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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Oak Grove School<br />
| logo = Oak Grove School 1888 logo.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| motto = तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय<br />
| motto_translation = From Darkness to Enlightenment<br />
| location = Jharipani, [[Mussoorie]]<br />
| state = [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --><br />
| other_name = <!-- or | other_names = --><br />
| former_name = <!-- or | former_names = --><br />
| type = Residential public school<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|1888|06|01|df=yes}}<br />
| founder = [[East Indian Railway Company]]<br />
| opened = <br />
| closed = <br />
| school_board = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]<br />
| principal = Abhishek Kesarwani (IRPS)<ref name="OurHeads">{{cite web|title=Our Heads|url=http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.in/head.php|website=Oak Grove School|accessdate=8 February 2018|language=en}}</ref><br />
| principal1 = Dr. Sanjay Dubey<ref name="OurHeads" /><br />
| principal_label1 = Headmaster of Senior Boys School<br />
| principal2 = Mrs. Kusum Kamboj<ref name="OurHeads" /><br />
| principal_label2 = Headmistress of Senior Girls School<br />
| principal3 = Mr. Vinay Kumar<ref name="OurHeads" /><br />
| principal_label3 = Headmaster of Junior School<br />
| teaching_staff = 45<ref name="TeachingStaff">{{cite web|title=Teaching Staff|url=http://www.oakgrovejharipani.in/teachingstaff.php|website=Oak Grove School|accessdate=8 February 2018|language=en}}</ref><br />
| grades = 3-12<br />
| gender = <!-- use | gender_label = to override the default label --><br />
| lower_age = 7<br />
| upper_age = 17<br />
| enrollment = <!-- or | enrolment = --><br />
| students = 550<ref name="TeachingStaff" /><br />
| ratio = 15:1<ref name="TeachingStaff" /><br />
| medium_of_language = English<br />
| campuses = * Oak Grove Estate<br />
* Jharipani<br />
* Mussoorie Hills<br />
| campus_size = <br />
| campus_type = <br />
| houses = <br />
| colors = Maroon and White {{color box|Maroon}}{{color box|White}}<br />
| song = <br />
| nickname = Oakgrovians<br />
| team_name = <br />
| rivals = <br />
| newspaper = Acorn (monthly)<br />
| yearbook = The Oakgrovian<br />
| communities = <br />
| feeders = <br />
| alumni = The Oak Grovian Association<br />
| website = {{URL|www.oakgrovejharipani.in}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| picture = Ogflag.JPG<br />
| picture_caption = The Oak Grove Flag<br />
}}<br />
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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 {{convert|256|acre|km2}} in Jharipani, [[Mussoorie]], [[India]].<br />
[[File:Ogauditorium.jpg|thumb|Auditorium]]<br />
The school was started by the [[British Raj]] on 1 June 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com/oakgrove-jharipani/viewmypage.php?view=history|title=History|publisher=oakgrove.jharipani.com|accessdate=4 September 2012}}</ref> 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|date=September 2012}}{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} 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 architecture|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.<br />
<br />
== Administration ==<br />
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:<br />
<br />
Chairman - General Manager, Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Executive Governor - The Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Member - The Chief Engineer, Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Member - The F.A. & C.A.O., Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Member - The C.M.D., Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Member - The S.D.G.M., Northern Railway<br />
<br />
Member - The D.R.M., Northern Railway, Moradabad<br />
<br />
Secretary - Principal, Oak Grove School<br />
<br />
=== Principals' Timeline ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|Lt. Col. A.C. Chapman<br />
|1888 – 1912 <br />
|24 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. H.P. Watts <br />
|1918 – 1946<br />
|28 years<br />
|-<br />
|Mr. G.F. Chunn <br />
|1946 – 1946<br />
|1 year<br />
|-<br />
|Mr. O.G. Sullivan<br />
|1947 – 1948 <br />
|2 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. K.F. McGowan <br />
|1948 – 1950<br />
|2 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. B.L.J. Love <br />
|1950 – 1956<br />
|6 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. A K. Bhaduri<br />
|1956 – 1958<br />
|3 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. B.R. Pasricha<br />
|1958 – 1970<br />
|13 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. L.C. Mathur<br />
|1970 – 1972<br />
|3 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Ratan Kumar Kichlu<br />
|1972 – 1994<br />
|25 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Sunil Mishra (Principal designate)<br />
|1990 – 1991 <br />
|2 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mrs. Gita Mishra<br />
|1995 – 1997<br />
|3 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Rajiv Kishore<br />
|1997 – 2001<br />
|4 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Deepak Peter Gabriel<br />
