative to further upgrade this school into McWilliam Higher Secondary School in 1944.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=McWilliam+School|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref> He also became headmaster of the school and served till 1969. He donated a major portion of land, owned by McWilliam School, to build [[Alipurduar College]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1993 a devastating flood damaged the school. P.N McWilliam persuaded the Bristol Commonwealth Society to donate funds to the school. In 1998, the society designated the school as its charitable cause for that year.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=john+parsloe|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref>

== Curriculum ==
The academic curriculum includes Mathematics, both the Bengali language and literature, History, Geography, Science, Hindi and Sanskrit (Hindi in class V and VI. Sanskrit in class VII and VIII), English and Physical Education (up to class X).

Class X students are prepared for the [[Madhyamik Pariksha]] and [[WBCHSE]] higher secondary exam when they are in class XII. The three streams in higher secondary, i.e. class XI and XII, are Humanities, Science and Commerce.

== Badge ==
[[File:Badge of McWilliam HS School.jpg|alt=Badge of McWilliam HS School. School name, establishment year and address written in Bengali. The logo consists of the view of a sunrise over the sea and sailor rowing his small boat.|thumb|Badge of McWilliam HS School]]
The badge of McWilliam HS School consists of its name, address and establishment year written on it. The logo pictured as boatman rows his boat on a calm sea and a view of sunrise in the background. The logo symbolizes hope and struggle of a student in the ocean of knowledge that is school.

== Facilities ==
School has an old three storey building renovated and a new four storey building constructed in the year 2010. Two buildings are adjacent and floors connected. There are four conventional labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography. A computer lab consisting around twenty basic PCs is also available in the institution. Basic sports amenities are available for students, including 2000 sq meter school ground.

== Extra curricular activities ==

=== Physical training ===
Theres a boys' scout team affiliated to [[The Bharat Scouts and Guides]]. These scouts perform every year on [[Republic Day (India)|republic day]] celebrations in town. They have won several awards in different occasions.

=== Games and sports ===
Games include athletics, cricket, football, volleyball, badminton. The school sports teams participate in various town and district level tournaments. There are annual sports events every year where school students participate.

== History of sports ==
P.N. McWilliam played instrumental role in developing sports in the school. He believed that sports is a significant part of school life. He brought imperial sports ethic in this town through the school. over the years, school sports teams have built up a name of its own in the local sports scene. McWilliam was a patron of Alipurduar Town Club. He also played football for this club. He established fixtures with teams from neighboring towns and tea estates. Author [[Boria Majumdar]] in his book "Sport in South Asian Society" wrote, P.N. McWilliam said, most pleasing games were those where McWilliam's team achieved victory over Coochbehar's teams, which were organized by the [[Maharaja of Cooch Behar]] with top players from [[Calcutta]] playing for them sometimes.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=Maharaja+coochbehar+top+players|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref> There is a famous story of McWilliam, delayed before a match against Coochbehar, ran from railway trolley straight to the ground and scored a goal after playing for one minute.

== Alumni ==
Many meritorious students of this institution are scholars of foreign universities and institutes of national importance in India.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Majumdar|first1=Boria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWfdAAAAQBAJ&q=scholars+renown&pg=PA84|title=Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present|last2=Mangan|first2=J. A.|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99894-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IIT Delhi Alumni who also went to Mc William Higher Secondary School|url=https://iitd.almaconnect.com/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=iitd.almaconnect.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==

* Writer and social worker Anjan Roy is one of them who studied in [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNBhAHhl2LUC&q=%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95+%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE+%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0&pg=PP15|title=Americar bangla Galpo|publisher=Academic Publishers|language=bn}}</ref>
* Sourit Bhattacharya, Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literature Studies at [[University of Edinburgh]], Scotland.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
*Subhajit Singha, editor of films such as [[Cinemawala]], [[Bishorjan]], [[Nirontor (2020)]] etc.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021|reason=Needs citation of proper value such mentions the name of this school.}}

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/McWilliamHighSchool/ Official Facebook page of the school.]

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[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1937]]
[[Category:Schools in Alipurduar district]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]

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