Sherwood College is one of the finest boarding schools in Uttarakhand with a legacy of 149 years. The school has maintained course through pre independence era and two world wars into the dawn of a free India. It has emerged a role model co-educational residential institution providing a mix of academics, co-curricular and sports education to its students.

History of Sherwood College

Sherwood College was founded in July 1869. It was the idea of Dr. Condon, H.S. Reid and others under the patronage of the Rt. Rev. Robert Milman, DD, the seventh Metropolitan of India. The idea took shape as the Nainital Diocesan Boys’ High School, as Sherwood was once called. 

The school’s motto is, in Latin, is Mereat Quisque Palmam, meaning “Let each one merit his prize leads its students to believe in humility.

Infrastructure

The school campus is widely spread in 45 acres, at a height of 6,837 ft. above sea level, in the beautiful city of Nainital. The architecture of the school campus is an aesthetic blend of post-Edwardian style buildings embellished with Gothic patterned windows, Romanesque arches, oak panelled walls, sturdy timber beams, quadrangles, and modern buildings.

To ensure the holistic development of the students, the school provides the right environment and infrastructure for the students to enable them to excel in all sporting and co-curricular activities for which the school is well equipped.

Facilities like smart boards in all the classrooms , state of the art science, computer and robotics labs, two auditoriums – the heritage 400-seat Millman Hall and state-of-the-art 900-seat Baston Centre, One Audio Visual Room, Pemberton Studio – Conference Room – — separate hostels for girls and boys and three dining halls.

The school has good infrastructure for all games, outdoor and indoor – Cricket, Football, Hockey, Swimming, Athletics, Basketball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Squash, Badminton, Chess, Snooker, Billiards, Shooting, Diving and Gymnastics.

Academics at Sherwood College

The Sherwood College is affiliated from CISCE board. The school offers a world class quality education and assures the overall development of the students. To keep the students and staff at par with the ever changing technologies and new teaching learning pedagogy, from time to time school keeps on conducting workshops and seminars for its students, conducted by Professional agencies.

Activity

Along with academic excellence, school also engages the students in a variety of enterprising and dynamic clubs and societies. The purpose of these clubs and societies is to augment the intellectual, social and cultural development of its members. They also foster the worthy use of leisure, ethical character and the integrated life of the top boarding schools in Uttarakhand.

Some of the favourite societies and clubs are:

• Naturalist Society
• Physics Society
• Chemistry Society
• History Society
• Psychology Society
• Art Society
• Computer Society
• Geogsoc – The Sherwoood Geography Society
• English and Hindi Dramatic
• Debate Society
•  Quiz Club
• The Western Music Society
• The Indian Music society
• Photography Club

Alumni

Some famous personalities that passed out from this prestigious school are:

• Amitabh Bachchan (Actor)
• Kabir Bedi (Actor)
• Rahul Johri, CEO of BCCI
• Ram Kapoor (Actor)

With its best-in-class academics with a focus on all round development of students, Sherwood proudly stands as one of the Best Boarding Schools in Uttarakhand.

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All Saints College, Nainital is a unique institution for all-girls education in Nainital India. The school strives to follow all the ideals of RS (Round Square) in order to bring out  the best in all the students and staff. To ensure they are useful for the society and also to fulfill the aim of creating Global Citizens these ideals are religiously followed. Being a RS School means creating Women of Substance for the future, who will be instrumental in making the world a better place to live in by nurturing values in generations to come.

History

All Saints  College was founded in July 1869 with only 2 students and Miss Bradbury as their teacher. The School, which was called the “Diocesan Girls’ High School’, set up at ‘Stoneleigh’ where Ramsay Hospital now stands.

It was then shifted to Petersfield, the present site of Balika Vidya Mandir and then to ‘Brandsdale’, which now houses the Uttarakhand High Court. The School was eventually shifted to Ayarpata Hill in 1892.

Academics

All Saints College, which has about 800 girls offers the students in its fold a unique opportunity to develop an all rounded personality through the multi-faceted curriculum offered and sufficient facilities to excel in various spheres. The School, which has classes from I to V in the Junior School and classes VI to XII in the Senior School, prepares girls for the examinations conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E) examination is taken at the end of Class X and the Indian School Certificate (I.S.C.) examination is taken at the end of Class XII.

All Saints’ College in Nainital, is an English Medium residential-cum-day girls’ college, but the School lays strong emphasis on Hindi also. The subjects offered are English, Hindi, History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Structure of Modern Governments, Computer Science, Sociology and Art.

Infrastructure

Resting in the lap of nature at an altitude of 1938 meters above sea level, Nainital rises up and around its large lake. The school is located on Ayarpata Hill (6800 feet) above sea level and is at a distance of about 2 kms from Nainital town.

All Saints’ College is spread in a campus of over 36 acres, the School has two main buildings i.e. Junior School, which is from classes I to V and the Senior School, which is from classes VI to XII. The main building in the Senior School also houses the administrative offices of the school.

Activities

The School offers facilities for a variety of games and sports. Physical training, Athletics, Gymnastics, Basketball, Handball, Cricket, Kho-kho, Table tennis, Badminton and Baseball are played. SUPW & Hobbies Opportunities for participation in extempore speaking, debating, elocution, dramatics, vocal and instrumental music and photography are provided. Educational, documentary and feature films are shown in the school. Nature walks; picnics, treks and educational tours are also organized from time to time.

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