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| motto = "Nisi Dominus Frustra"<br />
| location = Plot No. 1, I/5, Block – E<br />Baishnabghata, Patuli Township<br />Kolkata – 700 094<br /><br />288 Bepin Behari Ganguly Street<br />Kolkata – 700 012<br />
| established = {{start date|1869}}<br />
| type = [[Private school|Private]]<br />
| principal = Ms. J B Michael<br />
| city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| enrollment = Varies<br />
| staff = 60+<br />
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />
| affiliations = [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]]<br />
| website = {{URL|wgskolkata.com}}<br />
| nickname = Wellandier<br />
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'''Welland Gouldsmith School''' ('''WGS''') is a primary, secondary and senior secondary school in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India. WGS has two branches, one at [[Bowbazar]] and the other at [[Patuli]]. The Bowbazar branch was established in 1869 and the [[patuli]] branch in 2004. The Bowbazar branch is a girls' school while the Patuli branch is co-educational. Both of the schools are affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, [[New Delhi]] with [[I.C.S.E.]] at the class X level and I.S.C. at the class XII level comprising three streams viz. Science, Commerce, Humanities.<br />
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==History==<br />
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Reverend [[Joseph Welland (missionary)|Joseph Welland]], of Trinity College, Dublin, was responsible for starting the Old Church Day School in 1876. The School moved into its premises in 1884.<br />
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In 1890, Reverend Herbert Gouldsmith M.A. Oxford took over the responsibility of the [[Old Mission Church, Kolkata|Old Mission Church]]. In November 1891 he began the Free Day School in addition to the Welland School for paying students.<ref name="Calcutta Historical Society 1915 p. ">{{cite book | author=Calcutta Historical Society | title=Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society | publisher=The Society | issue=v. 11-12 | year=1915 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60czTkM_Fg0C | access-date=2024-03-21 | page=}}</ref><br />
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In 1900, the school moved to 288 Bepin Behari Ganguly Street.<br />
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In 1936, the Welland School was combined with the Gouldsmith Free School to be called the Welland Gouldsmith School.<br />
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In the 1960s, the school was supported by United States food aid.<ref name="Ralte">{{cite book | last=Ralte | first=Anne| editor-last=Ballantyne | editor-first=J.C. | editor-last2= Dugan |editor-first2=M.| chapter= Courage to Change the Future| title=Fifty Years In USAID: Stories From The Front Lines | publisher=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training | year=2012 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCTwkJoaXgYC&pg=PA205 | access-date=2024-03-21 | page=205}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:1869 establishments in British India]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1869]]</div>MichaleYarbrough