|2001 – 2004<br />
|4 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Surinder Kumar<br />
|2005 – 2008<br />
|4 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Anurag Tripathi<br />
|2008 – 2012<br />
|5 years <br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Sandip Trivedi<br />
|2012 – 2015 <br />
|3 years<br />
|-<br />
|Mr. J.P. Pandey<br />
|2015-2019<br />
|5 years<br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Abhishek Kesrwani<br />
|2019-<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Heads of the wings of Oak Grove School ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Junior School<br />
!From - To<br />
!Girl's School<br />
!From - To<br />
!Boy's School<br />
!From - To<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Mrs Alice Chapman<br />
|1888-1908<br />
|Mr A C Chapman<br />
|1888-1912<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms E Lack<br />
|1908-1910<br />
|Mr S Fenemore<br />
|1913-1917<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms E Tanner<br />
|1811-1913<br />
|Mr H H Gibbs<br />
|1917-1937<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms M Fenemore<br />
|1913-1917<br />
|Mr G F Chunn<br />
|1937-1947<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Mr K L Reid<br />
|1918-1925<br />
|Mr J W Peterson<br />
|1947-1948<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms W H Wortham<br />
|1925-1932<br />
|Mr P Bellew<br />
|1948-1956<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms E Fowle<br />
|1933-1940<br />
|Mr Ahmed<br />
|1956-1958<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms H Cooke<br />
|1941-1943<br />
|Mr L O Edwards<br />
|1958-1965<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms P Fox<br />
|1943-1948<br />
|Mr O P Gomes<br />
|1965-1972<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms E Adams<br />
|1948-1949<br />
|Mr K Kukreti<br />
|1972-1974<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms D E Garlah<br />
|1949-1960<br />
|Mr B L Midha<br />
|1974-1975<br />
|-<br />
|Mrs Gupta<br />
| <br />
|Ms E Wesley (officiating)<br />
|1961<br />
|Mr N D Chhimwal<br />
|1975-1975<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms L A R Thomas<br />
|1961-1964<br />
|Mr K Kukreti<br />
|1975-1987<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ms E Wesley (officiating)<br />
|1964<br />
|Mr S L Sharma<br />
|1988-1989<br />
|-<br />
|Mrs S B Bhaskar<br />
| <br />
|Miss N C David<br />
|1964-1986<br />
|Mr D P Shukla<br />
|1989-1989<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Ms S Sharma<br />
|1989-2002<br />
|Mr A A Khan<br />
|1989-1990<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|Mrs S Dhondiyal (officiating)<br />
|2002<br />
|Mr D P Shukla<br />
|1990-1991<br />
|-<br />
|Mrs. V Juyal<br />
|<br />
|Ms P Kujur<br />
|2002-2004<br />
|Mr D C Pant<br />
|1991-2004<br />
|-<br />
|Mrs Pushpa Kujur<br />
| <br />
|Mrs S Dhondiyal<br />
|2004-2011<br />
|Mrs. V Juyal<br />
|2004-2007<br />
|-<br />
|Mrs Amita Srivastava<br />
| <br />
|Mrs Tanuja Joshi<br />
|2011-2017<br />
|Mrs N Siddiqui<br />
|2008-2011<br />
|-<br />
|Mr. Anand Shukla<br />
|2019-<br />
| Ms. Rekha Sangal<br />
|2017-2019<br />
|Mr Krishna Kumar<br />
|2011-2018<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Mrs. Kusum Kamboj<br />
|2019-<br />
|Dr. Sanjay Dubey<br />
|2018-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Oakgrovians at the Olympic games ==<br />
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 <ref>{{cite web |title=Gold medallist Olympians |url=http://oakgrovians.com/olympians-from-oak-grove-school/}}</ref> were:<br />
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'''Amsterdam Olympics – 1928'''<br />
<br />
* [[Richard Allen (field hockey)|Richard James Allen]] <sup>+</sup> - <sup>#</sup> Goalkeeper<br />
<br />
[[Leslie Hammond|Leslie Charles Hammond]]<br />
<br />
[[Broome Pinniger|Broome Eric Pinniger]]<br />
<br />
'''Los Angeles Olympics – 1932'''<br />
<br />
* [[Richard Allen (field hockey)|Richard James Allen]] <sup>+</sup> - <sup>#</sup> Goalkeeper<br />
<br />
[[Leslie Hammond|Leslie Charles Hammond]]<br />
<br />
[[Broome Pinniger|Broome Eric Pinniger]]<br />
<br />
[[Richard Carr (field hockey)|Richard Carr]]<br />
<br />
'''Berlin Olympics – 1936'''<br />
<br />
* [[Richard Allen (field hockey)|Richard James Allen]] <sup>+</sup> - <sup>#</sup> Goalkeeper<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.in/}}<br />
* Oak Grove School produces champions http://www.enewsdesk.in/2016/10/03/mussoorie-schools-the-breeding-ground-of-olympic-hockey-champions/<br />
* For a documentary on Oak Grove School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAXn_4vhRl8<br />
* Alumni Corner, http://www.oakgrovian.info/<br />
* Oakgrovians Young & Old, http://www.oakgrovians.com <br />
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[[Category:Railway Schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]<br />
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Boarding schools in Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Education in Dehradun district]]<br />
[[Category:Mussoorie]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1888]]<br />
[[Category:1888 establishments in India]]</div>
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