Burn Hall School

Burn Hall School
Address

Gupkar Road, Sonwar
Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir
Coordinates 34°04′27″N 74°49′59″E / 34.074195°N 74.832928°E / 34.074195; 74.832928Coordinates: 34°04′27″N 74°49′59″E / 34.074195°N 74.832928°E / 34.074195; 74.832928
Information
Type Missionary
Motto Latin: Industria Floremus
“In Toil We Flourish”
Established 1956 (originally in 1942)
Founder Father J. Boerkamp (Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, London)
Principal Rev. Fr. Sebastian Nagathunkal
Classes offered L.K.G to 12th
Medium of language English
Campus Urban
Houses Shakespeare     
Wordsworth     
Keats     
Milton     
Color(s) Navy blue     
Nickname "Hallians"
Publication Burn Hall Flame
Yearbook Burn Hall Blaze
Affiliation JKBOSE
Website www.burnhallschool.ac.in

Burn Hall School is a missionary school for boys which was established by the Mill Hill Missionaries in 1942 in undivided India, in Srinagar, Kashmir. Its motto is "Industria Floremus - In Toil We Flourish". It is one of the oldest schools of the valley. In 1948, some missionaries also went to Abbottabad, Pakistan, and opened a branch there, later taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1977 (the school is now called Army Burn Hall College). The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2006.

History

Fr. Thijssen and Fr. Jong came to Srinagar in 1942 and rented a home from Mr Mirza at hotel road (now Moulana Azad Road) Srinagar. The building which housed the first Burn Hall School is at present the Teachers’ Training College.[1] The Srinagar branch closed down temporarily for some time. It was restarted on 17 April 1956 with its first principal, Father J. Boerkamp.

Present form

Today Burn Hall School is a Christian missionary institution for boys and falls under the management of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar. It is directed by the Education Society of the Jammu-Srinagar Diocese. It is registered as a charitable society. It is affiliated with J&K State Board of School Education and recognized by the Education Department of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Classes range from L.K.G. to XII. Class XI of the school was inaugurated on December 10, 2005[2] and the complete higher secondary division started in 2006.

The school is equipped with surveillance cameras which monitor all the activities both inside and outside the building.[3]

Location

Burn Hall School is located in Sonwar, Srinagar. It is neighboured by Ziarat Sharief Syed Yaqoob Sahib and Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium.

Medium

Being an English medium school, it places special emphasis on the usage of English language in student-teacher and student-student interaction.

Houses

The school has four houses, named after four scholars of English literature:

  • Keats House: Yellow
  • Milton House: Green
  • Shakespeare House: Red
  • Wordsworth House: Blue
Burn Hall School, Gupkar Road (Sonwar), Kashmir

Notable alumni


Former principals

  • 1956-1962 - Fr. Boerkamp MHM
  • 1963-1964 - Fr. Kuipers MHM
  • 1964-1967 - Fr. J. Mc Mohan MHM
  • 1968-1977 - Fr. J. Jones MHM
  • 1977-1983 - Fr. J.C. Hugh OFM Cap.
  • 1984-1989 - Fr. Dominic OFM Cap.
  • 1990-1992 - Br. V. J. Mani SG
  • 1992-1993 - Br. Raju John SG
  • 1993-1997 - Br. Jacob SG
  • 1997-2001 - Br. George SG
  • 2001-2007 - Fr. Maria John
  • 2007-2012 - Fr. Raphael Jey Kumar
  • 2012-2014 - Fr. Ivan Pereira
  • 2015 - Present - Sebastian Nagathunkal

See also

References

  1. ↑ (PDF) https://www.rjelal.com/4.3.16c/793-804%20Dr.%20KHURSHEED%20AHMAD%20QAZI.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Burn Hall". www.burnhallschool.org. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  3. ↑ "Burn Hall". Burnhallschool.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
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